Bhaja Govindam - Sloka 7
Hari Aum
Prostrations to my Guru. Prostrations to All.
SLOKA 7
“baalasthaavath kreeda sakthaha
Tharunasthaavath tharunee sakthaha
Vriddhasthaavath chinthaa sakthaha
Paramae brahmani kopi na sakthaha”
Word Meaning:
baalasthaavath: so long as one is in his childhood
kreeda: to play
sakthaha: attached
tharunas thaavath: so long as one is in his youth
tharunee sakthaha : attached towards young women (towards passion)
Vriddhasthaavath: so long as one is old
Chinthaa sakthaha: attached to anxiety
Paramae: to the supreme
Brahmani: brahman
Kopi na: no one
Sakthaha: attached
“So long as one is in childhood, he is attached to play
So long as one is in youth, he is attached to sense pleasures
So long as one is in old age, he is attached to anxiety
No one is attached to the supreme Brahman”
The world that we perceive is not real but only an illusion in the Reality. But because of ignorance of ones own nature of Self, the world seems to be real and the pleasure and pain that come from the objects of the world also seems to be real. The illusion of the world is so alluring that mind just get carried away by the objects of the world. So during the childhood days we were attached to playing, during days the youth there is passion towards enjoyment of sensual pleasures by getting attached to the young women, and once the person becomes old there is fear and anxiety about his death. Since the person is so much passion towards the objects of the world, he forgets to remember the god which is the Ultimate Reality, which is ones own nature, and experiences the pleasure and pain.
The desires that are in the mind are never ending and hence it is not possible to satisfy all the desires that he has. When we try to satisfy the desire, it only multiplies into more desires and hence it goes on into infinite regression. Hence it is not possible to satisfy all the desires that one have in the mind. These desires arise out of ignorance of ones own Self. It is because of ignorance one thinks that he is incomplete and desires for the objects of the world so that on attaining it he can become complete. When one realizes ones own Self, all desires vanish as there will be completeness and Eternal Bliss of the Self. When one realizes the Self, he will not see anything other than ones own Self.
The life that we have is very short in the sense that the life may end at any moment. As long as there is much importance given the objects of the world, the more we are going away from the Reality. When there is thought of other objects of the world, he gets deluded by the objects and such a person goes from birth to birth to enjoy the objects of the world. Therefore we have to understand that there is really no time to waste. We have to give more importance to the Reality than the objects of the world as Self alone is Real, the world and the objects are not real. Therefore, Shankara says worship Govinda, Worship Govinda.
Prostrations to all
Hari Aum
Thanks,
Rajesh
Prostrations to my Guru. Prostrations to All.
SLOKA 7
“baalasthaavath kreeda sakthaha
Tharunasthaavath tharunee sakthaha
Vriddhasthaavath chinthaa sakthaha
Paramae brahmani kopi na sakthaha”
Word Meaning:
baalasthaavath: so long as one is in his childhood
kreeda: to play
sakthaha: attached
tharunas thaavath: so long as one is in his youth
tharunee sakthaha : attached towards young women (towards passion)
Vriddhasthaavath: so long as one is old
Chinthaa sakthaha: attached to anxiety
Paramae: to the supreme
Brahmani: brahman
Kopi na: no one
Sakthaha: attached
“So long as one is in childhood, he is attached to play
So long as one is in youth, he is attached to sense pleasures
So long as one is in old age, he is attached to anxiety
No one is attached to the supreme Brahman”
The world that we perceive is not real but only an illusion in the Reality. But because of ignorance of ones own nature of Self, the world seems to be real and the pleasure and pain that come from the objects of the world also seems to be real. The illusion of the world is so alluring that mind just get carried away by the objects of the world. So during the childhood days we were attached to playing, during days the youth there is passion towards enjoyment of sensual pleasures by getting attached to the young women, and once the person becomes old there is fear and anxiety about his death. Since the person is so much passion towards the objects of the world, he forgets to remember the god which is the Ultimate Reality, which is ones own nature, and experiences the pleasure and pain.
The desires that are in the mind are never ending and hence it is not possible to satisfy all the desires that he has. When we try to satisfy the desire, it only multiplies into more desires and hence it goes on into infinite regression. Hence it is not possible to satisfy all the desires that one have in the mind. These desires arise out of ignorance of ones own Self. It is because of ignorance one thinks that he is incomplete and desires for the objects of the world so that on attaining it he can become complete. When one realizes ones own Self, all desires vanish as there will be completeness and Eternal Bliss of the Self. When one realizes the Self, he will not see anything other than ones own Self.
The life that we have is very short in the sense that the life may end at any moment. As long as there is much importance given the objects of the world, the more we are going away from the Reality. When there is thought of other objects of the world, he gets deluded by the objects and such a person goes from birth to birth to enjoy the objects of the world. Therefore we have to understand that there is really no time to waste. We have to give more importance to the Reality than the objects of the world as Self alone is Real, the world and the objects are not real. Therefore, Shankara says worship Govinda, Worship Govinda.
Prostrations to all
Hari Aum
Thanks,
Rajesh
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