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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 149

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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 149


नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया शक्य दृष्टवान असि माम् ।  (अध्याय ११ - श्लोक ५३)
நாஹம் வேதைர்ந தபஸா ந தானேன ந சேஜ்யயா ஶக்ய த்ருஷ்டவான் அஸி மாம் ..  (அத்யாயம் 11 - ஶ்லோகம் 53)  
Naaham Vedairna Tapasaa Na Daanena Na Chejyayaa Shakya Drushtavaan Asi Maam ..  (Chapter 11 - Shlokam 53)

Meaning :  It is impossiible to find me through the Vedas or Tapas or Daana or through Yaaga or worship of Fire ...

"Education is all waste ..." says a vagabond who never went to a school out of laziness ..  Another person , always a topper , finished school education , graduation , post graduation and double Doctorate says , "Bookish knowledge has a limit ..  To grasp fuller meaning of life , education is not sufficient .."  The former has a loud laugh and says , "I said so.."  Can we say that what both says is one and the same ??  One of them has spent the whole life among books , plunged deep in education , achieved the best in education .  The other has never even touched books .. The educated , when appreciated for his achievement says out of humility that , "OK ..  But bookish education is not everything " ..  His words are born out of personal experience and deep introspection ..  The other person remained away from education out of laziness and recklessness ..  When pointed out . "What is there in education ??  It is of no value .." he says out of sheer guilt feeling , low self-image and arrogance ..  His words are born out of ignorance and absence of any self experience ..  Spoken words may be same ..  but the two are not one and the same ..

A Dravida Kazhagam man or a naxal says , "What is the use of pouring milk and decorating flowers over a stone ?  What is the use of going to a temple ?  To spend hours in the name of worship of someone who does not exist is foolishness "  ..  Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa , who has spent his whole life in Kali Pooja , desparately feels the need for experiencing Nirvikalpa Samadhi , knowing the Omnipotent Paramaatman who or which is beyond Forms and perception ..  This aspiration suggests his thought that Vigraha Aaradhana is insufficient in knowing ParaBrahman ..  Does that mean the words of the Naxalite or DK man are the same as those of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ??  This man merely vomits the word of his leader ..  His own experience is zero ..  Hatred , Jealousy and low self confidence form the basis of his words .. Whereas words of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa are born after intense self experience and on realization that there is something beyod Form ..  His words are born out of an intense urge to Know that and expand Self ..  The words of the two are definitely not the same ..

Here , what Shri Krishna says is not against the Vedas ..  He is not negating the worth of Dana , Yagya or Tapas ..  Even the Upanishads , which are part of the Vedas speak these same words ..  He merely says these are not sufficient to Know the Paramaatman ..  Then how is the Paramaatman known ?  We will discuss in the next Phrase ...

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