"My dear Lord, You are the object of the Vedic Hymns."
gudham brahmani van-maye
gudham - hidden; brahmani - in the Absolute; vak-maye - in its form of language .
the mystery hidden within the verbal manifestation of the Absolute.
Truth is a Person
Jiva Gosvami quotes Bhagavatam 7.10.48 gudham param brahma manushya-lingam
"the Supreme Truth concealed in a humanlike form."
sri-rudra uvaca
tvam hi brahma param jyotir
gudham brahmani van-maye
yam pasyanty amalatmana
akasam iva kevalam
SYNONYMS
sri-rudrah uvaca- Lord Siva said; tvam - You; hi- alone; brahma - the Absolute Truth; param- supreme; jyotih - light; gudham - hidden; brahmani - in the Absolute; vak-maye - in its form of language (the Vedas); yam - whom; pasyanti- they see; amala - spotless; atmanah - whose hearts; akasam- the sky; iva- like; kevalam - pure
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
continuation of Nabhaga (part 2)
Thereafter, while Nābhāga was accepting the riches, a black-looking person from the north came to him and said, "All the wealth from this sacrificial arena belongs to me."Nābhāga then said, "These riches belong to me. The great saintly persons have delivered them to me." When Nābhāga said this, the black-looking person replied, "Let us go to your father and ask him to settle our disagreement." In accordance with this, Nābhāga inquired from his father.The father of Nābhāga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Daksa-yajña, they offered to Lord Śiva as his share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly belongs to Lord Śiva.Thereupon, after offering obeisances to Lord Śiva, Nābhāga said: O worshipable lord, everything in this arena of sacrifice is yours. This is the assertion of my father. Now, with great respect, I bow my head before you, begging your mercy.Lord Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you .Lord Śiva said, "Now you may take all the wealth remaining from the sacrifice, for I give it to you." After saying this, Lord Śiva, who is most adherent to the religious principles, disappeared from that place.If one hears and chants or remembers this narration in the morning and evening with great attention, he certainly becomes learned, experienced in understanding the Vedic hymns, and expert in self-realization..
The Nabhaga situation part 1
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The son of Nabhaga named Nābhāga lived for a long time at the place of his spiritual master. Therefore, his brothers thought that he was not going to become a grhastha and would not return. Consequently, without providing a share for him, they divided the property of their father among themselves. When Nābhāga returned from the place of his spiritual master, they gave him their father as his share
Nābhāga inquired, "My dear brothers, what have you given to me as my share of our father's property?" His elder brothers answered, "We have kept our father as your share." But when Nābhāga went to his father and said, "My dear father, my elder brothers have given you as my share of property," the father replied, "My dear son, do not rely upon their cheating words. I am not your property."
Nābhāga's father said: All the descendants of Ańgirā are now going to perform a great sacrifice, but although they are very intelligent, on every sixth day they will be bewildered in performing sacrifice and will make mistakes in their daily duties.
Nābhāga's father continued: "Go to those great souls and describe two Vedic hymns pertaining to Vaiśvadeva. When the great sages have completed the sacrifice and are going to the heavenly planets, they will give you the remnants of the money they have received from the sacrifice. Therefore, go there immediately." Thus Nābhāga acted exactly according to the advice of his father, and the great sages of the Ańgirā dynasty gave him all their wealth and then went to the heavenly planets.
Nābhāga inquired, "My dear brothers, what have you given to me as my share of our father's property?" His elder brothers answered, "We have kept our father as your share." But when Nābhāga went to his father and said, "My dear father, my elder brothers have given you as my share of property," the father replied, "My dear son, do not rely upon their cheating words. I am not your property."
Nābhāga's father said: All the descendants of Ańgirā are now going to perform a great sacrifice, but although they are very intelligent, on every sixth day they will be bewildered in performing sacrifice and will make mistakes in their daily duties.
Nābhāga's father continued: "Go to those great souls and describe two Vedic hymns pertaining to Vaiśvadeva. When the great sages have completed the sacrifice and are going to the heavenly planets, they will give you the remnants of the money they have received from the sacrifice. Therefore, go there immediately." Thus Nābhāga acted exactly according to the advice of his father, and the great sages of the Ańgirā dynasty gave him all their wealth and then went to the heavenly planets.
Blessing of Lord Shiva
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.12
ya etat saḿsmaret prātah
sāyaḿ ca susamāhitah
kavir bhavati mantra-jño
gatim caiva tathātmanah
SYNONYMS
yah — anyone who; etat — about this incident; saḿsmaret — may remember; prātah — in the morning; sāyam ca — and in the evening; susamāhitah — with great attention; kavih — learned; bhavati— becomes; mantra-jñah — well aware of all Vedic mantras; gatim — the destination; ca — also; eva — indeed; tathā ātmanah — like that of the self-realized soul.
