Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 183
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
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Due to Moon, medicines become potent and powerful. That is why, Moon is also called “Aushadisha” (Aushada=medicine; Isha=God, so God of medicine) and “Dvijaraja” (Dvija=twice born; Raja = king, so King of the twice-borns). Moon appears to us in a pleasant form. He showers cool moonlight. He looks beautiful and accessible.
That is why he is variously called Chandra, Soma, Raju, Seetamsha, Nishesha, Nishesa. Because he is the ruler of the stars, he is called “Nakshatra Natha” (Nakshatra=star; Natha=husband or ruler) and because he is the king of Dvijas (twice-borns), he is called “Dvijeshwara” (God of twice-borns).
Because the manes (Pitru ganas) are in the Moon, he is also called “Pitru Natha” (Ruler of the manes). Moon is worshipped because of his nectar, because of his coolness and because he bestows happiness.
“Svetah, svetambaradarah, svetasah, sveta vahanah, gata panir, dvibahusca, smartavyo varadah sasi”
Moon who is white in color and wearing white robes moves around in a three wheeled chariot with white horses. Along with 27 stars he gives light to the world. He nourishes all living beings. If Moon is pleased, Aditya (Sun God), Visvadeva (Vedic Gods), Vayudeva (Wind God) and Marut ganas (Storm Gods) are pleased.
“Candrama manaso jatah” says the Veda.
Because Moon is the powerful celestial body associated with the mind, Moon should be worshipped if mental problems need to be removed, if mental disorders need to be removed.
Moon bestows goodness on the mother’s side of the family. Due to Moon, intellect blooms, laziness is removed, forgetfulness is gone, mental strength is attained, fame is achieved. Moon has 16 appearances (14 during waxing and waning phases, new moon and full moon). That is how great Moon is.
When we see the Moon in the sky, he sometimes seems to grow, and sometimes seem to diminish. This growth and diminishing are the called Shukla paksha (waxing phase) and Krishna paksha (waning phase) of the moon. These are the unique features of the Moon.
Avadhoota Swamy taught King Yadu thus, “A seeker should be cool like the moon, should develop his intellect, should strengthen his mind”. Just as the lustre of the moon seems to grow and diminish due to the effect of time, birth and death apply to the body, but not to the soul. I learned that the soul is changeless”.
A seeker that realizes that the soul is changeless and eternal never faces defeat.
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14 Jan 2021