shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_04-06

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BHOJANA RASA VIBHAGA SANDHI

 

  vishada sthira tIxNavu nirahara

rasadoLu mUraidu sAvira

trishatanava rUpagaLa chiMtisi, bhuMjipudu viShaya

shvasana tatvEsharoLagiddI

pesariniMdali karesuvanu dhE

nisidarI pari manake poLevanu balla vibudharige..........HKAS_04-06

 

vishada = xIra rasa vishESha

sthira = ghR^ita rasa vishESha

tIxNavu = bella rasa vishESha

nirahara = phala rasa vishESha

rasadoLu = in the above 4 rasa-s

mUraidusAvira = (3+5)1000 = 8000

trishatanava = 3x100 = 300 plus 9 =309

rUpagaLa = totally 8309 rUpa-s

chiMtisi = meditating on those rUpa-s

bhuMjipudu = accept food

viShaya = food ítems fit for consumption i.e. niShiddha (forbidden) ítems not allowed

shvasana = mukhyaprANa dEvaru

tatvEsharoLu = in 24 tatvAbhimAni dEvata-s

iddu =existing as aMtaRyAmi rUpa

I pesariniMdali = by the names of vishada, sthira, tIxNa and nirahara

karesuvanu = called by those names

I pari dhEnisidara = if we meditate on these rUpa-s

balla = those who have understood the above through a proper spiritual guide

vibudharige = knowledgeable persons

manake = in their minds

poLevanu = manifests Himself for them

 

Referring to the earlier two stanzas with the following table:-

 

Item            rasa            signifying numbers      number

VAmaMkagatiH

xIra            vishada vi=4, sha=5, da=3               483        384

ghR^ita sthira  sthi=sa+tha=7+2=9, ra=2 92          29

guDa            tIxNa           tI=1, xNa=x+Na=10+5     1105      5101

phala           nirahara        ni=5, ra=2, ha=8, ra=2  5282      2825

                                                            TOTAL 8309

 

The four states of a food/phala item being, tender (eLe kAyi), just raw (balitu), just ripe (mAgide) and fully ripe (phala) are analogous to xIra, ghR^ita, guDa and phala. In conventional understanding the word ‘phala’ is also referred to any agricultural product like rice, wheat or any other item.

 

The four states above are akin to the stages of a person’s life, child, youth, middle age and old age.

 

The following number of rUpa-s in the respective names restated below:-

vishada  =       384

sthira   =    29

tIxNa     =     5101

nirahara =      2825

 

totaling to 8309 rUpa-s should be meditated upon while eating food.

 

Those persons who contemplate while eating their food that ParamAtma (in 8309 rUpa-s ) pervades in the items of xIra, ghR^ita, guDa and phala in their respective states as tender (eLe kAyi), just raw (balitu), just ripe (mAgide) and fully ripe (phala) by the above mentioned respective names of vishada, sthira, tIxNa and nirahara rUpa-s, He would manifest Himself in their minds of such knowledgeable persons.

 

 

shri kR^ishnarpanamastu