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And Vyāsa saw bhakti-yoga to the Lord which effectively destroys jīva’s saṁsāra. Learned Vyāsa then wrote the Bhāgavatam for ignorant people.
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- Each of these sages divided up his Veda into many divisions and these Vedas then developed branches as they were passed on to disciples, grand-disciples and great-grand-disciples.
- The supreme lord Vyāsa, merciful to the most fallen, thus divided the Vedas so that they could be understood by the foolish.
- Perhaps the path of bhakti pleasing to the most elevated devotees has not been sufficiently described. And the elevated devotees alone are dear to the Lord.
- As Vyāsa was lamenting, considering himself most vile, Nārada approached the hermitage, which was previously described.
- Understanding that Nārada, worshipped by the Devatās, had suddenly arrived, Vyāsa worshipped him as if he were Brahmā.
- You have also investigated and realized the brahman which is eternal. Then why should you lament that you have been unsuccessful?
- By this knowledge I understood the influence of the spiritual and material energies of the creator Lord Vāsudeva. By this understanding the devotees attain the Lord’s abode.
- The substance by which a living being’s disease arises and which does not cure the disease, when combined with other substances in a medicine, destroys the disease.
- That jñāna which arises from karma, which is pleasing to the Lord because of being offered to him, is endowed with bhakti.
- I offer respects to you, Bhagavān Kṛsṇa. Let us respect Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Saṇkarṣaṇa (Balarāma) in our minds.
- Using this mantra indicating the four forms, one worships the deity who is the subject of the dhyāna-mantra, the Lord worthy of worship. That person is worthy of being seen.
- O brāhmana! The Lord, knowing that I had undertaken the highest instructions given by him, gave me realization of himself, then powerful siddhis, and finally prema for him.
- vyāsa-nārada-saṁvādo nāma
- When the mendicant teachers who had given me knowledge left, even though I was of young age, I did as they instructed.
- Considering that her death was the mercy of the Lord who is concerned for the welfare of his devotees, I departed immediately for the north.
- Senses and body exhausted, thirsty and hungry, after bathing in a pool of a river, I performed ācamana and took rest.
- In that desolate forest, sitting at the base of a pippala tree, I concentrated by my intelligence on Paramātmā situated within my mind, as I had been taught.
- As I endeavored to see him in that lonely place the Lord, inexpressible by words, then spoke to me with affectionate words, which removed my grief.
- Oh! In this body you will not be able to see me again. But lax practitioners who still have some contamination cannot see me at all.
- By serving the devotees for even a short time, your intelligence became firmly fixed in Me. When you give up this body of low birth, you will become my associate.
- At the end of thousand yuga cycles, Brahmā awoke and Marīci, other sages and I appeared from the senses of Brahmā, who desired to create the universe again.
- With continuous worship of the Lord, by the grace of Mahā-viṣṇu, I travel outside and inside the universe with no obstacles at all.
- When I sing his glories, the Lord who makes any place that he touches holy, and who is attracted to those who sing his glories, quickly appears in my heart, as if being called.
- atha saptamo ’dhyāyaḥ
- Oh Sūta! When Nārada departed, what did the powerful Vyāsa do, having heard the advice of Nārada?
- And Vyāsa saw bhakti-yoga to the Lord which effectively destroys jīva’s saṁsāra. Learned Vyāsa then wrote the Bhāgavatam for ignorant people.
- ukadeva was fixed in the brahman, indifferent to everything, and enjoying in the self. Why did he study this elaborate work?
- After the warriors of both sides had met their end on the battlefield, and Duryodhana had his thigh broken by a blow from the club of Bhīma;
- At that time their mother hearing of the terrible death of her youthful sons, pained, eyes full of tears, began to lament. Arjuna spoke to pacify her.
- Sipping water and concentrating his mind, he released the weapon without knowing how to withdraw it, because his life was in danger.
- O Supreme Lord! What is this? I do not know where it has come from. This most ferocious fire is spread out in all directions.
- Seeing the great fire of their two weapons burning up the three worlds, all the citizens, afflicted by the heat, thought that this was the fire of final destruction.
- Eyes burning with anger, Arjuna quickly caught cruel Aśvatthāmā, and tied him up with rope like a beast.
- The knower of dharma does not kill an enemy who is a drunkard, or who is inattentive, insane, sleeping, young, a female, immobilised, surrendered, without chariot, or afraid.
- Arriving at his camp, Arjuna, whose friend and driver was Kṛṣṇa, offered Aśvatthāmā to his wife who was lamenting for her killed sons.
- Do not make Kṛpī, the mother of Aśvatthāmā and devoted to her husband, cry as I cry constantly with tearful face, pained by the death of my sons.
