this life material just changes bodies like worn out garments and appear again in new clothes

I am inclined to believe the idea found reiterated in HInduism that our existence is not restricted to the period between the birth and death. even without any direct proof...

Rather, like the blessed lord said in Gita, this life material just changes bodies like worn out garments and appear again in new clothes..

The varied stages of growth and maturity in mind and physique we discover among us cannot be explained in any other way..

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ।।२२।।

भगवत् गीता अध्यायः २ साङ्ख्ययोगः

Memories of Narayana as the vital forces depart the body

अन्ते नारायण स्मृतिः

अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् । यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ गीता ८-५

anthe narayana smruthi

anthakaale cha maameva smaran muktwaa kalevaram ya prayaati sa madbhaavam yaati naastyatra samsayaH

Memories of Narayana as the vital forces depart the body..

this is the ideal

Gita:

If one leaves his body and during his final hours remembers Me, surely, he attains My own qualities and merge in Me, there is no reason for any doubt on this point,

So says the Blessed Lord Krishna

the universe as a whole is happy.. the demons fless in trepidation

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च। रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः।।11.36

11-36 of Bhagavat Gita

arjuna uvāca

sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā

jagat prahṛṣyaty anurajyate ca

rakṣāḿsi bhītāni diśo dravanti

sarve namasyanti ca siddha-sańghāḥ

Arjuna Says..

"Krishna the Hrishikesha, the world unitedly meets and celbrates your praise.. the universe as a whole is happy.. the demons fless in trepidation. The divine groups of Sidhas are all offering pranams to you..'

this mantra or shlokam from Bhagavat Gita is being used as a mantram to ward off evil spirits.

. the mantramm is called Gita Thrishtup..

(may be with some variants and some bheeja akshara added0

The context of the Sloka is that when the Lord showed his universal form, the evil spirits are bolting.. True..

But Neither Vyasa, nor Krishna or Arjuna or anyone even intended this statement by Arjuna to be used as a chant by sorcerors to exorcise evil spirit..

Now half a dozen of priests sit around fire and chant this mantram in thousands and offer twigs, rice, clarified butter etc to fire and people around are delirious with bhakti and all..

One instance of disuse of the great philosophical text and misuse of the same at the hands of avaricious and showy sorecerors and priests..

This is just one instant..

This mantram now is a very effective tools with Jolsyars and priests..

Of course it is their profession.. let them earn..

But others have a right to know the facts..

the words of visionaries, and here it is the Supreme Godhead, make meanings and context

just some food for thought..

Gita, if it is interpreted in the context of that bloody war can be nothing more than many of the pep talk books that mushroomed in every age..

We have to understand it as a stand alone treatise.. and as we are believers, we have to take it as coming from the Supreme being... who is free of any contexts..

Every statement of Gita is said as spoken by Bhagavan.. shree Bhagavan Uvacha.. not Krishna or Vasudeva..

Bhagavan.. the word is profound beyond our ordinary thoughts..

Of course we can take different stands in argument..

I remember what I quoted from Bhavabhooti a few days ago.. The words of ordinary men depend on the context and meaning.. But the words of visionaries, and here it is the Supreme Godhead, make meanings and context..

True, I have often tried to criticize Gita for the different tongues it speaks.. but there the prisoner of logic in me that is speaking..

In His supreme presence, no logic is relevant.. Yato vaacho nivartane..

just ignore your thoughts and emotions, they will go away

 

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ

says GITA..

If you just ignore or starve your thoughts and emotions, they will go away on their own. You need not empty them.

Moreover, when you try to empty them consciously they will fill your mind with multiplied vigour.

Just like, if you have a boil in the rear it will disappear on its own in a couple of days if you leave alone it but could turn septic if you scratch it.

Vyashema Devahitam yad aayuH

 

We are trying to look at the infinite being without origin and end and the middle just from the perspective of some scriptures.

