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தனக்கு என்று வாழாமல் பிறர்க்கு அனைத்தையும் கொடுப்பது பூமி –
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8–tvaà mäyayä tri-guëayätmani durvibhävyaà
vyaktaà såjasy avasi lumpasi tad-guëa-sthaù
naitair bhavän ajita karmabhir ajyate vai
yat sve sukhe ‘vyavahite ‘bhirato ‘navadyaù
O unconquerable Lord, You engage Your illusory energy, composed of three
modes, to unleash, maintain and devastate the inconceivable manifest cosmos,
all within Your own self. As the supreme superintendent of mäyä, You appear
to be situated in the interaction of the modes of nature; however, You are never
affected by material activities. In fact, You are directly engaged in Your own
eternal, spiritual bliss, and thus You cannot be accused of any material
infection.
9–çuddhir nåëäà na tu tatheòya duräçayänäà
vidyä-çrutädhyayana-däna-tapaù-kriyäbhiù
sattvätmanäm åñabha te yaçasi pravåddhasac-
chraddhayä çravaëa-sambhåtayä yathä syät
O greatest of all, those whose consciousness is polluted by illusion cannot
purify themselves merely by ordinary worship, study of the Vedas, charity,
austerity and ritual activities. Our Lord, those pure souls who have developed a
powerful transcendental faith in Your glories achieve a purified state of
existence that can never be attained by those lacking such faith.
13–ketus tri-vikrama-yutas tri-patat-patäko
yas te bhayäbhaya-karo ‘sura-deva-camvoù
svargäya sädhuñu khaleñv itaräya bhüman
padaù punätu bhagavan bhajatäm aghaà naù
O omnipotent Lord, in Your incarnation as Trivikrama, You raised Your leg
like a flagpole to break the shell of the universe, allowing the holy Ganges to
flow down, like a banner of victory, in three branches throughout the three
planetary systems. By three mighty steps of Your lotus feet, Your Lordship
captured Bali Mahäräja, along with his universal kingdom. Your lotus feet
inspire fear in the demons by driving them down to hell and fearlessness among
Your devotees by elevating them to the perfection of heavenly life. We are
sincerely trying to worship You, our Lord; therefore may Your lotus feet kindly
free us from all of our sinful reactions.
25–yadu-vaàçe ‘vatérëasya
bhavataù puruñottama
çarac-chataà vyatéyäya
païca-viàçädhikaà prabho
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O my Lord, You have descended into
the Yadu dynasty, and thus You have spent one hundred twenty-five autumns
with Your devotees.
26/27–nädhunä te ‘khilädhära
deva-käryävaçeñitam
kulaà ca vipra-çäpena
nañöa-präyam abhüd idam
tataù sva-dhäma paramaà
viçasva yadi manyase
sa-lokäl loka-pälän naù
pähi vaikuëöha-kiìkarän
My dear Lord, there is nothing remaining at this time for Your Lordship to
do on behalf of the demigods. You have already withdrawn Your dynasty by the
curse of the brähmaëas. O Lord, You are the basis of everything, and if You so
desire, kindly return now to Your own abode in the spiritual world. At the same
time, we humbly beg that You always protect us. We are Your humble servants,
and on Your behalf we are managing the universal situation. We, along with our
planets and followers, require Your constant protection.
30–yady asaàhåtya dåptänäà
yadünäà vipulaà kulam
gantäsmy anena loko ‘yam
udvelena vinaìkñyati
If I were to leave this world without withdrawing the overly proud members
of the Yadu dynasty, the whole world would be destroyed by the deluge of their
unlimited expansion.
31–idänéà näça ärabdhaù
kulasya dvija-çäpa-jaù
yäsyämi bhavanaà brahmann
etad-ante tavänagha
Now due to the brähmaëas’ curse, the annihilation of My family has already
begun. O sinless Brahmä, when this annihilation is finished and I am enroute to
Vaikuëöha, I will pay a small visit to your abode
43–nähaà taväìghri-kamalaà
kñaëärdham api keçava
tyaktuà samutsahe nätha
sva-dhäma naya mäm api
O Lord Keçava, my dear master, I cannot tolerate giving up Your lotus feet
even for a fraction of a moment. I urge You to take me along with You to Your
own abode.
44–tava vikréòitaà kåñëa
nånäà parama-maìgalam
karëa-péyüñam äsädya
tyajanty anya-spåhäà janäù
O my dear Kåñëa, Your pastimes are supremely auspicious for mankind and
are an intoxicating beverage for the ears. Tasting such pastimes, people forget
their desires for other things
45–çayyäsanäöana-sthänasnäna-
kréòäçanädiñu
kathaà tväà priyam ätmänaà
vayaà bhaktäs tyajema hi
My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Soul, and thus You are most dear to us.
We are Your devotees, and how can we possibly reject You or live without You
even for a moment? Whether we are lying down, sitting, walking, standing,
bathing, enjoying recreation, eating or doing anything else, we are constantly
engaged in Your service
11-7
6–tvaà tu sarvaà parityajya
snehaà sva-jana-bandhuñu
mayy äveçya manaù saàyak
sama-dåg vicarasva gäm
Now you should completely give up all attachment to your personal friends
and relatives and fix your mind on Me. Thus being always conscious of Me, you
should observe all things with equal vision and wander throughout the earth.
7–yad idaà manasä väcä
cakñurbhyäà çravaëädibhiù
naçvaraà gåhyamäëaà ca
viddhi mäyä-mano-mayam
My dear Uddhava, the material universe that you perceive through your
mind, speech, eyes, ears and other senses is an illusory creation that one
imagines to be real due to the influence of mäyä. In fact, you should know that
all of the objects of the material senses are temporary.
16–so ‘haà mamäham iti müòha-matir vigäòhas
tvan-mäyayä viracitätmani sänubandhe
tat tv aïjasä nigaditaà bhavatä yathähaà
saàsädhayämi bhagavann anuçädhi bhåtyam
O my Lord, I myself am most foolish because my consciousness is merged in
the material body and bodily relations, which are all manufactured by Your
illusory energy. Thus I am thinking, “I am this body, and all of these relatives
are mine.” Therefore, my Lord, please instruct Your poor servant. Please tell
me how I can very easily carry out Your instructions
17–satyasya te sva-dåça ätmana ätmano ‘nyaà
vaktäram éça vibudheñv api nänucakñe
sarve vimohita-dhiyas tava mäyayeme
brahmädayas tanu-bhåto bahir-artha-bhäväù
My dear Lord, You are the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and You reveal Yourself to Your devotees. Besides Your Lordship, I
do not see anyone who can actually explain perfect knowledge to me. Such a
perfect teacher is not to be found even among the demigods in heaven. Indeed,
all of the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmä, are bewildered by Your illusory
potency. They are conditioned souls who accept their own material bodies and
bodily expansions to be the highest truth.
33/34/35–påthivé väyur äkäçam
äpo ‘gniç candramä raviù
kapoto ‘jagaraù sindhuù
pataìgo madhukåd gajaù
madhu-hä hariëo ménaù
piìgalä kuraro ‘rbhakaù
kumäré çara-kåt sarpa
ürëanäbhiù supeçakåt
ete me guravo räjan
catur-viàçatir äçritäù
çikñä våttibhir eteñäm
anvaçikñam ihätmanaù
O King, I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following:
the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth,
honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Piìgalä,
the kurara bird and the child; and the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider
and wasp. My dear King, by studying their activities I have learned the science
of the self.
43–tejo-’b-anna-mayair bhävair
meghädyair väyuneritaiù
na spåçyate nabhas tadvat
käla-såñöair guëaiù pumän
Although the mighty wind blows clouds and storms across the sky, the sky is
never implicated or affected by these activities. Similarly, the spirit soul is not
actually changed or affected by contact with the material nature. Although the
living entity enters within a body made of earth, water and fire, and although
he is impelled by the three modes of nature created by eternal time, his eternal
spiritual nature is never actually affected.
44–svacchaù prakåtitaù snigdho
mädhuryas tértha-bhür nåëäm
muniù punäty apäà mitram
ékñopasparça-kértanaiù
O King, a saintly person is just like water because he is free from all
contamination, gentle by nature, and by speaking creates a beautiful vibration
like that of flowing water. Just by seeing, touching or hearing such a saintly
person, the living entity is purified, just as one is cleansed by contact with pure
water. Thus a saintly person, just like a holy place, purifies all those who
contact him because he always chants the glories of the Lord.
73–evaà kuöumby açäntätmä
dvandvärämaù patatri-vat
puñëan kuöumbaà kåpaëaù
sänubandho ‘vasédati
In this way, one who is too attached to family life becomes disturbed at
heart. Like the pigeon, he tries to find pleasure in mundane sex attraction.
Busily engaged in maintaining his own family, the miserly person is fated to
suffer greatly, along with all his family members.
11-8-6
6–samåddha-kämo héno vä
näräyaëa-paro muniù
notsarpeta na çuñyeta
saridbhir iva sägaraù
During the rainy season the swollen rivers rush into the ocean, and during
the dry summer the rivers, now shallow, severely reduce their supply of water;
yet the ocean does not swell up during the rainy season, nor does it dry up in
the hot summer. In the same way, a saintly devotee who has accepted the
Supreme Personality of Godhead as the goal of his life sometimes will receive by
providence great material opulence, and sometimes he will find himself
materially destitute. However, such a devotee of the Lord does not rejoice in a
flourishing condition, nor is he morose when poverty-stricken.
16–su-duùkhopärjitair vittair
äçäsänäà gåhäçiñaù
madhu-hevägrato bhuìkte
yatir vai gåha-medhinäm
Just as a hunter takes away the honey laboriously produced by the
honeybees, similarly, saintly mendicants such as brahmacärés and sannyäsés are
entitled to enjoy the property painstakingly accumulated by householders
dedicated to family enjoyment.
17–grämya-gétaà na çåëuyäd
yatir vana-caraù kvacit
çikñeta hariëäd baddhän
mågayor géta-mohität
A saintly person dwelling in the forest in the renounced order of life should
never listen to songs or music promoting material enjoyment. Rather, a saintly
person should carefully study the example of the deer, who is bewildered by the
sweet music of the hunter’s horn and is thus captured and killed.
43–çré-brähmaëa uväca
evaà vyavasita-matir
duräçäà känta-tarña-jäm
chittvopaçamam ästhäya
çayyäm upaviveça sä
The avadhüta said: Thus, her mind completely made up, Piìgalä cut off all
her sinful desires to enjoy sex pleasure with lovers, and she became situated in
perfect peace. Then she sat down on her bed.
44–äçä hi paramaà duùkhaà
nairäçyaà paramaà sukham
yathä saïchidya käntäçäà
sukhaà suñväpa piìgalä
Material desire is undoubtedly the cause of the greatest unhappiness, and
freedom from such desire is the cause of the greatest happiness. Therefore,
completely cutting off her desire to enjoy so-called lovers, Piìgalä very happily
went to sleep.
11-9-11
11–mana ekatra saàyuïjyäj
jita-çväso jitäsanaù
vairägyäbhyäsa-yogena
dhriyamäëam atandritaù
manaù—the mind; ekatra—in one place; saàyuïjyät—one should fix;
jita—conquered; çväsaù—the breathing process; jita—conquered; äsanaù—the
yoga sitting postures; vairägya—by detachment; abhyäsa-yogena—by the
regulated practice of yoga; dhriyamäëam—the mind being steadied;
atandritaù—very carefully.
Having perfected the yoga sitting postures and conquered the breathing
process, one should make the mind steady by detachment and the regulated
practice of yoga. Thus one should carefully fix the mind on the single goal of
yoga practice.
21–yathorëanäbhir hådayäd
ürëäà santatya vaktrataù
tayä vihåtya bhüyas täà
grasaty evaà maheçvaraù
Just as from within himself the spider expands thread through his mouth,
plays with it for some time and eventually swallows it, similarly, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead expands His personal potency from within Himself.
Thus, the Lord displays the network of cosmic manifestation, utilizes it
according to His purpose and eventually withdraws it completely within
Himself.
22–yatra yatra mano dehé
dhärayet sakalaà dhiyä
snehäd dveñäd bhayäd väpi
yäti tat-tat-svarüpatäm
If out of love, hate or fear an embodied soul fixes his mind with intelligence
and complete concentration upon a particular bodily form, he will certainly
attain the form that he is meditating upon.
33–avadhüta-vacaù çrutvä
pürveñäà naù sa pürva-jaù
sarva-saìga-vinirmuktaù
sama-citto babhüva ha
O Uddhava, hearing the words of the avadhüta, the saintly King Yadu, who
is the forefather of our own ancestors, became free from all material
attachment, and thus his mind was evenly fixed on the spiritual platform.
11-10
11–tasmäj jijïäsayätmänam
ätma-sthaà kevalaà param
saìgamya nirased etad
vastu-buddhià yathä-kramam
Therefore, by the cultivation of knowledge one should approach the
Supreme Personality of Godhead situated within oneself. By understanding the
Lord’s pure, transcendental existence, one should gradually give up the false
vision of the material world as independent reality.
12–
äcäryo ‘raëir ädyaù syäd
ante-väsy uttaräraëiù
tat-sandhänaà pravacanaà
vidyä-sandhiù sukhävahaù
The spiritual master can be compared to the lower kindling stick, the disciple
to the upper kindling stick, and the instruction given by the guru to the third
stick placed in between. The transcendental knowledge communicated from
guru to disciple is compared to the fire arising from the contact of these, which
burns the darkness of ignorance to ashes, bringing great happiness both to guru
and disciple.
36/37–kathaà varteta viharet
kair vä jïäyeta lakñaëaiù
kià bhuïjétota visåjec
chayétäséta yäti vä
etad acyuta me brühi
praçnaà praçna-vidäà vara
nitya-baddho nitya-mukta
eka eveti me bhramaù
O my Lord, Acyuta, the same living entity is sometimes described as
eternally conditioned and at other times as eternally liberated. I am not able to
understand, therefore, the actual situation of the living entity. You, my Lord,
are the best of those who are expert in answering philosophical questions. Please
explain to me the symptoms by which one can tell the difference between a
living entity who is eternally liberated and one who is eternally conditioned. In
what various ways would they remain situated, enjoy life, eat, evacuate, lie
down, sit or move about?
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