Tuesday 25 February 2014

Knowledge advice

ज्ञानोपदेशो नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Knowledge advice Chapter 31



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



दुःखमेव हि सर्वोऽपि संसार इति निश्चितम् |
कथं दुःखमदुःखं स्यात्स्वभावो ह्यविपर्ययः || 83 ||
The whole material world is (a synonym of) suffering only, that is certain. How would suffering (material world) become non-suffering, a nature which is really contrary/opposite?

Friday 21 February 2014

Knowledge is the ultimate remedy

ज्ञानोपदेशो नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Knowledge advice Chapter 31



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



अस्य रोगस्य भैषज्यं ज्ञानमेव न चापरम् |
भिषगाज्ञापकः शम्भुश्शिवः परमकारणम् || 81 ||
The remedy of this disease (samsara, the material world) is only knowledge and nothing else. The prescriber of the medicine is Lord Shiva, the ultimate cause.

Monday 17 February 2014

Knowledge advice

ज्ञानोपदेशो नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Knowledge advice Chapter 31



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



हिते सदा नियुक्तं तु सर्वं चिदचिदात्मकम् |
स्वभावप्रतिबन्धं तत्समं न लभते हितम् || 54 ||
यथा विकाशयत्येव रविः पद्मानि भानुभिः |
समं न विकसन्त्येव स्वस्वभावानुरोधतः || 55 ||
(Lord Shiva is) involved in doing good always to good as well as bad (living beings) but because of one's characteristics/nature, one does not get the same amount of benefit.
Just as the sun radiates its brilliance (equally) on lotuses (but they) do not grow equally according to their characteristics/natures.

Friday 14 February 2014

Purification

ज्ञानोपदेशो नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Knowledge advice Chapter 31



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



इति नाग्निरसौ दुष्येत्ताम्रसंसर्गकारणात् |
नाग्नेरशुचिसंसर्गादशुचित्वमपेक्षते || 44 ||
अशुचेस्त्वग्निसंयोगाच्छुचित्वमपि जायते |
एवं शोध्यात्मसंसर्गान्न ह्यशुद्धः शिवो भवेत् || 45 ||
शिवसंसर्गतस्त्वेष शोध्यात्मैव हि शुध्यति |
In this way the fire does not get polluted/corrupted because of the contact of copper. Fire does not get impure by the contact with impure (things).
But purity arises in the impure by the contact with fire. In this (same) way, Lord Shiva does not become impure by contact with a soul which needs to be purified. Only this soul which needs to be purified get purified by contact with Lord Shiva.

Thursday 13 February 2014

Telling about creation

सृष्टिकथनं नाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः
Telling about creation – Chapter 17



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



कन्ये द्वे च महाभागे याभ्यां जातास्त्विमाः प्रजाः |
आकूतिरेका विज्ञेया प्रसूतिरपरा स्मृता || 6 ||
स्वायंभुवः प्रसूतिं च ददौ दक्षाय तां प्रभुः |
रुचेः प्रजापतिश्चैव चाकूतिं समपादयत् || 7 ||
And the two girls (daughters of Manu and Shatarupa) of great fortune from whom these people were born should be known as one Aakuti and the other known as Prasuti.
And Lord Svayambhuva (Manu) gave that Prasuti to Daksha and Aakuti was submitted to Ruchi Prajapati indeed.

Sunday 2 February 2014

Emergence of the Goddess Shakti

देवीशक्त्युद्भवो नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
Emergence of the Goddess Shakti Chapter 16



ब्रह्मोवाच |
Lord Brahma said (to the supreme Goddess)



दक्षस्य मम पुत्रस्य पुत्री भव भवार्दिनि | 21
Tormentor of the world, become my son Daksha's daughter.



Like Lord Krishna who is also called Janardana, the supreme Goddess is called Bhavardini here, which literally translates to "tormentor of the world". The supreme Goddess being the Mahamaya, the force of illusion, can be considered to be the cause of suffering in the world.



Shloka 22 of Chapter 3 of Shatarudra Samhita is similar.



दक्षस्य मम पुत्रस्य पुत्री भव भवाम्बिके ||
Instead of Bhavardini, the word used here is Bhavambika, the mother of the world.