Chapter – 124- Sur -Vinaya – Pathrika – The significance of the worship of essential elements/air, water,
earth, fire, and ether
Sri Surdas Maharaj speaks “ Oh! Mind, I
have advised you crores of time to leave your interest in worldly matters of
fleeting nature that could heave you into constant grief and sufferings, you
have refused to take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Govinda, hence you
are going through the Thapathraya/three kinds of grief of worldly existence.
Oh! Ignorant, if you have taken shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari, you
could have got relieved from the accumulated sins and sufferings as well. Alas!
you haven’t practiced devotion or worship at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari,
or you did not sing in praise of him or listen to the glorious legends of him.
Oh! Mind, you have been soaked in lust, desire, ego, jealousy, pride, anger,
Ahamkara, and Mamakara, eventually driven afar from the practice of devotion and
worship of Lord Sri Hari. Oh! Dull minded, during your chase of worldly matters,
you have lost the most precious ‘Parasmani’/gem that transforms the ordinary stone into a precious gem with its contact, like the devotion at the lotus feet of Lord Sri
Hari, and you have been chasing the ordinary glass pieces like the toxic
worldly matters of possession, richness, wealth, money, fame, children,
companion, wife, relatives, etc. that has momentary life. Oh! Ignorant, you
have abandoned the pure milk and adopted the white creamy substance. Oh! Mortals, you must have experienced the significant
role performed by the deities, Lord Bhrama, Lord Rudra, Surya, Chandra, Agni,
Varuna, Vayu, Stars, planets, and the essential five elements, etc. in the functioning
of the Universe, therefore, without the practice of devotion and worship of
Lord Sri Hari you can’t find the serenity of mind in the three worlds.”
Man
Thosau Kotika Bar Kahi | Samujji
Na Charana Gahe Gobindh Ke Ura Jaghasool
Sahi || Sumirana Dhyana Katha Hariju Ki Yaha Yekau Na Rahi | Lobhi Lampat
Bishayini Sau Hith Thau Their Nivahi || Cchadi Kanakamani Rathana Amolaka Kanch
Ki Kiracha Gahi || Yesau Thu Hau Chathura Bibeki Patha Thaji Piyatha Mahi ||
Bhramadhika Rudradhika Rabisasi Dhekhe
Sur Sabahi | Surdasa Bhagavanth Bhajana Binu Sukha Thihu Loka Nahi ||
