continuation of verse # 1

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Jaya Guru Datta

(I am very sorry,the verse was not completed)

here goes:

 

The Rishis asked Suta Maharishi:

 

1. " Guhyaad guhyataraa saaraa Gurugita vishesataha

    Tava prasaadaa cchhrotavyaa taam sarvaam bruhi Suta naha "

 

Once the saints Shaunaka and others earnestly request the great saint of ancient

lore Suta: O great Suta,the Guru Gita is said to be the most fecund (fertile)

and recondite (obscure) knowledge.Be gracious to initiate us into the GURU GITA

completely.

 

Here Sri Swamiji explains why it is said to be a " secret " one.Even the Bhagavad

Gita is a secret so to say and the Upanishadic knowledge is yet more secret and

so is the list of thousand names of the Goddess Lalitha.The very title of it is

RAHASYA LALITHA SAHASRA NAMA STROTRAM.

 

In fact,all our spiritual books are like that.Does the word secret  mean here

that the great saints don't intend to divulge their knowledge?  Is it a trade

secret ?  No,not at all.To speak of the God (the concept of an Avatar,an

incarnation) is indeed a mystery.It means that this Guru Gita unravels the

mysterious nature of God thoroughly well.

 

Well pleased with the humble request of the other saints,Suta,the saint of lore

spoke thus:

 

Sri Guru Datta

 

 (to be continued next week).