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గురు గీత - దత్త వాక్య - 158 / Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 158


🌹. గురు గీత - దత్త వాక్య - 158 / Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 158 🌹

✍️. సద్గురు గణపతి సచ్చిదానంద
📚. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ్


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శ్లోక :

దుస్వప్న నాశిని...

ఈ గురుగీత చెడు కలల ప్రభావాన్ని తొలగిస్తుంది మరియు మంచి కలల ఫలితాలను ఇస్తుంది (వాటిని వాస్తవికతలోకి తీసుకువస్తుంది). గురుగీత శత్రువులను నాశనం చేస్తుంది మరియు అభ్యాసకుడు బ్రహస్పతి (ఖగోళ గురువు) వలె గొప్పవాడు అవుతారు ఇక్కడ, “స్వప్న” లేదా కల పుట్టుక మరియు మరణ చక్రానికి కారణమయ్యే అజ్ఞానాన్ని సూచిస్తుంది. అజ్ఞానం నిజమైన నిద్ర.

ఎందుకంటే ఇది బానిసత్వాన్ని పెంచుతుంది, ఇది చెడ్డ కల. పుట్టుక మనకు సద్గురు దయను తెచ్చిపెడితే అది మంచి కల. ఇక్కడ శత్రువులు 6 దుర్గుణాలు, అనగా, కామ (కామం), క్రోధ (కోపం), లోభా (దురాశ), మోహ (అటాచ్మెంట్), మాడా (అహంకారం), మాత్సర్యమ్ (అసూయ).

“వాకాస్పత్య ప్రదిని” బ్రహ్మ స్థితిని ప్రసాదించేదాన్ని సూచిస్తుంది.

స్లోకా:

కోరుకునేవారికి కోరిక ఇచ్చే ఆవు (కామధేను) గురుగీత. ఇది చింతామణి (అన్ని దు s ఖాలను మరియు బాధలను తొలగించే రత్నం) మరియు ఇది అన్ని శుభ విషయాలను ఇస్తుంది. ప్రతి పద్యం నెరవేర్పును అందిస్తుంది. ఇది మీకు ప్రాపంచిక నెరవేర్పులను కూడా ఇస్తుంది. ఈ కారణంగా, అన్వేషకులు తమ చుట్టూ ఉన్న ప్రజలను ఆకర్షిస్తారు. భక్తితో కోరుకునేవారు సానుకూల ఫలితాలను పొందుతారు. ఏదేమైనా, గురుగీత అన్నిటికంటే ఎక్కువ ఆధ్యాత్మిక ప్రయోజనాలను అందిస్తుంది.

విముక్తి ప్రాథమిక ప్రయోజనం. ఇక్కడ, కామధేను మరియు చింతామణిని సూచించడంలో మరొక అర్ధం కూడా ఉంది. ఒక అభ్యాసకుడు అతీంద్రియ శక్తుల (సిద్ధి) తర్వాత అకస్మాత్తుగా తన యోగ స్థితి నుండి పడిపోవటం ప్రారంభిస్తే, గురు గీతను అధ్యయనం చేయడం వల్ల అతనికి అభ్యున్నతికి గురు మార్గదర్శకత్వం లభిస్తుంది. అలాంటి శిష్యుడిని గురువు వీడడు, యోగ స్థితి నుండి పడనివ్వడు. స్వీయ-సాక్షాత్కారం కోసం అతని ప్రారంభ కోరిక చివరికి ఫలించింది.

స్లోకా:

మోక్షకామో జపెన్నిత్యం

ఒకరు విముక్తి కోరుకుంటే, రోజూ ఈ జపం చేస్తే, అతను మోక్ష లక్ష్మిని (విముక్తి సంపద) పొందుతాడు. జపం మగ సంతానం కోసం ఉంటే, ఒకరు చాలా మంది కుమారులు పుడతారు, అదేవిధంగా, అది ధనవంతుల కోసం అయితే, అతను సమృద్ధిగా సంపదను పొందుతాడు.

