13 Jan 2018
18) Upamaarupakabhrantih, bhedaamshaih saa nivartate,
Tasyopamaanashunyam cha, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. By knowing the fundamental differences between God and soul, the illusion created by simile and metaphor is removed. Moreover, comparison to God is not available.
[Spiritual knowledge is easily understood if similes related to daily worldly life are given. The simile (Upamaalankaara) is identified mainly by the word ‘like’ (like is called as upamaavaachaka as found in ‘moon like face’). The same simile can be presented in a different form of figure of speech called as metaphor (Rupakaalankaara), in which we say ‘face is moon’. Simile or metaphor is selected to make the concept more clear selecting a very familiar comparison. In this line, God creating this real world is compared with soul creating imaginary world. In the figure of speech all points need not be similar. Even if one point is similar, figure of speech can be used. Between face and moon only one similarity exists, which is pleasantness. In the case of God and soul also only one similarity exists that God creates, controls and dissolves the real world like the soul creating, controlling and dissolving imaginary world. Except this one similarity, all other aspects are different. Fundamentally, God is unimaginable whereas soul is imaginable. Moreover, there is no any unimaginable item in the world to be selected as comparison to God and hence, only imaginable item can be selected. Soul is very subtle and thus near to unimaginable than a visible item. The danger of misunderstanding comes when metaphor is used. In metaphor, when we say that face is moon, there is every possibility of misunderstanding that moon itself is the face and there is no separate face. When similarity is stressed, metaphor results. A familiar example is to call every member of ‘lions club’ as lion itself! This happened in the case of God and soul. When God is said to be soul (in metaphor), people have completely misunderstood that soul is God and there is no God other than soul. Another complication added to this is to think that the word ‘Brahman’ means only God. In fact, every item greatest in its category is called as Brahman (The Veda in scriptures is greatest and is called a Brahman.). Soul happens to be the greatest in the category of various forms of energy and hence, is called Brahman in the entire category of worldly items (since all worldly items are made of energy only). Soul is called as Paraprakruti (best of the worldly items). When Shankara said that soul is Brahman, we can take the meaning in two ways: i) soul is greatest among the worldly items and ii) Taking the word Brahman to mean God, soul is God as per the figure of speech called as metaphor since the similarity between two exists as said above. To avoid the misunderstanding, you must note the differences between God and soul (like the differences between face and moon). God created this world whereas soul can’t create even an atom of matter and even a ray of energy! Unless the differential points are understood, false monism results to mislead the ambitious soul to become God in thinking just by knowing or memorising the point that it is already God!]
19) Upamaanopameyastha, samaamsaih bhedamishramaih,
Brahmajivaikyamevam kim?, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. There will be similarities mixed with differences between God and soul when compared. By this, will both become one?
[We can compare various states of the soul with those of God (upameya) to be compared, to find out similarities and differences due to limitations of comparison (upamana) or the soul, the item brought for comparison.
i) Awaken State:- The soul in awaken state intending to create imaginary world can be compared to the unimaginable God intending to create this real world. The gross body and the real world of the soul in this state are to be neglected completely since this real world created by God is equal to the imaginary world of the soul. God in this state involved in the thought of creation is called as Saguna Brahman.
ii) Meditation State:- The soul in meditation is completely devoid of any thought except its self-awareness. God in this state is without any activity of creation and is called as Nirguna Brahman, which is in pure monism in the absolute plane.
iii) Imagination State:- The soul created space for the imaginary world and continues further creation. The God also creates space, which is the subtle energy or the original material (Mula Prakruti) for further creation. God creates the first energetic body made of energy and awareness and enters to merge with it. God, now, after merge with energetic body is called as the Lord (Eshwara or Datta). This formation of Eshwara is extra point in the case of God. In the case of soul, before creating imaginary world, no energetic body is created with which the soul merges. The soul itself creates space and continues further creation. This is the difference between God and soul.
iv) Energetic Incarnation State:- The soul after the creation enters its imaginary world with energetic body with which the soul directly merges for entertainment. Similarly, God (in the form of Eshwara) also enters the creation with energetic bodies like Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva etc., (other than Eshwara) with which Eshwara merges and not God directly.