- Nakula and Sahadeva, Sātyaki, Arjuna, Kṛsṇa, and the women, were also happy with her words.
- You must fulfill your promise to Draupadī so that she is pacified. You must also act to please Bhīma, Draupadī, me and others.
- The method of killing the fallen brāhmaṇa is by shaving his head, taking away his wealth, and taking away his living place. One should not physically kill him.
- O powerful lord! This arrow of burning iron is pursuing me. O Lord! Let it burn me up! But let it not kill by child!
- O best of sages! Seeing five flaming arrows headed towards them, the Pāṇḍavas then took up their weapons.
- O Śaunaka! Though the brahmāstra is effective and cannot be prevented from acting, on meeting the weapon of Viṣṇu, it became completely ineffective.
- How can we women hope to see you, the object of bhakti for the omniscient, liberated sages?
- I repeatedly offer respects to Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva, who gave joy to Devakī, who was the child of Nanda and satisfier of the senses of the gopīs.
- I offer respects to you, with lotus navel, wearing a lotus garland, having lotus eyes, and lotus feet.
- O guru of the universe! May we have dangers in such situations continually, because in those dangers we will see you, and by that we will gain release from this material world.
- No one knows the intentions of the Lord who desires to hide himself in human form, who does not show favor or hatred to anyone, and about whom all men have different opinions.
- O soul of the universe! You are unborn and perform no actions, but you take birth and perform activities in the forms of animals, men and aquatics. This is extremely deceptive.
- Some say that you, though unborn, appeared as the son of Vasudeva in Devakī upon their request, in order to protect the world and kill the demons.
- Without your presence who are we, the Pāṇḍavas along with the Yadus with their fame and strength? We are like the senses without the jīva.
TRANSLATION
Bewildered by that māyā, the jīva, though separate from the three guṇas, considers himself made of the three guṇas and takes on material existence created by the guṇas.
COMMENTARY
In order to describe the sweetness of the Lord’s form, qualities and pastimes, one needs to see the Lord. But what was the purpose of Vy’asa’s seeing māyā? This verse explains. How can the jīva afflicted by the material disease naturally taste the sweetness which is necessary for beginning to learn Bhāgavatam? There can be no prescription for cure without first seeing the disease. Without that how can the patient be treated with proper medicine and food? Thus it is necessary to see both māyā and the jīva. Bewildered by the covering and bewildering potencies of māyā upon his svarūpa, the jīva, though separate from the three guṇas, thinks himself made of matter, and accepts material existence (anartham) – a body - created by that identification.
|| 1.7.6 ||
anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje |
lokasyājānato vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām||
TRANSLATION
And Vyāsa saw bhakti-yoga to the Lord which effectively destroys jīva’s saṁsāra. Learned Vyāsa then wrote the Bhāgavatam for ignorant people.
COMMENTARY
He also saw the medicine for that disease. He saw bhakti-yoga which destroys material existence. One should understand the stages in seeing it. First he saw the Lord. By the use of the word pūrṇa, it should be understood that Vyāsa saw the Lord with his aṁśas, the puruṣa and guṇāvatāras. Without his aṁśas how can the Lord be considered complete? Pūrṇa means complete. Thus Vyāsa saw the complete form of the Lord. He saw his cit-śakti wtih many varities such as Vimalā and Utkarṣiṇī which are manifestations of his beauty. He then saw the external energy māyā-śakti behind the Lord. He saw in the Lord, bhakti - the chief element of the cit-śakti – which is more powerful than all others and which can destroy the illusion caused by māyā and which arises from the actions of his anugrahā-śakti (mercy), and which controls even the Lord. Having seen all this, he then wrote the Vaiṣṇava scripture called Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, which reveals all of this for the ignorant people.
īśaḥ svatantraś cit-sindhuḥ sarva-vyāpyaika eva hi |
jīvo ’dhīnaś cit-kaṇo ’pi svopādhir vyāpi-śaktikaḥ ||
aneko ’vidyayopāttas tyaktāvidyo ’pi karhicit |
māyā tv acit-pradhānaṁ cāvidyāvidyeti sā tridhā ||
The Lord is independent, an ocean of consciousness, and all-pervading. The jīva is dependent, a particle of consciousness, subject to mistaking his identity and pervasive with limitation. They are many in number, are covered with ignorance, and sometimes have ignorance removed. Māyā has three divisions: unconscious material substance, ignorance and knowledge.
The characteristics and proofs of the Lord, the jīva, māyā, the universe, and his svarūpa-śakti called bhakti will be clearly explained in the commentary on the prayers of the Vedas (SB 10.87).
|| 1.7.7 ||
yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyāṁ kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe |
bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ śoka-moha-bhayāpahā||
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