Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Sri Dasbodh (1.7) कवीश्वर स्तवन
Sri Dasbodh (1.7) “कवीश्वर स्तवन” (Praise unto Poets)
All humans are entitled to attain Divinity. However, one’s intrinsic dormant inspiration needs to kindle in order to attain the same. Since that inspiration is awake in Saints and Poets, they can inspire others. Whereas inspiration in Saints is ever awake, that of Poets is sometimes awake and brilliant while mute and dull on other occasions.
While awakening it just rustles and uncontrollable inspiration results into making the mind imaginative and intellect ‘creative’. That creativity may manifest as excellent poetry, a fervent spirited speech or entirely new form of knowledge.
In fact, very crux of entire spirituality lies in awakening Inspiration. Company of Saints awakens dormant inspiration effortlessly. That indeed is the importance of good company “Sat-Sanga”. (It is said, ‘tell me your company and I shall tell what you are !’)
In addition, excellent poetry and literature make positive impact on the mind, clearing way for inspiration awakening. Therefore Poets and Literary men are important in human life. They put forth lofty ideals and values by creating (albeit imaginary) a new world.
A worldly man suffers from travails of everyday routine leading to stagnating his own progress. However, good poetry and literature from Saints sprouts love unto the Divine, making his subtle powers brilliant. Indeed, that verily is uplift or betterment of the world !
Sri Samartha says,
1. I make obeisance unto great poets. Poets rule world of words like a sovereign . A poet is indeed the Lord incarnated as Vedas.
2. One should consider conscience of a poet as verily abode of residence for Saraswati Sharada. She appears to be under control of poets and always stays with them. The poet keeps various arts alive; moreover, quite a number of words inhabit his conscience. His vocabulary is exceptional.
3. Poets are born to demonstrate wealth of best values in the world, to sing greatness of Lord’s glory and to narrate fame of Saints through various means.
4. Poets are oceans of jewels representing words. They possess beautiful treasure of words. Enlightened beings freely move within the lake representing poet’s conscience. Only poets can imagine unique state of the enlightened ones comprehensively . In fact great artistes that play various intelligent roles are born as poets alone !
5. Poets are indeed mines of spiritual texts; they are able to author number of Scriptures; they are living eloquent ‘Chintamani Gems’. Poets are like ‘Kamadhenu’ that releases sweet nectarine milk for the ardent listeners.
6. A poet may be considered Kalpataru of Inspiration, because inspiration is ready at hand whenever required. Indeed, the one treasuring entire Moksha (Liberation) is a vast expanse of Sayujya-Mukti (Absolute Mergence into the Divine) . Poets describe Sayujya-Mukti at length through their poems.
7. Status of beings beyond death (Mrutyu-Lola), the Pathway to ascend and master six Chakras by Yogins, as well as spiritual prowess of Jnyani are very subtle, transcendental and therefore mysterious. The poet demonstrates it through his word power and makes it reach common folk.
8. Likewise, form of Divinity or Para-Brahma is immaculate and untainted; it transcends the three attributes Sarva-Raja-Tama as well as Maya. Man’s intellect and imagination fall short ; words can not reach there. However, the poet indicates its characteristics through his poetic prowess, introduces it and narrates its hallmarks.
9. Poet lays bare the mystery of Shruties (Vedas) . Meeting poets is indeed great fortune, it is like coming face to face with God. Atma-Jnyana becomes easily accessible in the company of poets.
10. Knowledge-savvy aspirants attain new dimensions to has vision by virtue of poet’s genius. Aspirants become aware of choosing right type of Sadhana (spiritual practices) and the ‘realised’ (“Siddha”) firmly establish in Samadhi (deep meditative state.
11. Exhortations from poets make one aware of his Duty, ways to win over the mind and the religious are channelled into morality.
12. Poets induce men to practice detachment by instilling importance of the same. They describe greatness of devotees and extol them. Moreover, while stressing righteous conduct they protect religion.
13. Affectionate emotions of Lovers are laced in word-form by poets; those aspirants undertaking meditation are guided as to how they can verily experience Divinity and enhance fame of devotees by narrating their life-stories.
14. Poets describe various forms of worship and austerities; they describe various types of fruits resulting from those. What is more, various activities succeed through their grace alone.
15. Once the poet begins speaking and renders his poems, variety of emotions sprout and entire audience experiences immense satisfaction. Poetic fervour of recent poets is kindled while reading poems of by-gone poets.
16. Poets describe capabilities of scholars, power of the powerful and cleverness of the intelligent in various ways.
17. Poets compile various forms of poetic monographs; besides, they describe various forms of writing styles (धाटी, शैली), meters (छंद), alliterations (अनुप्रास) and ornateness (अलंकार) in both prose and poetry. Poets also initiate newer forms of the above.
18. A poet indeed beseems like an ornament in this entire visible world. Affluence is embellished by poetry. Poets render authenticity to entire conclusions.
