I quote here the Verse 66 of Chapter 18, Sanyas Yoga (Yoga of
Renunciation) from Bhagwad Gita which shows the mankind a divide path for
liberation from worldly conflicts, sorrow and grief to realize eternal peace
and joy.
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ।।66।।
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
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सम्पूर्ण धर्मों को अर्थात् सम्पूर्ण कर्तव्य कर्मों को मुझमें त्याग कर तू केवल एक मुझ सर्वशक्तिमान, सर्वाधार परमेश्वर की ही शरण में आ जा। मैं तुझे सम्पूर्ण पापों से मुक्त कर दूँगा, तू शोक मत कर ।।
Resigning all your duties to Me, the all-powerful and all-supporting
Lord, take refuge' in Me alone. I shall absolve you of all sins, worry not.
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| Arjuna surrenders to Lord Krishna |
The above verse in Shrimadbhagavad Gita has a special place in today's chaotic
world where one is bewildered in the struggle for winning the daily race
for survival against all odds and against fellow travelers running the same
race on this planet earth. The polity of the nations also faces the same
dilemma and run through the similar race for one upmanship. In order to survive
in this jungle, everybody and every nation are fighting their own battles and
in the process, are totally disconnected with and are unconcerned about the
fellow citizens of the world. Many times, these battles are given religious cover
ups and those who oppose, are severely punished. Even mass murders and
catastrophic destruction of lives and property are justified in the name of
such false notions. These battles are not "Dharma Yuddh", the Holy
Wars but are madness of the corrupt minds. No religion can claim to be a true
religion if it justifies heinous crime against humanity, whatever may be the
cause. The true religion can be one and only one that is Manav Dharma (Religion
of human beings) which allows other opinions and faiths to co-exist and grow. A
rational mind will accept that there cannot be separate Gods for different
sects and race. The concept of God is that it is all powerful, the supreme creator
and sustainer of the universe, you, me and everyone. There cannot be multiple
powerful Gods, creating and sustaining different set of people, geographical regions,
religious sects and different races of the world. Even the animals, plants,
rivers and mountains are the creation of the same one God. Indian dogs, birds
or lions and American dogs, birds or lions do not have their own dog Gods, bird
Gods or lion Gods depending on their regional identities or class. A dog is
dog, a bird is bird, a lion is a lion; they are not Hindu lions or Muslim Lions
or Christian lions. We, the human beings have given different names to our Gods
based on our own religious beliefs, upbringing and cultural identities.
However, as a matter of facts; you can give any name to the God, which is in essence,
shall still remain nameless, colorless and classless. Behind the philosophy of
different Gods in different religions, there has to be unity of all faiths,
different concepts of Gods and religion as the entire humanity is a world
family. People of different faiths may accept this truth of oneness of all Gods
and religions but still they fight the vain battle for their own selfish
motives. While fighting these mindless battles, no one remembers that he or she
is not a permanent resident of this planet and neither is going to take
his/her worldly possessions, powers, positions and properties along with
him/her while departing into nothingness. Even nobody is aware when the ego
possessed and self loved life can be snatched at the hands of destiny at any
moment, which can be the very next one. What is remedy left under such chaotic
situations? The above verse 66 of the Gita offers the only solution to silent
the chaos of mindlessness and settles the confusion prevalent everywhere.
In the war of Mahabharata, Arjuna after seeing the array of opposite
forces lined up, lead by Duryodhan, Bhishm Pitamah, Guru Dronacharya and
numerous kinsmen, relatives and kings against whom he has to fight the war, was
deeply saddened by the very thought that in order to win the war, he has to
kill all these his own people. He surrenders his arms and tells his Guru,
friend and Charioteer Lord Krishna that he is not interested in any kingdom for
which he has to kill his own relatives. Krishna leads Arjuna to fight the holy
battle, dharma yuddh which is the duty of a warrior and the divine dialogue takes
palce between Krishna and Arjuna at the battlefield leading to the creation of
epic Shrimadbhagavad Gita, an immortal spiritual guide to mankind to fall back,
whenever confusion and chaos set in the minds. The esoteric message of Gita is
that God is everything. The Gita dialogues celebrate the discovery of the
Absolute, Spirit beyond creation as well as a hidden Essence of manifestation.
Bhagwan Krishna reveals the divine spiritual truth to Arjuna to perform his
selfless duties well and leave the fruits to the God as a true renunciate,
sanyasi. Lord Krishna even favors Arjuna to reveal his Vishwa Rupa, the
immortal all encompassing universal form to convince him that the Lord Krishna,
Himself is the creator, sustainer and dissolver of the infinite universe.
Arjuna filled with great awe and wonder, surrenders to the Lord and requests
Him to come back to His human form again. After removing all doubts in the mind
of Arjuna, Bhagwan Krishna concludes as a final advise to Arjuna to forsake all
other duties (dharma) and take eternal shelter in Him, the Lord of
Lords. The Lord promises Arjuna that by doing so, he will be liberated from all
the grief and worries. Bhagwan Krishna further says that no duties can be
performed without the powers borrowed from Him for He is the creator and
sustainer of all lives. More important than one's worldly duties is the
engagement with the God; because at any time the God can recall human beings
from this earth, cancelling all other duties and actions.
This is most important and supreme spiritual message to confused and
bewildered minds of the today's mankind and nations to follow the concluding
message of Gita's 66th verse in chapter 18, Sanyas Yoga to perform
all duties, keeping the mind singularly focused on the Supreme God, the creator
& sustainer of the universe. Do not inflict any injury or kill fellow
occupant of this planet earth for any selfish motives as the very act of
violence against a fellow occupant will be the violence against the creator
Himself. The eternal and principle message of the Gita to the humanities at all
times is to stop any madness of mass killings and heinous acts of terror and
destruction in the name of any false notions as such acts are against the God
and won't go unpunished for long. Nobody can deny the fact that the divine principle
of cause and effect is continuously in operation behind every act, good or bad
and is going to produce its fruits at a the time of reckoning.
And let us not forget, we, the people on this globe are “ONE WORLD FAMILY – VASUDHEVA KUTUMBAKAM.”
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