v) Human Incarnation State:- This point doesn’t apply to the soul because the imaginary world of the soul contains only energetic bodies and no matter exists in the imaginary world. In the case of God, Eshwara enters the earth to merge with a materialized human being called as human incarnation. Presence and absence of matter brings difference between God and soul.
vi) Dream State:- In the case of soul, the dream generates the dreamer with energetic body. The original dreamer (In fact, original dreamer is absent since dream proceeds in its own fashion and hence, the original dreamer means the soul creating imaginary world in awaken state only.) and the dreamer generated by the dream totally differ from each other except that awareness is common to both. Differences are: i) the original dreamer (awaken state) is aware of its gross body whereas the latter is not aware of the gross body and is only aware of its energetic body. ii) The original dreamer (awaken state) controls the dream (the imaginary world) and the latter is controlled by the dream. You can have the imaginary world and dream world in the same time if you take a person created by the imaginary world (other than the creator of imaginary world), such person controlled by the imaginary world is exactly the person created by dream and controlled by it.
In the case of God, God (in the form of Eshwara) creating this real world after space (like soul creating imaginary world) is not having any similarity with the soul created and controlled by this real world (like the person created by imaginary world other than creator is controlled by the imaginary world or the person created by dream is controlled by the dream) because God is unimaginable and soul is imaginable. However, if you take God as Eshwara, the energy (energetic body) of Eshwara is the same material with which the soul is made (Soul or awareness is a specific work form of energy only. The gross body of the soul is also made of matter, which is condensed energy only.).
Thus, there are several similarities between God and soul in this state and the essence is that God and soul have no similarity even in one point.
vii) Deep Sleep State:- The soul or awareness disappears totally since nervous system and brain take rest without functioning. Awareness is a specific work of inert energy generated in functioning nervous system (like grinding work generated as work form of current in functioning grinding machine). In the case of eternal God, such state never happens except for atheist, who believes such impossibility as possible.
The final conclusion is that you should not confuse the soul as God due to certain similarities existing for the sake of comparison in order to preach about God with familiar simile, the soul.]
20) Adhyaasaapagamaat laabhah, siddhaadvaitam bhramo nijam,
Dvaitaat tadadhikamchaapi, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. By attaching I with awareness from body benefit is seen. We oppose illusory false monism and accept true monism resulting from true dualism. Super dualism is greater than true monism.
[We are not against attaching your ‘I’ with the awareness or soul, which is having certainly a good advantage. By doing so, you will be relieved from the bond of the body (since you detached ‘I’ from body) no worldly bonds related to body will disturb you and you get salvation from the miseries of worldly bonds to attain strong peace with which you can analyze the spiritual knowledge perfectly and concentrate on God detaching from world. This super-imposition of soul on body is called as ‘Adhyaasa’ and its removal is founded by Shankara. In any work, if you want to achieve success, your goal of work is said to be the ultimate goal or God (Arthavaada). In the effort to attain soul leaving the body, the soul can be said as God. Other interpretations of soul said to be God are already given above (greatest in the category of worldly items and compared to God through metaphor). Apart from all these points, there was very important requirement in the time of Shankara in which all were almost atheists. To drag them in to theism, Shankara told that soul is God. We should always think about the background circumstances of a statement before criticizing it. There was no other way left to Shankara to convert the rigid atheists in to theists. In view of the advantage of salvation from stress and tensions, Atmayoga (attainment of self leaving the body) is not at all bad and moreover good also. But, to think that soul is already God and attaching divinity to the attainment of soul is the strongest illusion, which is false monism, with which you shall not start the spiritual journey thinking and memorising lifelong that you are God. We shall start with real dualism and worship God through practical service (karmasamnyasa) and sacrifice of fruit of work (karmaphalatyaga) without aspiration for any fruit in return called as issue devotion or apatyabhakti (like service and sacrifice to your issues with real love) and neither through theoretical devotion (prayers and songs) called as prostitution devotion or veshyaabhakti (prostitute prizes you to get practical gifts) nor through business devotion or Vaishyabhakti (practical material exchange with a business man). Then, God is pleased with you to offer you the fruit of true monism through human incarnation or the fruit of super dualism to become your servant. We accept true monism and also super dualism (which is greater than true monism), which are obtained through true dualism only. The most important point in true dualism is lack of aspiration for any fruit in return in your mind.]
