Friday, December 3, 2010

A Mantra for all times !!

I had been searching for a siddha mantra that has no strings attached..no ahvaan, no purascharan etc.
Finally, found one mentioned in "Sanat kumar samhita" -

" नमो गोपीजनवल्ल्भाभ्याम "
This mantra then started a journey...
The meaning was supposed to be- obesciences to the divine couple who are the beloved of the Gopis. I thought this was obesciences to Krishna who is the beloved of the Gopis.
What is the meaning of "VallabhAbhyAm".. I was told that English doesn't have the "Dual" form and this word is referring to two people(the Divine couple) . Well! I thought, it will be good to learn Sankrit, and what better way to Learn Sanskrit than to read the "padachheda" of Srimad Bhagvad Gita and soon I knew that the Mantra is having its effect...

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṅ hṛddēśē.rjuna tiṣṭhati.
bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā..18.61..
English translation by Swami Sivananda
18.61 The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusive power, to revolve as if mounted on a machine. 
and there was only one way out..
तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत।
तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम्।।18.62।।
tamēva śaraṇaṅ gaccha sarvabhāvēna bhārata.
tatprasādātparāṅ śāntiṅ sthānaṅ prāpsyasi śāśvatam..18.62..

English translation by Swami Sivananda
18.62 Fly unto Him for refuge with all thy being, O Arjuna; by His grace thou shalt obtain supreme peace (and) the eternal abode.

So, from one mantra- I believe a Siddha mantra, I have changed from inquisitive to a devotee.
This is God's "Maya" but in this case a "Kripa"

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