Moreover, the life span of such scriptures, even if they are the revered Vedas, are too meagre in comparison to the epoch of human existence on this earth and even more minuscule in comparison with the time span where the universe existed almost in the present shape.

Things did not happen according to the planning and programming effected by the created beings, and we will never be able to find any plan or programming for ourselves all by ourselves.

Of course, all we can do is to make an effort at maintaining the equilibrium, and even in that attempt; we are pathetically out-powered and awed.

The Vedas said.. Vyashema Devahitam yad aayuH व्यशेम देवहितं यदायुः. Let us spend our lives just according to the will of the Devas.( this statement is found in all the four Vedas and also in numerous Upanishads).

In fact, wherever living beings tried to invent unconventional methods, it has only led to destruction.

The aftermath of unleashing of nuclear energy on the one hand and the occupational diseases like diabetes, epidemics like AIDs - are all the result of such adventures on the part of the living created beings.

This process is actually, what we call glani for Dharma and abhyuththaanam of Adharma perhaps as stated by the Blessed Lord in Gita-and in these matters, we are forcing His hands by our stubbornness.

If wecallenge the rhythm maintained by Him and things get out of control for humans, He has no choice other than jettisoning us.

"Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanir Bhavathi Bharatha,

Abhyuthanam Adharmaysya Tadatmanam Srijami Aham'.

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्‌ ॥

Bhagavad Gita (Chapter IV-7)

many 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 would suit only a person 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 of self-realization

 

𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐞. However, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 persona. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 Maha𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 B𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 L𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 have been 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 G𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐧 Gi𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝... 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐣𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐚.सर्वधर्मान् परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज -𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞. T𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 V𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 S𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 B𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 G𝐫𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 Gita particularly 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 get 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 two of Gita.. 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐢 𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐢..वासांसि जीर्णानि, 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐞, नायं हन्ति न हन्यते 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 that would suit a person 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 of self-realization. 𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬,𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲. T𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 from 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫,𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰. Moreover 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝”, 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 anyone for any reason. Merely quoting Gita 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 person. If 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 a𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦. 𝐀𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬 "𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲" 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝” 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥). 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. I𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 G𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞. Therefore, 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.

𝐒𝐞𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 P𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟓 years 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 (acquired through ageing).

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟in spite of 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 with maturity 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 should not be cited as an example in this context... T𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡.

priorities in life can vary substantially according to the situations

 

How much each one should allocate as percentage of performance  while dealing with priorities in life can vary substantially according to the situations. Each aspect or ingredient has great value and the priorities can overlap and mutually integrate with one another too. Life is more like a cocktail. Once it is mixed, you cannot specify which ingredient is more delectable.

When you are indisposed, the physician takes over aspects other than get secondary importance. Kalidasa said शरीरमाद्यं खलु धर्मसाधनम्..(it is a quote from KumaraSambhavam of Kalidasa.. meaning.. this human body is the primary instrument of supreme importance and no virtuous deeds are possible without this body.)

The maintenance of this physical body is the top priority, as you can be functional only if your body is in working condition. In fact, the scriptures prescribe cancelIation of all other routines of life if your health is in a bad condition.

Our hoary traditions of education in Gurukulams prepared and equipped the wards for all sorts of challenges in the life on earth and beyond. Absolut disciple and obedience to the preceptor and his family, complete equality among fellow-scholars irrespective of whether they are princes or class Brahmins or simpletons was the distinctive feature of our educational system.

See the difference between Krishna the Prince and Kuchela or Sadhana the penniless Brahmin while they took training in the hermitage of Sage Sandeepani. Bothe face similar tough and tortuous tasks and both got treatment on equal footing. This is just an example.

Of course, keenness in educational activities and efficiency decided the relative merit of each ward. विद्यया विन्दते अमृतं, न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।, प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म etc., Were not empty slogans anyway.

Thousands of texts and scriptures right from Rigveda and Mahabharatham and Arthasastram of Chanakya onwards, have underlined the importance of money, its management and fiscal wellbeing.

The discussion can fill thousands of pages.

