{"id":7205,"date":"2018-05-21T23:33:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T23:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2018-05-21T23:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T23:33:48","slug":"18-65-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-65-original\/","title":{"rendered":"18.65 man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto (Original)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-original\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-64-original\/\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 64<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto<br \/>\nmad-y\u0101j\u012b m\u0101\u1e41 namaskuru<br \/>\nm\u0101m evai\u1e63yasi satya\u1e41 te<br \/>\npratij\u0101ne priyo \u2019si me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Be thou of My thought, be My lover, My worshipper; do thou prostrate to Me. To Myself thou wilt come. In troth I promise (this) unto thee; (for) thou art sweet unto Me.'[1. Cp: Krish\u1e47a giving this assurance to Draupadi: \u2018Dyauh patet, p\u1e5bithiv\u012b \u015biryet, himav\u0101n \u015bakati bhavet \u015bushyet toyanidhi\u1e25 Krish\u1e47e! na me mogham vacho bhavet.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Manman\u0101 bhava<\/em> = \u2018Be thou etc.,\u2019 expresses a Divine Command embodied in such Vedanta texts as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018This Transcendent Purusha, of the radiance of the Sun, Who is beyond <em>tamas<\/em> (matter), I know by meditation. Knowing Him thus, one becomes here immortal. There exists no other Road for Immortality.\u2019[2. <em>Tait: Ara\u1e47:<\/em> III-12: \u2018Ved\u0101ham etam etc.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Be thou of My thought<\/em>: is with reference to one\u2019s thought being of that kind which is implied by such expressions as <em>vedana<\/em>, <em>dhy\u0101na<\/em>, <em>up\u0101sana<\/em> etc., signifying an unbroken succession of memory, intensely made vivid, so much so as to approach the reality of a sensible experience; and this joined to deep devotion, \u2014all directed to Me (as the Subject of this meditation.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Mad-bhakta\u1e25<\/em> = My lover; inasmuch as I am to thee dear, make thy constant thought (or meditation) of Me intensely loving, (or full of the exuberance of thy emotional nature.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Mad-y\u0101ji<\/em> = My worshipper. Yajana=p\u016bjana=\u0101r\u0101dhanam=worship (and therefore not a mere dry formal observance of ceremonial ritual such as Jyotish\u1e6dhoma, <em>\u2014T\u0101t-chan<\/em>.) \u2018My worshipper,\u2019 should be read with \u2018My lover\u2019, implying that the worship or services rendered to Me should be full of love. Worship means the carrying out of the entire round of services which are incumbent on a liege (to his Sovereign and Master).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>M\u0101m namas-kuru<\/em>:, <em>namas = namanam=bending<\/em>, implying the utmost attitude of reverence, love and humility to Me. <em>Prostrate to Me<\/em> is thus not a mere physical <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/genuflexion\">genuflexion<\/a>; but the physical is to constitute outwardly the sincere expression of the love etc., felt within, \u2014<em>T\u0101t-chan<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If thy conduct be like this, then wilt thou come to Myself. This is a Truth of which I give thee assurance; about which I make thee promise. It is not to be interpreted as a mere hollow persuasion addressed to thee, by reason that thou art My beloved. Was it not already stated thus?: \u2018I am verily dear to the wise, and he too is dear to Me.\u2019 (<em>Gi:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-17-original\/\">VII-17<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where there is in his heart much love for Me, much love on My part there is for him; so much so that I should hardly bear separation from him; and therefore will join him to Myself. \u2018Thou shalt come to Myself\u2019: is then Truth, and nothing but Truth, for which I pledge and vouch in the most positive manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-66-original\/\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 66<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 &lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 64 Simple man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto mad-y\u0101j\u012b m\u0101\u1e41 namaskuru m\u0101m evai\u1e63yasi satya\u1e41 te pratij\u0101ne priyo \u2019si me &#8216;Be thou of My thought, be My lover, My worshipper; do thou prostrate to Me. To Myself thou wilt come. 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