21) Sadguruste parikshaayai, Dattaamshaarthi pitaamahaah,
Daanam jnaanayutam kuryaat, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. The human incarnation asks for your donation only to test you and not in need like grandfather requesting for a piece of biscuit from the pocket donated by him. While donating to poor also, spiritual preaching must be associated.
[You shall support the poor spiritual preachers called as Gurus since they are like guides (aativaahikas) in various halts advising your further spiritual journey in correct direction. If you are a house holder, you must support your Guru through both service and sacrifice of fruit of work. If you are a saint, you shall support him through service. Your guru is a human being and scholar of scriptures and hence, he needs your support. The human incarnation called as Sadguru doesn’t need your service or sacrifice. He asks for your service and sacrifice only to test your attitude, which shall be free of selfishness and greediness. Shri Shirdi Sai Baba asking devotees for offering of money (Guru Dakshina) shall be understood in this way. This can be more clarified by a simile:- The grandfather brought a pocket of biscuits and gave it to his daughter-in-law, which was not observed by his grandson. The mother gave a biscuit from it to the grandson, who started eating it. A poor boy asked the grandson for a piece of it since he was hungry and in need of it (like Guru). But, for the same piece, grandfather also is requesting his grandson and the grandfather is not in its need except to test the true love of grandson on him (like Sadguru). Hence, greedy people try to escape the sacrifice of fruit of work by saying “does the omnipotent God need money?”. You must explain spiritual knowledge to poor people also while you are donating them since they misuse the donation in spending for vices. The spiritual knowledge removes the vices. Hence, social service should be always associated with spiritual preaching so that the poor people get transformed and will not continue to be poor in the future births also.]
22) NaatmaaBrahma parodbodhah, Shivastotraat gajadruteh,
Lokasamgrahakarmedam, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! listen Me. Ramana prayed Shiva and Shankara ran away from elephant for the sake of followers to preach them that self-attainment is not attainment of God.
[Shri Ramana Maharshi is incarnation of Lord Subramanya, the son of Lord Shiva. When His mother became ill, He didn’t cure her using His divine power. He prayed Lord Shiva (Arunachaleshwara) to cure His mother. What is the reason? The reason is that He preached the attachment of ‘I’ to awareness like Shankara for getting salvation from worldly tensions, which has nothing to do with God. The followers are thinking that He became God due to His attachment of ‘I’ to awareness or soul. If He cures His mother, the followers, who attached their ‘I’ to awareness and believing that they have become God, will start to attempt the cure of their family members by themselves! By attaching ‘I’ to awareness, they have not become God, but, only are relieved from worldly tensions. In their true level, they should take the patients to doctor and also should pray God for the cure (since they are not in such high devotion). To avoid such effects of misunderstanding, Shri Ramana stood in perfect dualism and prayed Lord Shiva. A similar incident can be seen in the case of Shankara also. An elephant was made to run towards Shankara. Shankara ran away telling that the entire world is unreal and hence, both the elephant and His run are unreal being parts of the world. He is incarnation of Lord Shiva. He can stand there itself without running and the elephant can pass through Him without hurting Him (since Shankara became Brahman, He is the truth and the elephant is unreal being the part of unreal world). But, why Shankara did not do so? He preached originally the attachment of ‘I’ to awareness for benefit of salvation from tension. But, the ambitious followers attached divinity to this self-attainment and misunderstood it as attainment of God. Thinking that Shankara also became God through such self-attainment, they will also stand against the elephant thinking that they are God due to self-attainment. To avoid this negative effect in the followers, He ran away behaving as the human being component of human incarnation. The unreal elephant is real to the unreal human being. But, He swallowed molten lead before disciples to prove that He is God being the human incarnation. The disciples thought that they are also God by attaching their ‘I’ to self or awareness. Shankara proved to the disciples that the soul will not become God by attaching the ‘I’ from body to self, by which, only salvation from worldly miseries can be attained (which is not connected to divinity in any way). In the incident of running away from elephant, Shankara preached human beings how a human being should practically behave without dreaming that it is God. In the miracle of swallowing molten lead, He preached the human beings that God is unimaginable and that a human being can’t become God just by constantly thinking that he is God, as proved by the failed disciples.]
23) Vibhutayah prayogaamshaah, vijnaanasyeva sammataah,
Maayaavaadohyashaktasya, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Miracles construct correct spiritual knowledge like practical experiments in science. Inability to get miraculous power generates trickish argument.
[Miracles are very important in the spiritual knowledge, if analyzed properly, like the practical experiments in the laboratory giving correct concepts in science. The main concept to be established through a miracle is the unimaginable nature of the God, be it performed by even a demon. Even from demon we have to take the good aspect of devotion to God standing in dualism. Of course, after attaining miraculous powers, demons were spoiled due to the growth of already present ego. The demons are to be condemned and not the miracles. Same miracles exhibited by human incarnations and true devotees construct concepts of true spiritual knowledge. A false advaitin says that miracles are not good in the spiritual journey to cover up his inability to do a miracle due to lack of grace of God. Up to the stage of attaining the miraculous powers from the pleased God, the path is perfect even for the right spiritual aspirant. Of course, doing penance for miraculous powers is wrong intension in the case of demons. But, if the penance is done without aspiration for any fruit and if God is pleased to grant the miraculous powers by Himself, such path of penance based on dualism is correct. A false advaitin cancels the miracles by the following argument “The awareness present in Krishna and in me is God and the external world including both our bodies is unreal. Hence, the hill lifted is unreal, the process of lifting is unreal and the body of Krishna lifting the hill is unreal. We are not interested in unreal things. We are only interested in real awareness present in every human being including Krishna”! This is a trickish argument to cover the inability to do the miracle and to cover the ignorance regarding true dualism on which true devotion to God is based by which only God is pleased and bless the devotee with miraculous powers.]
UPADESHAAMRUTAM Continued...
24) Nanumeyam sarvakartru, sarvashakteh chidanvitam,
Avataare jnnanabodhe, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Unimaginable God is omnipotent and need not be awareness since He thinks. Of course, awareness is associated characteristic when He descends as incarnation for preaching spiritual knowledge.
[You should not infer God as awareness since He is thinking or knowing. If you decide Him as awareness since He thought to create this world, you have to decide Him as inert fire also since He burns (eats) everything (Sarvabhakshaka). The Brahma Sutra says that God eats everything, living and non-living (Attaa charaacharagrahanaat) since God is unimaginable, He can do anything (possible or impossible) due to His omnipotence called as Maaya-power, which makes all impossible things to become possible (Aghatanaghatanaapatiyasi maayaa). Without being awareness, He can think and without being fire He can burn anything. The Veda explains this omnipotence by saying that He runs without legs, He catches without hands, He is static and yet moving faster than mind, He is smaller than atom and simultaneously bigger than hill etc., (Apaanipaado Javano grahitaa, anejadekam manaso javiyah, anoraniyaan mahato mahiyaan). All these indicate that He is beyond space and hence, unimaginable. He becomes not only imaginable, but, also visible to devotees by merging with energetic or materialized body to become incarnation. Of course, you can say that He is awareness in the sense that awareness is always associated with Him when He comes down as an incarnation to preach spiritual knowledge. It means He never associates Himself with inert items to become incarnation since inert item can’t preach. By this, you should not mistake that God Himself is awareness by inherent nature. By His omnipotence, even the inert item merged with Him can speak, but, it looks unnatural and His free mixing with devotees is inconvenient.]
25) Ihamaanushamanyatra, taijasam vigatadvaye,
Sarvamaanavasevaatah, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. If ego and jealousy are eradicated you can recognize human incarnation here and energetic incarnation there. Service to humanity helps to overcome repulsion here.
[The alive energetic incarnation is useful to preach spiritual knowledge to angels in the upper worlds. The alive human incarnation is useful to preach spiritual knowledge to humanity on this earth. Each is relevant to its related place. The ego and jealousy are inevitable for any soul, which develop repulsion between common media. As a result, the soul in the human body misses human incarnation here and misses the energetic incarnation in the upper world after death being in the energetic body due to the same common principle of repulsion. By this, the soul misses expressed relevant God in both places and misses God forever everywhere. You must remove this repulsion by eradicating ego and jealousy towards co-living beings. Service to humanity is a training to remove this repulsion so that the human incarnation will be accepted here. Since repulsion is removed, the same soul after death entering energetic body will accept energetic incarnation in the upper world also. The Veda says “if you recognize human incarnation here, you will recognize energetic incarnation there and therefore, you will recognize God always everywhere. If you miss God here, you will miss there also and miss Him always everywhere” (Ihachedavedit...).]
26) Ekam dashaadvayam drushte, bhinnam graahakayogyatah,
Visleshanena naaptavyam, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. In the visible incarnation, both absolute and relative planes not only co-exist, but merge with each other to become one as per the eligibility of receiver. One can’t become even near to God by mere analysis without devotion.
[The unimaginable God in human incarnation represents the absolute plane. The human being component in the same incarnation represents relative plane. Both the planes merged together to become one only. Hence, not only co-existence of the two contradicting planes is possible for God, but also, merge with each other to become one entity is also possible to the unimaginable God. Here, there is no effort of human being in such merge except the will of God. The effort of human being is worship of God standing in true dualism without any aspiration through total surrender characterized by practical service and practical sacrifice. The effort of human being is only to make itself deserving for the grace of God. In the stage of the fruit granting true monism through perfect merge, all the credit goes to God only. A co-human being standing as perfect God can’t be digested by any human being except very very few. Hence, in the place of perfect monism (Shankara), monism due to inseparable dualism (Ramanuja) and perfect dualism (Madhva) appear to satisfy the ego of devoted receivers. These three are ascending steps when the bond between God and ordinary soul (like false Advaitin) is considered. These three steps become reverse in the ascending order if the bond between God and a devoted soul is considered. An ordinary soul without any devotion to God can’t find God as its basis through mere analysis of the five sheaths (pancha kosha). For such soul, God is beyond the world like a magician standing outside the magic show. Spiritual knowledge concludes that one can’t become even near to God (not to speak of becoming dear) by mere analysis without theoretical and practical devotion. A false Advaitin always stands on the merit of his analysis to catch God without any devotion!]
27) Kriyaa phalaaya no bhaavah, yathaa maargastathaa phalam,
Yajnakartaa phalam gacchet, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Theoretical path gives theoretical fruits and practical path gives practical fruits. Real practical fruit comes only to the practical performer of the sacrifice.
[Theoretical devotion can be developed by worshiping statues and photos, which are representative models of incarnations of God in the beginning stage since ego and jealousy exist hindering direct worship of incarnation. Theory need not be neglected since it is the mother of practical devotion. Mere theoretical devotion gives mere theoretical fruits. Mere practical devotion gives mere practical fruits and God will be without any love towards devotee. Hence, both theoretical and practical devotions are essential to get practical fruits from God having love to devotee. The Veda says that both (Asambhuti and Sambhuti Upaasana) are important. The practical fruit of a sacrifice (Yajna) goes only to the practical performer, who did practical sacrifice in it. No fruit comes to the priests participated in it since they receive offerings of money from the performer. If any priest participates in it without accepting the offering, then also, the priest receives only theoretical fruit for his theoretical devotion (like prayers etc.,) expressed in it. God said in the Gita that He will approach you in the same way in which you approach Him (ye yathaa maam...)! Hence, the scholars participating in the seminar (Yajna) need not look down at the performer for arranging lunch in it. In fact, the practical performer shall look at the scholars with negligence for not getting practical fruit of the seminar! The Veda says about sacrifice of money (Dhanena tyaagena…) whereas the Gita says about sacrifice of fruit of work (hard earned money) because bond with hard earned money is very strong. In sacrifice of service or work (karmasamnyaasa) sacrifice of energy is involved because work is a form of energy. But, the Veda and the Gita stressed on sacrifice of money or wealth (matter) because matter is condensed energy with far more high value.]
28) Jnaanabhaktyarthasamskaaraah, ghrutam dagdham pruthakjanaih,
Kshuthaagnishmahomaarthah, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Every ritual shall be a seminar of spiritual knowledge and an occasion to pray God developing the devotion. Foolish priests burn ghee in fire without giving food with ghee to hungry participants, which is the real meaning of Homa or Yajna.
[All the rituals performed are only seminars of spiritual knowledge and occasion for prayers as songs to praise God. In such rituals, the fire lit serves to cook the food to be served to hungry participants in the seminar. The fire used for cooking (Yajna Saadhanam) is either by sticks (Bhautikaagni) or by electricity (Vaidyutaagni). The third form of fire is hunger or divine fire (Devataagni called as Vaishvaanaraagni) in which the ghee (cooked food with ghee as per lakshana) is to be burnt (served or supplied) and this is called as homa (means the cooked food with ghee to be served to hungry participants). Without knowing this inner meaning, the priests of middle age, who recited the Veda like blind tape recorders without studying its meaning started burning ghee in the physical fire (fire lit with sticks)! Hence, you must perform every ritual only to improve your spiritual knowledge and to develop your devotion to God. You must not burn the precious ghee-food in physical fire blindly, exploited by the selfish and ignorant priests to get your desires fulfilled. If you do so, you are increasing the pollution of atmosphere that stops rains, which is said by these ignorant priests to bring rains!]
29) Vedaadhyayanato jnaanam, paathako mudrite vruthaa,
Dakshinaa guru maargaapyaa, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. The meaning of both words Veda and Adhyayana is knowledge only. Since Veda is printed now there is no need of its preservation. The priest can get offering of money from public through preaching spiritual knowledge.
[The meaning of both words ‘Veda and Adhyayana’ is knowledge only. When both words are used together it is stress on learning the knowledge of the scripture Veda. Priests blindly reciting the Veda without knowing the meaning of even a single word in it say that they have done the Veda adhyayana! In the olden days, due to absence of writing technology, the Veda was preserved by blind recitation passing on from one generation to another generation and this was essential. But, ancient sages studied the meaning of the Veda in lot of depth apart from the work to preserve it. Today, the Veda is printed and preserved forever. There is no need of blind recitation. Its meaning should be explained to the public, which is right knowledge to give right direction. The priests developed a new theory that the sound of the Veda itself will give you the boons! By this, they want to earn money from you for their livelihood. Instead of wasting time in blind recitation, they can learn Sanskrit language and various other scriptures like logic, grammar etc., which help them to know the correct meaning of the Veda. Instead of begging for money through blind recitation of the Veda, which is of no use, they can explain the meaning and get offering of money (Guru Dakshinaa) in a royal way without aspiring for it. God will initiate the public to give them plenty of money as offering. Unless this reformation comes, Hinduism, standing for deep analysis of spiritual knowledge, will fall down to the bottom most level! If you are involved in God’s work by propagating spiritual knowledge, not only others are benefited, but also you are benefited because the knowledge on preaching gets more and more assimilated and confirmed in you. Hence, propagation of spiritual knowledge is not only God’s work (Swami Kaaryam) but also your work (Svakaaryam) simultaneously.]
30) Vibhutirdiyate tena, sarvopanayanam matam,
Gaayatryaa gaanapaddhatyaa, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Miracles are expressed by God if you are in His work. The ritual Upanayanam and Gayatri mean becoming close to God through singing prayers and this is universal.
[If the priest (Guru) is doing his work properly, God will merge with him to make him Satguru or human incarnation for propagation of excellent knowledge. When you are involved in propagation of spiritual knowledge, God will exhibit miracles through you whenever and wherever required. You need not put your eye on miracles at any time and own the miracle for your fame. Whenever a miracle was expressed, Jesus openly thanked the divine Father for doing the miracle through him. The human incarnation is one entity only resulting from homogenous merge of God and devoted human being exhibiting natures of both in the required contexts like electron exhibiting stable nature of particle (God) and unstable wave nature (human being) with dual nature. The meaning of Gayatri hymn is to worship such Satguru shining like Sun destroying the darkness-ignorance by illuminating the intelligence of disciples. This Gayatri hymn is not the real Gayatri. Gayatri hymn means a hymn composed in a meter called as Gayatri. The real Gayatri means praying God through song, which is the most attractive mode of prayer to please God (Gaayantam traayate iti...). The Yajur Veda is in prose. The Rug Veda is in poetry. The Sama Veda is in song. The attraction increases from left to right. Song is highest attraction and hence, Sama Veda is said to be highest (Vedaanaam Saamavdosmi... Gita). Initiating the soul even from childhood into this method of praying by song (Gayatri) so that the soul becomes close to God is the meaning of the ritual called Upanayanam (Upa = close to God, nayanam = bringing the child). Hence, this ritual is universal irrespective of caste and gender. The ignorant priests denied Gayatri to females expressing Gayatri as a female deity! In fact, real Gayatri is with them only, who sing sweet songs on God! Any soul can pray God through song to become close to Him and hence, this ritual is universal and not confined to a specific caste and a specific gender (The meaning of Vishwaamitra, the sage of Gayatri hymn, is that he is universal friend!).]
