Thou and Thou Alone
(Tu Hi Tu)
Shree Hari (Tu Hi Tu)
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The Lord says -
"sarvam brahmaatmakam tasya vidyayaa'tmamanishayaa,
Paripasyannuparamet sarvato muktasamshayah." (Srimad Bhagwat 11/29/18)
"When an aspirant bears the understanding of God pervading everywhere, he perceives that everything is God only. Then being free from this notion also, he should become tranquil and then all doubts are removed automatically." (Srimad Bhagwat 11/29/18)
The import of the word "uparamet" - "uparamet" - is this that the aspirant gets rid of this state also i.e. he forsakes this state of viewing everything as God also because "everything" does not persist in his view; Only God remains. The sum and substance is that the devotee, having been dedicated to the Lord pervading everywhere, merges himself also into Him, then, there does not remain the dedicated, but only God in Whom he has sought refuge remains. This is real surrender. After this sort of real surrender (refuge), Supreme love (devotion) is achieved – "madbhaktim labhate paraam" (Gita 18/54) - "He obtains Supreme devotion to me" (Gita 18/54). Then God voluntarily becomes two out of one for the purpose of love-sport -
"dvaitam mohaaya bodhaatpraagjaate bodhe manishayaa |
Bhaktyardham kalpitam (sweekrutam) dvatamdvaitaadapi sundaram ||" (Bodhsaar, Bhakti. 42)
"cognition of duality before realization of the Ultimate Truth is for illusion; but after realization, duality accepted for devotion is more delightful than non-duality." (Bodhasaara. Bhakti 42)
This love (i.e. devotion) increases at every moment inasmuch as it has taken place by the sweet volition of the Lord. Therefore , the devotee and the Lord conjoin. (become united), while sometimes they become two. These identification and separation in devotion take place by the sweet volition of the Lord and not by that of the devotee. Even the liberated souls want this love (i.e. the supreme love), because subtle ego persists even after attainment of Yoga and Self Realization, but this subtle egoistic notion also subsides totally when the Supreme devotion is achieved. That is why it is stated -
"prem bhagati jal binu raghuraai, abhiantara mala kabahu na jaai" (Manasa. Uttara 49/3)
"Without the water in the form of the Supreme devotional Love for the Lord, internal malice never subsides." (Manasa. Uttara 49/3)
CONCLUSION
This universe is the first incarnation of the Lord -
"Adhyoavataarah purushah parasya" (Srimad Bhagwat 2/6/41) - The Purusa (in the form of the universe) is the first incarnation of the supreme" (Srimad Bhagwat 2/6/41). One and only one Lord becomes many by assuming diversified forms and then becomes One having cast away this multiplicity of forms. He remains one even though He is diversified. To remain as One or to become manifold – this is His sweet volition, His sport. What would be the difference in gold, if there are hundreds of ornaments made of gold and then those ornaments are melted into gold or many a toy be made of the same sugar and then toys be changed into sugar again? In the same way, what difference would it make in God if He became the entire universe? Reality is one only and would remain one only. Apart from that Reality nothing has ever been, would ever be or can be. Only God alone existed, exists now and would exist. That same God alone assumes the forms of the Lover and the Beloved and indulges in love – sports. Only in attaining that Supreme Love, increasing at every moment, lies the perfect fulfillment of human life.
Narayana ! Narayana !! Narayana !!!
The import of the word "uparamet" - "uparamet" - is this that the aspirant gets rid of this state also i.e. he forsakes this state of viewing everything as God also because "everything" does not persist in his view; Only God remains. The sum and substance is that the devotee, having been dedicated to the Lord pervading everywhere, merges himself also into Him, then, there does not remain the dedicated, but only God in Whom he has sought refuge remains. This is real surrender. After this sort of real surrender (refuge), Supreme love (devotion) is achieved – "madbhaktim labhate paraam" (Gita 18/54) - "He obtains Supreme devotion to me" (Gita 18/54). Then God voluntarily becomes two out of one for the purpose of love-sport -
"dvaitam mohaaya bodhaatpraagjaate bodhe manishayaa |
Bhaktyardham kalpitam (sweekrutam) dvatamdvaitaadapi sundaram ||" (Bodhsaar, Bhakti. 42)
"cognition of duality before realization of the Ultimate Truth is for illusion; but after realization, duality accepted for devotion is more delightful than non-duality." (Bodhasaara. Bhakti 42)
This love (i.e. devotion) increases at every moment inasmuch as it has taken place by the sweet volition of the Lord. Therefore , the devotee and the Lord conjoin. (become united), while sometimes they become two. These identification and separation in devotion take place by the sweet volition of the Lord and not by that of the devotee. Even the liberated souls want this love (i.e. the supreme love), because subtle ego persists even after attainment of Yoga and Self Realization, but this subtle egoistic notion also subsides totally when the Supreme devotion is achieved. That is why it is stated -
"prem bhagati jal binu raghuraai, abhiantara mala kabahu na jaai" (Manasa. Uttara 49/3)
"Without the water in the form of the Supreme devotional Love for the Lord, internal malice never subsides." (Manasa. Uttara 49/3)
CONCLUSION
This universe is the first incarnation of the Lord -
"Adhyoavataarah purushah parasya" (Srimad Bhagwat 2/6/41) - The Purusa (in the form of the universe) is the first incarnation of the supreme" (Srimad Bhagwat 2/6/41). One and only one Lord becomes many by assuming diversified forms and then becomes One having cast away this multiplicity of forms. He remains one even though He is diversified. To remain as One or to become manifold – this is His sweet volition, His sport. What would be the difference in gold, if there are hundreds of ornaments made of gold and then those ornaments are melted into gold or many a toy be made of the same sugar and then toys be changed into sugar again? In the same way, what difference would it make in God if He became the entire universe? Reality is one only and would remain one only. Apart from that Reality nothing has ever been, would ever be or can be. Only God alone existed, exists now and would exist. That same God alone assumes the forms of the Lover and the Beloved and indulges in love – sports. Only in attaining that Supreme Love, increasing at every moment, lies the perfect fulfillment of human life.
Narayana ! Narayana !! Narayana !!!
From book in hindi "Tu Hi Tu" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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