धाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि ॥ १ ॥
"O my Bhagavān, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva,
O all-pervading Personality of Godhead,
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
I meditate upon Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval
cause of all causes of the
Creation,
Sustenance &
Destruction
of the manifested universes.
He is Directly & Indirectly conscious of all manifestations, &
He is Independent because there is no other cause beyond Him.
It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge
unto the heart of Brahmājī,
the original living being.
By Him even the great sages & demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of Water seen in Fire, or Land seen on Water.
Only because of Him do the material universes,
temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal.
I therefore meditate upon Him, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode,
which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world.
I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth."
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय नमः🙏
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The Primary dilemma for most of the Western educated Hindu youth both in India & abroad is that they have little authentic information about their own Hindu Intellectual & Spiritual Heritage.
They do not realise that there are really two distinct & conflicting Hinduisms today :
~ Traditionalist Hindu &
~ Neo-Hindu.
The traditionalists, who are the guardians of authentic Sanātana Dhārma, have not yet completely found a way of communicating this unadulterated Hindu
Dharma, which is the Sanātana Dhārma in a way in which the modern mind can appreciate it or to say more specifically ; the Hindu youth to defend or fight Intellectually against the Anti-Hindu rhetoric or Hindu bashing that has become order of the day.
Until they do so Hinduism
II Sri Adi Śaṅkarācārya - श्री आदि शङ्कराचार्य II
Sōpānaṁ : 22 Đ Secret of Rebirth :
At Dusk,Acharya & the Brāhmaṇa began their Conversation.
The Topic of the dialogue changed gradually from Bhiksha, the weather & Pre-Sanyasa days, to
Dharma,
Karma &
Upasana ;
&
Then it took off to the
Gītā,
Upanishads,
The Panchagni-Vidya, and finally reached the first sutra in the 1st Pada of the 3rd chapter of The Brahma Sūtras :
“That which is night to all creatures, there, the enlightened is awake”, throughout the night, waves of divine presence arose inside the cave, surpassing the flow of Bhagirathi outside.
the science of self-realization from such a teacher is even rarer.
If, by great good fortune,
such an opportunity presents itself, students who can comprehend this topic are the rarest.”
Hence,
an Enlightened Teacher is never discouraged when, despite sincere efforts,
the majority of the people are either not interested in, or cannot understand the Science of the Ātman.
II Sri Adi Śaṅkarācārya - श्री आदि शङ्कराचार्य II
Sōpānaṁ : 21 Towards Kedār :
The Bhāshyam contains the exposition of the meaning of mantras, assertion of one’s own opinions, & refutation of objections.
The Acharya’s commentaries are Simple, Delightful & Profound.
Among all the Bhāshyas, the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Bhāshya is the most insightful & the most Profound.
Bhagvadpāda composed the Bhāshyas & instructed them to the disciples three times.
Keeping the essence of these Bhāshyas in his heart, the ‘prakarana granthas’ that were written later,
were intended only for the best among seekers.
Texts like ;
vivekacūḍāmaṇi,
Upadeśa Sāhasrī,
Sarva Vedānta Siddhānta Sāra Saṅgraham,
Aparokṣānubhūti
were composed for the discriminating seekers who had no interest in debates & arguments, but were interested only in Sādhana &