స్లోకా:

మూడుసార్లు జపిస్తే, జైలులో ఉన్న వ్యక్తిని ఒకేసారి విడుదల చేస్తారు. ఒక స్త్రీ ప్రతిరోజూ దీనిని జపిస్తే, ఆమె పిల్లలను పుట్టి, తన భర్త మరియు పిల్లలతో పాటు పవిత్రమైన, సుదీర్ఘ జీవితాన్ని గడుపుతుంది.

స్వామీజీ జీవిత చరిత్రలో ఈ స్లోకాకు ఆధారాలు ఉన్నాయి. ఇది మరపురానిది. ఒక అమాయకుడికి ఒకసారి .ఢిల్లీలో జీవిత ఖైదు విధించబడింది. అతని బంధువులు స్వామీజీ వద్దకు వచ్చి సహాయం కోసం ప్రార్థించారు. వ్యక్తి ప్రతిరోజూ జపించాలని సూచనలతో స్వామీజీ గురుగీత నుండి 5 శ్లోకాలను ఎంచుకున్నారు. ఖైదీ ఈ శ్లోకాలను ఒక నెల పాటు పఠించాడు. ఊహించని విధంగా కేసు తిరిగి ప్రారంభించబడింది.

ఖైదీ జపించడం కొనసాగించాడు. కోర్టు చర్యలు 6 నెలలు కొనసాగాయి. చివరికి కోర్టు కేసును కొట్టివేసింది. జీవిత ఖైదు విధించిన వ్యక్తిని ఏడాదిలోపు జైలు నుండి విడుదల చేశారు. ఇది ప్రత్యక్ష సాక్ష్యం. ఈ పద్యంలో వివరించబడినది ఖచ్చితంగా నిజం.

కొనసాగుతుంది ...

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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 158 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj


150


Sloka:
Dussvapna nasini ceyam susvapna phaladayini | 
Ripunam stambhini gita vacaspatya pradayini ||

This Guru Gita dispels the effect of bad dreams and bestows the results of good dreams (bring them to reality). Guru Gita destroys enemies and the practicant will be made as great as Brhaspati (the celestial Guru) Here, “svapna” or dream indicates the ignorance that causes the cycle of birth and death. Ignorance is the real sleep.

Because it increases bondage, it is a bad dream. If the birth brings us the grace of the Sadguru, it is a good dream. Enemies here are the 6 vices, i.e., kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (attachment), mada (pride), matsaryam (jealousy).

Vacaspatya pradiyini” indicates one that bestows the state of Brahma.

Sloka:
Kaminam kamadhenusca sarvamangala karini | 
Cintamaniscintitasya sloke sloke ca siddhida ||

The Guru Gita is the wish-granting cow (Kamadhenu) for those who desire. It is Chintamani (the gem that dispels all sorrows and afflictions) and it bestows all auspicious things. Each verse provides a fulfillment. It even gives you worldly fulfillments. Due to this, seekers will attract the people around them. Seekers with devotion will experience positive results. In any case, the Guru Gita confers more spiritual benefits than anything else.

Liberation is the primary benefit. Here, there is another meaning too in referring to Kamadhenu and Chintamani. If a practicant suddenly starts hankering after supernatural powers (siddhis) due to which he falls from his yogic state, studying the Guru Gita will give him the Guru’s guidance for upliftment. The Guru will not let go of such a disciple, he will not let him fall from yogic state. His initial desire for self-realization will eventually come to fruition.

Sloka:
Moksakamo japennityam moksa sriya mavampnuyat | 
Putrakamo labhet putran sri kamascamitam sriyam ||

If one desires redemption and chants this daily, he will attain Moksha Lakshmi (the wealth of redemption). If the chanting is for male progeny, one will beget several sons, and similarly, if it is for riches, he will gain abundant riches.

Sloka:
Trivara pathanatsadyah karagaradvimucyate | 
Nitya pathat bhavecca stri putrini subhaga ciram ||

If chanted thrice, one who is in jail will be released at once. If a woman chants it daily, she would beget children and lead an auspicious, long life along with her husband and children.

There is an instance of evidence for this sloka in Swamiji’s life history. It is unforgettable. An innocent man was once given life sentence in Delhi. His relatives came to Swamiji and prayed for help. Swamiji picked 5 verses from Guru Gita with instructions that the person should chant them daily. The prisoner chanted these verses for one month. The case unexpectedly was reopened.

