Dear all, It was refreshing to read Sri Sudarshans elaboration of four types of seekers as per Bhagavadgita. I have three minor comments on the elaboration: 1. The Lord uses the adjective sukrit (good do-ers)for the janAh. All these 4 kinds are sukrit according to the Lord. Although He considers jnAni as the supreme, anyone who turns to the Lord for any reason is considered good enough by the Lord. Thus, they all get the sukrit adjective. Such is His kindness. By using the word Sukrit, Lord is also implying that there are people who are (asukrit) averse to Lord(Hiranyakashipus, communists and the self proclaimed rationalists among us). Emphasis on Sukrit is missing in Sri Sudarshan's translation (see below). >>"chatur-vidha bhajantE mAm janAh: sukritnOr'juna ArthO jignyAsur'arthArthi gnyAnI cha bharatar-shabha" (Bhagavath-gita: 7:16) "There are 4 principal motives, O Arjuna, why men of this world turn to Me in worship", said the GitAchAryA. <<<<< 2. Artha is explained as fear by Sri Sudarshan. Artha not just fear. One who is hurting is Arthi.Fear is a special case of hurting. If I cut my hand or leg or some other sort of physical ailment, it hurts. I may pray for quick healing or to divert from pain. 3. Actually the gUna of gnAni is also defined by the vedanta (Sri Sudarshan says it is not defined in the Vedanta). if Artha (Tamasic), arthArti (Rajsic) and gignAsu (sAtvik) covers triguNatva, gnAni represents guNAtItatva. That is what the Lord wants Arjuna to become in the shloka: traiguNya vishayA vEdA nistraiguNyO bhavArjuna. dAsan K. Sreekrishna Tatachar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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