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Lord Krishna : the Root of the Vast Creation August - 2013 Odisha Review Lord Krishna : The Root of the Vast Creation Dr. K.C. Sarangi Neeladrou padmkshetre mahodadhi Sanjogam neelamadhavou shrutwaa madhavam madham juktwa srushti mangala karine Payadaanam bhaktarjanam srusti pratisthita tatha jugabdhi adiprantam madhavam srustikarine Brahmasutra declares Him as ‘atmaramaganakarshee’. He is the root of this vast creation. The sustenance of the creation and its ultimate are also in His hands. The Upanishadic thoughts are filled with prayers about Him. As Lord Neelamadhava, He stands in His Gracious Form at Padmadri (Kantilo), the symbol of divine love which increases every moment. ‘Padma’ is the Indian name of Lotus. The lotus has a life style of its own. Born in slums and mud, it “rises up through the water and lifts its head high above the water. It refuses to get wet through water, the element which gives it life”. Seated in Padmadri, the Lord’s message is clear. ‘Be Like the Lotus’ is Sri Jagannatha, the Omniscient sovereign of the and forget the world. Remember. ‘Basudhaiva world, beyond all the finite thoughts and Kutumbekam’, the universal brotherhood is also imaginations. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says, He His message. Truly followed, the ‘Adi Purusha’ is ‘Akshara’. Taittiriya Upanishad asserts, He is becomes happy. He is Paramapada. After ‘Brahman’. Sri Madhusudanacharya, though an reaching Him man does not return to earth again. exponent of ‘Advaita’ has a unique style of Lord Sri Krishna has made it clear in Dwapara : expressing, the Lord’s glory : “tatah padam parimargitavyam, jasmin-gatah na ‘banshibibhushitakarannavaniradavat nivartanti bhuyah” (Gita, Ch.15, verse 4). Thus, pitambaradaruna bimbaphaladharosthat purnendu the Gita has acclaimed that He is Parama Pada, sundaramukhat arabindanetrat Krisnat param Purana Purusha, Adi-Purusha Madhusudan. Sri kimapi tattwamaham na jane’. According to Sri Jayadeva said in Geeta Govinda that He is Madhusudanacharya there is no other power ‘Jagatprana’. The Neeladrimahodaya says, He beyond Lord Krishna. He is the Highest Authority. 85 Odisha Review August - 2013 The Gita also affirms this, ‘sarvadharman representing the ‘navadha bhakti’ (nine characters parityajya mamekam saranam braja, aham twam of devotion). The Lord confers on the devotees : sarva papevya mokshayishyami ma suchah’ is the (a) The glance of His Grace, the divine grace assurance to the humanity. This couplet contains the cream of all religions. The Lord is the Eternal (b) The air which has made itself sanctified Guide. He has guided the humanity across the by the touch of His Srianga (the Body of the ages. Flute in hand, Sri Bansidhara is the sacred Divine). The said air in its turn, purifies everybody, symbol of ‘Sabda-Brahma’. He inspires devotees the entire atmosphere, the State, the Nation and to meditate on ‘namatattva’ and to silently hear the Universe. the voice of the soul. Therein lies the hidden voice (c) Purity through the touch of His heavenly of the voiceless. To hear the same, man has to chariots. The dust particles of Sri Kshetra, Puri be a critical inquirer, not a happy-go-lucky person, become purified by the above touch. These accepting all easy things which land him ultimately sanctified dust particles spread immortality in utter helplessness, as some studies reveal. He through out the cosmos. The Cosmic Glory, thus has to become introspective and the feeling of ‘I’ glorifies everybody and each atom of this creation. ness has to be crucified at the altar of sacrifice and surrender. ‘Apohana’, as stressed by the Lord He alone hears the voice of the voiceless. in Ch.15 verse 15 of the Gita is significant i.e. to He is Patitapavana, His flag is Patitapavana, His chariot is also Patitapavana. When Indradyumna, take a judicious decision always. king of Malava, was inspired by the Lord in the Thus, the Lord is Dwaita. He is also the dream revealing His Cosmic splendor, the pious Adwaita. He is one, the Omnipresent One, king could not decide where to go, or what to ‘prakrute parah paramatma jadukulatilakh’ do, to find the Lord who appeared in the dream. as Shankar writes in his Prabodha Sudhakara. Gracious and Merciful, as The Lord is, He (the Shankara adds, He is ‘bhuteshu antaryami (ibid). Lord) appeared as Shyamananda Brahmin and Knower of the hearts of all, seated inside their advised the king about ‘Srikshetra Puri’. The poet hearts, i.e. the Omniscient. Be that as it may, the writes about the glory of Srikshetra: Lord is Sat-Chit-Ananda, Truth, Consciousness sindhu tate achhi purushottama name rajya and Bliss- Absolute. He is merciful, the ocean of se kshetrare rahichhi aneka ascharjya grace and divine benedictions, ‘kalyanagunaganamahodadhi”. He is The Lord guided Indradyumna. He had ‘devatmashakti’, ‘Premapurusha – Sri Krishna’, also guided a Dhruba and a Prahallada in Satya now present at our midst, as our Philosopher, Yuga. He was the friend, philosopher