01 Jun 2021
एकतो दत्त! गीतासारः
प्रेमोभयतो वाणिज्यं हि । (पल्लवी)
ekato datta! gītāsāraḥ
premobhayato vāṇijyaṃ hi । (Chorus)
O God Datta! The essence of the Gītā is that true love is from one side only irrespective of the other side. If love is expected from other side also, it is only business.
उन्मत्तानुग एकोपमा,
राजकीय चलचित्र नटस्य ॥
unmattānuga ekopamā,
rājakīya calacitra naṭasya ॥
The only comparative example in this entire world is the love of a mad fan for a movie hero or a political leader.
पश्येऽपश्ये धनक्रियाभ्यम्,
केवल माकर्षण मन्यतः ॥
paśye'paśye dhanakriyābhyam
kevala mākarṣaṇa manyataḥ ॥
Whether the other side looks at him/her or not, the true lover loves the other side with practical devotion of service and sacrifice. True love is simply the attraction coming from one side only, not expecting anything from other side in return.
{Service or Saṃnyāsa is sacrifice of work (Karmasaṃnyāsa) and Sacrifice or Tyāga is sacrifice of fruit of work (Karmaphalatyāga).}
प्राणत्यागः क्रियते मृतौ,
धन कलहे सति कुटुम्बिनां तु ॥
prāṇatyāgaḥ kriyate mṛtau
dhana kalahe sati kuṭumbināṃ tu ॥
The mad fan is busy to commit suicide in the situation of death of the other side while the family members of other side after returning from the burial ground are busy with quarrels for their shares of the wealth of the other side!
कर्मफलस्य त्यागो गीतः,
कर्मयोग इति भवता दत्त ॥ (पल्लवी)
karmaphalasya tyāgo gītaḥ
karmayoga iti bhavatā datta ॥ (Chorus)
O God Datta! You sang in the Gītā that the sacrifice of fruit of work alone is the entire Karmayoga.
{When Karmayoga consists of both sacrifice of work and sacrifice of fruit of work, how God referred the sacrifice of fruit of work alone as Karmayoga? is the doubt.}
अन्धाभ्यास ज्ञानभक्तेः,
गेही द्विविधा त्यागी भवति ॥
andhābhyāsa jñānabhakteḥ
gehī dvividhā tyāgī bhavati ॥
God told that knowledge or Jñānayoga is better than blind practice. Meditation or theoretical devotion or Bhaktiyoga is better than knowledge. Practical devotion or Karmayoga is better than theoretical devotion, which is the final best. Instead of Karmayoga, God said Karmaphalatyāgayoga. This is justified because the householder doing sacrifice of fruit of work does also sacrifice of work. When Karmaphalatyāga refers the householder only, automatically Karmasaṃnyāsa also is referred. Hence, here, the Karmaphalatyāga along with unsaid Karmasaṃnyāsa stands for Karmayoga. Moreover, the devotee doing the sacrifice of fruit of work has already done work to earn that fruit and hence, sacrifice of fruit of work includes sacrifice of work also. In this way also, sacrifice of fruit of work naturally includes sacrifice of work also and can stand for the entire karma yoga.
{In this verse “śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsāt…-Gītā”, God is expected to say the above order of Jñānayoga, Bhaktiyoga and Karmayoga because the above three steps are one after the other in the sequence of their founder preachers (Śaṇkara, Rāmānuja and Madhva). But, instead of Karmayoga, the third step, God said Karmaphalatyāgayoga.}
दृष्टान्ताभ्यां त्यागशान्तिः,
पूर्ण त्यागात् अधिक सुदामा ॥
dṛṣṭāntābhyāṃ tyāgaśāntiḥ
pūrṇa tyāgāt adhika sudāmā ॥
With the help of two worldly examples, we can say that the sacrifice of fruit of work is the full stop for the effort of the devotee. Saktuprastha sacrificed all his fruit of work to God and Sudāmā or Kucela is greater than Saktuprastha since he sacrificed to God by bringing the item on loan!)
{1. Hearing the details of Mumbai is Jñānayoga. Developing mental attraction-force to see Mumbai is Bhaktiyoga. Walking to railway station is Karmasaṃnyāsayoga and finally purchasing the ticket is Karmaphalatyāgayoga. 2. Rukmiṇī heard the divine details of Kṛṣṇa from Sage Nārada and this is Jñānayoga. She developed tremendous mental attraction to Kṛṣṇa and this is Bhatiyoga. She wrote a love letter to Kṛṣṇa and sent the priest to Kṛṣṇa to give that love letter to Him and all this is Karmasaṃnyāsayoga. When the priest returned, she gifted him with a gold chain from her neck and this is Karmaphalatyāgayoga. Both these are good examples.}
शक्तिद्रव्य भेदो बोध्यः,
सर्वस्यांशे न धनाधिक्यम् ॥
śaktidravya bhedo bodhyaḥ
sarvasyāṃśe na dhanādhikyam ॥
(Karmasaṃnyāsa is sacrifice of work or energy. Karmaphalatyāga is sacrifice of matter. Energy and matter are inter-convertible by famous equation E=MC2. This equation proves that lot of energy is equal to very small amount of matter. Hence, scientifically also, Karmaphalatyāga is greater than Karmasaṃnyāsa. This concept shall not be misunderstood that importance is given to the quantity of sacrificed item or money. It is not the quantity of money sacrificed is important, but, it is the share of it in the total possessed wealth.)
