суббота, 16 мая 2015 г.

Rejecting all Purusharthas: the truly esoteric concepts of "Shree Bhagavata-Purana"


This post belongs to the series of posts, dedicated to "Shree Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu", see the list here - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2015/05/selected-verses-from-shree-bhakti.html

Bhakti stipulates the rejection of all Purusharthas. 

Actually, all the Purusharthas is trash and litter which is akin to
tiresome burden for jiva. The rejection of Purusharthas is also crucial part of OM VishnuPad Vallabha-Acharya Siddhanta, please refer to this post - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2014/11/the-only-wealth-chatushloki-by-om.html

In that connection Shree Shreemad Rupa Goswami cites Pramana from "Shree Bhavartha-Dipika". 

तथा भावार्थ-दीपिकायां च
त्वत्-कथामृत-पाथोधौ विहरन्तो महा-मुदः |
कुर्वन्ति कृतिनः केचित् चतुर्-वर्गं तृणोपमम् || १.१.४० ||

tathA bhAvArtha-dIpikAyAM cha
tvat-kathAmRRita-pAthodhau viharanto mahA-mudaH |
kurvanti kRRitinaH kechit chatur-vargaM tRRiNopamam || 1.1.40 ||

Translation: "So it is stated in the "Shree Bhavartha-Dipika":

The Shrutis in Their Prayers to The Lord, while invoking Him from His Slumber before creation, say: "Oh Lord, a few of Thy devotees (not any devotee, but merely a few devotees who have attained Bhava-Bhakti alone) who swim in the Ocean of the Nectar of Discourses on Thy Divine Pastimes and enjoy the supreme delight from drinking the nectar thereof alone, do reject all the 4 desires for Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha considering them to be worthless as a straw". 

Commentary by Shree Shreemad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami: Shree Jiva Goswami raises a question: "Why does Shree Rupa Goswami cites here a Shloka from the "Shree Bhavartha-Dipika", The Tika of OM VishnuPad Shridhara Swami on "Shree Bhagavata-Purana", when there were so many other Verses in "Shree Bhagavata-Purana" itself in support of The "Sandra Ananda Vishesha Atma" Quality of Prema-Bhakti?" 

The reason that actuates Shree Rupa Goswami, Shree Jiva Goswami says, is that OM VishnuPad Shridhara Swami had understood the truly esoteric concepts of "Shree Bhagavata-Purana" by his own realisation, and hence such a Pramana has been cited by Shree Rupa Goswami.