Monday, March 18, 2019

About Renunciation in sanskrit

Courtesy:Sri.K.V.Ananta narayanan

the saint and the soldier
द्वाविमौ पुरुषव्याघ्र सूर्यमण्डलभेदिनौ।
परिव्राड्योगयुक्तश्च रणे चाभिमुखो हतः॥
महाभारते विदुरनीत्यां
dvāvimau puruṣavyāghra sūryamaṇḍalabhedinau|
parivrāḍyogayuktasca raṇe cābhimukho hataḥ||
mahābhārate viduranītyāṁ

Vidura, the great statesman while explaining the science of statecraft and lifestyle management to His elder brother and king Dhritarashtra, praises the greatness of renunciation and valour in war front.
"These two persons reach greater worlds even breaking asunder the orb of the sun, O tiger among men, (1) the saint who has totally renounced the world and at the same time has been endowed with the power of Yoga, and (2) the warrior who makes the supreme sacrifice facing the sharp weapons of the enemy".

For us, the average human beings, there are certain levels in life which can be termed as the summit of supreme achievement. Two such levels are underlined by the master intellectual Vidura. A person who has renounced all worldly desires and possessions is considered great among his peers, and when he has achieved supreme control over all his senses and mundane yearnings through mastery over yoga, he becomes incomparable.
Similarly a warrior who fights for his own honour and the honour of his motherland, and gives up his life in a direct encounter with the enemy reaches supreme glory. 
The family, the society and the country honours him.

We can see this idea echoed in the Vedic praise of the Parivrajaka..." om na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amrtatvam anasuh 
parena nakam nihitam guhayam vibhrajate yad yatayo visanti 
vedanta-vijnana suniscatartha sannyasa yogad-yataya-suddha-sattvah"
ॐ न कर्मणा न प्रजया धनेन त्यागेनैके अमृतत्वमानशुः
परेण नाकं निहितं गुहायां विभ्राजते यद यतयो विशन्ति 
वेदान्तविज्ञान सुनिश्चितार्थाः संन्यासयोगः यतयः शुद्धसत्वाः.
(Having attained the Immortality consisting of identification with the Supreme, all those aspirants who strive for self-control, who have rigourously arrived at the conclusion taught by vedanta through direct knowledge, and who have attained purity of mind through the practice of the discipline of yoga and steadfastness in the knowledge of brahman preceded by renunciation, get themselves released into the regions of Brahman at the dissolution of the body.)

and

Bhagavan Krishna's praise in Gita of Kshatriya who lays down his life in war...
Hato vaa praapyasi swargam, jitwaa vaa bhokshyase mahiim.
.हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्., 
yadhrichayaa chopapannam swargadwaaramapvrutam. यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्.
(Arjuna, you will reach heaven if you are killed in war, and if you are victorious, you will enjoy the fruits of the earth.. 
it is indeed fortuitous that the gates of heaven are opened by the war..the kshtriyas who get such a war are indeed fortunate.)

Yes, they transcend even the realm of the Sun and reach the Supreme being who resides at the greatest level...
"na tatra suuryo bhati na chandrataarakam, naivaa vidhyuto bhanthi kutoyam agni", ..न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नैवा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोयमग्निः 
. 'the sun is not capable of shining there, nor are the moon and the stars, no thunderbolts can reach and the fire also is impotent there..'
The praise is for jnana yoga and karma yoga

  

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