अहं ममत्येव भवस्य बीजं न मे न चाहं भवबीजशान्तिः |
बीजे प्रनष्टे कुत एव जन्मः निरिन्धनो वह्निरुपैतिशान्तिः || -महासुभषितसंग्रह (४०४०)
अर्थ - " मैं ही हूं , यह् सब मेरा है " - यही भावना इस संसार को चलाने वाली शक्ति
है तथा "न में कुछ हूं और न कुछ मेरा है " ऐसी भावना इस सांसारिकता को समाप्त
कर देती है | जिस प्रकार इन्धन (लकडी आदि ज्वलनशील् पदार्थ ) न होने से आग
स्वयं शान्त हो (बुझ ) जाती है वैसे ही यदि सांसारिकता की भावना ही समाप्त हो जाय
तो फिर इस संसार में जन्म लेने का क्या लाभ ?
( इस संसार में मनुष्य द्वारा की गयी प्रगति का मुख्य कारण अपनेपन की भावना है |
यदि किसी व्यक्ति में यह् भावना न हो तो उसका जन्म लेना व्यर्थ है , यही इस सुभाषित
का तात्पर्य है |)
Aham mamatyeva bhavasya beejam na mey na chaaham bhavabeejashaantih.
Beeje pranashte kuta eva janmah nirindhano vahnirupaiti shaantih.
Aham = I Mamatyeva = mama+iti + aiva. Mama = mine. Iti=it
Aiva = also. Bhaavasya = World's Beejam = seed, driving force, primary
cause. Na = not/ Mey = my. Chaaham = cha + aham Cha = and.
Bhavabeejshaantih. Bhavabeej = driving force of world's existence.
shaantih = end, destruction. Beeje = the main cuse. Pranashte = gone,
ceased, being no more. Kuta = from where. Aiva = really. Janmah =
birth. Nirindhano = nih +indhano. Nih = without. Indhano = fuel.
Vahnirupaitishaantih = vahnih +upaiti+shaantih. Vahnih = fire.
Upaiti = arrives, suffers.
i.e. The instinct "I only, all is mine " is the driving force running this
World, and on the other hand the instinct " I am no body, nothing is mine'
destroys this instinct. Just as a fire gets extinguished if there is no fuel, in
the same manner if this driving force is no more there, then of what use is
being born in this World ?
(All the progress mankind has made in this World is due to the instinct of
possessiveness and in absence of this instinct it is of no use to to be born.
This is the message given in the above Subhashita.)
Is the message then that we should be possessive?
ReplyDeletePlease refer to the preface of my blog about different interpretation of a subhashita.Possessive can have various levels and can be termed as aasha and krushna. Aasha is good upto a certain limit but when is too much and for a wrong reason it is termed as krushna which is condemnable. For a Pedantic interpretation of this shlok please refer to the comment of shri Vasudev Sarvam in Hindi. My interpretation is according to the modern times.
DeletePlease read pedantic as Vedanic i.e spiritual. Sorry for typographic error.
DeletePlease read pedantic as Vedanic i.e spiritual. Sorry for typographic error.
DeletePlease refer to the preface of my blog about different interpretation of a subhashita.Possessive can have various levels and can be termed as aasha and krushna. Aasha is good upto a certain limit but when is too much and for a wrong reason it is termed as krushna which is condemnable. For a Pedantic interpretation of this shlok please refer to the comment of shri Vasudev Sarvam in Hindi. My interpretation is according to the modern times.
DeletePlease refer to the preface of my blog about different interpretation of a subhashita.Possessive can have various levels and can be termed as aasha and krushna. Aasha is good upto a certain limit but when is too much and for a wrong reason it is termed as krushna which is condemnable. For a Pedantic interpretation of this shlok please refer to the comment of shri Vasudev Sarvam in Hindi. My interpretation is according to the modern times.
DeleteIs the message then that we should be possessive?
ReplyDeleteThe proverb says.. If you wish to involved with world & be meshed into its Karma- flow, then work with 'me-mine feeling'. Be possessive, and then you slowly sink into all ebbs-flow of material world. Its pain n pleasure.
ReplyDeleteBut if you wish to rise above shackles of world, break bonds which bind you to this material world, proceed with thought: Not me, Not mine. This thought would help in achieving "ashakti" (no-attachment) to work & its result. In longer run , this thought process will help in achieving spiritual upliftment & maybe, Nirvana.