DEIVATHIN KURAL # 43 (Vol # 7) Dated 25 Sept 2013
DEIVATHIN KURAL # 43 (Vol # 7) Dated 25 Sept 2013
(These e-mails are translations of talks given by PeriyavãL of
Kanchi Kaamakoti Peetam, over a period of some 60 years while he was the
pontiff in the earlier part of the last century. These have been published by
Vanadi Padippagam, Chennai, in seven volumes of a thousand pages each as
Deivathin Kural. Today we are going ahead from the middle of page No 369 of
Volume 7 of the Tamil original. The readers may note that herein ‘man/he’
includes ‘woman/she’ too mostly. These e-mails are all available at
http://Advaitham.blogspot.com updated continually)
420. How is that food
the first link in the chain of six elements produced? It is by rain. All the unmoving life forms of nature of
trees, creepers and plants are known as 'sthavara' – 'स्थावर' in Sanskrit. We make
use of their leaves, flowers, grains and fruits as food. We are not talking about the mobile animals
here, whose flesh is also eaten by man. Animals
are known as 'jangama' – 'जङ्गम' in
Sanskrit. Anyhow they also grow with the
input of water available from rain. How is rain formed? As said earlier as per the orders of the
Emperor of the Universe, his officers or agents being the natural forces, the
celestials known as Devas forming part of the entire system of Nature, work in
cohesion. So, we are to care more for
others and not be too greedy and selfish, offer our best to God through
oblations in fire, with the intention of welfare of all the people of the
world. By this sacrifice the celestials
are pleased and in turn they do many things for the well-being of the people of
the world at large. Especially they
cause the rain-fall that does the major contribution in producing food for the
masses. So the third link is 'rain from
Yãga'.
421. How
did this Yãga come about? The intention
of Yãga or Sacrifice being in one's heart and mind, they take the shape of
actions as Yãga and Yagnya with Mantras, making up the fourth link in the chain
'Yãga from Karma'. If your next
questions is as to from where those actions which become powerful by Mantras
arose, the answer is that, they are from the Vedas. Thus Sri Krishna connects the fifth link in
the chain as, 'Karma from the Vedas'.
Now, how did the Vedas come about?
Vedas have no coming into being and vanishing or destruction. They are for ever, the very breath of God,
inalienably Him. So the sixth part of
the link in the chain, as Sri Krishna says is, 'Vedas from God'! Thus through the chain of Cause and Effect he
connects human beings with God, in three slokas 14 to 16 of Chapter 3 of
Bhagawat Gita, completing the chain of six links!
422. Still
continuing his advice further, Sri Krishna says that as far as the human being
is concerned, the Vedas are centred in Yãga that is, his intention of 'Thyaga'
in the form of action as Karma. Here it
becomes clear that, we should live with the minimum of possessions and
properties cutting down on the needs and our expenditure so as to be able to
sacrifice for the sake of others , is
the Dharma as directed by God! It is clear
that Bhagawan Sri Krishna wishes to underline and emphasise the importance of
this attitude of Thyaga from the fact that this link 'Yãga / Yagnya' which is
the third link in the chain is repeated at the end his talk about the wheel of
Dharma. He also warns that, forsaking
and ignoring this Order of Dharma Chakra, those who live for only for selfish
ends, personal gratification and wastefully overuse materials; would have
wasted a lifetime in sin!
423. In
Tamil there is this ThirukkuraL by ThiruvaLLuvar which is like Dharma Sãstrãs
in Sanskrit. In the first chapter he
refers to God as 'aravãzhi andaNan' – 'அறவாழி
அந்தணன்'. Here this phrase could
be interpreted as 'the God holding the Dharma Chakram'. May God grant us that if not now at least in
the near future, He may make us leave our tendency to be too selfish and open
our eyes to cut down on accumulations and undertake a life of Thyaga and
helping the world with all our vigour and enterprise. The political freedom we have thus got, by
God's Grace may thus be useful for us to imbibe Dharma and live with in minimum
means to pull ourselves above the flimsy pleasures of life to aspire for the
great pleasure of refuge in God!
Prayer for the Nation and
Individual's Real Freedom
424. For
long this country has persevered for attaining freedom. By God's Grace and blessings of great
Mahatmas of our land, and people's incomparable level of sacrifice this
Independence has been achieved. Let us
pray that by this independence, our country may flourish, be rid of scarcities,
social unrests, religion and caste based conflicts and become lovingly caring
for each other and live as one Indian Society, for which the omnipresent God
may bless us! With the nation's
attainment of freedom, let us also persevere for our individual freedom. Only when we get to know ourselves completely
we can consider ourselves to be free.
Contrary to such a state, as of now, neither our minds nor our senses
are under our control. We are not able
to control our anger and desires. Both
of them are pestering us always. We never
think of the golden mien of saying, 'enough' of anything. The sadness of life still has us in its
grip. Even small inconvenience or sorrow
disturbs us immensely. How are we to
reach the shore of such ocean of sorrow and sadness?
425. Our
mind has to come under our control. For
long it has been under nobody's control going every which way. To control our minds, we have to start making
some effort at least in a small way. If
and when this mind comes under our control, that will be the real and complete
freedom. Every day at least for a few
minutes keeping our minds peaceful, we should train ourselves to dwell in
meditating on God, without any other thought.
Practice makes us perfect. By
doing Dhyãna, over time the mind gets clear.
This is an ideal means of controlling ones anger and desire. For a person who takes to this habit,
steadily step by step this Sãdhana will make Ãtma Gnãna a possibility. That is real freedom from all debilities and
compulsions.
426. Others'
women should be considered and treated as one's own mother. Other's life should be considered as one's
own. Even at the cost of death one
should speak only the truth. Gossip and
social conflicts and class conflicts should be completely abhorred. Equal love should be evinced with all. Everyone should wish for all humanity's
welfare and well-being. Everyone should
work for his own increase of knowledge and personal progress. For all this we should be praying to God to
grant us the mind, the right attitude and power. Like the ancient India the present
Independent India should also shine as an ideal for high sense of Thyaga and be
a direction pointer for all the people of the world. With that prayer and well wishes I greet you
all in this occasion!
(Deivathin Kural will continue.)
Sambhomahadeva
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