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[Aravinda Rao]

Dear Sri Harsh,
The sloka means as follows:
कृष्णः, Krishna; भोगी, enjoyed bhoga-s; शुकः त्यागी, Shuka was a person who
had renounced; नृपौ, kings; जनक-राघवौ, Janaka and Raghava
वशिष्ठः, Sage Vasishtha; कर्म-निरतः, dedicated to performance of Vedic
karma-s; पञ्चैते, these five; ज्ञानिनः समाः, are jnani-s on an equal
footing.
It is quoted in Vedanta texts by commentators. I cannot readily trace it.
In case I get it I will post it.
Aravinda Rao

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 7:41 PM Raja Krishnamurti <
rajakrishnamurti at yahoo.com> wrote:

> No one is excluded in trying to attain REalization. Because everyone is
> born a Shudra at birth according to Upanishads. A Grigastha who sincerely
> does his duties and karmas is better suited than a fake sanyassi in orange
> robes. Well who am I to judge? I should be the witness. I should focus on
> how should I work towards my own Realization. Best example is Lord Rama.
> Lord Siva is a Gruhastha himself.
> Best Regards,
> Raja
>
>
> On Sunday, April 10, 2022, 07:44:25 AM PDT, Aravinda Rao via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
> There is a sloka supporting what Sri Srinivasamurthy said.
> कृष्णो भोगी शुकस्त्यागी नृपौ जनकराघवौ।
> वशिष्ठः कर्मनिरतः पञ्चैते ज्ञानिनः समाः।।
> All the five, though in diverse fields were jnanis equally.
> Aravinda Rao
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 7:54 PM sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> >  Dear Sri Harsh Raval,
> > Kindly note that the sages to whom the The Absolute revealed Its True
> > SvarUpawere all gRuhastAs. You go through the ten principal Upanishads,
> You
> > will see father teaching Brahmavidya to his eldest son. You will see
> Kings
> > teaching Brahmavidya. You will see brahmavidya being taught to a
> > householder.  A gruhasta with two wives and who was running a school
> taught
> > Brahmavidya
> > to a king.  The most important and essential qualification  the student
> > should posess before starting the journey is given out by the mantra from
> > Kathopanishad
> > thus : "yamEvaiSha vRuNutE vivRuNutE tanuM svAm".
> > In the 20th century there was Sage in Kerala who was a government
> > employee.His name was Sri Krishna Menon (Sri Atmanada). He was a
> gruhasta.
> > You can read his biography and get vastly benifitted from the Book "The
> > Spiritual Discourses Of Sri Atmanada"which is available on the web.
> >
> > So according to the tradition of the Sages of Upanishads the gruhasta has
> > every right to take up the study of The Vedanta for Atmajnana provided he
> > has the necessary mental make up.
> > With respectful regards,Sreenivasa Murthy
> >
> >    On Sunday, 10 April, 2022, 07:19:34 am GMT+1, Harsh Raval via
> > Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >  Hello
> > My name is harsh.
> > I have one question.
> >
> > Can a person attain self realization while living in grihastha ashram and
> > doing worldy activities(doing a job)?
> >
> > For eg:- For doing wordly activities one requires to be turn outwards
> > whereas to contemplate on aatma one requires to turn inwards?
> >
> > So can a person desiring self realization devote half of his time to
> wordly
> > activities and half to meditate on aatma attain self realization?
> >
> > If yes then how?
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