भूत-भव्य-भवत्-नाथः पवनः पावनो-अनलः ।
कामहा कामकृत-कांतः कामः कामप्रदः प्रभुः ।।
291. Bhūta-bhavya-bhavan-nāthaḥ:
We have seen the very first verse bhuta bhavya bhavat prabhuh, which
tells us that he is the past, future, and present, meaning he is the time and he is
timeless.
Nathah also means leader or prabhu
One who is the master for all the beings of the past, future and
present.
Bhoota bhavya bhavataam bhootagraamaanaam naathah,
Taih yaachate taan upatapati teshaam eeshte shaasti iti vaa
bhuta bhavya bhavan naatah
means, he is the lord of all his creations, past, present, and future and
is worshipped by all. He controls everything and governs them.
this shloka talks about ‘Bhuta gramanaam’. Grama refers to a group,
bhoota refers to the indriyas. He controls the mind by controlling the group of
indriyas.
We can control our indriyas by using them for the good. Whatever we see,
smell, hear, eat, speak, touch, we must ensure that they are good or positive.
This verse also tells us about the past, present, and future thoughts of
the mind.
Bhavana also means thoughts
Thoughts are never-ending, they do not have any adi or antya – no start
or end. They are continuous. They have invaded our mind in the past, they do
so now and will continue to do so in the future. It is the nature of the mind. When
we surrender to Him, He controls the thoughts.
Natha can be split as Na +thah (stitha -before him)
There was no one before him.
If we consider thoughts, they exist since time immemorial.
Athathau means move to the next step.
292. Pavanaḥ:
He who is pure. He is the one who purifies us.
Pavate iti pavanah, means He purifies those who surrender to Him.
Pa (nurturer) + vanah (forest) as per Vedas God is vanah
Pavanah means vayu.
He who moves. He lives in us as prana. As long as prana or chetana is there, life exists. He controls the prana.
293. Pāvanaḥ:
Paavayati iti paavanah, means one who makes everyone move.
He who causes movement.
Sastras give us the example of akasha and ghatakasha.
Akasha is everywhere, it is limitless. If we take an empty pot, the
space within it is ghatakasha (ghata -pot) Akasha is present inside the ghata too.
It’s only a pot that is in between. Akasha is Vishnu tattva. It is everywhere. Similarly he as pavanah is everywhere.
294. Analaḥ:
Analah means agni.
Na alam paryaaptam asya vidyate iti analah
Alam means enough or satisfied. Analah means not satisfied.
Agni is called analah because no matter how much we offer it, it burns
everything, it is not satisfied. Yet it doesn’t lose its splendour.
The Bhagvad Gita 15.14 says, Aham vaishvanaro bhootva praninaam deham
aashritah.
God is also analah. He is the fire residing in all of us.
It also means that he is atrupta. He is never satisfied. Because we are
never satisfied. We are full of desires, and as long as we keep having desires
and are not satisfied, he can’t be satisfied. He has to keep continuing the
process of creation and destruction to keep satisfying us.
Our mind is atrupta. If we can learn to be at least a bit satisfied we
can be relieved of that much karma.
It also means that he gives us whatever we desire.
Anaan pranaan aatmatvena laati iti jeevah analah.
The Jivatma is called Anala because it is entrenched in all living
beings.
295. Kāmahā:
Kamaha means desires.
Ha means hanti , to destroy
One who destroys the unwanted desire or materialistic desires in us to
lead us to liberation.
Kamaan hanti iti kaamahaa
The one who destroys the Rajasic and tamasic desires in us.
296. Kāmakṛt:
Krut means to create
He is the one who creates sattva desires in us.
Saatvikaanaam kaamaan karoti iti kaamkrit, means he who fulfils the desires
of pure minded devotees.
Kaamah Pradyumnah tasya janakatvaad vaa kaamkrit
He is the father of Pradyumna (who is called Kama)
We saw that Aishwarya and veerya denote Pradyumna vyuha.
These two create our desires or Kama.
297. Kantaḥ:
Kam antha – the threshold of bliss.
One who is extremely beautiful.
If we destroy the rajasic and tamasic desires and create satvik desires,
we will get the bliss.
Abhiroopatmah kaantah meaning he is extremely beautiful, he has a
magnetic beauty that attracts us to Him.
Each of our sense perceives beauty differently, our mind is attracted to
the pleasing behaviour or character, and he is attractive in every way we
perceive Him.
298. Kāmaḥ:
The 4 purusharthas dharma, artha, kama and moksha are sought after by those
seeking liberation or moksha. And those seeking or desiring moksha know that He
is the one who can give liberation.
One who is sought after by those who desire to attain the four supreme
values of life.
299. Kāmapradaḥ:
Pradah means he gives or grants.
He grants all our desires in abundance.
When we give up our rajasic and tamasic desires and seek and follow
sattvic desires, he liberally fulfills
the desires of devotees.
Bhaktebhya kaamaan prakarshena dadati iti kamapradah.
Of course, this does not mean he does not fulfill the desires of others.
Irrespective of whether one is desiring moksha or merely the worldly objects, if
one is a bhakta, he grants their wishes.
The Bhagavad Gita 4.11 says, Ye yathaa maam prapadyanthe taams tathaiva
bhajaamyaham, those who surrender to Him, he grants them the wishes as per
their desire.
300. Prabhuḥ:
We have seen earlier that Prabhuh means Pra bhavati iti – time was good,
is good will be good, he controls time and he himself is timeless.
In this context, it means, Prakarshena bhavanaat prabhuh. He has
extraordinary powers and is above all. We have seen that he is hrishikesha as
his indriyas are under control, he destroys evil in his various swaroopas.
He gives us good desires and shows us the way to obtain them.
There are two stories from the puranas that show us that the Lord always
knows what to give us, even if we don’t ask him for anything.
The first is the story of Krishna and Kuchela (Sudama). Sudama is
Krishna’s best friend, yet he never asks him for anything. Even when he is on
the brink of penury, he still does not ask for help. Yet, Krishna knows his
plight and bestows him with everything.
In the story of Prahalad, there is abundance of riches. And yet
Prahalada only chants the Lord’s name. The Lord bestows him with his grace even
without asking.
This shows that we must leave everything to Him. He knows what is best
for us.
To summarise, the Lord is timeless, he is present everywhere and he moves in us as prana. By merely praying to Him and meditating upon him, he makes us pure. If we surrender to Him, he helps us overcome our undesirable wishes and also grants us our desires that help in furthering our goals towards liberation. He himself is very charming and desirable and he surpasses everyone by his powers.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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