<< pUrva pItikA \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cvEdhanam or knowledge refers to upAsanam or worship, as discussed in previous part 2. Just like\u00a0upAsanam (worship),\u00a0result of bhakthi is also \u2018mOksha\u2019 .\u00a0 As it is said, \u201cHis form cannot be beheld with our vision; none can see him with these naked eyes. Those who know him from their heart with full of devotion and knowledge will only attain immortality\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018hrudhA\u2019\u00a0 (\u0939\u0943\u0926\u093e \u092e\u0928\u0940\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0928\u0938\u093es\u092d\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0932\u0943\u092a\u094d\u0924\u0903) – refers to bhakthi. Not just the vEdhas, but also the smrithis begin by saying \u201cHis form cannot be beheld with our limited vision\u201d, and proceed to declare thus: \u201cOnly he who has a composed mind with true devotion and equanimity\u00a0 shall see the Supreme Self, who is the form of knowledge\u201d. bhagavAn also declares in the bhagavadh-geethA<\/a> thus: \u201cOh pArtha! That supreme brahman \u2013 purusha \u2013 is known only by true devotion, and nothing else\u201d, \u201cHe can be reached by bhakthi alone, and not by any other means\u201d, and \u201cHe knows me by true devotion\u201d.<\/p>\n The angirasa smrithi declares \u201cOnly constant uninterrupted devotion leads to salvation\u201d. Similarly, the vaishNava Dharma declares \u201cPure devotion towards the Supreme Soul gOvindha bestows upon men the Supreme Abode of salvation, let there be no doubt about it\u201d. The rAmayaNa also says \u201cDevotees of You \u2013 the Supreme Soul \u2013 who are firmly rooted in devotion shall attain all their desires, both in this world as well as the nether\u201d, \u201cThose who are devoted to you shall be invincible\u201d.<\/p>\n The vAmana\u00a0purANa says thus: \u201cTo whom\u00a0vishNu is ever loveable, and those who are ever loveable to Vishnu, they shall never be born again, and shall attain Him forever\u201d.<\/p>\n The form or object of meditation in both worship as well as devotion (upAsana and bhakthi) should be the Lotus eyed Supreme Brahman alone. That is also a command, as it is said \u201cupAsva (worship)\u201d, \u201cbhajasva (serve)\u201d Both the verbs \u2018upAsthi\u2019 and \u2018bhajathi\u2019 are two variants, which both mean \u201cservice\u201d. For the same reason, the dictionaries refer to \u2018service, devotion and worship\u2019 as equivalents (\u0938\u0946\u0935\u093e-\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0903-\u0909\u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0903).<\/p>\n The linga and mArkaNdEya purANas\u00a0 declare thus: \u201cThe root \u2018bhaj\u2019 is known to mean servitude. Thus, the learned have inferred the word bhakthi as service to the Lord\u201d.<\/p>\n If a soul develops taste only in being of eternal servitude to the Supreme Soul due to\u00a0His unlimited divine auspicious qualities and boundless affection towards the souls,as also in His unconditional ownership of the entire world, it is called \u2018upAsana\u2019. Another name given to it is \u2018bhakthi\u2019.<\/p>\n bhagavAn declares \u201cI am the most loveable to all learned men\u201d, \u201cThey serve me with all their love\u201d, \u201cThey are ever satisfied with their minds firmly fixed in me\u201d.\u00a0The vishNu purANa refers to parahlAdha as the best among demons who filled his heart with bliss born out of constant contemplation, and who was exalted by chanting the divine names of the lord .<\/p>\n The vishNu thathva also says thus: \u201cThe service done unto the Supreme Soul with the exertion of knowledge is called bhakthi. When such bhakthi is born in the mind, the love towards God automatically develops\u201d.<\/p>\n The bArhaspathya\u00a0smrithi says \u201cthe one who is attached to the Supreme Soul and totally detached from the world shall be freed from all bondage and shall enjoy the eternal bliss enjoyed by the Supreme brahman\u201d.<\/p>\n The\u00a0thaiththirIya nArAyaNIyam\u00a0 prays thus \u201cMay that Lord engage us in good thoughts\u201d.