Brahma Sathyam; Jagat Mithya ! So goes the vedic quintessential dictum. And after all, the latter Illusory World is the manifest form of Creation by the Creator, Brahma. As such the Maya (Illusion) is the source of all delusions experienced by the 'Beings' who can not escape from its all pervading gamut. Nor does it spare any individual from its influence and go far away from him either. For the beings immersed in the worldly life, there is a ray of hope - a silver lining in the dark cloud - in 'surrender' to the Almighty Within for Salvation!
This message is expressed in an exclamatory note of opening line in the sankeertana, "Bapure! Ni Maya Bhramayinchi Jivulaku", by the poet savant Annamacharya.............
'Oh My Lord! What an extent of delusions in which beings like me are becoming encircled in your Maya (Illusion)! It is with us always and never goes away afar from us at any time.
'Under the influence of your Maya, we are made to feel this material world as very beautiful one. in such engrossment of worldly things we do not regard the 'Salvation' as truly relishing one. We rather feel as 'capable' of efficiently managing our family of wife and children. We never find time to ponder about You even for a while in our minds. Then how can we get true devotion about You?
'We are taking births, and becoming bogged in attendant relationships with other family members, friends and others with a new 'Form and Name' in every birth cycle. But we are not bothering about the True knowledge which is beneficial for us, as a matter of fact. So long as we are in the discharge of worldly karmas, thought of 'vairagya' - non-attachment does not rise in us.
'Oh My Lord! Due to predominance of all our sense organs over the thought of Soul, our mind does not turn towards You. But Oh My Lord! Since all those who surrendered to You became successful in all fields, please show Your grace upon me too and grant deliverance!...........
Certain subjects are of such potential that volumes and volumes can be brought out for centuries by various poets, saints and scholars. And here we find Maya as the single subject on which Annamacharya could produce hundreds of sankeertanas for the sake of disillusionment of the 'beings'. And the clear message of deliverance is in attaining 'Vairagya', detached view, of this Maya (Mithya) and adopting 'Saranya', total surrender, to Satya, the Brahma!
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