SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Lord PaarthasArathy : Today we will study the FIFTH Paasuram of Swamy Desikan's GeethArTa Sangraham dealing with the FOURTH adhyAyam of SrImath Bhagavath Geetha .This chapter has 42 slOkams. 330. The Essence of the FOURTH chapter *********************************** PiRavAmai tanthidat-thAnE piRakkum perumaihaLum thuRavAk-kirisaikaL thoomathi tannAl tulanguhayum iRavA uyir nannilai kaNDidum ulahin nilayum maRai vAzhum Maayavan nEyanukku anRu aRivitthananE MEANING OF THE FIRST LINE OF THE PAASURAM ************************************************ The Lord , who is celebrated by the VedAs decided to give to the Jeevans freedom from future births in the karma bhUmi and instructed them through His friend Arjuna about the secrets relating to His own avathArams ( incarnations) amidst us . Those who understand the glories of His avathAra rahasyams will never ever be born as a result of securing Moksham (PiRavAmai tanthida thAnE piRakkum ) . Those who comprehend the secrets associated with His avathArams have no more births ; those who comprehend the ways in which He performs KarmAs during those avathArams will be freed of their own karmAs. Swamy Desikan sums up this visEsha anugraham of the Lord in the First line of the Paasuram: " PiRavAmai tanthida ThAnE piRakkum Perumai " udayAn . To bless us with apunarAgamanam ( nonreturn to the SamsAra MaNDalam ) , He Himself incarnates in this Karma BhUmi . Those who comprehend His avathAra rahasyams have thus no more births ( ithi janma rahasyam yO vEtthi , na asya Punarbhava:) ; as a result , that jeevan gains Moksha Sukham in SrI Vaikuntam. What are these avathAra rahasyams of the Lord ? There are SIX aspects to His avathAra rahasyam: 1. Sathyathvam: His incarnation is TRUE and not some kind of unreal , "make believe" magic . 2.ajahath-svabhAvam: Our Jn~Anam in the Karma BhUmi is shrunken. In contrast , the Lord's Jn~Anam during His avathAram here is fully blossomed as always and does not suffer any dimuniiton .He does not lose in any one of His endeavours . He continues to be the Supreme Lord . 3. Suddha Satthva Maya Sareeram during His incarnation : His body is not formed by the admixture of the thre eguNams ( Satthvam , Rajas and Tamas) as in our case . His body is completely Satthva mayam (Suddha Sathvam). 4. SvEcchA-mAthra nidhAnathA : His birth does not arise from the maturation of His KarmAs like us. His birth is a result of His own sankalpam (volition). 5. Dharma-glAnou Samudhaya: His incarnation happens , when the dharmam declines and adharmam ascends. The timing of our birth in contrast is linked to the ripening of our karmAs. 6. Saadhu SamrakshaNArTathA : His birth here has nothing to do with the enjoyement of the fruits of karmAs , which are a mixture of Sukham and Dukkham . It is for uplifting the Saadhu Janams ; they can not bear even a moment of seperation from Him and He incarnates to protect them from their enemies . He shows them His form (Narasimhan) , converses with them ( KrishNa and Gopis) , establishes Dahrmam (Raama) and destroys the unrighteous ( Varaha avathAram). MEANING OF THE SECOND LINE OF THE PAASURAM: *************************************************** " ThuRavAk-kirisaikaL thU mathi tannAl tulanguhayum " is the second line . KirisaikaL refers to the divisions of Karma yOgam such as AarAdhanam for the Lord , Control of senses (indhriyams) , PrANAyAmam , Yaagam , DhAnam , hOmam , Tapas , Bathing in holy waters, Vedic study and understanding of the meanings of the Vedic passages . These are "thuRavAk-KirisaikaL" , the karmAs that can not be abandoned ; they are prescribed for each varNam and aasramam. Any one who does not seek the phalan of these karmAs and yet performs them with a detatched mind is practising the highest form of Karma yOgam . For such a one , who has cultivated the disassociation with karma phalan , the enjoyment of aathma svaroopam without prakruthi sambhandham becomes possible. The Karma yOgam practised in this way contains inside itself , Jn~Ana yOgam . Since , this saadhakan considers the performance of all the KarmAs as Parabrahma Svaroopam , Karma yOgam becomes Jn~Ana Svaroopam ( thUmathi tannAl tulanguhayum) . The words " thU math tannAl " refers to the ideal Karma