02-05-2007, 05:01 PM
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adveshhTaa sarvabhuutaanaaM maitraH karuNa eva cha .
nirmamo nirahaN^kaaraH samaduHkhasukhaH kShamii .. 12\-13..<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dear Sundareshwara,
Can I request a translation of the above for the Samskritam-challenged like myself. Though I understand some of the individual words and conglomerated words in the above, I can't piece all of them together to complete the puzzle of its meaning. <!--emo&
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Thanks for asking Husky. This shloka is not an exception but the rule as a central running theme in Bhakthi Yoga (and an undercurrent throughout the Bhagavad Geetha and other Itihasa/Puranas.)
Adveshtaa = lack of hatred. "Dvesha" comes from 'dvishathi' to hate. Perhaps the root is in 'dvi' (two), where one looks upon another as separate from oneself and hence hates. Hatred vanishes when the 'dvi' bhava is gone. i.e. when one looks upon 'others' as one's own Self.
Here, Sri Krishna is saying "Adveshta Sarva Bhoothaanaam"... Have Love towards all beings (not just humans, and not just living beings, but for all beings. Love all, hate none is the message here.)
Maithra Karuna eva cha: Be friendly (not mere lip service, but friendship in the true sense), and have compassion towards all beings.
So Arjuna may ask, "When can this compassion, friendship and love take place?", to this the Lord answers...
"Nirmamo nirahankaara:", when one is devoid of ego, as to 'I am great, or this is mine etc', then and only then will love for others automatically arise. As long as one is full of themselves (as in ego), true compassion can never happen. Compassion or pity for selfish reasons may be possible, but it will never be everlasting as long as one has ego.
SamaduHkhasukhaH kShamii: One who maintains equanimity and equipoise whether in pain or pleasure. (Like Sri Rama who was equally composed and calm when He was about to be made king, or when He was stripped of the position and exiled for 14 years.) Kshami is a person who is forgiving... now, who is eligible to forgive? One who has the power to crush his opponent(s) and yet has compassion for them is truly eligible to forgive. This is the kind of forgiveness the Bhagavad Geetha talks about.
Can the professor be forgiven? Absolutely!! the person can be forgiven, but not his ignorance. One has to be harshly critical of the professor's ignorance for his own good, thus helping him realize Dharma.
adveshhTaa sarvabhuutaanaaM maitraH karuNa eva cha .
nirmamo nirahaN^kaaraH samaduHkhasukhaH kShamii .. 12\-13..<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dear Sundareshwara,
Can I request a translation of the above for the Samskritam-challenged like myself. Though I understand some of the individual words and conglomerated words in the above, I can't piece all of them together to complete the puzzle of its meaning. <!--emo&
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Thanks for asking Husky. This shloka is not an exception but the rule as a central running theme in Bhakthi Yoga (and an undercurrent throughout the Bhagavad Geetha and other Itihasa/Puranas.)
Adveshtaa = lack of hatred. "Dvesha" comes from 'dvishathi' to hate. Perhaps the root is in 'dvi' (two), where one looks upon another as separate from oneself and hence hates. Hatred vanishes when the 'dvi' bhava is gone. i.e. when one looks upon 'others' as one's own Self.
Here, Sri Krishna is saying "Adveshta Sarva Bhoothaanaam"... Have Love towards all beings (not just humans, and not just living beings, but for all beings. Love all, hate none is the message here.)
Maithra Karuna eva cha: Be friendly (not mere lip service, but friendship in the true sense), and have compassion towards all beings.
So Arjuna may ask, "When can this compassion, friendship and love take place?", to this the Lord answers...
"Nirmamo nirahankaara:", when one is devoid of ego, as to 'I am great, or this is mine etc', then and only then will love for others automatically arise. As long as one is full of themselves (as in ego), true compassion can never happen. Compassion or pity for selfish reasons may be possible, but it will never be everlasting as long as one has ego.
SamaduHkhasukhaH kShamii: One who maintains equanimity and equipoise whether in pain or pleasure. (Like Sri Rama who was equally composed and calm when He was about to be made king, or when He was stripped of the position and exiled for 14 years.) Kshami is a person who is forgiving... now, who is eligible to forgive? One who has the power to crush his opponent(s) and yet has compassion for them is truly eligible to forgive. This is the kind of forgiveness the Bhagavad Geetha talks about.
Can the professor be forgiven? Absolutely!! the person can be forgiven, but not his ignorance. One has to be harshly critical of the professor's ignorance for his own good, thus helping him realize Dharma.