PHRASES IN THE GITA - 183

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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 183

श्रुतिपरायणाः  ..  (अध्याय १३ - श्लोक २५)
ஶ்ருதி பராயணாஹ ..  (அத்யாயம் 13 - ஶ்லோகம் 25)
Shruthi Paraayanaah ..  (Chapter 13 - Shlokam 25)

Meaning :  One who tries to Live as he 'listens' ..

Shruti is "that which is listened" ..  Paraayanaah is "to meditate on" ..  Shruti Paraayanaah is "to meditate on what is listened" ..  "to register within what is listened" ..  "to follow in life what is listened" ..

We move around in this world with our ears open ..  All the sounds generated around us enter the ears ..  There is no provision to shut and prevent these sounds from entering ..  Disinterest in the world and refusal to station the mind behind these ears are the only ways to prevent the sounds around from entering the ears ..

Shruti Paraayanaah ..  Ponder over what is listened ..  Live according to what is listened ..  That does not mean , we should listen to any word by any Tom , Dick and Harry on the street ..  Listening is a work .. a conscious act ..  Shruti Paraayanaah has a firm decision behind it ..  Decision on "what is to be listened" ..  "Whom is to be listened to" is a better decision ..  A Guru is to be searched for and found ..  A Guru suiting our Nature , the doubts in us and the experiences in our Life ..  We should serve the Guru , sit at his feet and listen to what he says ..  This is Shruti ..  This has to be thought upon , digested and followed in life ..

If the inner psyche is clear , if what we are looking for in life is doubtless and clear , any word listened to may become Shruti ..  Any word , spoken by anyone , nay , even sounds by animals and birds could become Shruti , worth being pondered upon and followed in life ..  On the other hand , in the absence of clarity , listening to words of anyone and everyone and efforts to follow those may lead to storms of confusion and delusion within and may turn the life into a directionless journey ..

Shruti is the name ascribed to the Vedas ..  (The Vedas were not written by anyone .. These were listened to and discovered ..  Vedas are to be listened to and learnt , not read from written texts ..  Hence the Vedas are called Shruti ..)  Shruti Paraayanaah is to listen to Vedas ..  to lead a life as per the diktats of the Vedas ..  Shri Krishna Shruti Paraayan also in the many paths He names , paths which will lead us towards Him ..