{Sacrifice of 1 Rupee by a beggar is greatest because such sacrifice is 100% since he sacrificed what all he possessed. Sacrifice of 10 Rupees by a rich man having 100 Rupees is only 10% sacrifice. Hence, this concept shall not be misunderstood as favouring rich people to extract money.}
गेही प्रेम त्याग परीक्ष्यम्,
संन्यासी तु स्वगतिर् दत्त ॥ (पल्लवी)
gehī prema tyāga parīkṣyam
saṃnyāsī tu svagatir datta ॥ (Chorus)
O God Datta! The true love of a householder shall be tested only by Karmaphalatyāga and not by Karmasaṃnyāsa. The true love of a Saint can be tested only by Karmasaṃnyāsa, which alone is left with him.)
{A Saint begs for his own food and hence, none can even dream Karmaphalatyāga in the case of the Saint. He is leftover with one option only, which is Karmasaṃnyāsa. Hence, the Saint can be tested only in Karmasaṃnyāsa and not in Karmaphalatyāga.}
मध्यमपद मासक्तिं मा भज,
कर्मजमिति च विग्रह उक्तः ॥
madhyamapada māsaktiṃ mā bhaja
karmajamiti ca vigraha uktaḥ ॥
O Greedy grammarian! Don’t stand on the intermediate word “attachment” or “Āsakti” that is brought by you (Adhyāhāra) in the compound word “Karmaphalatyāga” and make the compound word as “Karmaphalāsaktityāga”! Expecting your mischief, God Kṛṣṇa already made the breakage (Vigraha) of this compound word or Samāsa in the beginning of the Gītā itself (2nd chapter) as:- “Karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi, phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ”, which means that Wise scholars do the sacrifice of fruit of their work and not the Sacrifice of the attachment to the fruit of their work!)
यस्य स्वाम्यं तस्य त्यागः ।
पूर्णाऽपूर्णौ गम्य मार्गौ ।।
yasya svāmyaṃ tasya tyāgaḥ ।
pūrṇā'pūrṇau gamya mārgau ।।
(The question of sacrifice comes only regarding the item owned by the devotee and it will never come at all regarding the item not owned by the devotee. The total sacrifice of owned item is the goal whereas the partial sacrifice of the owned item is the path.)
[God’s test will be always regarding your owned item and not the item not owned by you. Whatever you may possess, it is immaterial. God begged for food only because Saktuprastha was having some food with him. One should not think that if total sacrifice is not done, partial sacrifice is waste. Total sacrifice is the goal whereas the partial sacrifice is the path. Without path, goal can never be achieved.]
सर्व स्वामी निर्मम एव ।
पौत्र याचना पितामहस्य ।।
sarva svāmī nirmama eva ।
pautra yācanā pitāmahasya ।।
(God is the owner of entire world and hence, He is not in need of anything or any (body. He begs you to test your real love towards Him. It is just like a grandfather, who bought and brought the packet of biscuits for his grandson and is begging his grandson for a bit of biscuit while grandson is eating the biscuits.)
[The Veda says that God has no aspiration for anything (āpta kāmasya kā spṛhā…). The Gītā also says that there is nothing in this creation, which is not attained by God and which is attainable for God (Nānavāpta mavāptavyam…). The grandfather bought and brought a packet of biscuits secretly and gave to his daughter-in-law to give to his grandson as if she purchased the biscuits. If the grandson knows that biscuits were purchased by the grandfather, the grandson himself may give a biscuit to grandfather in terms of gratitude. Hence, the grandfather kept all this as secret to test the real love of his grandson. Similarly, God gives you wealth, which you think you have earned by your talent. With this hidden background, the divine test starts.]
ईर्ष्या हन्ता भञ्जक दत्त!
यज्ञोपनयौ स्त्रीणामेव! (पल्लवी)
īrṣyā hantā bhañjaka datta!
yajñopanayau strīṇāmeva! (Chorus)
O God Datta, the breaker of jealousy and ego! The performance of sacrifice and the Gāyatrī-Upanayanam ritual are really attained by females only and not by males!
पुंसां नोभौ स्वर्गत पतनात्,
पाकयज्ञात् मधुर गानात् ॥
puṃsāṃ nobhau svargata patanāt
pākayajñāt madhura gānāt ॥
The males missed both Yajña and Gāyatrī-Upanayanam because they have forbidden these two in the case of females with ego and jealousy of gender. One will fall in his own pit finally! The reason is that the male neither cooks the food, serving hungry, which is real Yajña nor sings sweet songs on God to become close to God, which is the real Gāyatrī-Upanayanam. Only females are doing both these!
वेदो ज्ञानं सर्वे जीवाः,
तदधिकृतः न हि शब्दो ह्यर्थः ॥
vedo jñānaṃ sarve jīvāḥ
tadadhikṛtaḥ na hi śabdo hyarthaḥ ॥
The word Veda means the Spiritual knowledge to which all the souls irrespective of their caste, gender and religion are eligible. The Veda does not mean mere words; it means only the knowledge of the words since the meaning of the root word of the Veda is Knowledge “Vidul Jñāne”.
अवतार सत्य बोध हनने,
प्रागपि समा मूढ गुरूणाम् ॥
avatāra satya bodha hanane
prāgapi samā mūḍha gurūṇām ॥
Not only the west, but also the east became equal to west in killing the human incarnation preaching the true knowledge through the plan of ignorant foolish priests.
{In west, Jesus, the human incarnation was killed by the priests for preaching true Spiritual knowledge of the Scripture. Similarly, in the east also, Dayānanda, the human incarnation was killed by the priests for preaching the true knowledge of the Veda!}
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