yOgam housing inside it the Jn~Anam about the pristine Aaahtma Svaroopam ." Tulanguhayum" alludes to that ideally observed karma yOgam shining as Jn~Ana yOgam . MEANING OF THE THIRD LINE OF THE PAASURAM ********************************************** " iRavA uyir nannilai kaNDidum ulahin nilayum " is the third line. The aathma Jn~Anam arising from the shining of the Jn~Ana yOgam embedded in the Karma yOgam destroys the jeevan's puNyams as well as the Paapams and gets the jeevan safely across the terrors of hte ocean of SamsAram . "iRavA uyir" is the eternal, imperishable AathmA . SaakshAthkAram ( direct visualization ) of that AathmA in its true state ( nal nilai=nannilai) is a great accomplishment resulting from the proper practise of Karma yOgam that houses Jn~Ana yOgam inside it . MEANING OF THE FOURTH LINE OF THE PAASURAM ************************************************ " maRai vaazhum Maayavan nEyanukku anRu aRivitthananE " is the fourth line. Our Lord is Maayavan , who is celebrated by the VedAs ( maRai Vaazhum Maayavan) . As a mysterious Swamy , He takes on many incarnations . He taught/informed ( aRvitthaan) His friend ( nEyan ) the mysteries ( the six rahasyams ) behind His many incarnations ( avathArams).on the first day of BhAratha yuddham ( anRu aRivitthAn ) . SWAMY ALAVANTHAAR'S SUMMARY OF THE 4TH CHAPTER ******************************************************** PrasangAth sva-svabhAvOkthi: karmaNOakarmathAasya cha bhEdhA Jn~Anasya mAhAthmyam chathurTAdhyAya uchyathE Please refer to Bhakthi archives ( Bhakthi archives November 1996) for the detailed meanings of this slOkam summarizing the meanings of the fourth chapter. ACHAARYA RAAMAANUJAA'S COMMENTARY ********************************************* In the fourth chapter , the need for practising ( elaborated in the third chapter ) is confirmed . The purpose of the anushtAnam of Karma yOgam is identified as " Jagath uddhAraNam " ( the deliverance of all beings). As Karma yOgam includes within itself , the knowledge of the Self (aathman) , it is considered that " such Karma yOgam includes Jn~An yOgam in its scope " ( anthargatha Jn~AnatayA asya yEva Jn~AnayOgaakArathAm pradarsaya) . In addition to that , the nature of Karma yOga with its bhEdhams(divisions) and the dominance of the Jn~Ana portion in the Karma yOgam is elaborated in the fourth chapter . The avathAra rahsyams of the Lord are also covered in this chapter. SPECIAL SLOKAMS of the FOURTH CHAPTER TO REFLECT UPON ********************************************************** SlOkam 8 : parithrANAya SaadhUnAm vinAsAya cha dhushkruthAm Dharma SamsTApanArTAya sambhavAmi yugE yugE For the protection of the Saadhu Janams and the destruction of the evil doers ( enemies of My BhagavathAs) and for establishment of righteousness in this world , I incarnate in every yugam . SlOkam 9: He who comprehends the truths of My divine incarnation and actions during those avathArams has no rebirth and comes directly to Me (Janma Karma cha dhivyam--) . SlOkma 11: " Whoever resort to Me in any manner , in the same manner do I favour them ; men experience Me alone in different ways "(yE yaTA Maam prapadhyanthE---). SlOkam 22: " Content with what chance may bring , rising above the pairs of opposites, free from ill will, even minded in success and failure , though he acts, he is not bound " ( YadhrucchA llabha-santhushtO--). SlOkam 23: " Of One whose attachments are gone , who is free , whose mind is established in knowledge , who works only for sacrifices , his karma is entirely dissolved " ( Gatha-sangasya mukthasya ---). SlOkam 24: BrahmArpaNamBrahma havirbrahmAgnouBrahmaNA hutham Brahmaiva tEna ganthavyam Brahma-karma-samAdhinA " Brahman is the instrument to offer with ; Brahman is the oblation; By Brahman is the oblation offered into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is to be reached by Him, who meditates on Him in his karmAs" . SWAMY DESIKAN'S COMMENTARIES IN TAATHPARYA CHANDRIKAA ARE EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL AND INSIGHTFUL. INVIEW OF THE LENGTH OF THIS POSTING , ADIYEN WILL NOT COVER THEM HERE. Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan SrI Lakshminrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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