अतुलः शरभो भीमः समयज्ञो हविर्हरिः ।
सर्वलक्षण लक्षण्यो लक्ष्मीवान समितिंजयः ।।
357. Atulaḥ:
Tula means a balance to measure or to compare
Atula means immeasurable or one who has no comparison.
Tulopamanam asya na vidyate iti
He cannot be compared to anything else.
He can take any form, forms with chetana or achetana, as living being or
non-living entity. His knowledge is immeasurable and there is no one comparable
to him, hence there can be no one higher than him.
358. Śharabhaḥ:
Sharabha comes from the dhatu ‘Sru’ means to
destroy
That is why it is said, Srunati iti sharabhah.
His shakti can destroy everything, when we transgress
the boundaries of ethics.
Rules of ethics have to be followed, when we
digress, he destroys the one who crosses the limits. It is applicable to us as
well to devas and all shaktis.
The body is a upadhi or tool and there are
rules how this body must be used.
Shara also refers to the body which is perishable.
Bha means bhati or bhaskara which means light or to shine.
He lives even in the perishable body and illuminates us till we perish.
Sharabha also refers to an eight-legged beast considered to be mightier,
stronger and fiercer than any other creature, considered as the avatar of
Rudra.
Hence Sharabha is the rudra tattva.
359. Bhīmaḥ:
One of whom everyone is afraid. Bibheti asmaat
sarvam iti bhima.
Bhi means to fear.
Even devas are scared to break his rules or his
will. The entire universe operates in an orderly manner because they fear the
consequences of breaking the rules and go against his will.
He is the one who is formidable. No one can conquer
him.
The kathopanishad says that Surya and agni
keeps blazing, Vayu, Indra, Yama and all other Gods carry out their duties
without breaking the rules because they fear the Lord.
Bhayadeva agnis tapati bhayat tapati suryah
Bhayat indrascha vaayuscha mrityur dhavati
panchamah.
These gods are the most important and without them we cannot exist. Even
they do not act against his will.
360. Samayajñaḥ:
Samayajna can be written as ,Samaya + jnah
Samaya meaning time.
He who knows the correct time for creation, sustenance and dissolution
of the universe. He knows the right time for the six seasons and hence he is
samayajna
Srishti Sthiti Samhara samayavit
Shat samyaan jaanati iti vaa samayajna
Shat samyan means the six seasons.
He doesn’t wait for anyone, he completes his work like clockwork just
like the sun doesn’t wait to be told to rise or the seasons don’t have to be
reminded to change.
Also, he treats everyone equally without discriminating between his
creations, sarvabhuteshu samatvam yajanam saadhvasya iti samayajnah.
He treats everyone equally. Rules are for everyone and everyone is
expected to follow them.
361. Havir-hariḥ:
Havir means yajna
Like a sacrificial offering is made in the yajna fire, we offer unto him what belongs to us, but with the thought that nothing belongs to me because everything is His.
His creation, sustenance and, destruction also is sacrificed for us. The
universe is for us.
Idam na mamah. Idam- this , na – not mamah- mine
Meaning this does not belong to me. It belongs to Him.
We follow his will and rules, because it is a
form of an offering to him. It is our Yajna.
The Bhagavad Gita 9.24 says,
Aham hi sarva yajna naam bhokta cha prabhureva
He partakes the offerings of all the Yajnas.
Yajneshu havirbhagam harati iti havirharih
All our final offerings are to him. Hence he is
havir harih
He is also the one for whom all yajnas are
conducted.
Hooyate havisha iti havih.
Smriti martena pumsaam papam samsaaram vaa
harati iti
He takes away or destroys all our sins and
delivers us from the binding of the samsara. Just remembering him or chanting
his name, takes away all our sins and destroys the samsara bandhana.
harid varnatvaat vaa harih
He is blue in colour, hence he is harih.
The root word for Harih is ‘hr’ which means to
obtain.
We can obtain harih through an offering of the
havis or yajna.
And lastly, he removes all obstacles/sins hence
he is harih
Harih harati papain.
362. Sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣaṇyaḥ:
All the vibhooti roopas have some or the other lakshana or qualities. But He is rich in all lakshanas.
It also tells us that He is our lakshaya or
goal.
Another interpretation is that he is the ultimate
truth, the final and the absolute.
363. Lakṣmīvān:
Lakshmi vaan – always with Lakshmi
Lakshmi resides in him always and hence he is
Lakshmivan.
He is the one on whose chest the Goddess
Lakshmi always resides.
With this we understand that both are
inseparable.
Lakshmi is prakruthi and Vishnu is purusha,
together the sankalpa shakti and iccha shakti has created the universe.
Lakshmi is obtained from the Dhatu ‘luk’ which
means goal or Lakshya.
Hence it tells us that we must utilise the shakti
of the Lord to attain the goal of reaching Him.
364. Samitiñjayaḥ:
Samiti means groups. It also means battle
Jaya – victory
One who is victorious in Samiti or war.
When we surrender to Him and follow the laws and rules set by him, and our goal is to reach him, he helps us emerge victorious in the war between goodness and evil that goes on within us.
This verse as a whole also talks about the Time factor that we often take for granted. We believe we have a lot of time on our hands and we delay the ishwara bhakti and samarpana. But it is the time itself which determines the gathi of our life. We must realise that time never stops.
We keep accumulating karmas not just in this life but in every life we have. We must decide if we will only keep reaping the fruits of our karmas whether good or bad or do we work towards being rid of the karma forever and attain moksha from this cycle of birth and death.
Hence many people pray to ask him to give them all their karma phala in this life, no matter how difficult it is. So when all the karma has been rid, there is no more karma and they can attain moksha.
Therefore when we follow the rules and laws of the Lord, surrender to him and make it our goal to reach him, he holds our hand. The climb is no doubt difficult but we can climb one step at a time.
We are achala or atula, frozen in time, we need moksha. But time is like
Shara, an arrow that has left the bow and cannot be taken back, hence he
creates Bhima – creates fear about the time we have left. We can overcome fear
when we have Samayajna – knowledge of time. hence we must offer our karma and
kriya to Hari as a havih, keep him as Sarvalakshana lakshanya, our goal, and Laksmivan
– utilise the shakthi of the lord to reach our goal. If we do that he ensures Samitinjaya
– we win that war which goes on within us.
Time become a very important factor. We have very little time, and plenty to achieve. Whatever we do, we must do havir hari- do as an offering to him.
The fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita talks about how to become a
Karmayogi. It tells us to offer all karma to him as a yajna.
Our goal is him, and the goal is time-bound, let’s offer to him as idam
na mama.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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