20 Jul 2023
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 8
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
नराङ्ग गुरुदत्त! तत्त्रिमत भाषणं नास्तिके
मतं विधिकृतं हरे स्तदपि मध्यमे चोत्तमे ।
शिवस्य विदधासि मत्तवृषभग्रहन्यायतो
गुरुश्श्रित दयोदधि स्त्वमसि शिष्यवात्सल्यधीः ।। 8
Narāṅga Gurudatta! Tattrimata bhāṣaṇaṃ nāstike
Mataṃ vidhikṛtaṃ Hare stadapi madhyame cottame ।
Śivasya vidadhāsi mattavṛṣabhagrahanyāyato
Guruśśrita dayodadhi stvamasi śiṣyavātsalyadhīḥ ।। 8
[O God Datta, incarnated in human form as a preacher! When a powerful and egoistic bull is running, one cannot stop it suddenly and one has to follow it for some time so that the bull feels that one as its friend reducing its vigor. Similarly, when a devotee approaches, the preacher should follow the psychology of the devotee for some time and then slowly shall divert the devotee (bull running in wrong path) from his wrong path to the true path. Hence, Yourself incarnated as preacher, follow all the philosophies of the three divine preachers, who are the incarnations of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Since You are God Datta including Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva in Yourself with mutual correlation, Your incarnation or Sadguru also includes the philosophies of Madhva (Brahmā), Ramanuja (Viṣṇu) and Śaṅkara (Śiva) in Himself with mutual correlation. Each philosophy is expressed by Your incarnated preacher based on the eligibility and standard of the approaching devotee. If a 100% egoistic soul approaches, Your incarnated preacher will say that He is the servant or messenger of God (Madhva). If the approaching soul is 50% egoistic, the same preacher says that He is a part of God or Son of God (Ramanuja). If the approaching devotee is 0% egoistic, the same preacher will say that He is God (Shankara). Like this, You are the ocean of kindness towards Your disciples. You are the preacher with kind affection on Your followers. In this way, You are following the three philosophies for the egoistic atheist as Madhva, for the middle level devotee as Ramanuja and for the best devotee as Shankara.]
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