Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 168
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
160
Guru Ashtakam, Sloka 5:
Kshma mandale bhoopa bhoopala vrundai Sada sevitam yasya padaravindam |
Guroranghri padme manaschenna lagnam Tatah kim Tatah kim, Tatah kim Tatah kim ||
The kings and emperors on earth serve at your feet everyday. So, what is the use? You may think, “All the important people on earth are coming to me, they are worshipping my feet, what do you think of me? My word is gospel, it’s final”. So, what is the use? Some boast egoistically, “Everybody on the planet has to come to me.
They have to hover around my house. I know everyone personally. Actually, they don’t do anything without asking me first”. They may say, “If the phone rings, it has to be them, the important people. They will not leave the house until I ask them to. It is me that has to even select their car.
It is me who needs to tell them the direction they need to face while eating. It is me who needs to tell them whether or not they should have a shower today. It is me who has to instruct them on the color they need to wear to achieve victory. It is me that tells them what color pen they need to carry today.
It is me that has to tell them to eat exactly 22 morsels, that they cannot eat the 23rd morsel”. This is wonderful. You have so much control. Wow! Some people even tell others that they need to count the grains in each morsel of food.
That’s the kind of orders they give. There are many who gloat, “The government runs because I decide the date for the swearing-in ceremony, otherwise the government won’t run”. That’s good. Let there be such people. Let them achieve respect. Let their words come true.
That’s fine. But, there are missing the crown of all these attributes – devotion to Guru. It is being said in this sloka that regardless of how important you are, if you cannot focus your mind on the Guru, what’s the use, what’s the use? They are asking us to keep our mind always focused on the Guru.
Guru Ashtakam, Sloka 6:
Yaso me gatam diksu dana pratapat Jagadvastu sarvam kare yat prasadat |
The kings and emperors on earth serve at your feet everyday. So, what is the use? You may think, “All the important people on earth are coming to me, they are worshipping my feet, what do you think of me? My word is gospel, it’s final”. So, what is the use? Some boast egoistically, “Everybody on the planet has to come to me.
They have to hover around my house. I know everyone personally. Actually, they don’t do anything without asking me first”. They may say, “If the phone rings, it has to be them, the important people. They will not leave the house until I ask them to. It is me that has to even select their car.
It is me who needs to tell them the direction they need to face while eating. It is me who needs to tell them whether or not they should have a shower today. It is me who has to instruct them on the color they need to wear to achieve victory. It is me that tells them what color pen they need to carry today.
It is me that has to tell them to eat exactly 22 morsels, that they cannot eat the 23rd morsel”. This is wonderful. You have so much control. Wow! Some people even tell others that they need to count the grains in each morsel of food.
That’s the kind of orders they give. There are many who gloat, “The government runs because I decide the date for the swearing-in ceremony, otherwise the government won’t run”. That’s good. Let there be such people. Let them achieve respect. Let their words come true.
That’s fine. But, there are missing the crown of all these attributes – devotion to Guru. It is being said in this sloka that regardless of how important you are, if you cannot focus your mind on the Guru, what’s the use, what’s the use? They are asking us to keep our mind always focused on the Guru.
Guru Ashtakam, Sloka 6:
Yaso me gatam diksu dana pratapat Jagadvastu sarvam kare yat prasadat |
Guroranghri padme manaschenna lagnam Tatah kim Tatah kim, Tatah kim Tatah kim ||
They have done a lot of charities. Their fame and charity has spread to all corners of the world. They are well known in all countries. They are on television around the world. So, what is the use? There is reference in our scriptures to many who cut off parts of their bodies to donate to others.
They did not attain salvation. Why? Because, they were unable to focus on the Guru. Those who have the Guru’s grace will attain anything in the world. That is why, without Guru’s grace, what’s the use of such charity? What’s the use of fame and reputation? What’s the use of having all this?
They donated, they helped others, people even compared their generosity to Karna’s (a character from Mahabharata known for his courage and generosity). Some of you may have heard this story from the scriptures. A pigeon captured by a hunter cries, “He’s eating me, please save me”.
The king who hears this talks to the hunger and gives him flesh equivalent to the pigeon’s weight from his thighs. Such a great sacrifice. The Gods appeared in front of him. He attained great fame, but he did not attain liberation. Why? He did not have devotion to Guru.
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30 Dec 2020
They have done a lot of charities. Their fame and charity has spread to all corners of the world. They are well known in all countries. They are on television around the world. So, what is the use? There is reference in our scriptures to many who cut off parts of their bodies to donate to others.
They did not attain salvation. Why? Because, they were unable to focus on the Guru. Those who have the Guru’s grace will attain anything in the world. That is why, without Guru’s grace, what’s the use of such charity? What’s the use of fame and reputation? What’s the use of having all this?
They donated, they helped others, people even compared their generosity to Karna’s (a character from Mahabharata known for his courage and generosity). Some of you may have heard this story from the scriptures. A pigeon captured by a hunter cries, “He’s eating me, please save me”.
The king who hears this talks to the hunger and gives him flesh equivalent to the pigeon’s weight from his thighs. Such a great sacrifice. The Gods appeared in front of him. He attained great fame, but he did not attain liberation. Why? He did not have devotion to Guru.
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30 Dec 2020