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Avadhuta Yadu Samvada (अवधूतयद्वोः संवादः) (view source)
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==== शरकृत् ॥ Sharakrt (An arrow-sharpner) ====
==== शरकृत् ॥ Sharakrt (An arrow-sharpner) ====
<blockquote>मन एकत्र संयुञ्ज्यात् जितश्वासो जितासनः । वैराग्याभ्यासयोगेन ध्रियमाणमतन्द्रितः ॥ ११ ॥</blockquote><blockquote>यस्मिन्मनो लब्धपदं यदेतत् शनैः शनैः मुञ्चति कर्मरेणून् । सत्त्वेन वृद्धेन रजस्तमश्च विधूय निर्वाणमुपैत्यनिन्धनम् ॥ १२ ॥ </blockquote><blockquote>तदैवमात्मन्यवरुद्धचित्तो न वेद किञ्चिद् बहिरन्तरं वा । यथेषुकारो नृपतिं व्रजन्तं इषौ गतात्मा न ददर्श पार्श्वे ॥ १३ ॥ (Bhag. Pura. 11.9.11-13)<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>Sitting on a firm ground, a person should control his breath by Pranayama and concentrate on his mind. By Vairagya (renunciation) and Abhyasa (practice) he should vigilantly keep his mind steady and focus on the target. The mind, when steadfast on the Blissful Paramatma, sheds off the particles of Karma-vasanas (remnants of fruits of karma) gradually. In such state Satvaguna increases extinguishing the Rajasik and Tamasik tendencies, just like the fire which is extinguishing as the fuel is completely depleted; and he enters the state of Nirvana bringing peacefulness. In such a stage, a person whose mind is firmly and completely absorbed in the Self, does not remain conscious of anything inside or outside, just as the arrow-sharpner who was so absorbed in his work of making the arrows that he was not aware even if the Raja and his retinue passed by his workshop.<ref name=":2" /> A sadhaka learns to '''Concentrate his mind and have undivided attention''' from an arrow maker.
==== सर्पः ॥ Sarpa (A Snake) ====
==== सर्पः ॥ Sarpa (A Snake) ====
<blockquote>एकचार्यनिकेतः स्याद् अप्रमत्तो गुहाशयः । अलक्ष्यमाण आचारैः मुनिरेकोऽल्पभाषणः ॥ १४ ॥</blockquote><blockquote>गृहारम्भोऽतिदुःखाय विफलश्चाध्रुवात्मनः । सर्पः परकृतं वेश्म प्रविश्य सुखमेधते ॥ १५ ॥ (Bhag. Pura. 11.9.14-15)<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>Like a snake, a Muni should live alone (avoiding company of others), should not be attached to any house, should live in places devoid of human habitation and take shelter in caves. By his acharas or worldly activities and behaviour he should not be marked out or draw attention of others. He should be sparing of words and lead a solitary life. For housing this perishing body building a house is fraught with misery and is useless. A serpent enters into a house built by others such as an ant-hill or a hole prepared by a rat and lives happily.<ref name=":2" /> Similarly a sadhaka should follow the example of a serpent and '''not bother about constructing a house'''.
==== ऊर्णनाभिः ॥ Urnanabhi ( A Spider) ====
==== ऊर्णनाभिः ॥ Urnanabhi ( A Spider) ====
In the shlokas, 16 to 21 of Adhyaya 9, the Brahmana describes about the emergence and dissolution of [[Srshti Siddhanta (सृष्टिसिद्धान्तः)|Srshti]] by Narayana through the example of a spider.<blockquote>एको नारायणो देवः पूर्वसृष्टं स्वमायया । संहृत्य कालकलया कल्पान्त इदमीश्वरः ॥ १६ ॥</blockquote><blockquote>एक एवाद्वितीयोऽभूत् आत्माधारोऽखिलाश्रयः । कालेनात्मानुभावेन साम्यं नीतासु शक्तिषु ।सत्त्वादिष्वादिपुरुषः प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः ॥ १७ ॥</blockquote><blockquote>तामाहुः त्रिगुणव्यक्तिं सृजन्तीं विश्वतोमुखम् । यस्मिन् प्रोतम् इदं विश्वं येन संसरते पुमान् ॥ २० ॥</blockquote><blockquote>यथोर्णनाभिः हृदयाद् ऊर्णां सन्तत्य वक्त्रतः । तया विहृत्य भूयस्तां ग्रसत्येवं महेश्वरः ॥ २१ ॥ (Bhag. Pura. 11.9.16,17,20, 21)<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>Bhagavan Narayana without any other help, creates the jagat (Universe) by his Maya, just by his sankalpa only, which he withdraws at the end of the Kalpa, by the power of [[Kala (कालः)|Kala]] (Time). He then remains alone, without a second (undifferentiated) supported by Himself. He becomes the support to all beings of the universe. He regulates the Prkrti and Purusha. He maintains the state of equilibrium of the three Gunas, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas by the force called Time. He exists as the First Cause of the Jagat thus having the cause-effect relationship. He however remains in Unity, as the one without a second, known only through experience as Absolute Unconditioned Bliss. He is not attached to any embodied form. He creates the Mahat which is the root cause of all visible creation. By his potency called Time, with the power of Maya, he creates the Sutra or the Principle called Mahat. This Sutra is the manifestation of the three gunas which evolves this Universe. It is in this Sutra that the Universe is woven where the person wanders through the cycle of births and deaths.
Just as a spider extends through its mouth the web from its heart, sports with it and again swallows it, so also the Supreme Ruler evolves, protects and withdraws the Universe. A sadhaka must understand the '''Concept of Evolution''' from the activity of the spider.<ref name=":6" />
==== सुपेशकृत् ॥ Supeshakrt (A Wasp) ====
==== सुपेशकृत् ॥ Supeshakrt (A Wasp) ====
<blockquote>यत्र यत्र मनो देही धारयेत् सकलं धिया । स्नेहाद् द्वेषाद् भयाद् वापि याति तत् तत्स्वरूपताम् ॥ २२ ॥</blockquote><blockquote>कीटः पेशस्कृतं ध्यायन् कुड्यां तेन प्रवेशितः । याति तत्सात्मतां राजन् पूर्वरूपमसन्त्यजन् ॥ २३ ॥ (Bhag. Pura. 11.9.22-23)<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>It may be out of love, hatred or fear but on whatever object an a person concentrates his mind entirely, he attains the semblance of that object (or attains the same Guna as that object). The larva captured and confined in the nest of a wasp, O Rajan, continuously broods over it out of fear, and without losing its original form it gets transformed into the semblance of a wasp.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2" /> A sadhaka with continuous brooding over Paramatma, out of Bhakti, attains the same '''(Tadatmya)'''.
Thus the Brahmana explains how he learnt lessons from the twenty four entities which he called as preceptors, to Yadu Maharaja.
== References ==
== References ==
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