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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 226
प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः .. (अध्याय १६ - श्लोक ११)
ப்ரலயாந்தாம் உபாஶ்ரிதாஹ் .. (அத்யாயம் 16 - ஶ்லோகம் 11)
Pralyaantaam Upaashritaah .. (Chapter 16 - Shloka 11)
Meaning : प्रलय काल तक की अवश्यकताओं के लिये संग्रह करना ..
Man has needs .. Objects have to be procured for fulfilling those needs .. For instance , food is to be readied for satiating hunger .. The materials for preparing food have to be bought daily .. If one has suitable arrangement , he may collect materials for a week or a month .. But , what if one wants to collect the complete requirement for the whole life ?? This is what Shri Krishna calls as Asuri Vrutti or demoniac attitude ..
To collect and store materials is seen as adversely affecting spiritual practice .. Aparigraha is a Divine attribute .. Patanjali Yog Sutra names Aparigraha as one of the five basic Tenets (Yama) .. Aparigraha is 'refusal to collect and store for future requirement .. Aparigraha is to live with minimums ..
Collection and accumulation of materials is harmful in economic and environmental view .. Today's economic view encourages buying .. The more you buy , the more is it healthier for economy , they say .. The effect of this we see in our houses .. Our houses have turned into godowns of materials of all sorts .. Buy anything you see .. Buy anything that has been discounted .. Buy anything that comes with an offer .. Buy anything that is attractively packed .. Buy on credit .. Buy without any thought on usefulness and necessity .. Now , with bar-code , buy without looking at the cost .. Our houses are so full of materials that there is no space for humans to move around freely .. Heaps of chappals , shoes , mobiles , chargers , plastic items , furniture in every household .. The street corner garbage tanks are filled up and overflowing .. Garbage from cities are being dumped and heaped on acres of land in villages .. Garbage from powerful countries is being dumped in poorer and helpless countries .. Rivers and oceans have been contaminated with tons of garbage ..
The comical drama being enacted on plastic is well known to us .. They created plastic .. They manufactured plastic .. They flooded market with plastic .. They altered public habits .. Now , they are screaming and advising us not to use plastic .. Common man is being punished for using plastic ..
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