🌹. శివగీత - 1 / The Siva-Gita - 1 🌹
🌴. పరమేశ్వరుడు - శ్రీరాముడు మధ్య జరిగిన జ్ఞాన సంవాదము. 🌴
📚. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ
🌻. ఉపోద్ఘాతము 🌻
తెలుగు వారికి భగవద్గీత సుపరిచితము. శివగీత అపరిచితము. శివుడు జ్ఞానమునకు మూలమైనవాడు, విశ్వప్రభువు. శివజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమెరిగిన వాడే సమగ్రపండితుడు.
భగవద్గీత నర-నారాయణుల మధ్య జరిగిన చర్చ. శివగీత శ్రీరాముడు - పరమేశ్వరుడు మధ్య జరిగిన జ్ఞాన సంవాదము. ఇది అమూల్యము. అతి రహస్యము. జ్ఞానము అర్హులకు లభించవలెనంటే అది రహస్యముగా ఉండవలసి ఉంటుంది.
జ్ఞానమునకు మూల్యము నిర్ణయించగలవారు ఏ లోకములోనూ లేరు. భగవాన్ వేదవ్యాస మహర్షి కృపవలన ఈ అమూల్యమైన జ్ఞానము పద్మపురాణాంతర్గతముగ ఆస్తికులకు లభ్యమైనది.
భగవద్గీత వలెనే శివగీత కూడా పద్ధెనిమిది అధ్యాయములు కలిగి ఉన్నది. అక్కడ 'పార్థాయ ప్రతిబోధితాం' అని ప్రారంభమైతే, ఇక్కడ 'రామాయ ప్రతిబోధితాం' అని మొదలవుతుంది.
శ్రీరాముడు తారకనామబ్రహ్మము. నారాయణుని అవతారము కేవలము లోకహితార్థము శ్రీరాముడు ఉపాధిగా ఈ శివగీత ఉద్భవించినది. ఇది జ్ఞాన సుధాసాగరము.
భక్తులకు సులభగ్రాహ్యము గావించుటకు సంక్షిప్తం చేయబడినది. ఇది నిత్యపారాయణ గ్రంథము. చదివిన కొద్ది శివభక్తి స్థిరపడుతుంది.
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🌹 The Siva-Gita - 1 🌹
🌴. Dialogue between Rama and Lord Siva 🌴
✍️ Ayalasomayajula.
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 INTRODUCTION 🌻
Among the numerous scriptures which teach us the path to Salvation, Shiva Geeta is one of the foremost few among them.
Although it didn't gain popularity as like as Bhagwad Geeta, yet it is always good to learn spirituality irrespective of the popularity of the source.
It needs to be mentioned explicitly here that there cannot be a comparison between Shiva Geeta with Bhagwad Geeta or any Geeta as a matter of fact. Every Geeta has a message, a central theme around which it revolves, and a unique style of rendering the message.
Bhagwad Gita is a vedantic scripture which is the best because it teaches all round sacred wisdom from upanishads. But that doesn't mean Shiva Geeta (or any other Geeta) is inferior to that.
Shiva Geeta primarily focusses on preaching about lord Shiva who is the parabrahman of Vedas, and it only reveals the path to salvation sailing with the sailor called 'Shiva'. So, for a normal Hindu (who doesn't belong to any sect), this would be a good source of wisdom. for a Shiva devotee or a Shaivite this geeta would be like a treasure.
Therefore it has to be understood clearly that comparison between geetas is an absurd activity and everyone is expected to learn from this text and remain blissful in the devotion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Shiva! It's a known fact that Bhagwad Geeta has achieved such a widespread recognition because people have spread it across the world by translating not only in all the Indian languages, but also in foreign languages. Whereas Shiva Geeta has not been caught attention of people since it's documented in a Purana and not present in the famous epic Mahabharata which gained greater attention of people.
Since people usually are acquainted with Epics but rarely read or analyze Puranas, Shiva Geeta skipped gaining popularity among the masses due to the same reason even though both the Geetas are believed to be documented by Veda Vyasa himself.
Shiva Geeta belongs to the Ramayana era of Treta Yuga while Bhagwad Geeta belongs to Mahabharata era of Dwapar yuga. So, Shiva Geeta precedes Bhagwad Geeta in time. However there are certain instances in Shiva Geeta which are different from the instances in Valmiki Ramayana.
But one thing which is common is in Valmiki Ramayana as well as in Shiva Geeta, it is the same Sage Agastya who becomes the preceptor of Rama. In Valmiki Ramayana he preaches Rama 'Aditya Hrudayam', and in Shiva Geeta he preaches him VirajaDeeksha Austerity. So, these differences in stories between Valmiki Ramayana and Shiva Geeta could be understood as due to 'Kalpa Bheda' (these might belong to different eons).
Whatever may be the reality behind the authenticity of Shiva Geeta, it definitely is a text worth learning since the verses are not selfcooked verses, this Shiva Geeta verses actually exist in Upanishads like Svetawsatara, Atharvasiras, kaivalya etc. to name a few. Therefore, reading this Shiva Geeta is as equal as reading the verses of the Upanisahds.
Shiva geeta also states many valuable spiritual things including Shiva yoga or Shiva tattwa.
Following a Geeta is based on one's personal interest and choice but reading spiritual matter always benefits and increases the devotion towards our beloved God. Hence readers are requested to read through the Shiva Geeta chapters and extract whatever good things are taught by the Lord of the Universe.
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