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Chapter – 72 - Sur -Vinaya – Pathrika – The practice of singing
in praise of Lord Sri Hari would remove the repeated births and sufferings of
worldly existence
Sri Surdas Maharaj speaks “Oh! Mortals, Oh!
Unfortunate Jeeva, learn that all the Jeevas are bound by the Karma, it is the one that brings
happiness and grief in the life of Jeeva, the righteous and good deeds always
bring happiness and serenity, and the immoral and evil deeds bring miseries and
grief. All those pieties earned in several births bring happiness, and vice
versa. So how could you achieve happiness without any pious deeds? The
righteous deeds are the performance of religious and spiritual rites without
any personal motives, charities such as contributions to Bhramins, service to
preceptors, creating gardens, ponds, wells, shelter homes, Theertha-Yathra/visit
of sacred shrines, and bathing in holy rivers, austerities, vows, meditation,
contemplation, worship of Lord Sri Hari, the practice of Shama, Dhama, Sathyam,
Astheyam, Shaucham, Arjjavam, Dhaya, Dhanam, Swadhyaya, celibacy, etc. The three attributes of previous births influence
the Jeeva to perform righteous and inauspicious deeds. Oh! Mortals, the
inauspicious and immoral deeds cannot bring happiness, like after sowing the seed
of Babul, how could you expect sweetened grapes from it? It would be like seeking immediate
pleasure, the Jeeva drenched in worldly matters of possession, wealth, money,
richness, fame, children, wife, companion, relatives, etc. chases after the
infinite sound, touch, passion, appearance, smell, to achieve immediate
pleasure. Alas! None of these worldly matters could provide eternal happiness,
Oh! Ignorant, you are leaving the permanent bliss and chasing after the
fleeting nature of happiness from the worldly matters, if you do not take up
the meditation, contemplation, and singing in praise of Lord Sri Hari, seriously
you will end up in the repeated cycles of birth and death, and continuously go
through the three types of sufferings and grief of worldly existence.”
Ab Kaise Paiyatha Sukha Mange? Jaisoyi
Boyithai Thaisoyi Luniye Karman Bhoga Abhage || Theeratha Bratha Kacchuvai Nahi
Keenhau Dhana Dhiyau Nahi Jage| Pacchile Karma Samharatha Nahi Karatha Nahi Kacchu
Aage || Bochatha Babur Dhakha Phala Chahath Jovatha Hai Phala Lage | Surdasa
Thuma Rama Na Bhaji Kai Phiratha Kala
Sanga Lage ||