The prisoner continued chanting. The court proceedings went on for 6 months. Eventually the court dismissed the case. The man who was sentenced to life in prison was released from jail within one year. This is live evidence. What’s described in this verse is absolutely the truth.

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20 Dec 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 104

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 104 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj


97


Sloka:
Yasya jnanadidam viswam adrsyam bheda bhedatah | Satswarupavasesam ca tasmai sri gurave namah ||


Obeisance to Sadguru, the knowledge of whom destroys the duality of the mind and dissolves the universe that then only remains in the form of Sattva (purity, divinity). The state beyond non-duality is also the state beyond birth and death. This is the state of the Absolute which the Guru graciously grants.

That is also what you should pray to the Guru for. That state of non-duality is the state beyond birth and death. That is the state of the Absolute. That is what the Guru grants too.

Sloka:
Yayeva karyarupena karanenapi bhati ca | Karya karana nirmuktah tasmai sri gurave namah ||


The Guru appears in the form of action or in the form of Universe. He also appears in the form of the cause of that action or in the form of illusion. But in reality, he is beyond the cause and effect. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka:
Jnana sakti swarupaya kamitartha pradayine | Bhukti mukti pradatreca tasmai sri gurave namah ||


Guru is the embodiment of knowledge and power, and who therefore fulfills all our desires. Obeisance to such a Saduguru who fulfills our material desires and also grants liberation.

Here, we need to understand clearly that “Bhukti” is karma. To a Guru, action, cause, inertia, consciousness, karma, liberation (“Mukti”) are all the same. Obeisance to such a Sadguru who is the one that encompasses everything.

Sloka:
Aneka janma samprapta karma koti vidahine | Jnananala prabhavena tasmai sri gurave namah ||


Obeisance to the Sadguru whose fire of knowledge destroys the karma that his disciples have been accumulating over several births.

Sloka:
Na guroradhikam tattva na guroradhikam tapah | Na guroradhikam jnanan tasmai sri gurave namah ||


There is no concept superior to Guru, no penance superior to the Guru and no knowledge superior to the Guru. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka:
Mannathassri jagannatho madgurustri jagadguruh | Mamata sarva bhutatma tasmai sri gurave namah ||


My Lord is the Lord of all three worlds. My Guru is the Guru to all the three worlds. My soul is the soul of all beings. Obeisance to Sadguru who is in me. One should be aware that the Guru is capable of stirring such thoughts.

Sloka:
Gururadiranadisca guruh parama daivatam | Gurossamanah kovasti tasmai sri gurave namah ||


Guru is the beginning and the source of everything, he is the primordial one, he is the root of all, he is the creation. He has no beginning. Guru is the Paradevata (image of God). Who is a match to Guru? Obeisance to such a Guru.

Sloka:
Eka eva paro bandhuh visame samupasthite | Nissprahah karuna sindhuh tasmai sri gurave namah ||


Guru alone is the true relative in adverse circumstances because He is free from desires. He has no desire to take anything from you. You may think He does, but He needs nothing. But, the Guru is an ocean of compassion.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t offer him anything, he doesn’t even expect anything. But, because he is an ocean of compassion, he is a true relative. Obeisance to such a Guru.


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26 Oct 2020

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 103 🌹

*🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 103 🌹*
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
96

Sloka: 
Yena cetayata purya cittam cetayate narah | Jagrat svapna susuptyadau tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who stirs the mind, on account of which man remains dynamic in all the three states of wakefulness, dream and deep sleep; in other words is able to have thoughts in all three states.

Some think and plan a lot. Some people consider themselves inert, dull and tamasic. Tamasic also refers to an ignorant fool who knows nothing, or one who is filled with Tamas (inertia, darkness). The Guru is getting into the mind of even such an ignorant being and transforming him into a person filled with consciousness. The Guru resides in the minds of such people too. 