31) Trivyaahrutinarah sutram, Satguruh sovalambyataam,
Jnaanameva hi nashtam kim?, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. The three threads indicate three vyaahrutis representing three components of human being in human incarnation for worship. What is the loss if three threads and Gayatri hymn (which is information of this concept only) are lost?
[In this ritual, three threads are put on the child, which represent three qualities represented by three vyaahrutis (bhuh-tamas-matter, bhuvah-rajas-energy and suvah-sattvam-awareness), which constitute the human being of human incarnation or Satguru to be worshipped for attaining power of intelligence for the sake of sharp analysis and this is the meaning of Gayatri hymn, which is not real Gayatri (singing prayer on God). The so called Gayatri hymn (called as Gayatri because the hymn is in Gayatri meter) is not a prayer on God. It only means that we shall hear the spiritual knowledge (like shining called as bhargah) of Satguru (like Sun called as Savituh), who will illuminate our intelligence. This is only a knowledge of information and is not a prayer to be sung. Hence, those, who missed this hymn, have not lost any prayer to God. The three threads representing three vyaahrutis are only representing the three components with which the human being component of human incarnation is made indicating that human incarnation alone should be worshipped since unimaginable God can’t be worshipped. Catching the three threads and reciting the Gayatri hymn only means that you should catch the expressed God in human form for getting spiritual knowledge and sharp analysis of intelligence. If this point is known, there is no need of these threads and there is no need of Gayatri hymn, which gives just this information. This is the reason for a saint (soul with ripened knowledge) rejecting these three threads and is respected by all. There is no trace of loss at all in loosing Gayatri hymn and the three threads, if you are informed about this concept! The females also need not feel that they are denied these three threads. These three threads of the girl (bride) are given to the groom in the marriage by the father of the bride so that half of the fruit obtained by the prayers done by husband goes to the wife and half of the food cooked by wife in that time can be eaten by husband as exchange. This is only a mutual arrangement for convenience. Anyway, these three threads and Gayatri hymn have no significance at all and the significant meaning is to sing the praise of God (real Gayatri) to become close to God (real Upanayanam).]
32) Gunakarmakulam gitam, Jivaah prakruti rupinah,
Purusho Bhagavaaneva, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Caste shall be decided by qualities and subsequent deeds only and not by birth as said in Gita. All human beings are made of prakruti only. God alone is the purusha.
[The Gita says that caste should be decided by qualities and subsequent deeds only and not by birth (Gunakarmavibhaagashah). There are several examples to support this concept given by God. Ravana, a Brahmin is rejected and Rama, a non-brahman is worshipped. Even Krishna of B.C. (Yaadava) is worshipped as God. Sūta, a low-caste person, is selected as president (Brahma) in a sacrifice by sages. Similarly, discrimination by gender is foolish. In fact, all human beings are females and wives of God only as said in the Veda (Striyah satih pumsah). God alone is the male (purusha). Every human being is made of prakruti (paraa as soul and aparaa as body). Purusha stands for God and not for male in human beings. When Tulasidas refused to give place in his asylum to Meera saying that women are forbidden, Meera asked him innocently “Are there males in us (souls) also? So far, i am thinking that God alone is purusha or male.” The external differences in the body can’t be deciding factors of merit. The deity of knowledge is Saraswati, who is woman only. Those, who neglect women, are neglecting knowledge and hence, are ignorant only.]
33) Bhakterviraagah naanyattu, jnaanabhaktikriyaah kramaat,
Sopaanatraya maachaaryaih, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. Detachment from worldly bonds must be a spontaneous consequence of attachment to God and not reverse. Knowledge, devotion and practical service with practical sacrifice are the three consequent steps preached by three divine preachers.