Remember, कोशमूलो हि दण्डः declare the saint cum political guru Chanakya.

We have to work, work hard,work as long as we live. The blessed Lord Krishna said in Bhagavat Gita.

नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः। शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।

न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् | कार्यते ह्यवश: कर्म सर्व: प्रकृतिजैर्गुणै: ॥ gita

Suffice to say, we have to regulate our lives ever ensuring that we maintain the balance and equilibrium between the interests of Individual self and the world at large and at the same time we must assign the right priority to our own health, wealth and happiness. Never attempt to harm others. If you try to have gain by causing ruin to others, be sure that your affluence will be short-lived.

𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.. 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬.?.

W𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬?

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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚... 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭.

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𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬.. T𝐡𝐞 original 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬,𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭.

T𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 -𝐔𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝,- 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐲𝐚, -𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧.- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 these appendages showed their head 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝..

Moreover, "𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞" 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫-𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤.

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 pre-conceived 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 ,𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠..

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 choice 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 be that we should 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 .

Allow 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

M𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐯𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 ...... 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝.

never think of the successful outcome of your action, nor expect any rewards from such action

 

कुर्वन्नेवैह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्च्छतं समा।

एष त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे॥

यजुर्वेद ४०-२ ईशवास्य उपनिषद् २

kurvannevaiha karmāṇi jijīviṣeccchataṁ samā|

eṣa tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare||

yajurveda 40-2 īśavāsya upaniśad 2

A very relevant advice contained in Yajurveda, which is reiterated in Isha Upanishad and reinforced by all spiritual text from Gita onwards.

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You should have desire to live for the full hundred years given to you. However, you spend that life performing noble deeds. Once you are born, you have no other option. In addition, never think of the successful outcome of your action, nor expect any rewards from such action. If you live that way, the effects of the karmas like papas and punya will never stick on to you.

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Our existence with utter indifference to result, with keen dedication to the work on hand-- The Vedas underlined the idea, although Upanishads and Bhagavat Gita later developed this idea into the ultimate slogan or clarion call for good lifestyle.

Gita’s noble call

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचान

मा कर्म फल हेतुर्भूः मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि

Meaning

Do your duty (in the best way possible) and never care much for the results, because you have control only over the deeds and not on the results

Do not become a fellow who waits anxiously for the results of your work, nor develop any propensity to be inactive.

The quotes and the comments may look very archaic since every person worth his salt reiterated the idea, and those who were successful actually lived by such dicta.

Nevertheless, they are worth remembering repeatedly as long as we live. The ideas are something like the water we drink or the air we breathe.

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

The idea is just an echo of Gita.

I had posted a quote about life after death as found in Brihadaranyakopanishad.

The subject is rather technical.

I had posted that in a slightly complicated manner.

In plain words the content is as follows

Sir it was actually written four or five years ago. If I wrote it today I would have made it very simple but elaborate.

The idea is just an echo of Gita.

If we do good and bad in this world and we leave for the abode of death with unfinished karma we may partially enjoy the benefits of good karma or expiate sins either in swarga or naraka but would be thrown back to this earth to finish off part of karmas which could be done only in this world.

The cycle would repeat.

But if we exist here doing things without desires and in complete surrender and of dedication to the divine we would burn off all our accumulated karmas and in addition the results of karma with offer to god will not affect us in any way.

So when we are ready to depart we would simply go to the abode of the divine from where we would not come back..

But we would be enjoying complete freedom and emancipation

Is it the same Krishna ?

 

The strategist and political leader who planned the war and the scholar, seer and the lifestyle adviser who motivated Arjuna and shook him out of inaction and depression to a valiant warrior. Krishna's roles are entirely different.

When you are talking about the military-strategist Krishna and not about the Master motivator Krishna, You may agree or disagree about the methods of war adopted..

However, the principles laid down in Gita, and the magic it works on Arjuna and on millions of people who read Gita even to this day, is undoubtedly sublime and matchless. If you disagree on the greatness of Bhagavat Gita, I have to disagree with you, and I will have large number of people who would support me.

