Gita-nectar:
I -33 to 39 with English comments
ekÏvEc tTa p¥N©I
p¥NImEvav¢SÝytE .
naÞÏyEvaæOam¦taE¼ar: Þvy| p¥NaIm¦tÏvt: .. 33 ..
æOÙyaÓtW: pïmanÏvat¯ sa
¢h ½£rm¦ta sta .
p#pïE{m¦tm£San| Am¦tÏvay j£vsE
.. 34 ..
ekaE jalvan£St iISn£¢B: i¢t ½¤Ïya ekÞy A¢¹t£yvÞt¤n:
säOa
samaÓyÞvãpÞy ABav: n
kda¢p ¢vïtE . tÞyWvEh ¢cÏsamaÓytE¢t
s¢Åc¼nanÓdãpmEv
AaÏmn: . s va ex mhan¯ Aj AaÏma Ajr:
Amr:
Am¦t: ABy| p#¢t¿a| ¢vÓdtE . tdEvaXraÏprtaE{¢p
pr| b#' s|p¥N|I
AakaSv¹Ya¢p
¢nr|tr| ¢nâpa¢Dk| c . AæO Am¦taE¼rN| va Am¦tp#a¢çOvaI
n sm|js|. æOy£ ¢vïa
p#¢t¢n¢D: AaE|karag#| t¤yIt¤r£ymEv ¢nÏyam¦t½£: .
sWxa sEÛya svaI½ytya ÞvmaæOavSExlXNprmm|gLtya
½£mNa ( ? - ed.)
ev dEv¢½y| dDa¢t i¢t prmkWvÚyãpm¤¢³½£vWBvmEv Bd#|
kN©I¢B¢r¢t mÓæOª:
p#¢tpa¢dt|
.. 33, 34 ..
- 33.34: When it is
maintained that there is only one entity it follows the non-existence of this
entity is out of question. The awareness of it and the existence of it are
built into its non-dual character. So to say that the fullness or the
immortality is obtained is a tautology. It is already full and it is already
immortal. Nothing need be done to ‘bring’ it to its natural state. It is in its
natural state. You have only to realise it.
¢nÏy½£ÞsÓtt| sEÛya ya svIæO g¤ha¢hta .
savaIÏØy| l£lya p#açO:
½£k]ÝNaE B#a|¢tkxIN: .. 35 ..
¢vïavtar¢s¼YTI| maya¢B: p¤âãpt: .
Òyanp¥ja¢n¢mäO·
tn¥g¦Iÿa¢t mayya .. 36 ..
p#ÏygaÏma pr| ÇyaE¢t: . maya
c mhäOm: . uByaErÏyÓt¢vâ¼ÞvBavyaE:
s|¢D:
n sam|js£. tÞmat¯ ¢nmaIy| b#' n kda¢p smay| kt¤I| SÀy| .
mayya
Þv£k]t¢vg#haE¢³à m¥FW: Bgv¢¹g#htya èÜymanÞy vÞt¤n: AÓyTa
A¢s¼Ïvat¯
sa maya i¢t smaDantya Aac¾E ½¤¢t: . AjaE{¢p s°ÛyyaÏma iÏyæOa¢p
¢nmaIyÞy
jÓmn: A¢s¼Ïvat¯ jat iv c Bva¢m laEk袾t: i¢t BaÝykara:
vd¢Ót . tæOa¢p d»| ggn|
¢vSaEkÞt¢Þmn¯ ydÓtÞtѤpa¢stÛy| i¢t ½¤Ïya
AÓtâpasnmEv
¢v¢hta Bv¢t . n t¤ ÞT¥lè¾Ya
vÞt¤¢s¢¼BIv¢t .. 35, 36
..
I - 35, 36: The Inner Spirit is the Supreme Light. The entity mAyA
however is total darkness. How can the two co-exist? Therefore we can never change
the illusionless brahman into brahman
with illusion. When the Lord takes a form by His mAyA, since Reality can
never be other than the Reality itself, the scriptures say that what you see as
the form of the Lord is mAyA. What is prescribed as the ultimate is the
propitiation of the Inner Light. The appearance of the concrete form and its
worship is for meditation, ritual worship etc. which are the
royal roads for the ultimate Realisation of the Inner Light.
mhÏyak]¢¾S³qya c
gaEp£¢B: p#aNS¢³¢B: .
gaEpayÏyav¦NaEt£¢t gaEp£ maya
ѤrÏyya .. 37
..
pr| ÇyaE¢t: pr¢Sv| pr| vÞt¤ pram¦t| . iÏy¤³ramÇyaE¢tbaINaÏmkaparS¢³: ¢kl
vj#ay¤DshÞa#Þya¢p sk]Ïs|harkark£¢t p#¢s¼a c .
mhÏyak]¢¾Þsa¢p k]ÝNÞyEÏy¤ÅytE .
taèSS¢³rEv gaEp£SÖdEn uÅytE . mayaS¢³rEv
Aav¦NaE¢t ma¢yn| i¢t gaEpay¢t va .
