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@DefiledGod

Jan 26

The greatness of Hanuman as an AchArya is highlighted by the pity he felt even for rAvaNa.

Coming to Lanka, he sees rAvaNa's wives enjoying opulences.

बभूव बुद्धिः तु हरि ईश्वरस्य | यदि ईद्ऱ्शी राघव धर्म पत्नी |इमा यथा राक्षस राज भार्याः | सुजातम् अस्य इति हि साधु बुद्धेः

[Hanuman, the Lord of Monkeys, of a mind devoted to the welfare of all, thought, “If only rAvaNa had allowed rAma and sIta to be enjoying like how he (rAvaNa) is enjoying with his wives, this Lanka need not be destroyed”]+

Hanuman is the Lord of monkeys, just as rAvaNa is the leader of rAkshasAs.

He feels that protecting rAma who came seeking sugrIva for help (and hence sIta) is his responsibility and so wishes they were enjoying like those under rAvaNa’s protection are enjoying comforts+

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@DefiledGod

Jan 24

-- DRONA'S MUKTI --

A great rahasya in MB - droNa, upon death attained mukti.

Due to grief over his son, he felt helpless to even continue living – “Akinchanyam”. He had only one goal – bhagavAn, for freedom from misery. This is “ananyagativam”.

Thus, he performed sharaNAgati+

सन्न्यासाय शरीरस्य योक्ष्यमाणः स वै द्विजः'। सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि धर्मात्मा हातुकामोऽभ्यभापत

[That noble minded dvija, intending to join with the self (in meditation) for the sake of surrender & desirous of casting aside all his weapons…]+

“सन्न्यासाय” – nyAsa vidyA or surrender. “शरीरस्य” – jIvAtma, which is the body of Brahman & subservient to him, the self. ShvetAshvatAra Up. also calls the jIva “देहम्”.

DroNa wished to meditate on the self as a शरीर of Brahman, reflecting on it’s subservience for surrender+

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@DefiledGod

Jan 12

I had earlier pointed out how "secular" texts like kAma sUtra, charaka samhita and Sushruta samhita attribute their knowledge to bhagavAn.

The sUrya siddhAntha, a text on astronomy, also begins with an invocation to nArAyaNa as follows+

अचिन्त्याव्यक्त रूपाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने . समस्तजगदाधार मूर्तये ब्रह्मणे नमः

[Salutations to the Supreme Brahman whose nature is incomparable & is not manifest in his avatArAs, who is free of blemishes & full of kalyaNa guNas, whose form is the support of the whole Universe]+

“अचिन्त्याव्यक्त रूपाय” – His divine nature which is incomparable & not manifest to anyone even in his avatArAs. “रूप” means nature here. Only the liberated can see this nature.

“निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने” – One who has no blemishes of triguNAs, & is full of auspicious attributes+

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@DefiledGod

Jan 11

Part of Duryodhana's speech before dying:

मन्यमानः प्रभावं च कृष्णस्यामित तेजसः

[Duryodhana: I contemplate the greatness of kR^iShNa whose splendor in subjugating the enemies of his devotees is immeasurable]

Compare this to वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तं आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्+

After saying bhagavAn subjugates the enemies of his devotees, Duryodhana says he is even accessible to those enemies,

तेन न च्यावितश् चाहं क्षत्रधर्मात् स्वनुष्ठितात्

[By him (thru balarAma), I have not slipped from observance of kShatriya dharma - thus I have gained Svarga]+

Duryodhana accepts he is not fit to be a kShatriya. Yet, he gains the fruits of kShatriya dharma.

स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्यः कथं चन.

[He, of great accessibility, has been attained by me. None should grieve for me.]+

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@DefiledGod

Jan 8

The final battle between duryodhana and bhIma is more fascinating if you understand that it is the battle between the body (duryodhana) and upAsana (bhIma).

Every move of duryodhana & bhIma is worth several janmas of movement in samsAra. That is why vyAsa describes it in detail+

Each time Duryodhana jumps up and strikes bhIma while coming down, it is the body taking the upAsaka to svarga & upper worlds. Then the blow - bringing the upAsaka down when fruits are exhausted.

When Duryodhana jumps crookedly or sideways, it is transmigration to lower worlds+

When bhIma strikes duryodhana, bhakti has an upper hand in controlling the body. The blood on bhIma's face which he keeps wiping off is rajo-guNa caused by the body.

Reading the fight in this manner, as a back-and-forth battle of yogI vs samsAra is fascinating+

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@DefiledGod

Jan 7

Here is an interesting find - everybody knows yudhiShThira committed adharma by not lying to droNa and saying an elephant named ashvattAma was killed.

However, what is not well known is that bhagavAn never asked the pANDavAs to kill an elephant in the first place+

मतिमाञ्श्रेयसेयुक्तः केशवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् । नैष युद्धेन सङ्ग्रामे जेतुं शक्यःकथञ्चन । सधनुर्धन्विनां श्रेष्ठो देवैरपि सवासवैः । न्यस्तशस्त्रस्तुसङ्गारमे शक्यो हन्तुं भवेन्नृभिः ।+

[Keshava, intelligent in protecting his bhaktas & devoted to their welfare, told Arjuna, “droNa, that foremost of bowmen, cannot be defeated by direct conflict in battle, even by gods with Indra. He is capable of being killed even by humans, when he lays down his weapons”]+

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