03 Aug 2025
(Samnyāsa Tattva Yogaḥ)
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O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]
1) Na kāmecchā mamāhaṃ yat, Brahmānanda mahārṇavaḥ |
Ṛṣīṇāṃ dagdha dharmecchā - Tapognīnāṃ na ca priye! ||
[O Darling Rādhā! I am the infinite ocean of divine bliss and hence, I do not have the desire for petty-illusory sexual happiness even though I am in this materialized medium. Similarly, the sages born as Gopikas having materialized bodies are the embodiments of burning penance-fires, who have also burnt even the justified sexual desire.]
2) Ātmānaṃ Vedmi na tvaṃ tu, samā Brahmātmanā mayā |
Arthavāde same proktāḥ, bhedo'sti siṃhameṣayoḥ ||
[I am aware of My internal state and you are not aware of your internal state. Otherwise, you are equal to Me internally being the infinite ocean of divine bliss (Parabrahman/Unimaginable God) like Me. Of course, in the philosophy of monism, every ordinary soul is said to be an internally infinite ocean of divine bliss to encourage the soul in the spiritual path. I am not telling you like that because you are really the infinite ocean of divine bliss internally. If you tell a goat that it is lion, it is arthavaada or beneficial lie for encouragement. But, if you tell this to a lion, which got mixed with goats and is covered by the leather of goat from its childhood (for its brainwash) and is strongly thinking itself as goat, such telling to the actual lion covered by the leather of goat cannot be arthavaada because it is perfectly the true lion only.]
3) Na medhā skhalanaṃ me'bhūt, meṣa carmā'vrṛto'pyaham |
Janma prabhṛti na jñānāt, tvaṃ bhinnā gurubhaktataḥ ||
[I am also a lion and I am also covered by the leather of goat like you. My awareness did not vanish because I am not covered by ignorance since the beginning of My birth. The reason for this is that I am in the role of Sadguru or Divine Preacher or human incarnation of God. You are covered by ignorance since your birth because you are in the role of a devotee to stand as an example for the world of devotees. Hence, you are not aware of yourself.]
4) Guru pakṣe'pyahaṃ tulyā, śiṣyapakṣe'pi na jñataḥ |
Nāyikā bhaktagopīnām, Mama ca'si sahāyadā ||
[Since I am the real Sadguru with full self-awareness, I completely belong to the side of the faculty in this spiritual institution. If you are aware of yourself, you also belong to the side of the faculty only. Due to your external covered ignorance, you can mix well with the community of the students (devotees). In this way, you happen to be the link between staff and students. Due to this, you are the leader of the students on one side and associated staff member to help the Sadguru on the other side.]
5) Daiva kāṣāya saundaryam, mokṣāya narakāya ca |
Uddhartuṃ duṣpravṛttisthān, yujyate viṣamauṣadham ||
[The spiritual preacher on wearing the orange robes gets divine beauty granted by God. The orange robes indicate powerful spiritual knowledge and the physical beauty indicates the initial attraction for the bad souls involved in illegal worldly life called Dushpravrutti. This peculiar mixture of sacred knowledge and physical beauty is arranged by God to uplift souls from bad worldly life to lead them to at least good worldly life (Pravrutti) in the first step and later on to lead them into spiritual life (Nivrutti). If this arrangement is used by souls in proper way, the souls will attain salvation. If this is misused by souls in improper way, the souls will fall in hell for their sinful deeds like illegal romance. In the time of very serious illness, a medicine prepared from the poison of venomous serpent called ‘viṣāmṛtarasam’ is given to the patient. This medicine will either destroy the illness or destroy the same patient if the illness is incurable!]
6) Etāstapo'gnayo gopyaḥ, kalau kāmāgnayo janāḥ |
Tābhi rādhyātmiko mārgo, darśito jana muktaye ||
[These Gopikas are the ancient sages, who are like the burning penance-fires. In this coming Kali age, souls are like burning lust-fires. These sages in the form of Gopikas are enacting this divine play of spiritual path for the sake of the salvation of those bad souls.]
7) Kalau samnyāsinastattvam, na jānantaḥ pathaśycutāḥ |
Samnyāsasyāta evaiṣa, niṣedhāya parāśaraḥ ||
[In the Kali age, the saints wearing orange robes have not understood the essence of spiritual knowledge and hence, are slipping from the right path of spiritual line. This is the reason why Sage Paraashara objected to sainthood in Kali age (Five are objected in Kali age by Sage Paraashara in his ethical scripture – “Aśvamedho gavālambho, samnyāsaḥ palapaitṛkam, devarāt ca sutotpattiḥ…”).]
8) Uddhartuṃ pāpinassiddhāḥ, magnāḥ paṅkahrade svayam |
Rāsa nṛtya rahasyārtham, dūṣayanto na jānate ||
[These saints of Kali age approach the sinful souls in order to uplift them from the worldly mud-pond. In such trials, these saints get themselves dipped into the same mud-pond by the sinful souls. These spiritual preachers are spoiling the secret essence of this rāsa-dance since they are unable to understand it.]
To be continued...
Chapter-1: The Depression-Yoga of Raadhaa
Chapter-2: The Essence of Sainthood-Yoga
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