The personal enmity between Duryodhana and Krishna or Krishna’s partiality if any in favour of Arjuna and the Pandavas is not at all the subject matter of either Gita or this discussion.

In fact, there is even a debate among scholars as to whether; the Krishna of Brindaban, Krishna of Mahabharata War and Krishna of Gita are the same. Some even doubt whether a long debate Between Krishna and Arjuna, a discourse of the magnitude and depth as found in Gita spanning eighteen chapters and seven hundred shlokas could ever have been delivered at the start of a war, in a battlefield.

wherever we see glory we see the presence of Krishna

यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।n

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंशसम्भवम्॥

— भगवद्गीता १०-४१

yadyadvibhūtimatsatvam śrīmadūrjitameva vā|

tattadevāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejoṁśasambhavam||

— bhagavadgītā 10-41

"Every such being as is glorious, brilliant and powerful, know that to be a part manifestation of My glory."

So the Individuals may write or post but the steering force is the blessed Lord.. all who are His bhaktas are great equally...

तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व

जित्वा शत्रून्भुड्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् ।

मयैवैते निहता: पूर्वमेव

निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ।।33।। 

chapter 11 bhagavat gita

"Therefore, do you arise and win glory; conquering foes, enjoy the affluent kingdom. These warriors stand already slain by Me; be you only an instrument, Arjuna."

for those who are the slaves of Krishna the Individuality is merged in His divine grace.. they are mere instruments.. and wherever we see glory we see the presence of Krishna who is also Rama. If we imbibe this idea and entrench it as the basis of life the will not be any conflicts or sense of superiority or inferiority.

We knock at the door of good (also called God) many times

We chant His names ,and repeat or recall nice things we have done at least in part or would love to do and make attempts to do good because we know we have serious mental reservations and drags that blick us in our attempts to do good and right.

We knock at the door of good also called God many times.. maybe..a million times.

If the door finally opens at least once .. that would be enough

There is nothing in this world that is either fully possible or that is completely impossible.

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्

Svalpamapysya dharmasya thraayate mahato bhayaat

(Gita)

He is time..

He is time..

श्री भगवानुवाच कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।

ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः।।11.32।।

He said in Bagavat Gita

I am the time.. the time who would annihilate the universe when such time is ripe..

Arjuna, Even without you or for that matter without the assistance of anyone else, I can ensure that the entire army arrayed in battle in my presence could be destroyed in no time

That fellow is indeed naughty.. He can, when he has a mind, create, protect, and sing and dance with us

However, when he is in his destructive mood, he would dance the final steps over our motionless bodies..

We can just plead with Him to be calm, cool and caring to us..

Krishna bless

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन

नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यम् वर्त एव हि कर्मणि॥३--२२॥

श्रेमद्भगवद्गीतायां

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana

nānavāptamavāptavyam varta eva hi karmaṇi||3--22||

śreemadbagavadgītāyāṁ

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The Blessed Lord Sri Krishna Says in Gita..

Oh Arjuna, I have nothing left in this world which I should perform as if it were my bounden o duty..

There is nothing in this world which is achievable that I have not already achieved.

Still I remain in action, I do my karma..

The Lord remained as a Karmayogi because He being the Supreme person of the age when he manifested on earth, if He did not set Himself as an example and remained lazy and inactive, others also would be tempted to follow the path of inaction..

But for us the lesser mortals, the satisfaction can come from only a sense of contentment..

The Blessed Lord had the capacity to achieve anything He deemed fit, but we have our own limitations..

If we set our targets at achievable limits (अवाप्तव्यं) then alone we are likely to have a reasonable satisfaction that we have really achieved something..

For us the ordinary humans, remaining in action alone can keep the body and mind alert and active..

Here the law of inertia speaks.. every material body remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion unless it is acted upon by an external force to change that state.. ( Remember Newton)

Usually we are in a state of mental and physical inertia.. see how difficult it is to get out of bed..?

Usually our role models are Kumbhakarna or Rip van winkle..

It is said that Winston Churchill, during his World war days, used to mark all the instructions he issued with the handwritten caption..

"ACTION THIS DAY "

"Belief".. the word is noble..

"Belief".. the word is noble..

it should not be mixed with sycophancy and opportunism....

the Blessed Lord Himself declared that even though He was the Supreme Being not bound by duties, He was performing the duties as a human being when He is so incarnate..

He makes it clear in Gita

Na me partha asti karthavyam thrishu lokeshu kinchana na avaaptam avaaptavyam varta eva hi karmani....

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव हि कर्मणि

The God Himself sets such an example about work ethics..

So if belief in God would mean crass escapism, God is not likely to help...

We should turn to God when our resources have dried up and our ingenuity and dexterity will no longer carry the day for us..

And in most texts we can read one underlying principle running like a golden thread...

God is on the side of the right and He does not subscribe to the view that anything can be made right by praising God or just recruiting Him as a partner to that action..

At least this is the concept of God we can find in the majority of Scriptures of any religion worth its name..

And definitely it is foolish for anyone to switch over religions, just to get favours from God of another religion, mostly lured by glib purveyors of faith..

Because we will find the same God on the other side of the fence too...

death does not dare....

भगवद्गीता किञ्चिदधीता 

गङ्गाजललवकणिका पीता

क्वचिदपि येन मुरारि समर्चा

क्रियते तस्य यमेन न चर्चा

If one has read a little of Baghavat gita
if one has drunk a drop of the holy waters of Ganga
if one has offered worship to Krishna even once then the God of death Yama will not dare even to think of that man

Three definitions of Yoga are seen in gita.

Three definitions of Yoga are seen in gita.
योगः कर्मसु कैशलम् yogah karmasu kausahalm
समत्वं योग उच्यते samatwam yoga uchyate

योगो भवति दुःखहा yoga becomes the remover of sorrows

First complete efficiency in work is Yoga
Second ..Equanimity is yoga

Third Yoga leads to balance and realism in all states of existence..waking dreaming sleeping and turiya stated and therefore is the killer of sorrows.

These three principles should cover all the secular aspects of yoga and gita roo

musings 81

I quoted something from Bagavat Gita and remarked that the quotes form rather the secular content of Gita.

A person asks

"Why quote it as secular.. It is from Bhagavat Gita a HIndu book

My answer is..

Bagavat gita is from an epic Mabhabharatham.. a creation for the whole of the universe and mankind..

Where is it ever said that the itihasam is Hindu..?

 Is any particular religion called Hinduism defined in the time of Mahabharatham..

So what is the justification in calling Gita a Hindu book?

In fact, no book has any religion

And I mentioned the three statements on yoga  (समत्वं योग उच्यते, योगः कर्मसु कौशलं, योगी भवति दुःखहा )as secular because they have nothing to do with any religion or worship.. but are mere records of reality..

Let me make it clear..

If you are trying to read my posts always in the light of religion or brahminism, that is not in accordance or in consonance with my beliefs or convictions.

Religion, spiritualism, etc happen .. just to reinforce the moral fabric in a human being

So ideas can be imbibed and quoted from any source including religion..

But that does not necessarily imply that such ideas are the copyright or exclusive property of any particular religion

And genuine secularism is to raise up above blind and unreasonable adherence to an idea merely on the basis of a religion..

The definitions of Yoga in Gita are not definitely religious ..

They are universal.. they transcend religions

If a great idea is found in a religious text and it is praised as shining above religion and therefore it is considered as secular, how can you counter that concept saying that the text from which idea is quoted belongs to a particular religion?

Words, ideas, and books are open for all..

And such words ideas and books which lead to moral elevation are more so.

If anyone sees me in the light of propagator of any blind faith, they are mistaken..

I want to steer clear of such persons..

Faith in god is something which is between me and my god.

.And that is not a subject for social media posts..