The moods of the human being, like a spectrum of colours rotating, change one after another with the passage of time by gaining knowledge about life in various stages of growth And more particularly once youth passes away, much of vigour is lost bringing on to surface the vanity of struggles encountered. From such a situation of despair and despondency one has to buck up and direct one self towards the spiritual path that assures him ever lasting bliss and liberation.
First describing the pessimistic environment in which the human beings are bound in, Annamacharya nevertheless suggests the ray of hope for those people through taking refuge in the Almighty within, for a crucial and happier turn around in their life. The sankeertana is "Emi Gala Dindu Nenta Penagina Vrudha".
'It is perhaps natural as the prime of the youth melts away, it dawns into a question mark about the purpose of life. What is left in this life? All the struggles turn out to be fruitless. There is no origin and no end for the 'Mind' that harbours lustful desires and aspirations. And this process continues not only in this but in umpteen future births.
'Just as the wick glows only till the oil supply to it is exhausted, so is the life that depends on the 'prana' (life force) circulating in it. Once prana leaves, the body perishes. The mortal body's span is as much as that of the husk sheathing a seed, withering away within no time. No amount of laborious grooming of the body for the sake of sensual pleasures would prevent it from decay.
'Can the sky be expected of to meet with another sky? It's a remote possibility. People's nature is to believe whatever seems good and acceptable for them is acceptable for others also. How long will the ironing with neat creases of the clothes, done by a washer man, remain wrinkle free like that when donned on the body? - short lived. In the same way wealth is also unstable in one's hands.
'All the worldly engagements, like the grain measured and stocked in a granary, deplete over a period of time. Just as the stale food can not be thrown away but has to be invariably consumed by the poor, even the mean life has to be led invariably till the end. All the woeful living on this earth will have respite and rejuvenation only by the grace of the Almighty within. And only after gaining the (spiritual) bliss one can become liberated.'
Such is the metaphorical lyrical beauty of Annamacharya in imparting the most vital spiritual awakening in the human beings. For the seekers, this divine knowledge is like beacon lights in the pursuit of spiritual progress towards Salvation.
First describing the pessimistic environment in which the human beings are bound in, Annamacharya nevertheless suggests the ray of hope for those people through taking refuge in the Almighty within, for a crucial and happier turn around in their life. The sankeertana is "Emi Gala Dindu Nenta Penagina Vrudha".
'It is perhaps natural as the prime of the youth melts away, it dawns into a question mark about the purpose of life. What is left in this life? All the struggles turn out to be fruitless. There is no origin and no end for the 'Mind' that harbours lustful desires and aspirations. And this process continues not only in this but in umpteen future births.
'Just as the wick glows only till the oil supply to it is exhausted, so is the life that depends on the 'prana' (life force) circulating in it. Once prana leaves, the body perishes. The mortal body's span is as much as that of the husk sheathing a seed, withering away within no time. No amount of laborious grooming of the body for the sake of sensual pleasures would prevent it from decay.
'Can the sky be expected of to meet with another sky? It's a remote possibility. People's nature is to believe whatever seems good and acceptable for them is acceptable for others also. How long will the ironing with neat creases of the clothes, done by a washer man, remain wrinkle free like that when donned on the body? - short lived. In the same way wealth is also unstable in one's hands.
'All the worldly engagements, like the grain measured and stocked in a granary, deplete over a period of time. Just as the stale food can not be thrown away but has to be invariably consumed by the poor, even the mean life has to be led invariably till the end. All the woeful living on this earth will have respite and rejuvenation only by the grace of the Almighty within. And only after gaining the (spiritual) bliss one can become liberated.'
Such is the metaphorical lyrical beauty of Annamacharya in imparting the most vital spiritual awakening in the human beings. For the seekers, this divine knowledge is like beacon lights in the pursuit of spiritual progress towards Salvation.
Taila in Deepa - Prana in Deha
Om Shanti!
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