The person may be inert and stupid. But, the Guru gets into his mind and fills him with consciousness. The Guru’s compassion is beyond the material cause and effect. Even those who think and plan a lot can do so only when they are awake. But, they cannot think and plan in the dream or deep sleep state, because their mind is inert at that time. Similarly, when one has interact with another, both need to be in the waking state. 

Only when they are awake will the activity take place. But, the Guru alone has the power to stir and mind and create consciousness in the inert minds of people that are in the dream or deep sleep state. If the Guru can do this in inert minds that are in dream or deep sleep state, imagine what he could do in the minds in wakeful state. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka: 
Yasya jnanadidam viswam adrsyam bheda bhedatah | Satswarupavasesam ca tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru, the knowledge of whom destroys the duality of the mind and lets the whole universe become a non-entity that remains in the form of Sattva (purity, divinity). The state beyond non-duality is also the state beyond birth and death. This is the state of the Absolute which the Guru graciously grants.

That is also what you should pray to the Guru for. That state of non-duality is the state beyond birth and death. That is the state of the Absolute. That is what the Guru grants.

Sloka: 
Yayeva karyarupena karanenapi bhati ca | Karya karana nirmuktah tasmai sri gurave namah ||

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Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 97

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 97 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

90

If we analyze the meaning of the previous 3 slokas, what do we see?  

We see that TAT is indivisible, that TVAM is small, that TVAM merges into TAT and becomes one. This is a very great principle. The essence of all scriptures is in this. To help us understand this easily, let’s look at an example.

Say, there are two people Venkayya and Subayya. They have different names, but they are both human beings. Let’s assume one’s from Vijaywada and the other’s from Mysore. Although these are two different towns, both people live on earth. 

One speaks gently, the other speaks brashly. But, they both speak with their tongue. One eats vegetarian food, the other eats something else, but both are putting food in their stomach. 

Analyzing in this manner, even though we see a few differences between the two, if we broaden our minds and take a higher level perspective, we can see that they are both living on earth, they are both eating alike, talking and living as human beings. That means, there are no differences between them when viewed from that angle.  

But, for everyday affairs, we have to refer to them as two different people – Venkayya and Subayya. In reality, however, this small difference merges into the indivisible because they are both human beings and there is no difference between them.  

The TVAM and TAT are similar to this. Becoming one is what is ASI. Let’s examine this from a different angle. The sun, stars, time and yugas are all illuminated. We can see them all. Why can we see them?  

How do we see them? We should think carefully. Because, you, the one who is seeing, is illuminated, all these things are illuminated. If that is the case, why do we see darkness? Because you also have darkness in you, you can see darkness.

 When you are really awake, when you are completely illuminated, there is no darkness. Everything is illuminated. This may sound like a stubborn argument, but think about it carefully, analyze it and meditate on it. Only then will you realize the truth in it.  

This is the meaning of the term ASI. Only the Guru is capable of teaching this concept. Here, teaching doesn’t mean theorizing or lecturing on the subject or just talking for 2-3 hours. 

“He can say whatever he wants to, he is a Guru. He knows everything, so whatever he says is the word of God”. True, while that may be the case, that may not be the right approach to talk or teach. 

So, how should one talk? The teaching should cause a change in heart. When the Guru talks, we will feel a change in our heart. 

Others may talk for 2 hours, or 3 hours or even 6 hours while standing. But, only Guru has the capability to move you, to bring a change in heart. Obeisance to such a Guru.  

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Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 96

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 96 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

89

Lord Brahma saw hundreds of thousands of forms of Lord Krishna in place of the cows, calves and cowherds. All forms were His.  

Lord Brahma realized upon seeing those forms that Lord Krishna was Parabrahman, that Lord Krishna was the Jagadguru (the Guru to all the universe). Subsequently, Lord Krishna withdrew his spell and became the cowherd he was again. Once Lord Krishna turned into a cowherd, Lord Brahma had the real vision of Sri Krishna.  

Lord Brahma came down to earth, did circumambulation to little Krishna three times, prayed to him and after getting his permission, left for his abode. 

Thus, Lord Brahma who was the master of all scriptures, the form of the Vedas Himself, the father to this universe, the creator and Guru taught the world that Sri Krishna was Parabrahman.   