<\/p>\n anusmaraN – \u201cRepeated remembrance of krishNa is the best\u201d\u00a0indicate to us the importance of developing taste only in eternal servitude to the Supreme Self alone.\u00a0The word ‘anu\u2018\u00a0 is inferred to mean lowliness by the scholars. The lowliness refers to the natural servitude of the soul to Display of simple means such as meditation to those who know no way out :<\/p>\n In response to third question bhIshma shows the simple means\u00a0\u00a0of \u2018praising Him and singing His glory\u2019, in response to the third question \u2018sthuvantha: kam\u2019.\u00a0He replied to this question in three SlOkas, starting with \u2018thamEva\u2019 and ended with \u2018sarvabhUtha-bhavOdhbhavam\u2019. bhIshma proceeded to uniquely demarcate the qualities exclusive to bhagavAn, as against the other lowly demigods. He explained with His characteristic\u00a0of being eternal, and continued with ten such unique qualities:<\/p>\n \u0905\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u0928\u093f\u0927\u0928\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0902 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0932\u094a\u0915\u092e\u0939\u0946\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u092e\u094d \u2018anAdhinidhanam\u2019 \u2013 the One who factors everything without Himself being bound by time .<\/p>\n ‘vishNum\u2019 \u2013 the One who is not bound by place .<\/p>\n \u2018sarvalOka-mahESvaram\u2019 \u2013 the One who possesses all the wealth required to grant all wishes of all seekers .<\/p>\n \u2018lOkAdhyaksham\u2019 \u2013 the One who is represented by the property of being boundless in any way .<\/p>\n \u2018brahmaNyam\u2019 \u2013 the One who confers wellness upon brahmA by being propounded by the unlimited branches of the vEdhas; for the same reason, the One who is the subject of prayers by everyone .<\/p>\n \u2018sarvadharmagyam\u2019 \u2013 thus, being the knower of all dharmas that glorify Him .<\/p>\n \u2018lOkAnAm kIrthivardhanam\u2019 \u2013 the One who becomes the cause for all the inmates of all worlds who pray sincerely to Him in attaining unsurpassed glory, as spoken in the numerous scriptures and vEdhas, such as in the statement \u201cHaving praised whom he shall also attain the glory that should be praised by everyone\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018lOkanAtham\u2019 \u2013 the master of all worlds, and hence the recipient most eligible for being praised and served by all .<\/p>\n \u2018mahadhbhUtham\u2019 \u2013 the One who is with all the glorious wealth by nature; thus, the One who is very easily worshipped by one and all with just a simple prayer. Great people are only the ones who are most satisfied even with just the signal of people approaching them for their blessings. They do not expect much from the seekers.<\/p>\n \u2018sarvabhUtha-bhavOdhbavam\u2019 \u2013 the One who is indeed the cause of knowledge among the \u2018sath\u2019 or knowledgeable entities (individual souls), and who is thus inseparable from those knowledgeable entities, and hence the One who grants them all that they want .<\/p>\n \u2018sthuvan\u2019 \u2013 although lacking in complete devotion, singing the glories of such a Supreme Master.<\/p>\n ‘sarvadhu:khAthigO bhavEth\u2019 \u2013 one should cross the fires caused by three heats (thApa-thrayam) and attain the Supreme, Blissful, and Pacific hearted bhagavAn. Finally the above two SlOkas explains the simple means of worship, namely prayer .<\/p>\n The loftiness of Remembrance, Praising, Prostration :<\/p>\n bhIshma then proceeds to reply to the fifth question (which \u2013 of all dharmas \u2013 is the highest?) with the SlOka beginning with \u2018Esha mE’<\/p>\n \u090e\u0937 \u092e\u0946 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0923\u093e\u0902 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u094as\u0927\u093f\u0915\u0924\u092e\u094a \u092e\u0924\u0903 \u2018Esha:\u2019 \u2013 The various forms of pleasing the Lord \u2013 as detailed before \u2013 namely worship, prayers, etc, as per the scriptural prescription with the necessary authorities, and also considering the various ranks of complexities attached to each of them .<\/p>\n \u2018sarvadharmANAm madhyE adhikathamO matha:\u2019 \u2013 is the most superior among all the dharmas.