The Easily Attainable "Bhakti" (Devotion and Love of God)
( Bhakti ki Sulabhtaa )
( Bhakti ki Sulabhtaa )
Shree Hari
In the beginning of eight chapter, in Srimad Bhagavadgita, the eternal, most secret and mystical treatise, nectar filled words of the Lord Himself, Arjuna asked seven questions, the last of which was "O' Lord ! How are you to be known at the final moment of life?" In other words, at the time of death, how can man attain You? The answer to this question is addressed by the Lord in the fifth verse of chapter eighth, that -
He who departing from the body thinks of Me alone even at the time of death, attains Me, there is no doubt about it. (Gita 8/5) Therefore Arjuna! At all times keep Me in mind and also fight the war (do your duty). In this manner, keeping your mind fixed on Me, you will surely and without doubt attain Me. (Gita 8/7). Similarly on the subject of attaining God without a form and with attributes (saguna-nirakaar), God says -
Abhyaasyogayuktena chetasaa naanyagaaminaa |
Param purusham divyam yaati paarthaanuchintayan || (Gita 8/8)
It means - O' Partha (Arjuna) he who with his mind fixed in Yoga through meditation and without wavering, thinking of nothing else and is at the time of death constantly engaged in contemplation of the Supreme Purusha (God), attains Him. (Gita 8/8). Then in the next verse the Lord says -
Kavim puraanamanusaasitaara -
Manoranyaamsamanusmaredyah |
Sarvasya dhaataaramachintyaroopa -
Maadityavarnam tamasah parastaat || (Gita 8/9)
It means, He who contemplates on the Omniscient, the ancient, the ruler, the subtlest of the subtle, sustainer of all, of form inconceivable, shining like the sun and beyond all darkness (of ignorance), who contemplates on the pure, attains that eternal Being. (Gita 8/9)
In this chapter, the eleventh verse is on the subject of attaining the attributeless and formless Para Brahmana. It shows the various ways, to do so -
Omityekaaksaram brahma vyaaharanmaamanusmaran
Yah prayaati tyajandeham sa yaati paramaam gatim (Gita 8/13)
It means that having restrained all the means of perception while fixing the mind on the heart and the life-breath, in the head, remaining steadfast in yogic concentration, and chanting the one syllabled "Brahma Om', thinking of Me, one who leaves the body thus attain the Supreme State (Gita 8/13)
In this manner the Lord shared about both the form without qualities and as well as, with attributes. However, due to the lack of practice of Yoga, the spiritual practice appears to difficult, in both the spiritual disciplines. Now, further on, He reveals how to attain Him. Lord tells His dear friend, Arjuna -
Ananyachetaah satatam yo maam smriti nityasha
Tasyaahum sulabh paarth, nitya yuktasya yoginah. (Gita 8:14)
"O You Delighter of Prthaa! (the Son of Prthaa!). He who always, exclusively and constantly thinks of Me (remembers Me) with undivided mind, to that Yogi always absorbed in Me, I am easily attainable." (Gita 8:14) i.e. I can be easily attainable by such a Yogi.
(to be continued)
He who departing from the body thinks of Me alone even at the time of death, attains Me, there is no doubt about it. (Gita 8/5) Therefore Arjuna! At all times keep Me in mind and also fight the war (do your duty). In this manner, keeping your mind fixed on Me, you will surely and without doubt attain Me. (Gita 8/7). Similarly on the subject of attaining God without a form and with attributes (saguna-nirakaar), God says -
Abhyaasyogayuktena chetasaa naanyagaaminaa |
Param purusham divyam yaati paarthaanuchintayan || (Gita 8/8)
It means - O' Partha (Arjuna) he who with his mind fixed in Yoga through meditation and without wavering, thinking of nothing else and is at the time of death constantly engaged in contemplation of the Supreme Purusha (God), attains Him. (Gita 8/8). Then in the next verse the Lord says -
Kavim puraanamanusaasitaara -
Manoranyaamsamanusmaredyah |
Sarvasya dhaataaramachintyaroopa -
Maadityavarnam tamasah parastaat || (Gita 8/9)
It means, He who contemplates on the Omniscient, the ancient, the ruler, the subtlest of the subtle, sustainer of all, of form inconceivable, shining like the sun and beyond all darkness (of ignorance), who contemplates on the pure, attains that eternal Being. (Gita 8/9)
In this chapter, the eleventh verse is on the subject of attaining the attributeless and formless Para Brahmana. It shows the various ways, to do so -
Omityekaaksaram brahma vyaaharanmaamanusmaran
Yah prayaati tyajandeham sa yaati paramaam gatim (Gita 8/13)
It means that having restrained all the means of perception while fixing the mind on the heart and the life-breath, in the head, remaining steadfast in yogic concentration, and chanting the one syllabled "Brahma Om', thinking of Me, one who leaves the body thus attain the Supreme State (Gita 8/13)
In this manner the Lord shared about both the form without qualities and as well as, with attributes. However, due to the lack of practice of Yoga, the spiritual practice appears to difficult, in both the spiritual disciplines. Now, further on, He reveals how to attain Him. Lord tells His dear friend, Arjuna -
Ananyachetaah satatam yo maam smriti nityasha
Tasyaahum sulabh paarth, nitya yuktasya yoginah. (Gita 8:14)
"O You Delighter of Prthaa! (the Son of Prthaa!). He who always, exclusively and constantly thinks of Me (remembers Me) with undivided mind, to that Yogi always absorbed in Me, I am easily attainable." (Gita 8:14) i.e. I can be easily attainable by such a Yogi.
(to be continued)
From book in Hindi " Ekai Saadhe, Sab Sadhai" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 11th August, 2012 ( Bhakti ki Sulabhtaa )
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