Rama Avatar- a Perfect Incarnation – by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji Part-12

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Dear Members,

 

One should not wait for an ‘auspicious’ or the ‘right moment’ to learn good

things from the Guru. One should remain with him always. A Guru always speaks

only ‘Sat vishaya’ whether he is brushing his teeth or bathing or eating. So, if

one lives by his side he gets to

listen to these. There will not be any worldly talks from Him. He would always

speak only of the lives of Mahans, of Sadhus, of God, the ‘gunas’ (qualities) of

God. There will always be Sat Sangh - ‘Swadhyaya niratam!’

 

The next term (‘padam’) used is ‘Tapasvi’. How should this Guru be? A Tapasvi.

Why has the commentator used the word Tapasvi a second time? He should be

competent to give tapas to others. This does not mean

transferring of his tapas to others. But creating a ‘buddhi’ in them to perform

tapas. He should be competent enough to transform even those around him into a

tapasvi. The Guru that you seek should be of

such high calibre. Well! How will he transform others into a tapasvi?

‘Vakvitamvaram’ - What does he do?

 

Lets’s take the case of a great Mahan who is approached with the yearning to

receive spiritual guidance.

“Swami, How can I see the atma?”

Mahan, “I do not know, friend!”

“Well! Please enlighten me on Bhagavan’s gunas”.

Mahan, “I do not know to spell them all out!”

There is absolutely no use of approaching such a guru.

 

‘Vakvii’- Go to a Guru who can enlighten you on the gunas of Bhagavan

(‘vakvtamvaram’). So I went to such a great Guru who was a tapah, tapasvi,

swadhyaya niratam, vakvithamvaram. Then the commentator says,

‘naradam’. What does naradam mean? ‘Narayanam dadati Naradam’ - one who can give

you Naryana Himself. The one who is clever enough to get Narayana for you is

known as Naradam. How did Sage Narada acquire his

name? This is the reason, i.e. he was capable of giving you Narayana. Thus, such

a Guru is competent enough to show you Bhagavãn.

 

Bhagavan is nowhere but in the very fist of such a Guru! He is competent enough

to command Bhagavan to give darshan to whomsoever he (the Guru) desires! Hence,

Naradam! Therefore, ‘Paripapracha valmikim

munipungavam’ - who has sought this great Guru? Valimiki who was a

‘munipungava’. The Guru should also be a ‘munipungava’, ‘munisreshta’,

‘mananseela’. ‘Tapas swadhyaya niradam’, Therefore, it is Tapas which is

‘Iswaraya’. Hence, please do not think that there is no auspicious sound or term

here. Brihaspati is the chief of the ‘akshara’ ‘ta’. Thus, Valmiki has

used the word ‘Ta-pah’.

 

In what way does tapas become ‘iswarya’? When we speak of worldly life the term

‘welfare’ includes health, wealth, good understanding in the family, long life,

etc. Only all these put together make a good life (‘sowkhya’). How can one earn

all these? Through Tapas. It is possible to earn anything and everything through

tapas. If one peforms Tapas one can create the fourteen worlds, one can destroy

this whole universe, one can earn wealth and one can regain youthfulness. (like

Kardamaprajapati who regained his youth. His

wife, Devahuti, too, became young again. Several maids served them. He received

a ‘Vimãna’ in which he visited many places along with his wife. These were made

possible through his tapas!) Sage Vishwamitra

created a heaven for Trisangu. He straightened a hunchback (‘kunan’). How were

these possible to Vishwamitra? Through Tapas! Sage Vasishta stopped the huge

army of Vishwamitra. How was this possible? By his Tapas! How was Sage Agastya

able to drink up the waters of the ocean? By his Tapas! Therefore, there is

nothing that cannot be attained through Tapas.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards