Thursday, January 8, 2015

1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 3

The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission

What is the benefit that the sadhaka derives in being tuned in Brahmavastha? It is delineated below

The Divine Traits 1-3
1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 3


Thiruppavai Day 24
Tejah kshama dhrutih shoucham adroho na ati manita I
Bhavanti sampadam daiveem abhi jatasya bharata II sloka 3
तेजः क्षमा दृतिः शौचं अद्रोहो न अति मानिता I 
भवन्ति संपदं दिवीं अभि जातस्य भारत II श्लोक 3

Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity absence of hatred, absence of pride, these belong toone born for a divine state, O Bharata.

To be imbued with tejas or vigour is a divine quality. This energy is always utilised for putting down evil and for upholding virtue.

Kshama means forgiveness. It is the ornament of a hero who has the capacity and opportunity to avenge the wrongs done to him, but who does not exercise his power for self-assertion. Insead he aims at self effacement by forgiving the offender and forgetting the wrong.

Dritih means fortitude. It is an attitude of mind which serves both as a tonic to and antidote against the weariness of the body and mind. It wards off slackness.

Saucham means purity both within and without. External cleanliness is easy of observance But keeping the mind clean is more important. When the mind is pure, speech and action become naturally wholesome.

In the process of evolutionof beings hatred has its part to play; and so it gets ingrained in them. But it is a blemish in a highly evolved state.Therefore it has to be erased from the mind. Adroha means absence of anger.

The natural tendency of man is to appear important in the eyes of others.His self assumed importance expresses itself as pride -atimaanitaa. But a true inquiry into the glory of God compels man to relinquish pride as a disease of the mind. 

All the virtues enumerated in the above three stanzas bring man's divine nature into relief. The demonaical nature which is the opposite is next delineated.

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