[The foundation of spiritual progress (Nivrutti) is Pravrutti. Nivrutti is involving in the spiritual path towards God by which the worldly bonds spontaneously proceed towards detachment. The attachment to God is the reason for the spontaneous detachment of worldly bonds like drinking the divine nectar drops drinking coffee spontaneously without any effort. Detachment from world is not a pre-requisite for attachment to God whereas the former is a spontaneous consequence of the latter. Hence, mere detachment from worldly bonds doesn’t help you to attach to God. You can’t get divine nectar by leaving coffee. All the spiritual trials must be to develop attachment to God. This attachment is obtained by knowing the spiritual knowledge, which is an account of details of divine personality of God. The spiritual knowledge develops devotion, which transforms the spiritual knowledge in to practice. Hence, knowledge, devotion and practical service with sacrifice are the three subsequent steps to develop attachment to God as indicated by Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva respectively. Among the worldly bonds, the strongest bonds are called as Eshanaas, which are bonds with life partner, issues and money or wealth. The sages after doing lot of penance (search of truth in spiritual knowledge) for millions of births recognized the human incarnation as the ultimate and relevant God and surrendered to Rama. In their next birth, they were born as Gopikas and Rama came as Krishna. Krishna tested them in the three strongest worldly bonds competing with the bond with Him. He stole their wealth (milk, curd and butter), which was their hard earned money and it was meant for their children. God tested them in their bonds with money and issues by this stealing. He tested their bonds with their life partners by dancing with them in Brundavanam. This should be understood as the final test in their strongest bonds to give salvation to them. After this test, neither He returned to Gopikas nor repeated this with any other soul in His entire life! An ordinary soul shall not imitate God Krishna based on these two reasons, also remembering that Krishna lifted the huge hill on His finger for seven days. Understanding the Bhagavatam in correct sense is said to be a test for scholars (Vidyaavataam Bhaagavate parikshaa).]
34) Apaapatrayasaukhyena, bhaktyaa maargaikagaaminah,
Pravruttishcha Nivruttishcha, shishyaakarnaya me priya!
My dear disciple! Listen Me. If you avoid the three sins, you will be happy without any misery. By taking only one instrument, which is devotion to God, you can travel in one path only succeeding in both pravrutti and nivrutti.
[Pravrutti is attachment to worldly bonds seeking protection (of the self and own worldly bonds) from God. Hence, in Pravrutti also, the soul tries to please the God. In the process of pleasing God, the inevitable fundamental step is not to make God to become angry with you and punish you for your sins. God is unimaginable and will punish you here as well as in hell after death even if you escape the law here. All your worldly miseries are due to your sins only. Excessive sins are punished here itself. You can’t escape the punishment of sins by worship of God (which is false concept propagated by priests for their earning). The only way to escape the punishments for all sins done is realization from spiritual knowledge, repentance and non-repetition of sin in practice from today onwards. This will cancel all the pending sins (samchita) and avoids future sins (aagaami). If you are true in this and a sincere devotee of God worshipping Him without aspiration for any fruit in return, God will cancel the punishment that already started (Praarabdha) also. Devotion to God giving you the fruits of becoming human incarnation and becoming master of God are personal to God and hence, God is not much worried about this Nivrutti, in which, He often creates obstructions to test your devotion. But, God is very particular about pravrutti since your sins disturb the world by hurting others. The world is established by God, in which His peaceful administration is expected. God says that illegal sex, violence to hurt or to kill any good living being and greediness to steal others money and wealth through corruption are the three main gates for hell. If you control your over fascination to yourself and your family bonds, you can avoid sin and succeed in Pravrutti. In Nivrutti, this fascination totally drops by itself spontaneously due to devotion to God. You and your family members may not like Nivrutti and God also doesn’t like nivrutti for your kind information. But, if you keep nivrutti as your ultimate theoretical goal, you will succeed practically in pravrutti at least and hence, for this purpose only, nivrutti is preached for pravrutti aspirants also. If you start with devotion to God from the beginning, you will succeed in Pravrutti (since devotion to God weakens the fascination that provokes you to do sins) and as the devotion develops slowly to reach climax, Nivrutti is also achieved. Hence, Pravrutti is only an intermediate station in the path of Nivrutti.]
(To be Continued...)
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