Post by radha on Jun 30, 2012 16:01:32 GMT 5.5
OM SRI GURUPYO NAMAHA:,RESPECTFUL PRANAMS TO SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA.
Isha Vaasya Upanishad
SLOKA 8 PURPORT
He, the self-existent, is everywhere, without a body, without muscles, and without the taint of sin; radiant, whole, and pure, Seeing All, Knowing All, And Encompassing All, He Duly Assigned Their Respective Duties To The Eternal Prajapathis.
Namdev and Jnaneshwar were great bhaktas. After their pilgrimage, they came to Gora Kumbhar, a pot maker’s house who was giving a feast to saints. Jnaneshwar requested Gora Kumbhar to check which pots (saints) are sound and which are not. Gora accepted the task and took his stick with which usually tests his pots. He tapped on their heads and every saint humbly submitted himself to the act. When it came to Namdev’s turn he resisted. Gora told Jnaneshwar that all ‘pots’ are properly ‘baked’ but for Namdev.
Namdev, feeling humiliated, ran to Vittala who was very intimate to him. He complained to Vittala expecting sympathy. Vittala asked him, “Why did you not keep quiet and submit to Gora’s tapping like all others did? That is why all this trouble has come”. Namdev, disappointed, cried to the Lord, “Why should I, who is your child and closest friend submit myself to others?” Vittala sent Namdev to a saint saying that he has not properly understood the Truth.
Because it was Lord’s order Namdev went to that temple. He saw an old man sleeping in the corner of the temple with his feet on the Shivalinga. Namdev’s ego prevented him from accepting this person as his Guru. When Namdev went near the old man and clapped his hands to wake him up, to Namdev’s surprise the old man spoke, “O you are Namdev whom Vittala has sent? Come!” Namdev accepting him to be great man but could not digest him resting his feet on the Shivalinga. When Namdev asked him to take his feet off the Shivalinga, the old man told Namdev to move his feet elsewhere. Wherever Namdev moved the feet, there appeared a Shivalinga and finally when he put the feet on the old man’s own lap, the old man himself became a Shivalinga. Namdev suddenly realized the truth.
From that day onwards he became very quiet and did not go to Vittala temple. Vittala himself came in search of Namdev. Namdev told the Lord, “No more of Your fooling me! I know now. Where is the placed you are not? Do I exist apart from you? Should I have to come to temple to see You?”
Namaskar Mahatmas!
Sometimes we search for our jewels or spectacles though we actually wear them at the moment. Similarly, because of our lack of awareness, we search for the Lord or the Self somewhere other than us like Namdev.
From sloka 4 of this Upanishad the nature of Self, the ways to realize are explained. Sloka 8 is the result of the meditation and reflection which changes the ignorant man into a realised sage.
Sri Kanchi Maha Periva Thiruvadigal Charanam
Isha Vaasya Upanishad
SLOKA 8 PURPORT
He, the self-existent, is everywhere, without a body, without muscles, and without the taint of sin; radiant, whole, and pure, Seeing All, Knowing All, And Encompassing All, He Duly Assigned Their Respective Duties To The Eternal Prajapathis.
Namdev and Jnaneshwar were great bhaktas. After their pilgrimage, they came to Gora Kumbhar, a pot maker’s house who was giving a feast to saints. Jnaneshwar requested Gora Kumbhar to check which pots (saints) are sound and which are not. Gora accepted the task and took his stick with which usually tests his pots. He tapped on their heads and every saint humbly submitted himself to the act. When it came to Namdev’s turn he resisted. Gora told Jnaneshwar that all ‘pots’ are properly ‘baked’ but for Namdev.
Namdev, feeling humiliated, ran to Vittala who was very intimate to him. He complained to Vittala expecting sympathy. Vittala asked him, “Why did you not keep quiet and submit to Gora’s tapping like all others did? That is why all this trouble has come”. Namdev, disappointed, cried to the Lord, “Why should I, who is your child and closest friend submit myself to others?” Vittala sent Namdev to a saint saying that he has not properly understood the Truth.
Because it was Lord’s order Namdev went to that temple. He saw an old man sleeping in the corner of the temple with his feet on the Shivalinga. Namdev’s ego prevented him from accepting this person as his Guru. When Namdev went near the old man and clapped his hands to wake him up, to Namdev’s surprise the old man spoke, “O you are Namdev whom Vittala has sent? Come!” Namdev accepting him to be great man but could not digest him resting his feet on the Shivalinga. When Namdev asked him to take his feet off the Shivalinga, the old man told Namdev to move his feet elsewhere. Wherever Namdev moved the feet, there appeared a Shivalinga and finally when he put the feet on the old man’s own lap, the old man himself became a Shivalinga. Namdev suddenly realized the truth.
From that day onwards he became very quiet and did not go to Vittala temple. Vittala himself came in search of Namdev. Namdev told the Lord, “No more of Your fooling me! I know now. Where is the placed you are not? Do I exist apart from you? Should I have to come to temple to see You?”
Namaskar Mahatmas!
Sometimes we search for our jewels or spectacles though we actually wear them at the moment. Similarly, because of our lack of awareness, we search for the Lord or the Self somewhere other than us like Namdev.
From sloka 4 of this Upanishad the nature of Self, the ways to realize are explained. Sloka 8 is the result of the meditation and reflection which changes the ignorant man into a realised sage.
Sri Kanchi Maha Periva Thiruvadigal Charanam