51st Mantram
Introduction
The pervasive presence of the Lord
in all created entities ( sentients and insentients) , His vyApAram ,
His multifarious states of existence are described here .Jn~Ani is defined
here .
51st Mantram Text
napumsakam
pumAgumstrayasmi
stAvarOasmyatha
jangama:
yajE yakshi yashDAhE
cha
MayA
bhUtAnyayakshata
paSavO Mama
bhUtAni
anUBandhyOasmyaham
Vibhu:
striyassathee:
taa u mE pumsa Aahu:
paSayadhakshaNvAnniva
chEtadhandha:
kavirya:
putrassimAchikEta
Word by Word
Meaning of the 51st Mantram:
napumsakam pumAn stree
asmi=Here, the Supreme Soul says: I am existing as a
Male, Female and neuter . I am all.
sthAvara: atha
jangama: asmi=I am existing as the moving chEtanam and
the non-moving achEtanam.
yajE ayakshi yashtAhE
cha)=I am performing yAgAs; I did perform yAgAs; I
am going to perform yAgAs.
( I am beyond time ; those
worshipped thru Yaagams , those worship now and those who are going worship
in the future-I am all of them .I am present at all times : Present, past
and future).
bhutAni MayA
ayakshata=all living things performed yAgams( worship)
thru Me.
PaSava: Mama
BhUtAni= the four legged ones ( cattle) have been created by
Me.
Aham Vibhu: anUBantadh
ya: asmi=I am pervasively present as Vibhu in all
created beings and have relationships to their bodies
.
sathee striya: taa u
Me pumsa: Aahu:=
The rishis have said that the
Jn~Anis
among Women are equal to Jn~Anis
among the Men . There is no difference in status among the
two.
paSyat akshaNvAn na
vichEtat andha:
If a man with fully functioning
physical eyes , he has to be considered a blind man , if he does not have
discriminative intellect ( vivEkam).
ya: putra: imA:
chikEta sa: kavi:=One who sees the things of the world
as the manifestations of BhagavAn is a dheerga darsi and sama dharsi.Such
putran brings glory to his parents and the Kulam in which he is born
.
52nd Mantram
Introduction
additional definitions of the Jn~Ani
are provided in this Mantram.
Text of the 52nd
Mantram
yastAvijAnAt Savitu:
pitA sath
andhO
maNimavindhat
tamangulirAvayath
agrIva:
pratyamuchath
tamajihvA
asaschata
UrdhvamoolamavAk
chAkam
vruksham yO vEda
samprati
na sa jAtu jana:
SraddhadyAt
mrutyurmA
mArayAdhiti
hasitam rudhitam
geetam
Word by Word Meaning
of the 52nd Mantram
Ya: taa: vijAnAt sa:
Savitu: pitA = The Jn~Ani who has the vivEkam about
Brahman and sees all created beings as the manifestations of Brahman becomes
the father of his own father .
The worshipful status of the Jn~Ani
is referred to here . The Jn~Ani, who has become a sanyAsi is eligible
now for the
worship by his own
father.
andha: maNim avindhat
, tamm ananguli Aavayat, agreeva: pratyamunchat, ajihvA tamm
asascchata=The Jn~Ani who comprehends the Supreme soul
(Aatma vastu) is like a blind man who recieved a
beautiful gem ,like one without finger placing that gem on his nonexistent
finger , like one without a neck wearing that gem on his phantom neck
and like one who has no tongue praising the glory of that
gem .
The Upanishad vaakyams describing
the sightless seeing , the lame running etc:
apANi paadhO javanOgruheetA
paSyat-achakshu: sa SruNOtyakarNa:
Urdhvamoolam avAk
chAkam vruksham ya: samprati vEdha , sa Jana: mrutyu maa marayAth iti jaatu
na SraddhadyAt)=One who comprehends the tree of SamsAram
with its roots growing upward and the branches growing downwards ,while he
is still part of this universe , will not believe ever that Yamadharman
will kill him .
KaDOpanishad and Bhagavad Geethai describe SamsAric world has
upward spreading roots and downward stretching branches.The fruits of this
tree are PuNyams and Paapams. Two birds( JeevAtma and ParamAtma) live on
this tree.One who understands this
tattvam
overcomes mrutyu .
hasitam rudhitam
geetam= Laughter and crying takes place in this samsAra
vruksham.
Bhagavat Geetai 13.6 describes this:
love and hatred, pleasure and pain, laughter and sorrow are all linked to
the body . They are not linked to the AatmA.
NamO Veda
PurushAya ,Daasan ,
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