shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_03-25

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VYAPTHI SANDHI

  jalavanapaharisuva ghaLige ba

TTalanuLidu jaighaMte kaipiDi

deLedu hoDevaMdadali saMtata kaRtR^i tAnAgi

haladharAnuja puNyapApada

phalagaLanu dEvAsurara gaNa

doLu vibhAgavamADi uNisuta saxiyAgippa……… HKAS_03-25

 

jalavanapaharisuva = that which takes (accepts) water

ghaLige baTTalanu = cup or measure of volume indicating time elapsed

uLidu = drowns in the water

jaighaMteya = bell

kaipiDideLedu = pulls the gong towards itself

hoDevaMdadali = rings the bell

saMtata = always (from time immemorial)

kaRtR^i = performing all the tasks of the iMdriya-s in tri-jIva-s

tAnAgi = Himself (without expecting anything from others)

haladharAnuja = younger brother of BalarAma i.e. KR^iShNa (hala = plough, dharisida = he who carries, anuja = younger brother)

puNyapApada phalagaLanu = puNya or pApa borne out of the cycle of birth and death

dEva =all tasks carried out by the tatvAbhimAni dEvata-s of various iMdriyas-s by as per His order

asurara = ill activities promoted by tatvadaitya-s

gaNadoLu = in that group

vibhAgavamADi = separates puNya-s for dEvata-s and pApa for daitya-s

uNisuta = making it fit and available for consumption by the jIva

saxiyAgippa = remains as a witness to ensure that the jIva-s get their respective  puNya or phala

 

In olden days, time was measured with the help of a “water instrument for measuring time” known as “ghaTikApAtre” or “ghaLige baTTalu”. It was usually a cylindrical copper or a brass vessel with four fingers diameter and four fingers height with a small hole at the bottom. This vessel could hold 6 pala-s of rice (1 pala = 3 tola-s and 1 tola = 11.66gms). Tola is an ancient Indian measure of weight. When this ‘ghaLige baTTalu’ vessel is kept floating on a larger vessel containing a large volume of water (e.g. in a gaMgALa), water would enter from the bottom and when the vessel is full it would drown. The time taken for this baTTalu to drown was one ghaLige (=24 minutes). That’s how it came to be known as ‘ghaLige baTTalu’. An observer sitting near the vessel would observe the process of drowning of the ‘baTTalu’ and as soon as it would drown he would ring a bell indicating the end of a ‘ghaLige’ This is how time would be measured.

 

Similarly, ParamAtma who is the Regulator of Time is Stimulator and Regulator of all kaRma-s, performs all the kriya-s in His biMba rUpa and makes the jIva perform the same. Let us examine how the above example supplements our understanding that ParamAtma is Master of Himself and doer of all tasks.

 

1. The observer does the task of pulling the gong and rings the bell. He would himself float the baTTalu in the water, be a witness for its drowning. The observer is similar to ParamAtma.

2. The baTTalu is in control of that observer, in the same way the jIva is in control of ParamAtma.

3. That jIva is provided a sthUla dEha or sAdhana sharIra (similarity to baTTalu) by ParamAtma, and by pervading in the iMdriya-s as their Regulator does various tasks which is similar to the action of the vessel being filled with water.

4. The volume of the baTTalu is compared to the yOgyata of the jIva.

5. The action of the baTTalu getting filled is similar to the completion of sAdhana by the jIva.

 

Thus in every janma ParamAtma Himself does all the biMba kriya-s and makes the jIva-s do the same and He is thus kAlAMtaRgata, kAlaniyAmaka and kAlAtIta. Two types of sAdhana could be done by the jIva - satsAdhana leading to puNya phala or dussAdhana leading to pApa phala.

 

ParamAtma performs and makes the jIva perform various satkaRma-s via tatvAbhimani dEvata-s and duShkaRma-s via tatvadaitya-s and provides sukha to dEvata-s and duHkha to daitya-s. Thus the satkaRma-s or duShkaRma-s are performed through dEvata-s or daitya-s. All these are the actions of ParamAtma, which JagannAtha dAsa describes as “saMtata kaRtR^i tAnAgi”. Thus pervading in the sAdhana sharIra He segregates puNya and pApa phala-s and bestows them to dEva-s or asura-s. He remains fearless and defectless and He is not affected by puNya or pApa and remains a witness in the hearts of all jIva-s.

 

shrI KR^iShNa is the younger brother of BalarAma, whose weapon is the plough (halAyudha). That’s why JagannAtha dAsa refers shrI KR^iShNa ParmAtma as ‘haladharAnuja’.

 

 

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