19. Poets bring glory unto Assemblies; honour fortune and nurture various forms of happiness.
20. They make invisible Gods to manifest in form and visible. They stress importance of Rishies (Sages) and explain power, rights and status of various Shastras.
21. The world could not prosper if greatest of poets had never compiled excellent poems. Therefore poets are great refuge for entire humanity.
22. We could never attain various types of talents and knowledge without poetry of great poets. Entire knowledge spreads in the world only by virtue of poets.
23. There have been great poets such as Vyasa and Valmiki in the past. They alone imbibed discretion amongst the masses.
24. Poems were compiled in distant past and recitation and memorisation of those made great Pundits erudite. Indeed, that erudition made them more eligible in the world.
25. There have been umpteen great poets such as these. There are now and will be later too. I make obeisance unto all of them.
26. Poets are cleverness embodied, in fact, verily Brihaspati (Brahmadev). Even Veda and Shruti wish to manifest as words from the poets.
27. Poets postulate various doctrines through their poems purely as benevolence. They postulate only the indubitable doctrines ultimately.
28. Poets are verily clouds that shower nectarine poetry over the masses, or big streams of entire nine types of emotions (नवरस); or else, big surging lakes filled with all forms of joy and happiness.
29. Poets are indeed treasure-houses of discrimination as wealth, incarnated as humans. Inner conscience of poets is filled to brim with thoughts of Divine alone.
30. These poets are indeed the core, asset of Maha-Maya, very Power of the Lord that hides deep within Adi-Purusha. Only merit earned in the past makes people attain that asset, very treasure, that belittles and snubs entire objects in the world.
31. Poets are the boats that keep floating happily over streams of life, filled to brim by imperishable bliss of the Self (स्वानंद). These boats are beneficial to people in fulfilling many plans and making enterprise succeed.
32. Poets are indeed very wealth of the pure Para-Brahma. These poets are the meditative state of the Virat Purusha, the Lord, who nurtures entire visible world within Him. The Lord ever stays in His non-dual state in spite of pervading entire dual world. He is unaware of duality irrespective of pervading duality and distinction. THAT exactly His meditative state and that indeed is the form of poet !
The poet is in a trance-like state while a poem is born; he is one with the Lord. Poet is verily the manifested form of culminated devotion. It is the poet alone that furnishes exact idea of the Lord’s Love.
33. These poets are the larger than sky Divine attributes and activities of the Lord. Therefore compositions of poets are larger than entire cosmos.
34. I stop describing my thoughts concerning poets here. Great Poets are very prop for the world, that is entire human society at large. Therefore I heartily prostrate full-length unto them.
“Hari Om Tat Sat”
All humans are entitled to attain Divinity. However, one’s intrinsic dormant inspiration needs to kindle in order to attain the same. Since that inspiration is awake in Saints and Poets, they can inspire others. Whereas inspiration in Saints is ever awake, that of Poets is sometimes awake and brilliant while mute and dull on other occasions.
While awakening it just rustles and uncontrollable inspiration results into making the mind imaginative and intellect ‘creative’. That creativity may manifest as excellent poetry, a fervent spirited speech or entirely new form of knowledge.
In fact, very crux of entire spirituality lies in awakening Inspiration. Company of Saints awakens dormant inspiration effortlessly. That indeed is the importance of good company “Sat-Sanga”. (It is said, ‘tell me your company and I shall tell what you are !’)
In addition, excellent poetry and literature make positive impact on the mind, clearing way for inspiration awakening. Therefore Poets and Literary men are important in human life. They put forth lofty ideals and values by creating (albeit imaginary) a new world.
A worldly man suffers from travails of everyday routine leading to stagnating his own progress. However, good poetry and literature from Saints sprouts love unto the Divine, making his subtle powers brilliant. Indeed, that verily is uplift or betterment of the world !
Sri Samartha says,
1. I make obeisance unto great poets. Poets rule world of words like a sovereign . A poet is indeed the Lord incarnated as Vedas.
2. One should consider conscience of a poet as verily abode of residence for Saraswati Sharada. She appears to be under control of poets and always stays with them. The poet keeps various arts alive; moreover, quite a number of words inhabit his conscience. His vocabulary is exceptional.
3. Poets are born to demonstrate wealth of best values in the world, to sing greatness of Lord’s glory and to narrate fame of Saints through various means.
4. Poets are oceans of jewels representing words. They possess beautiful treasure of words. Enlightened beings freely move within the lake representing poet’s conscience. Only poets can imagine unique state of the enlightened ones comprehensively . In fact great artistes that play various intelligent roles are born as poets alone !
5. Poets are indeed mines of spiritual texts; they are able to author number of Scriptures; they are living eloquent ‘Chintamani Gems’. Poets are like ‘Kamadhenu’ that releases sweet nectarine milk for the ardent listeners.
6. A poet may be considered Kalpataru of Inspiration, because inspiration is ready at hand whenever required. Indeed, the one treasuring entire Moksha (Liberation) is a vast expanse of Sayujya-Mukti (Absolute Mergence into the Divine) . Poets describe Sayujya-Mukti at length through their poems.
