GITA-REGIMEN FOR ADVAITIC LIVING -7

SHLOKAS 2-47 TO 2-51 THIRD ROUND

• samatvaM started at 2.38 (sukha-duHkhe same kRRitvA ..)
• The four commands of 2.47
• R1: permanent prerequisite.  Cf. 3.41 tasmAttvamindriyANyAdau..)
• R2, R3, R4 Methodology. R5: Goal
• The 24 Gita-shlokas  that dwell directly on the concept of Equanimity
• The first eight say what is samatvaM:
• 5.18 (vidyA-vinaya-sampanne…) Ex. Hanuman
• 6.8 (jnAna-vijnAnaptRRiptAtmA …)
• 6.9 (suhRRin-mitrAryudAsina … )
• 6.29 (sarva-bhUtasthamAtmAnaM …)
• 12.15 (yasmAn nodvijate loko  …)
• 12.18  ((samaH shatrau ca mitre ca …)
• 14.24 (samadukhasukhaH svasthaH …)
• 14.25 (mAnApamAnayostulyaH … )  Note K’s strategy
• sarvArambha-parityAgI  cf. jahAti
• The next eight prescribe the methodology to achieve samatvaM
• 2.38  (sukha-duHkhe same kRRitvA …)
• 2.56(duHkheshhvanudvignamanAH …) Ex.
• Rama: V.R. na vanaM gantu kAmasya tyajatashca vasundharAM
• sarvalokAtigasyeva lakshyate cittavikriyA  2-19-33
• citta-vikriyA  cf. Mind of Brahma-jnAni
• Kamban’s analogy of bloomed lotus in the picture
• 4.22 (yadRRicchAlAbha-santushhTo …)
• 6.30 (yo mAM pashyati sarvatra …)
• 6.32 (Atmaupamyena sarvatra …)
• 12.13 (adveshhTA sarvabhUtAnAM …)
• Cf. sahanA bhavatu
• 13.27 (samaM sarveshhu bhUteshhu…)
• 13.28 (samaM pashyan hi sarvatra)
• Rising level of thought process
• K’s own example is told by him in
• 9.29  (samo.ahaM sarva-bhUteshhu …)
• The basic Upanishadic Truth  that lies at the bottom of the concept is
• 4.24 (brahmArpaNaM brahma haviH …)
• The nextt five declare the implicit constituents of the goal of samatvaM.
• Remember samatvaM is another way of saying brahma-bhAvaM
• 2.72 (eshhA brAhmI sthitiH pArtha …)
• 5.19 ( ihaiva tairjitaH sargo ..)
• 5.20 (na prahRRishyet priyaM prApya …)
• 7.19  (bahUnAM janmanAmante …)
• 18.54 (brahma-bhUtaH prasannAtmA …)
• Finally we have one master-shloka which
• delineates the principle of samatvaM  in an integrated capsule form
• 18.20 (sarva bhUteshhu yenaikam ….)

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