To benefit the disciple, the Guru goes through many difficulties and losses and tolerates insults. Lord Krishna who appeared as Guru also faced a lot of difficulties. The Guru purifies the disciple through appropriate means and helps him have a vision of the Parabrahman. 

We should understand that Lord Shiva is educating us through this sloka about such great benefits the world receives due to the Sadguru.   

Sloka: 
Dehe jivatvam apannam caitanyam niskalam param | Tvam padam darsitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Obeisance to Sadguru who is omnipresent and who has entered into this body in the form of the other worldly spirit of energy, as Shiva, and who has enabled me to see that spirit embedded in TVAM (you) 

Sloka: 
Akhandam paramartham sadaikyam ca tvam tadossubham | Asina darsitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Obeisance to Sadguru who enables me to see through the term ASI (You Are) which reveals the ultimate goal by explaining that TVAM (you) and TAT (that) are not separate but stand for the indivisible quality of the Absolute. 

If we analyze the meaning of the previous 3 slokas, we see that TAT is indivisible, that TVAM is small, that TVAM merges into TAT and becomes one. This is a very great principle. The essence of all scriptures is in this. 

To help us understand this easily, let’s look at an example. Say, there are two people Venkayya and Subayya. There is a difference in their names, but they are both human beings. Let’s assume one’s from Vijaywada and the other’s from Mysore. 

Two different towns, but both on earth. One speaks gently, the other speaks tough. But, they both speak with their tongue.  

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Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 95

*🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 95 🌹*
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
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We discussed that after Lord Krishna killed demon Aghasura, he rested by a lake along with the cows and the cowherds. The cows moved far away while grazing. The cowherds ate the leftover rice they brought with them and set out in search of the cows. 

When they did not find the cows after extensive search, they reported back to Krishna. Lord Krishna set out in search of the cows even while holding the morsel of rice he was eating in his hand. He did not find the cows. 

When he returned to the lake, he couldn’t find the cowherds either. When he could find neither the cows nor the cowherds, Lord Krishna got suspicious and used his divine vision to find out what really happened. 

He realized that the creator, Lord Brahma, got slightly envious and was responsible for these disappearances. Immediately, he took on the form of all the cows and cowherds that disappeared. 

The Lord’s behavior in the form of cows, calves and cowherds was true to those forms. He behaved exactly the way those cows, calves and cowherds would behave. 

Nobody in Gokulam suspected anything. What’s more, parents suddenly began feeling even more love for their children, because it was the Lord who was in the form of those children. 

They even began feeling more love for the cows and calves. Baladeva was the only one who noticed this. 

He wondered, “What’s happening to the parents, to the cows and calves? What is this? Everybody seems to have more love and affection.” Baladeva, who had the power of divine vision, was even more surprised when he saw Lord Krishna everywhere. 

He marveled at the illusion. He enquired with Lord Krishna and was pleased when he found out what happened. However, Lord Brahma, who was in the celestial world, got suspicious. He wanted to see what Lord Krishna would be doing since so many cows, calves and cowherds disappeared. 

He wondered what Krishna might be up to now, whether he would be crying. He was surprised to see the cows, calves and cowherds in Gokulam exactly as they were.  

“What is this? I made them disappear, but when I come here, they all seem to be right here”. Since, living beings are not born unless Lord Brahma creates them, he was puzzled as to which Brahma created these beings.  

As he was wondering, he noticed that all the cows, calves and cowherds bathing in the river appeared to him as the blue bodied Lord Vishnu in yellow robes, with four hands, holding the conch, discus, lotus and mace. He saw hundreds of thousands of forms of Lord Vishnu. All cows, calves and cowherds appeared as Lord Vishnu. 

Lord Brahma realized upon seeing those forms that Lord Krishna was Parabrahman, that Lord Krishna was the Jagadguru (the Guru to all the universe). Subsequently, Lord Krishna withdrew his spell whereupon the original cowherds and cows returned.  

Lord Brahma came down to earth, did circumambulation to little Krishna three times, prayed to him and after getting his permission, left for his abode. What a wonderful episode where Lord Brahma himself tested Lord Krishna.

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