<\/p>\n The word \u2018dharmas\u2019 mostly refers to the following four forms: (a) material benefits such as cattle, progeny, wealth,(b) the spiritual benefits such as the attainment of swarga, (c) the salvation characterized by complete knowledge of the Supreme Entity and its enjoyment, with the knowledge being born out of detached worship of the Lord and contentment, (d) worshipping bhagavAn in various forms such as affectionately thinking about Him, singing His praise and prostrating before Him, and thus performing extraordinary service unto Him.Out of these four categories, the fourth category of unconditional servitude to bhagavAn stands as the \u2018yadhbhakthyA\u2019 – The unconditional servitude to bhagavAn is the supreme \u2018bhakthyA\u2019 –\u00a0bhagavadh-geethA refer ‘bhakthyA’\u00a0 as \u2018the easiest and happiest job to do\u2019 .\u00a0This is indeed comprehensible, because it is well known that the unrelenting contemplation about a loveable husband is always the\u00a0 sweetest and most desirable task for a spouse. Thus, bhIshma differentiates the happiness of performing unconditional servitude to bhagavAn from the onus of engaging in similar activities with the servile demigods \u2013 which on the contrary is akin to drinking a bitter concoction.<\/p>\n \u2018puNdarIkAksham\u2019 \u2013 The\u00a0servitude to multi-fold beauty\u00a0of the Lord with lotus eyes from the\u00a0servitude to other ugly, horrific and lowly entities.<\/p>\n \u2018sthavai:\u2019 \u2013\u00a0intends to differentiate the simplicity of accomplishing the task of pleasing the Lord by words alone, from the complexity of performing the multitude of vows such as viSwajith,\u00a0chandhrAyana .<\/p>\n bhagavAn vyAsa also says thus: \u201cMay the people who are desperate, downcast, flaccid, afraid, and are stuck amidst horrible diseases be freed from all their sorrows and difficulties and lead a happy life, with the chanting of the word’ nArAyaNa’.<\/p>\n The vaishNava dharma says in various instances, thus:<\/p>\n \u201cIrrespective of whether one chants the names of vAsudhEva and sings his glories with or without knowledge, all his sins shall disappear just like the salt put in water.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe tools required to reach\u00a0mOksham are easily acquired by that person who utters the two lettered name \u2018hari\u2019 just once\u201d. “All diseases shall be cured with the medicine of chanting the names achyutha, anantha and gOvindha\u201d . \u201cSing the glories of\u00a0jagannAtha \u2013 the master of the worlds. If not, at least study the Vedas\u201d<\/p>\n The vishNu sUktha says: \u201cThose who sing His glory shall reach His divine abode from where there is no return\u201d (\u0927\u094d\u0930\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094a \u0905\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0940\u0930\u092f\u094a \u091c\u0928\u093e\u0938\u0903)<\/p>\n \u2018asya kIraya:\u2019 \u2013 those who sing His glories<\/p>\n \u2018dhruvAsa:\u2019 \u2013 shall reach His divine abode from where they do not return any more .<\/p>\n The word \u2018archEth\u2019 indicates the duty of happily worshipping the manifest form of the Supreme Lord. This is also indicated in the\u00a0bhagavadh-geethA\u00a0 as \u2018understood to be manifest\u2019. Pleasing the Supreme Lord by such worship is not just blandly prescribed by the scriptures like penance and pilgrimage, but it can really be experienced.<\/p>\n (to be continued\u2026)<\/p>\n adiyen srinivasa raja ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:\u00a0 Full Series << pUrva pItikA \u2013 Part 2 \u201cvEdhanam or knowledge refers to upAsanam or worship, as discussed in previous part 2. 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\nthe Supreme Self. Serving the Supreme Soul with conscious remembrance of the natural servitude is upAsana. That itself is called \u2018anusmaraNam\u2019 – remembrance of eternal natural servitude.<\/p>\n
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\nsupreme dharmA.<\/p>\n
\nform of dharmA, because it is filled with the most desirable\u00a0qualities such as true devotion .<\/p>\n
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