Sunday, December 17, 2017
Sri Dasbodh (3.1)
Sri Dasbodh (3.1) Assessing one’s Qualities.
Human birth possess three prominent characteristics.
1. He is aware of his being human.
2. He is aware of ‘Time’ and
3. He is eager to know the ‘Unknown’.
Now, being human he has the freedom to become either the best or worst through his actions. Moreover, being aware of Time he can think of death as well. That awareness makes him knowledgeable and he strives to ‘know’ the Unknown, that is God. He is inclined to be selfless and therefore loves the world.
Sri Samartha deals with all the above mentioned attributes during the next few chapters. However, he describes at the outset entire pains and travails endured during human birth and thereafter, which are candidly narrated as जन्मदु:ख निरूपण.
The Saints believe that the ‘being’ alienates from the Lord and is rendered incomplete whenever he forgets his true form. His incompleteness breeds passion and desires leading to development of ‘body consciousness’, which in turn makes him self-centred.
Thus, while narrating very reason of human birth in a subtle manner Sri Samartha describes at length the torture undergone by the foetus in womb as well as that endured long after birth until death.
Sri Samartha then proceeds describing “Self-Assessment” through the next four Chapters.
Human birth possess three prominent characteristics.
1. He is aware of his being human.
2. He is aware of ‘Time’ and
3. He is eager to know the ‘Unknown’.
Now, being human he has the freedom to become either the best or worst through his actions. Moreover, being aware of Time he can think of death as well. That awareness makes him knowledgeable and he strives to ‘know’ the Unknown, that is God. He is inclined to be selfless and therefore loves the world.
Sri Samartha deals with all the above mentioned attributes during the next few chapters. However, he describes at the outset entire pains and travails endured during human birth and thereafter, which are candidly narrated as जन्मदु:ख निरूपण.
The Saints believe that the ‘being’ alienates from the Lord and is rendered incomplete whenever he forgets his true form. His incompleteness breeds passion and desires leading to development of ‘body consciousness’, which in turn makes him self-centred.
Thus, while narrating very reason of human birth in a subtle manner Sri Samartha describes at length the torture undergone by the foetus in womb as well as that endured long after birth until death.
Sri Samartha then proceeds describing “Self-Assessment” through the next four Chapters.
