Chapter 16 – Vivekachoodamani 161 – 170
The preceptor speaks “Oh! Ignorant Jeeva,
do not take pride in the body which is nothing other than a mass of meat, and a collection of secrets, Asthi, Mamsa, Medhas, and Thvak. It has a short life span,
undergoes constant transformation, aging, illnesses, and death. Oh! Jeeva, do not
take pride in it. The supreme Bhramam/Paramathma resides as a soul in the Jeeva
is eternal, changeless, pure, and free from afflictions, has neither birth nor
death, therefore contemplate and meditate upon that Bhramam, and achieve the
state of supreme bliss. The learned who take pride in the knowledge in Shashtra
Purana, Veda, Vedantha, body, possessions, and Indhriyas, cannot experience even the fragrance of ‘Moksha’, without getting freed from the body
consciousness and I consciousness. The Jeevanmuktha remains dispassionate, free
from emotions, and impurities/jealousy, pride, lust, desires, and anger, consider the body as the shadow in the sunlight, mirror image, the
body assumed while dreaming has no life in it, Oh! Jeeva, do not take pride in
the ‘body’ or material possessions that have impermanent nature. The ‘body consciousnesses/pride
in the body, and ‘I’ consciousness/me, mine, myself, are the seeds of rebirth,
and the consequent sufferings and agonies of worldly existence. The Sadhaka
will not take pride in both/'I' and 'body' conscious, achieves serenity of the mind/ free
from anger, jealousy, pride, lust, and desires and redundant thoughts as
well. The human body is a Jadavasthu/lifeless, made of five essential elements, and the components of Kosha, Karma, Gnanaindhriyas, are functions in the presence
of ‘Prana’ in it, once the vital air/Prana abandons the body, it becomes motionless
declared as ‘corpse’. The Panchakosha are components, not Athman, Pranamayakosha/inhalation
and exhalation, Manomayakosha/Karma and Gnanendhriyas cause ‘I’ consciousness
and attachment to material matters are compared to Agni/sacrificial fire, and
the Panchendhriyas are Hothas, the
Shabdha, Sparasha, Rasa, Roopa, Gandha are the oblations to the fire sacrifice,
these Vishayavasana/Shabdhadhivishaya are the added wood to the fire sacrifice,
keeps the fire burning. The ‘Prapancha’ is Maya, it is the product of
Avidya/ignorance, when the mind and intellect get wedged to the material
matters and bondage, the Avidhya expands, once the Avidhya get destroyed with
the knowledge of ‘self’/Parmathma, the interest in worldly matters and bondages
disappears like the state of deep sleep/Sushupthi. During the state of ‘Swapnavastha’/dreaming, the mind
and intellect cause to create Karththa and Bhoktha as well, in the same manner in the
Jagrathavasth/awakening state as well. In both the states of ‘dreaming’ and ‘awakening’
the mind causes the creation of Sookshma
and Sthoola Jagath, once the mind and intellect are Vriththishoonya/inactive,
all those Sthoola Sookshma Prapancha and the Jagrath Swapnavastha gets destroyed.
”
Athrathma Budhdhim Thyaja Moodabudhdhe |
Thvak Mamsa Medha Asthi Pureesharasau | Sarvathmani Bhramani Nirvikalpe |
Kurushva Shanthim Paramam Bhajasva ||
Dhehendhriyadhavasathi Bhramodhitham |
Vidhvanahantham Na Jahathi Yavath | Thavanna Thasyasthi Vimukthi Varththapyasthvesha Vedanthanayantha Dharshi ||
Cchayashareere Prathibimbagathre | Yath Swapnadhehe Hridhi Kalpithange | Yadhathma Budhdhisthava
Nasthi Kachijjeevashccharire Cha Thadhaiva
Masthu ||
Dhehathmadheereva Nrinamasidhdhiyam |
Janmadhi Dhukha Prabhavasya Beejam |
Yathastha Thasthvam Jahi Tham Prayathnath | Thyakthe Thu Chiththe Na Punarbhavasha ||
Karmendhriyai: Panchabhiranchithoayam |
Prano Bhaveth Pranayamasthu Kosha: | Yenathmavannamayoanna Poornne: |
Pravarththatheasau Sakalakriyasu ||
Naivathmapi Pranamayo Vayuvikaro |
Ganthagantha Vayuvadhanthar Bahiresha: | Yasmath Kinchith Kvapi Na
Veththishtamanishtam | Swam Vanyam Va Kinchana Nithyam Parathanthra: ||
Gnanendhriyani Cha Manashcha Manomaya: Syath | Kosho Mamahamithi Vasthu
Vikalpahethu: | Samjjadhi Bhedhakalanakalitho Baleeyamsthath Poorvakoshamabhipoorya Vijrumbhathe Ya: ||
Panchendhriyai: Panchabhireva Hothribhi: | Pracheeyamano Vishayajyadharaya
| Jajwalyamano Bahuvasanendhanai: | Manomayagnir Vahathi Prapancham ||
Na Hyasthyavidhya Manasoathiriktha | Mano
Hyavidhya Bhavabandhahethu: | Thasmin Vinashte
Sakalam Vinashtam | Vijrumbhatheasmin Sakalam Vijrumbhathe ||
Swapne Arththashoonye Syajathi Swashakthya | Bhokthradhi Vishwam Mana
Yeva Sarvam |Thadhaiva Jagrathyapi No Visheshasthath Sarvamethanmanaso
Vijrumbhanam ||
