[Advaita-l] gItA bhaashhya sudhaa binduH - 1

[Ramakrishna Upadrasta]

namaste shri Subbu-ji,

[Apologies for the incorrect subject line. It should read 'bindavaH'.
The original in Telugu is 'binduvulu'. It will be corrected from next
post.]

Thank you for your comments. I request you and other scholars of the
group to add their comments on why AchArya is saying what He is
saying.

2010/5/26 V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>:

>> 1. braahmaNatvasya hi raxaNe raxitaH syaadvaiidiko dharmaH\,
>> tadadhiinatvaadvarNaashramabhedaanaam.h ||upodghAta \-
>> giitaa\-bhaaShya ||
>>
>> ##When the Brahminhood is preserved, the Vedic Dharma becomes well
>> guarded, for the distinctions among the castes and stages of life
>> depend on it.##

In a single sentence, bhagavadpaada has given the golden formula as to
how the vaidika-dharma could be saved. One could read the verses
18.41-46 as annotation to this above sentence of bhagavadpaada.

braahmaNakshatriyavishaa.n shuudraaNaa.n cha para.ntapa .
karmaaNi pravibhaktaani svabhaavaprabhavairguNaiH .. 18.41..

shamo damastapaH shauchaM kshaantiraarjavameva cha .
GYaanaM viGYaanamaastikyaM brahmakarma svabhaavajam.h .. 18.42..

shaurya.n tejo dhR^itirdaakshya.n yuddhe chaapyapalaayanam.h .
daanamiishvarabhaavashcha kshaatraM karma svabhaavajam.h .. 18.43..

kR^ishhigaurakshyavaaNijya.n vaishyakarma svabhaavajam.h .
paricharyaatmakaM karma shuudrasyaapi svabhaavajam.h .. 18.44..

sve sve karmaNyabhirataH sa.nsiddhi.n labhate naraH .
svakarmanirataH siddhi.n yathaa vindati tachchhR^iNu .. 18.45..

yataH pravR^ittirbhuutaanaa.n yena sarvamidaM tatam.h .
svakarmaNaa tamabhyarchya siddhi.n vindati maanavaH .. 18.46..

bhava shankara deshika me sharaNam!
Ramakrishna