'Kamini and Kanchana' (Women and Wealth), either one or both of them, are the two major factors of vice that sway one's entangled sojourn in this world. Great masters like Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa say that, in Treta Yuga King Ravana, an astute devotee of Lord Siva, had his invariable downfall on account of his longing for Sita, Rama's consort. And in Dwapara Yuga, King Duryodhana had his Waterloo at Kurukshetra on account of his overwhelming greediness to possess even the portions of the kingdom belonging to Pandavas.
Unless infatuation about these two vices is ridden off, salvation is nothing but a mirage in one's lifetime. The poet savant Annamacharya expresses this idea in a simple but effective, in point blank driving home, about the vanity of the afore said vices, in his sankeertana - 'Eda Valapeda Eda Suddulu'.
'Love, affection, cordiality'- all are name sake expressions in this world. Are they true? Or conceited semblances?
'What's the duration of flashes of lightening on rainy days ? It's momentary. Will they stay long in the sky? Will the passions of the paramours be ever lasting? They are all fleeting away expressions of love indeed!
'See the mirages. It's optical illusion of flow of rivers. Is it possible, by depending on them, for us
to quench our thirst? So with the women (paramour). The passions in their hearts are not of true love. They wont remain with you for long. (They flirt away towards other patrons with opportunism).
'Amusing vast wealth that appears in the dream state of one's sleep, can not be carried forward in to one's wakeful state. Unless one get's disillusioned about the illusory nature of the women's love and transitory riches and surrenders unconditionally to the Almighty within, Liberation is but a mirage!'
The message of the sankeertana is as clear as writing on the wall. So it is left for our serious and conscious effort to follow such noble precepts and realise salvation in this very birth!
Unless infatuation about these two vices is ridden off, salvation is nothing but a mirage in one's lifetime. The poet savant Annamacharya expresses this idea in a simple but effective, in point blank driving home, about the vanity of the afore said vices, in his sankeertana - 'Eda Valapeda Eda Suddulu'.
'Love, affection, cordiality'- all are name sake expressions in this world. Are they true? Or conceited semblances?
'What's the duration of flashes of lightening on rainy days ? It's momentary. Will they stay long in the sky? Will the passions of the paramours be ever lasting? They are all fleeting away expressions of love indeed!
'See the mirages. It's optical illusion of flow of rivers. Is it possible, by depending on them, for us
to quench our thirst? So with the women (paramour). The passions in their hearts are not of true love. They wont remain with you for long. (They flirt away towards other patrons with opportunism).
'Amusing vast wealth that appears in the dream state of one's sleep, can not be carried forward in to one's wakeful state. Unless one get's disillusioned about the illusory nature of the women's love and transitory riches and surrenders unconditionally to the Almighty within, Liberation is but a mirage!'
The message of the sankeertana is as clear as writing on the wall. So it is left for our serious and conscious effort to follow such noble precepts and realise salvation in this very birth!
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