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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 72
धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोs स्मि भरतर्षभ । (अध्याय ७ - श्लोक ११)
தர்மாவிருத்ததோ பூதேஷு காமோ(அ)ஸ்மி பரதர்ஷப ... (அத்யாயம் 7 - ஶ்லோகம் 11)
DharmaAviruddho Booteshu Kaamo(a)smi Bharatarshabha ... (Chapter 7 - Shloka 11)
Meaning : I am the desire , which is not against Dharma ...
Bhooteshu Kaama Asmi ... Dharma Aviruddha ... I am Desire in every Life ... the desire which is not contrary to tenets of Dharma ...
What is Dharma bound Kaama ? Is Dharma not Spiritual ? How could there be Dharma in Kaama ?
Kaama means desire in general and desire that inspires sex in particular . Desire is common to all lives . Which is the desire , bound to Dharma ? If hunger rises , desire for food is natural . When the body has thirst , desire for water is natural . Desire for rest and sleep is natural when the body gets exhausted . Desire to get well is natural when the body gets unwell . Efforts to fulfill these desires is also natural . Anything that is part of nature is within bounds of Nature and can not be against Dharma .
The attraction between and bodily union of male and female specie of every life is also natural . The desire that causes this is called Kaama . This is essential for very existence and continuation of creation . Creation will cease if Kaama disappears . Hence , the Kaama or desire to get an offspring and the sexual act motivated by such a desire is Dharmik . Any desire contrary to this is unnatural and adharmik ,against the tenets of Dharma .
Seekers of Paramaatman , seekers of Knowledge believe that sexual desire is against God and needs to be erased . Hence , most of the spiritual seekers get out of the family or reject family , retire to secluded places and involve in practices . In the sixteenth chapter , Shri Krishna also upholds similar view whenHe says that , "Kaama is doorway to the Hell" . In the eighteenth chapter , He describes Sannyaasi as "the one who gives up desire propelled actions" . We may conclude that desire being Natural , there could be no action without desire . But , Shri Krishna does not prescribe 'giving up actions but wants us to delink from the desire for fruits of the action . He wants us to get rid of the passion for work . Hence , family life is not against Spiritual efforts . Family life need not be given up for Spiritual Enlightenment . Ashrama system suggested in Hindu Dharma also places Snnyaasa , the phase designed for Spiritual practices , as the last phase in life . Sannyaasa Ashram may be entered only after passing through the Gruhasthashrama , the phase of Family Life .
Dharma , Artha , Kaama and Moksha are the four Purushaartha (the purpose of Human life ..) in human Life , according to Hindu Dharma . Artha (material wealth) and Kaama (desires including sexual desire) must be within the bounds of Dharma and Moksha . Dharma and Moksha are the two firm banks for Artha and Kaama to flow in our worldly life .Such a Kaama is to be despised or ignored . Kaama , bound by Dharma is deified Paramaatmaa Himself . "Dharma aviruddhah Kaama Asmi" . 'I am Desire , the desire that is within bounds of Dharma' , says Shri Krishna .
Bhooteshu Kaama Asmi ... Dharma Aviruddha ... I am Desire in every Life ... the desire which is not contrary to tenets of Dharma ...
What is Dharma bound Kaama ? Is Dharma not Spiritual ? How could there be Dharma in Kaama ?
Kaama means desire in general and desire that inspires sex in particular . Desire is common to all lives . Which is the desire , bound to Dharma ? If hunger rises , desire for food is natural . When the body has thirst , desire for water is natural . Desire for rest and sleep is natural when the body gets exhausted . Desire to get well is natural when the body gets unwell . Efforts to fulfill these desires is also natural . Anything that is part of nature is within bounds of Nature and can not be against Dharma .
The attraction between and bodily union of male and female specie of every life is also natural . The desire that causes this is called Kaama . This is essential for very existence and continuation of creation . Creation will cease if Kaama disappears . Hence , the Kaama or desire to get an offspring and the sexual act motivated by such a desire is Dharmik . Any desire contrary to this is unnatural and adharmik ,against the tenets of Dharma .
Seekers of Paramaatman , seekers of Knowledge believe that sexual desire is against God and needs to be erased . Hence , most of the spiritual seekers get out of the family or reject family , retire to secluded places and involve in practices . In the sixteenth chapter , Shri Krishna also upholds similar view whenHe says that , "Kaama is doorway to the Hell" . In the eighteenth chapter , He describes Sannyaasi as "the one who gives up desire propelled actions" . We may conclude that desire being Natural , there could be no action without desire . But , Shri Krishna does not prescribe 'giving up actions but wants us to delink from the desire for fruits of the action . He wants us to get rid of the passion for work . Hence , family life is not against Spiritual efforts . Family life need not be given up for Spiritual Enlightenment . Ashrama system suggested in Hindu Dharma also places Snnyaasa , the phase designed for Spiritual practices , as the last phase in life . Sannyaasa Ashram may be entered only after passing through the Gruhasthashrama , the phase of Family Life .
Dharma , Artha , Kaama and Moksha are the four Purushaartha (the purpose of Human life ..) in human Life , according to Hindu Dharma . Artha (material wealth) and Kaama (desires including sexual desire) must be within the bounds of Dharma and Moksha . Dharma and Moksha are the two firm banks for Artha and Kaama to flow in our worldly life .Such a Kaama is to be despised or ignored . Kaama , bound by Dharma is deified Paramaatmaa Himself . "Dharma aviruddhah Kaama Asmi" . 'I am Desire , the desire that is within bounds of Dharma' , says Shri Krishna .
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