My mentor
used to say, ‘If a wise one commits one thousand mistakes, the ignorant one
commits ten thousand mistakes and does n’t learn even after. As we recollect
last but one para of the previous blog (Cloth Merchant), I had said that ‘In the
ultimate analysis, we come to realise that everything is as ordained by the
Almighty present in each and every form of creation. Accordingly, one……succeeds in his mission of
passing through – in this world – safely!’
This is the crux of Vedanta. We are wise enough to realise the Almighty’s
role play in different forms of this world. So, pleasure and pains, actions of
good and bad classification, all become part of His illusory stage show. Then having become aware of this, what we are
supposed to do? Feel relaxed having
‘totally surrendered’ to that Almighty and discharge our actions in righteous way. We
are confident now that He won’t let us down, as we are in His constant
protection.
The way great poet – savants present such themes as above, are really matchless. For instance, Annamayya in his tatvic keertana, “Ekkadi Manusha Janmam Betthina Phala Memunnadi”, sympathisingly starts off saying ‘What is the use of taking the human birth which has become useless - on account of indulging in so many “Errors of Omission and Commission”! -omitting actions ought to do, committing actions ought not to do. Hence let us trust the Almighty. To liberate us, is up to Him.
In this keertana, Annamacharya skill fully opens up with nature of duality, that is devotee's exhortations to the Almighty, as if there are two entities. But gradually by the end, drives us to the realisation of the All pervading Almighty within, the Universal I, the Supreme consciousness, by which awareness, all actions of this illusory world are well understood.
‘Things which are to be forgotten, are not forgotten and which
are not to be forgotten, are forgotten; Things which are to be left away, are
not left away and things which are not to be left away, are left away; Things which are to be pursued after, are not
pursued after and things which are not to be pursued after, are pursued
after; All these actions of mine are due to ensnaring of ‘Vishnu maya’ (Almighty’s Illusion), resulting in
not even contemplating His Protection’.
‘O Lord! What’s this human birth? Any use? No. It is left to you to liberate me. I am so
useless that, I cannot stop filling my stomach in all three times of the day. I
cannot renounce the marital pleasures, do not get satiated in sensual
gratifications. I don’t forget them but I do forget valuable knowledge,
spiritual matters and the guru - helpful in realisation of God. But I am not to
be blamed for these, because it’s by the encircling of your Illusion !
‘O Lord! Relentlessly I am performing all sorts of ‘papa
punyas’ (acts of sin and piousness).
Unable to get rid of bad traits, I am being entangled in hopes and
desires, unable to shake them off. Is it not because of your Illusion? On the
other hand, I have left out observing ‘Shatkarmas’ (six body-purifying duties
ordained, namely – Dhauti, Bhasti, Neti, Trataka, Nauli and Kapalabhati); not bothering about ‘renunciation’ and even forgot
about observing laid down customs and practices. It’s due to your Illusion only !
‘O Lord! I get trapped in problems and bondages. Not able to set my mind on any effort for
salvation. Despite these shortcomings why should I lose heart ? I have your blessing. You are happily protecting me as the
‘All-pervading Almighty’. Then why
should I bother about your ‘Illusion !’
So, I am very happy to share this knowledge with you - the
elite ones ! Now you are all clear in
your understanding the Almighty’s play – the perspective of His Illusion is now welcomed by you all, as
taken for granted. The True Essence of
which you are made of, now dismantles
the myth of False Reality that was (for, now we are awakened to the reality) - ‘Illusion’
!
Annamacharya (12.11.2015)
Om Shanti!
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