This worldly existence itself is encircled in all pervading Illusion. Trapped in this, the earthly beings remain bound to its dictates throughout their life. A situation where even if they become vexed up and try for exit, they can't. Such is its overwhelming 'net' work. More over the beings, with their minds being turned in madness, remain in complacency of semblance of pleasures in their otherwise gloomy and painful leading of this life in reality.
The play of Illusion on the beings is well described by Annamacharya in his sankeertana, "Mayala Kagapadi Matigedi Pranulu".......
'All the beings of this earth are ensnared in the net of Illusion and at the same time do not feel it as shackles to be broken; that is also being on account of the overwhelming Illusion.
'The worldly ignorant beings, like lads, are attracted towards shiny fruit of the tree 'mushti manu' (might be 'nux vomica'?) and gather in with the thought of immense sweetness of the fruit. Once they eagerly consume it and find to their dismay that it is utterly bitter, can they retrace back from their plight?
'Beings caught hold of and are playing with the highly venomous snake in ignorance of the inherent potential danger. They are playing in all four sides far and wide. The snake is continuing the hisses called 'desires and passions'. Even after becoming aware of the 'quick sand' state engulfed in, still they are unable to extricate themselves from the rut.
'Beings have brought sweet honey and anointed it to a sharp knife and started to lick it in all sorts of ways and directions, undeterred by the sharpness of the knife that could cut and bleed them. O Lord! You are the only one who could alleviate their dire condition. You are very near them like ripe harvest at hand, ready for showering prosperity. But they are not prepared to take advantage of it. What a pity My Lord!'.....
Being wrought upon time and again with these copious, richly simile-embedded sankeertanas, it is the ardent wish of the great seer to make us realize the inherent traps of the Illusion and cautiously steer our life boat through to safe shores of liberation!
The play of Illusion on the beings is well described by Annamacharya in his sankeertana, "Mayala Kagapadi Matigedi Pranulu".......
'All the beings of this earth are ensnared in the net of Illusion and at the same time do not feel it as shackles to be broken; that is also being on account of the overwhelming Illusion.
'The worldly ignorant beings, like lads, are attracted towards shiny fruit of the tree 'mushti manu' (might be 'nux vomica'?) and gather in with the thought of immense sweetness of the fruit. Once they eagerly consume it and find to their dismay that it is utterly bitter, can they retrace back from their plight?
'Beings caught hold of and are playing with the highly venomous snake in ignorance of the inherent potential danger. They are playing in all four sides far and wide. The snake is continuing the hisses called 'desires and passions'. Even after becoming aware of the 'quick sand' state engulfed in, still they are unable to extricate themselves from the rut.
'Beings have brought sweet honey and anointed it to a sharp knife and started to lick it in all sorts of ways and directions, undeterred by the sharpness of the knife that could cut and bleed them. O Lord! You are the only one who could alleviate their dire condition. You are very near them like ripe harvest at hand, ready for showering prosperity. But they are not prepared to take advantage of it. What a pity My Lord!'.....
Being wrought upon time and again with these copious, richly simile-embedded sankeertanas, it is the ardent wish of the great seer to make us realize the inherent traps of the Illusion and cautiously steer our life boat through to safe shores of liberation!
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