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− | Aila Gita (Samskrit: ऐलगीता) refers to the outpourings of Aila (the son of Ila), also known as Pururavas. It is found in the 26th chapter of the 11th canto in the Bhagavata Purana and appears within the conversation between Shri Krishna and his friend Uddhava known as Uddhava Gita. | + | Aila Gita (Samskrit: ऐलगीता) refers to the outpourings of Aila (the son of Ila), also known as Pururavas. It is found in the 26th chapter of the 11th canto in the Bhagavata Purana and appears within the conversation between Shri Krishna and his friend Uddhava known as Uddhava Gita.<ref>[https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/uddhavagiitaa.html Uddhava Gita] (Refer Chapter 26)</ref> |
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| == परिचयः ॥ Introduction == | | == परिचयः ॥ Introduction == |
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| It is said that Pururavas or Aila, (35) for this very reason abandoned his desire for the world of Urvashi. And then, liberated from all attachment, wandered the earth being innerly satisfied.<ref name=":0" /> | | It is said that Pururavas or Aila, (35) for this very reason abandoned his desire for the world of Urvashi. And then, liberated from all attachment, wandered the earth being innerly satisfied.<ref name=":0" /> |
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− | श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायामेकादशस्कन्धे श्रीकृष्णोद्धवसंवादे ऐलगीतं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ॥ २६॥
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− | === Aila-gita: The Song of Pururava (11.26.7–24) ===
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− | The ''Aila-gita'' also is part of the ''Uddhava-gita''. To explain how unfavorable association is a threat to one's position in devotional service, Lord Krishna gave the example of the emperor Pururava (also called Aila). Aila was bewildered by the association of the heavenly beauty Urvashi, and later became renounced after being separated from her. Expressing his contempt for undue attachment to the opposite sex, he sang a song called the ''Aila-gita'':
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− | "Persons who are attached to the body of a woman or a man – which is simply a mass of skin, meat, blood, bones, and so on – are not much different from worms. When one's mind is stolen away by the opposite sex, what is the worth of education, austerity, renunciation, Vedic knowledge, and so forth? Learned men should distrust their six mental enemies, headed by lust, and thus avoid degrading association."
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− | Thus Pururava was freed from illusion and eventually attained peace by realizing the Lord.
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− | http://btg.krishna.com/gitas-bhagavatam
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− | https://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/pdf/canto11-eng.pdf
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− | https://www.dlshq.org/download2/lordkrishna.pdf
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| == References == | | == References == |