TRANSLATION
If one hears and chants or remembers this narration in the morning and evening with great attention, he certainly becomes learned, experienced in understanding the Vedic hymns, and expert in self-realization
ya etat saḿsmaret prātah
sāyaḿ ca susamāhitah
kavir bhavati mantra-jño
gatim caiva tathātmanah
SYNONYMS
yah — anyone who; etat — about this incident; saḿsmaret — may remember; prātah — in the morning; sāyam ca — and in the evening; susamāhitah — with great attention; kavih — learned; bhavati— becomes; mantra-jñah — well aware of all Vedic mantras; gatim — the destination; ca — also; eva — indeed; tathā ātmanah — like that of the self-realized soul.
TRANSLATION
If one hears and chants or remembers this narration in the morning and evening with great attention, he certainly becomes learned, experienced in understanding the Vedic hymns, and expert in self-realization
Mantra-Drsah one who knows the science of mantra
Srimad Bhagavatam 9.4.10
yat te pitāvadad dharmaḿ
tvaḿ ca satyaḿ prabhāsase
dadāmi te mantra-drśo
jñānaḿ brahma sanā
SYNONYMS
yat — whatever; te — your; pitā — father; avadat — explained; dharmam— truth; tvam ca — you also; satyam — truth; prabhāsase — are speaking; dadāmi — I shall give; te — unto you; mantra-drśah — who know the science of mantra; jñānam — knowledge; brahma — transcendental; sanātanam — eternal.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you.
yat te pitāvadad dharmaḿ
tvaḿ ca satyaḿ prabhāsase
dadāmi te mantra-drśo
jñānaḿ brahma sanā
SYNONYMS
yat — whatever; te — your; pitā — father; avadat — explained; dharmam— truth; tvam ca — you also; satyam — truth; prabhāsase — are speaking; dadāmi — I shall give; te — unto you; mantra-drśah — who know the science of mantra; jñānam — knowledge; brahma — transcendental; sanātanam — eternal.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva said: Whatever your father has said is the truth, and you also are speaking the same truth. Therefore, I, who know the Vedic mantras, shall explain transcendental knowledge to you.
line 1 of the prayer of Lord Shiva from Chpt. 28 Krsna Book- Bhaktivedanta Swami
Inaugurating his divine prayers of realization at the end of an immortalizing and spectacularly hair-raising battle, set in what is now current day Assam , the great Mahajan, Lord Shiva's first sentence begins with; " My dear Lord, You are the worshipable object of the Vedic hymns."
With the utterance of only the first line we begin to stumble into that holy domain of 'one drop of the infinite is infinite'.
In a small narration found in volume 9 of Bhagavatam, the great rajarishi Emperor Nabaga and his successor, his youngest son, also named Nabaga ,find themselves in a few unique turn of events that reveal the divinely helpful aspect of Lord Shiva in the jiva's search for wisdom.This narration indicates the powerful knowledge Lord Shiva is conversant with and substantiates His Mahajan stance of Bhagavat Dharma, and His mercy to assist the sincere seeker of Lord Krsna.
With the utterance of only the first line we begin to stumble into that holy domain of 'one drop of the infinite is infinite'.
In a small narration found in volume 9 of Bhagavatam, the great rajarishi Emperor Nabaga and his successor, his youngest son, also named Nabaga ,find themselves in a few unique turn of events that reveal the divinely helpful aspect of Lord Shiva in the jiva's search for wisdom.This narration indicates the powerful knowledge Lord Shiva is conversant with and substantiates His Mahajan stance of Bhagavat Dharma, and His mercy to assist the sincere seeker of Lord Krsna.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Nov.15 1983 B.R.Sridhar
The ability to access those lighning bolts of realization and redirect our outlook of reality, Srila Sridhar Dev here expresses that ' shiva state' of ironic conclusion, when he says,"Revive yourself from the tomb....buried under the earth.The earthly ideas have buried your soul within that and must come out of the burial ground.
Here resides some of the underpinings of Srila Sridhar Maharaja's immortal declaration, "Die to Live".
Here resides some of the underpinings of Srila Sridhar Maharaja's immortal declaration, "Die to Live".
Lord of Maya
Lord Shiva, can show us how to become unfettered from this incarcerated plane, as he is the controller of the goddess of material energy, Maya.Her seva entails providing the all attractive glare of material involvement for the insincere jivas, like moths into light bulbs.Being the Lord and controller of Maya, he is not enamoured by the dazzle of material prospect and maintains His undeviated transcendental focus upon Lord Krishna, often even appearing covered with ashes upon His divine body in a state of indifference to this plane ,fully aware of the outcome of it's material ingredients, dust.Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.His holy form is actually golden,and not blue,which is the result of His ash covered body.Many pray to Him for vast material wealth,but for the devotee of Krishna, seeking lasting value, He provides infinitely deeper prospects and blessings for the path to enlightenment.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)