Bhagavadgeeta : ( 26/11/2012. )

Monday, June 30, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9. ( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-19. ( O Arjuna, I control heat, the rain and the drought. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both being and nonbeing are in Me.) Tapamyahamaham      varsham      nigrhnamyutsrjami     ca, amrtam     caiva    mrtyusca      sadasaccahamarjuna. Arjuna  =  Hey   Arjuna; Aham   tapamy  =  I   give   heat    (to  the  world) ; Aham    varsham    nigrhnamy  =  I    withhold    rain; utsrjami     ca  =  and    send    forth   (   rain   ); amrtam    ca   mrtyu   ca  =  immortality    and    death; sat   ca   asat    ca   aham    eva  =  being     and     nonbeing   (   both   )    I   (Me). I give heat, bring and withhold the rain; I am immortality, death and the being as also the not being o Arjuna.  I give heat, I bring and withold the rain and I am immortality and surely death and both the true [the subtle] and untrue [the gross], Arjuna.

Thursday, June 26, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9. ( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-uagam ) Slokam-6. Yathakasasthito    nityam    vayuha   sarvatrago   mahan, Tatha    sarvani    buthani   matsthaneetyupadharaya. Sarvatragaha     =    Moving (blowing) allover,  Mahan    vayuha    yatha     =      ( in which way ) ever present  in the sky, Tatha    sarvani    buthani     =     ( that way ) All elements,  Matsthani      =      ( All beings, all living things, all creations  ) rest in me , within me. As the wind travels everywhere in space, all beings live and move in me. Try to understand that, like the mighty wind that is always in the sky blowing everywhere, I likewise exist with all created beings that are within Me. Think of it this way: just as it is with the mighty wind blowing everywhere in the sky, it is with all the beings living everywhere within me. As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in ethereal space know that in the s

Sunday, June 22,  2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9.( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-5. Na  ca  matsthani  buthani  pasya  me  yogamaisvaram, Butabranna  ca  buthasthaha   mamatma   buthabhavanaha. Na   =  Never;  Ca  =  Also; Matsthani  =  Situated in Me; Bhutani   =  All creation; Pasya  =  just see; Me  =  My; Yogam aisvaram   =   Inconceivable mystic power;  Bhutah  =  Maintainer of all living entities; Na    =  Never; Ca  =   Also; Bhutastha  =   In the cosmic manifestation; Mama   =   My; Atma  =  Paramatma; Bhuta-bhavana   =   Is the source of all manifestations.   Never either is all creation [as such] fixed in Me; behold My mystic union: sustaining all and not being in them also, is My Self the source of all. Nor will anything of what separately exists remain in me; understand my majestic union: as the original self being the source of all creation am I, as the maintainer of all that is created, never completel

Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadggeta : Chapter-9.( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-4. Maya    tatmidam    sarvam    jadadvyaktamurthina, Matsthani   sarvabuthani    na   caham    teshvavasthitaha. Maya            =    By Me; Tatam           =    Spread; Idam             =    All these manifestations; Sarvam           =    All; Jagat            =    Cosmic manifestation; Avyakta-murtina  =     Unmanifested form; Mat-sthani       =    Unto Me; Sarva-bhutani    =      All living entities; Na               =     Not; Ca               =    Also; Aham              =     I; Tesu              =    In them; Avasthitah        =   Present By the unmanifest of Me this entire cosmic manifestation is pervaded, all living entities are in Me and I am not [completely] in them. By my unseen form this entire cosmic manifestation is pervaded; all beings are thus found in me while on the other hand the complete of me cannot be found in t

Saturday, June 14, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter- 8. ( Akshara-brapma-yogam ) Slokam-27 & 28. ( With these two slokam-s Lord concludes the above yogam viz.; chapter-8. )  Now the result of knowing the Vedic conclusion to this chapter and the previous chapter is being stated by Lord Krishna with the words vedesu yagnesu,tapahsu caiva danesu. vedesu is the study of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda as well as all other Vedic scriptures. yagnesu is the performance of yagna or various Vedic ritualistic activities in propitiation tapahsu is engaging in tapasya or rigorous austerities and penance like extreme fasting danesu is giving charity and doing philanthropic works such as feeding the poor  All these four activities give great merit but whatever merits are assigned in the Vedic scriptures for these pious activities they are all eclipsed and surpassed by that liberated being who knows the glorious pre-eminent position of the Supr

Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-8 ( Akshara-brapma-yogam ) Slokam-25. [ The State of Re-birth- ( Punar-avarttanam gati ? ) ]  Dhumo   ratris   tatha   krishna   san-masa   dakshinayanam, Tatra   candramasam    jyotir    yogi   prapya   nivartate. Dhumah,  ratrih,  tatha,   krishnah;         =      Smoke, night, also,  the fortnight of the dark moon; Sat-masah,    dakshina-ayanam               =     The six months,   when the sun passes on the southern side;  Tatra    yogi                                               =      Through the above path, the yogi who leaves ( discard ) his body and move on to; candramasam,    jyotih                               =       The candralokam,   the seat of  decay, ( no progress  place );  Prapya,    nivartate                                     =       Achieves    ( the above experience )   and    returns ( comes back ).    RE-BIRTH ( PUNAR-AVARTTANAM ) : The Yogi who passes away from thi

Friday, June 06, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-8.( Akshara-brpma-yogam ) Slokam-24.( The state of  no rebirth, after death. ) Agnirjiyotirahah   suklah    shanmasa    uttarayanam, Tatra    prayata    gacchati    brapma    brapmavidho    janah. Agnih   jiyotih   ahah   suklah       =       Fire, Illumination, Day, Suklapaksham; Shanmasah    uttarayanam           =       The period of  six months of Uttarayana-kalam; Tatra    prayata                                  =       Those who discard their bodies in the above mentioned path; Brapmavidhah   janah                     =       That brapma-jnanies; ( their Jeevatma ) Brapma    gacchati                             =       Attain "Brapmam"( Brahmam ) ( i.e the Jnanies jeevatma dissolve in Paramatma ) Hence no- rebirth to them.  Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment, during the fortnight of t

Monday, June 02, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-13. Slokam- 8 to 12*. The state  "Kshetrajnan"   imposed on "Atma" is due to its relationship with "Ksetram" only. This is already explained in detail, in previous slokam-s. Hereafter one should know about "Atma". Lord Krishna narrates : the 20 Sadhanas ( Jnana-sadhana-s ) to attain the Jnanam about "Atma". These makes a person fit for "Atmasakskatkaram". A must for all who wants to know "Atma". Slokam-8 to 12, count them one by one for us : 1. Amanitvam is absence of desire for honour due to reverence and humilty. 2. Adambhitva is lack of pride due to simplicity and absence of duplicity. Adambhitvam means to be without pride. 3. Ahimsa is non-violence to others by thought, word or action.  Ahimsa is not causing pain to other living beings, 4. Ksantih is tolerance, forbearance even when antagonised.  Ksantih is tolerance in the face of ins