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Line 1: − {{ToBeEdited}} − − + − It also emphasizes that (29) happiness generated by sense objects is rajasik in nature while that which arises from realising the Supreme Being is beyond the Gunas.<ref name=":1">Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://www.dlshq.org/download2/lordkrishna.pdf Lord Krishna His Lilas and Teachings], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref> [see 11.15: 17 & B.G. 5: 21, but also 6: 7]. + − It is explained that material substance, place, fruit of action, time, knowledge, activity, the performer, faith, the state of consciousness and the species and the destinations of life, all are affected by the trigunas (30). In fact, all that exists is a composition of the trigunas (31). These forms of existence and stages of life of the repeatedly incarnating living beings are bound to the operation of the gunas. However, those who being dedicated to the Supreme Being in bhakti yoga conquer these gunas that manifest in the mind, qualify for the transcendental love of the Supreme being (32).<ref name=":0" /> + + + − + + +
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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.<ref>[https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/uddhavagiitaa.html Uddhava Gita] (Refer Chapter 26)</ref>
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>
== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==
== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==
In the chapter preceeding the Aila Gita, Shri Krishna describes the effects of the trigunas and their combinations one by one. It is mentioned therein that human beings are bound to trigunas because they manifest in the mind and lead to attachment to life-forms and sense-objects (12) [see also B.G. 4: 14]. However, those who take shelter of the Supreme Being become free from the trigunas (26) and attain the Supreme Being (22) [see also B.G. 9: 25, 14: 18].<ref name=":0">Anand Aadhar (2022), Srimad Bhagavatam ([https://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/pdf/canto11-eng.pdf Canto 11])</ref>+
In the chapter preceeding the Aila Gita, Shri Krishna describes the effects of the trigunas and their combinations one by one. It is mentioned therein that human beings are bound to trigunas because they manifest in the mind and lead to attachment to life-forms and sense-objects. However, those who take shelter of the Supreme Being become free from the trigunas and attain the Supreme Being.<ref name=":0">Anand Aadhar (2022), Srimad Bhagavatam ([https://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/pdf/canto11-eng.pdf Canto 11])</ref> It also emphasizes that happiness generated by sense objects is rajasik in nature while that which arises from realising the Supreme Being is beyond the Gunas.<ref name=":1">Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://www.dlshq.org/download2/lordkrishna.pdf Lord Krishna His Lilas and Teachings], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref>
Infact, elsewhere also, the Bhagavata Purana (Canto 11, Chapter 15) states that when one focusses one's mind that is pure in the Supreme Being, the impersonal brahman that is free from material qualities, one obtains the supreme of happiness wherein one's desire finds its complete fulfillment.<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>निर्गुणे ब्रह्मणि मयि धारयन्विशदं मनः । परमानन्दमाप्नोति यत्र कामोऽवसीयते ।। १७ ।।<ref>Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 11, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB Adhyaya 15]</ref>
nirguṇe brahmaṇi mayi dhārayanviśadaṁ manaḥ । paramānandamāpnoti yatra kāmo'vasīyate ।। 17 ।। </blockquote>The Bhagavad Gita also iterates that one discovers happiness in the Self when unattached to the external contacts. And that, with the self engaged in the meditation of the Brahman one attains endless happiness.<ref>Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/BHAGAVAD-GITA-By-SRI-SWAMI-SIVANANDA.pdf Bhagavad Gita], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref> <blockquote>बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत् सुखम् । स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥५.२१॥<ref>Bhagavad Gita, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 5 (Karma Sannyasa Yoga)].</ref>
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yat sukham । sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute ॥5.21॥ </blockquote>
== पार्श्वभूमिः ॥ Background ==
== पार्श्वभूमिः ॥ Background ==
Having elaborated on the human body as the substratum of the trigunas that lead one to be bound by attachments, it is said, in the chapter preceeding the Aila Gita (Chapter 25) that the human body is also the means by which one acquires knowledge and develops wisdom. Therefore, it is suggested that those who obtain the human body should be smart enough to shake off their attachment to the gunas and worship the Supreme Being (33).<ref name=":0" />
In the chapter leading to the Aila Gita it is explained that material substance, place, fruit of action, time, knowledge, activity, the performer, faith, the state of consciousness and the species and the destinations of life, all are affected by the trigunas (30). In fact, all that exists is a composition of the trigunas (31). These forms of existence and stages of life of the repeatedly incarnating living beings are bound to the operation of the gunas. However, those who being dedicated to the Supreme Being in bhakti yoga conquer these gunas that manifest in the mind, qualify for the transcendental love of the Supreme being (32).<ref name=":0" />
Having elaborated on the human body as the substratum of the trigunas that lead one to be bound by attachments, it further emphasizes on the human body as the means by which one acquires knowledge and develops wisdom. Therefore, it is suggested that those who obtain the human body should be smart enough to shake off their attachment to the gunas and worship the Supreme Being (33).<ref name=":0" />
It is said that when the wise worship the Supreme Being with alertness, controlled senses and without attachment to anything else; when one conquers Rajas and Tamas by developing Sattva and thereafter overcomes even Sattva by means of desirelessness and by concentrating the mind on the Supreme Being, one goes beyond the Gunas, abandons the body and attains the Supreme Being.
It is said that when the wise worship the Supreme Being with alertness, controlled senses and without attachment to anything else; when one conquers Rajas and Tamas by developing Sattva and thereafter overcomes even Sattva by means of desirelessness and by concentrating the mind on the Supreme Being, one goes beyond the Gunas, abandons the body and attains the Supreme Being.