Yathiraja Vimsathi - Sloka 9

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Swami Sri Manaval Mamunikal’s

YATHIRAJA VIMSATI

 

Author: Sri S.Satyamurthi Iyengar

Yatiraja vimsati

 

 

 

Sloka 9

 

nityaM tvahaM paribhavAmi guruM ca mantraM *

taddevatAmapi na ki~ncidaho bibhemi |

itthaM shaThopyashaThavadbhavadIyasa~Nghe *

dhR^iShTashcarAmi yatirAja tatosmi mUrkhaH || (9)

 

Sloka 9

 

Oh, Yatiraja! I am really rash and yet not remorseful a bit

Flouting daily the preceptor and his teachings sacred,

Straying away from the Deity enshrined in the Mantras taught,

And alas! Still daring enough to parade

In the assembly of your votaries, as one truly devout.

 

Notes:

Question: What is meant by flouting the preceptor?

Answer:

(a) Not living up to what was taught by him and,

(b) Spilling all that sacred knowledge, gathered from the preceptor,

before the skeptical and the impious, who will treat it all lightly or with

scant respect, like pearls before swine.

 

Again, the offence against the Mantras, taught by the preceptor, is twofold:

- Not remembering the real meanings imparted and on the top of that,

misinterpreting the Mantras, and

- Disregard of the Deity consecrated by the Mantras, manifesting itself

in ungodly pursuits, due to lack of devotion.

 

“Dhrustashcharami” is the more ancient and correct usage as against

“Hrushtashcharami”,

which is found in some texts- the latter meaning “ I strut about delighting in

deceiving people in this manner”

 

 

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Retyped from the book by Sri Kesavan Srinivasan of Chicago

(The Grandson of Sri U.Ve. Satyamurthi Iyyengar.)

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