Nainam chindanti sastrani nainam dahati pavakah,
nachainam kledayantyapo na soshayati marutah || (Gita 2.23)
(The Soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor dampened by water, nor withered by the wind)
Na jayate mriyate va kada chinnayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah,
ajo nityassasvatoyam purano na hanyate hanyamane sarire || (Gita 2.20)
(For the Soul there in no birth nor death, He was never born nor ceases to exist, He is eternal. Even if body is slain , He si not slain)
Vasansi jirnani yadha vihaya navani gruhyati nato parani,
tatha sarirani vihaya jirna nyanyani sanyati navani dehi || (Gita 2.22)
(As a person casts off old clothes and dons now garbs, in thesame way, the soul drops down withered physical body and takes on new one)
So goes on the invaluable Sankhya yoga teachings by the Lord Si Krishna to Arjuna on the battle field of Kurukshetra - describing the attributes of the very single Truth - transcending time and space - the Supreme Consciousness that is termed the Atman (Supreme Soul).
This is such a piece of spiritual knowledge which is very difficult to comprehend and realise by even the elite in their day to day life. No doubt It turns out hard nut to crack when it comes to trying for it's being imparted to the layman.- the illiterate common man on the street. When a great sanskrit scholar, like Annamacharya, well conversant in all vedic scriptures is concerned about the rich Indian Advaita Vedanta knowledge reaching the common man through his own intelligible local language, it must be stupendous job undertaken as one's life mission. And now even after passing of many centuries his meticulous efforts in the form of sankeertanas are spreading far and wide. From soul soothing lullabies to serious Soul knowledge, Advaita - he touched every aspect of human life from womb to tomb - and after.
So the sankhya jnana mentioned above, which he translated into the sankeertana is, 'Dehi Nityudu Dehamu Lanityalu' (Jivatma the Individual Soul is permanent and the bodies impermanent)
'The Soul (Atma) is Eternal but the body is impermanent. O Mind, that harbours incessant thoughts, do not forget this.
'Just as the man shreds off his old torn clothes, The soul shreds off decaying old body and enters a new body. It can not be cut by any weapon, it can not be burned by fire, can not be dampened by water, nor dried up by wind, nor suffocated.
'This Soul is from the primordial times, It neither being born nor dies. Omni present, All pervading
Has no attributes affecting Him.He is pure , transcending beyond space and time.
'The Soul perceives every thing of this creation. But can not be perceived by any of the sense organs of the beings. Even ever-probing mind can not visualise it. He is not affected by the Trigunas (attributes) of the beings He is residing in.
'It is the 'Hrudguha'. (dark spiritual heart on the right side of the chest as explained by Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi) in which it resnides as Angushta matra (thumb size) jyoti (light) in a lotus flower as described by the upanishads. This is the abode of the Almighty mentioned in the keertanas.
With this clear awareness about the location of our 'True Eternal Being' we gradually realise the all pervading nature of this Soul - the Supreme Consciousness.
This is such a piece of spiritual knowledge which is very difficult to comprehend and realise by even the elite in their day to day life. No doubt It turns out hard nut to crack when it comes to trying for it's being imparted to the layman.- the illiterate common man on the street. When a great sanskrit scholar, like Annamacharya, well conversant in all vedic scriptures is concerned about the rich Indian Advaita Vedanta knowledge reaching the common man through his own intelligible local language, it must be stupendous job undertaken as one's life mission. And now even after passing of many centuries his meticulous efforts in the form of sankeertanas are spreading far and wide. From soul soothing lullabies to serious Soul knowledge, Advaita - he touched every aspect of human life from womb to tomb - and after.
So the sankhya jnana mentioned above, which he translated into the sankeertana is, 'Dehi Nityudu Dehamu Lanityalu' (Jivatma the Individual Soul is permanent and the bodies impermanent)
'The Soul (Atma) is Eternal but the body is impermanent. O Mind, that harbours incessant thoughts, do not forget this.
'Just as the man shreds off his old torn clothes, The soul shreds off decaying old body and enters a new body. It can not be cut by any weapon, it can not be burned by fire, can not be dampened by water, nor dried up by wind, nor suffocated.
'This Soul is from the primordial times, It neither being born nor dies. Omni present, All pervading
Has no attributes affecting Him.He is pure , transcending beyond space and time.
'The Soul perceives every thing of this creation. But can not be perceived by any of the sense organs of the beings. Even ever-probing mind can not visualise it. He is not affected by the Trigunas (attributes) of the beings He is residing in.
'It is the 'Hrudguha'. (dark spiritual heart on the right side of the chest as explained by Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi) in which it resnides as Angushta matra (thumb size) jyoti (light) in a lotus flower as described by the upanishads. This is the abode of the Almighty mentioned in the keertanas.
With this clear awareness about the location of our 'True Eternal Being' we gradually realise the all pervading nature of this Soul - the Supreme Consciousness.
Angushtamatra(thumb size)
Jyoti (light) - The Soul
Om Shanti!
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