ÞvÞvãpavrkS¢³:
¢@yaS³qyaÏmkp#aNa: gaEÔy: . sv©I{¢p
laEkE Aak]ÝyÓtE p#aNS¢³¢B: .
p#aNS³qya cln| jnana| . gtp#aN:
n kaE{¢p cl¢t laEkE . ¢@yya Kl¤ ba/ÛyaparW:
kalaE{¢p n åOaytE jnana| . ÞvÞvãpm¢p Aa¢v#ytE . At: ¢@ymaNEx¤ kmIs¤ yaE maEh|
napïtE ÞvymktEI¢t
Bav·apïtE s ev mayatrNk¬Sl: .. 37 ..
I - 37: The great
power of attraction that the Lord exhibits is well-known. It is His mAyA-zakti;
it fhides the truth, it also protects the devotee. The cowherdesses stand for
the prANa-zakti which gives the power for action in every one of us.
Without prANa-zakti we are only inert. It is only by our multifarious
activities that we forget our true bearings and get lost in the external world.
This dynamic power is therefore also the power that deludes us from the Truth.
It is therefore called gopI mAyA. The One who is unruffled by
this external activity and who can see himself as the non-doer (but the
witness) – he is the one who will be blessed to transcend His mAyA,
which is otherwise untranscendable
S³qyaãFaE mhanEx: gaElaEkE rasmÎflE .
gaEÔyà v¦äOyaE{nÓta:
Þvam¦tEnWv p¥¢rta: .. 38 ..
gaEp£mÒyE c ½£k]ÝN: k]ÝNmÒyE c gaE¢pka .
raDamhaEÏsvaE /Ex:
ÞvanEkp#aNS¢³¢B: .. 39 ..
StavDan£¢t
ek¢Þmn¯ kal ev AnEka¢n kayaI¢N kt¤I| S³: yTa shÞa#aX i¢t
p#¢Tt iÓd#: shÞa#a¢N kayaIÎy¢p kt¤I| smTI: . ekÞsn¯ AsHqÁya¢n kayaI¢N
AsHqÁyS³qyaãF:
kraE¢t mhan¯ AsHqÁya¢n Sr£ra¢
id|
n¦äO¢vSExm¢D¢t¿¢t rasmÎflE . yTa
AÄñnamÄñnamÓtrE maDv: maDv| maDv|
ca|trENaÄñna . v¦¢äO¹ymÒyE cEtnmEk| cEtn¹ymÒyE v¦¢äO: cEtnEn ekEnWv
v¦äOy: BasÓtE .
cEtn|
¢vna v¦äOEÞsä¬v n Bv¢t . cEtnsä¬v v¦¢äOsäOavt¯ Ûyv¢»ytE . i¢t tÏv|
b¤baED¢yx¤Þsn¯ ras@£famhaEÏsv| k[vaIN: ½£k]ÝN:
A¹WtåOanmEv èF£kraE¢t . ekEn
yaEgEárEN
Þv£k]tnana¢vD¢vg#hEN @£fasaÒya i¢t may£ k]ÝN:
p#kz£kraE¢t . p#¢t¢b|bW:
yTa bala: @£f¢Ót t¹t¯ i¢t ekÞyWv mayya AnEkp#karEN
Ban| s|BvÏyEv . i¢t
¢vSd£kraE¢t ÞvyaEgS³qyWv .. 38, 39 ..
I - 38,39: The famous sport
of Sri Krishna in the midst of the Gopis carries a profound import for the
understanding of the mysterious power of the Lord. Like a magician he performs a simultaneity of feats by being everywhere and at the same
time nowhere. The concept of every pair of Gopis having a Krishna between them
and every pair of Krishnas having a Gopi in between symbolises the daily
happening in our own minds of our consciousness manifesting in between two
different channels (=outgoings) of the mind and the mind coming in between two
sprouts of consciousness. By this yogic feat of rAsa-krIDA
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