7. Status of beings beyond death (Mrutyu-Lola), the Pathway to ascend and master six Chakras by Yogins, as well as spiritual prowess of Jnyani are very subtle, transcendental and therefore mysterious. The poet demonstrates it through his word power and makes it reach common folk.
8. Likewise, form of Divinity or Para-Brahma is immaculate and untainted; it transcends the three attributes Sarva-Raja-Tama as well as Maya. Man’s intellect and imagination fall short ; words can not reach there. However, the poet indicates its characteristics through his poetic prowess, introduces it and narrates its hallmarks.
9. Poet lays bare the mystery of Shruties (Vedas) . Meeting poets is indeed great fortune, it is like coming face to face with God. Atma-Jnyana becomes easily accessible in the company of poets.
10. Knowledge-savvy aspirants attain new dimensions to has vision by virtue of poet’s genius. Aspirants become aware of choosing right type of Sadhana (spiritual practices) and the ‘realised’ (“Siddha”) firmly establish in Samadhi (deep meditative state.
11. Exhortations from poets make one aware of his Duty, ways to win over the mind and the religious are channelled into morality.
12. Poets induce men to practice detachment by instilling importance of the same. They describe greatness of devotees and extol them. Moreover, while stressing righteous conduct they protect religion.
13. Affectionate emotions of Lovers are laced in word-form by poets; those aspirants undertaking meditation are guided as to how they can verily experience Divinity and enhance fame of devotees by narrating their life-stories.
14. Poets describe various forms of worship and austerities; they describe various types of fruits resulting from those. What is more, various activities succeed through their grace alone.
15. Once the poet begins speaking and renders his poems, variety of emotions sprout and entire audience experiences immense satisfaction. Poetic fervour of recent poets is kindled while reading poems of by-gone poets.
16. Poets describe capabilities of scholars, power of the powerful and cleverness of the intelligent in various ways.
17. Poets compile various forms of poetic monographs; besides, they describe various forms of writing styles (धाटी, शैली), meters (छंद), alliterations (अनुप्रास) and ornateness (अलंकार) in both prose and poetry. Poets also initiate newer forms of the above.
18. A poet indeed beseems like an ornament in this entire visible world. Affluence is embellished by poetry. Poets render authenticity to entire conclusions.
19. Poets bring glory unto Assemblies; honour fortune and nurture various forms of happiness.
20. They make invisible Gods to manifest in form and visible. They stress importance of Rishies (Sages) and explain power, rights and status of various Shastras.
21. The world could not prosper if greatest of poets had never compiled excellent poems. Therefore poets are great refuge for entire humanity.
22. We could never attain various types of talents and knowledge without poetry of great poets. Entire knowledge spreads in the world only by virtue of poets.
23. There have been great poets such as Vyasa and Valmiki in the past. They alone imbibed discretion amongst the masses.
24. Poems were compiled in distant past and recitation and memorisation of those made great Pundits erudite. Indeed, that erudition made them more eligible in the world.
25. There have been umpteen great poets such as these. There are now and will be later too. I make obeisance unto all of them.
26. Poets are cleverness embodied, in fact, verily Brihaspati (Brahmadev). Even Veda and Shruti wish to manifest as words from the poets.
27. Poets postulate various doctrines through their poems purely as benevolence. They postulate only the indubitable doctrines ultimately.
28. Poets are verily clouds that shower nectarine poetry over the masses, or big streams of entire nine types of emotions (नवरस); or else, big surging lakes filled with all forms of joy and happiness.
29. Poets are indeed treasure-houses of discrimination as wealth, incarnated as humans. Inner conscience of poets is filled to brim with thoughts of Divine alone.
30. These poets are indeed the core, asset of Maha-Maya, very Power of the Lord that hides deep within Adi-Purusha. Only merit earned in the past makes people attain that asset, very treasure, that belittles and snubs entire objects in the world.
31. Poets are the boats that keep floating happily over streams of life, filled to brim by imperishable bliss of the Self (स्वानंद). These boats are beneficial to people in fulfilling many plans and making enterprise succeed.
32. Poets are indeed very wealth of the pure Para-Brahma. These poets are the meditative state of the Virat Purusha, the Lord, who nurtures entire visible world within Him. The Lord ever stays in His non-dual state in spite of pervading entire dual world. He is unaware of duality irrespective of pervading duality and distinction. THAT exactly His meditative state and that indeed is the form of poet !
The poet is in a trance-like state while a poem is born; he is one with the Lord. Poet is verily the manifested form of culminated devotion. It is the poet alone that furnishes exact idea of the Lord’s Love.
33. These poets are the larger than sky Divine attributes and activities of the Lord. Therefore compositions of poets are larger than entire cosmos.
34. I stop describing my thoughts concerning poets here. Great Poets are very prop for the world, that is entire human society at large. Therefore I heartily prostrate full-length unto them.
“Hari Om Tat Sat”