and guide Guide and Master, Path-Finder and Emancipator, of Bharata, Hanumana, Lakshmana and Lord Sri Jagannatha, having His celestial abode Satrughna and many others in the Trettaya. The in Srikshetra Puri, the city of all surprises and all list is infinite. The grace is infinite. The Lord is astonishments. Sages like Narada, Arita, Devala, infinite. The Infinite is “Ekakshara Om”. The the Saptarshis all acknowledge His grace, Omnipotent Divine also guided Arjuna in the greatness and sovereignty, with utmost humility. battlefield of the Mahabharata in Dwapara; His love is revealed abundantly in His Car Festival. preached him to dissolve all conflicts, through the During this nine days long journey from ‘Neeladri sword of wisdom, ‘jnanasinaatmanah chhitwa and stay at Sundaradri’ and return journey inam samsayam’; sever all attachments through 86 August - 2013 Odisha Review the weapon of detachment, ‘asanga shastrena gatavyathah’. Such expectation is a very natural dridhena chhitwa’ as the Gita propounds in expectation from the Divine Father from His dear Chapter-4 verse 42 and Chapter 15 verse 3 children. He always expects His own image in respectively. The chosen disciple was also, His own creation. Besides, a Spiritual Preceptor, advised about the secret science of ‘adhyatma’, an ideal father always expects that his disciple or ‘the Karma Yoga’, ‘the Jnana Yoga’, ‘the Bhakti son should follow his idealism. These ideal Yoga’, the last a synonym of total surrender. The concepts are arrived at, after years’ of austere Lord revealed His mystery. He is the Saviour from penance. ‘Not obeying the same’ means, one is the ocean of death and birth and to reach Him going to deprive himself of the cream of wisdom what is absolutely necessary, is an exceptional and experiences available with him through his Yoga ‘Ananyanaiva Yoga’ as preached by Him in ancestors which he is unable to take care due to the Gita. The Lord held : laziness or ‘mamatwa’, too much engrossment in ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya matparah ‘I’ ness, which can be avoided through humility. ananyanaivayogena mam dhyayanta upasate Man is not happy today. Sai, in a very tesam aham samudharta mrutyusamasara sagarat simple formula, advised to be a good man first. A bhavami nachirat partha majyaveshitachetasam good man alone can become a Godman. What (Ch.12 verses 6&7) else is the preaching of the Gita meant for? Get The message is emphatic, unequivocal rid of the vices, you will be virtuous. Since the and clear. If the devotee is able to concentrate world is complicated, the principles have been his mind and intelligence on the Lord Himself, such set in by the Unrivalled Master to ensure that His loving devotee will doubtlessly reside in Him. In creation is sustained and the crises are resolved. no other scripture, in no other language such a Professor Gardner, while teaching his under clean assurance is given. Essentially this is the graduate students is stated to have said, if I would language of the heart. No asceticism, no upasana suggest you to read only one book in life, it is, (worship) of ‘Saguna’ or ‘Nirguna Brahma’, but ‘Experiment with Truth’ written by Mahatma just to be a Yogi, to perform like a Vairagi with Gandhi, not because the book is elegantly written, ‘Asanga’ as the sword and to do the work for but it contains solutions for many problems of our the Divine Who is All- Pervasive in a detached lives. In a like manner, if one has no scope to manner, is the message. The divine work, read any other scripture, he may read only the Gita. Perhaps he will have no further necessity to therefore, by all stretch of imagination, means read any other book, unless he has his own work for the greater public interest. He preached scholastic aspiration for research or for study the Gita in Dwapara. As Lord Sri Jagannatha, purpose. He performs Himself in Kaliyuga what He preached in the age preceding. These are, pure sarvopanishado gavo dogdha gopalanandanah thoughts, pure mind and pure intelligence. parthc vatsa sudhih bhokta dugdham gita amrutam mahat According to Sri Ramakrishna all the three are He (The Cosmic Father) is like one and the same. Since the Lord is undisturbed, ‘Parijatavriksha’ for His devotees. His whip to sacred and impartial, His devotee is also expected control the horses of His chariot is the warning by Him do be fair, equal minded and pure, symbol i.e. the wrong doer will never go ‘anapeskha, suchih, dakshah, udasina unpunished. His look is filled with yogic trance, 87 Odisha Review August - 2013 His words are the harbingers of peace, immortality disturbed as alarmingly as it is today. Hence and sacredness, ready to confer on the world all ‘Payadanam’ was the message of the Lord. the blessings through the song of ‘adhyatma’, being Significantly a stream of water, widely believed the path, nay the only path to have the ‘peace to be the holy water of the Ganges, flows from and bliss’ in this life and the life-beyond.
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