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“*atha kena prayukto’yaṃ*–What impels one to perform sinful acts?” (3.36) B
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1 Arjuna asked this question to Krishna? YUKTO AND PRAYUKTO IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIPLOMACY AND THE VILLAINY. DIPLOMACY IS AVOIDANCE
THE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE; THE VILLAINY IS THE SIN IN HARMING OTERS FOR ONE TO
SURVIVE.
2 *अथ* *केन* *प्रयुक्तोऽयं* *पापं* *चरति* *पूरुष**: **| **अनिच्छन्नपि*
*वार्ष्णेय* *बलादिव* *नियोजित**: **|| 36|| *
*arjuna uvācha *atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ charati pūruṣhaḥ
anichchhann api vārṣhṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ
*BG 3.36*: Arjun asked: Why is a person impelled to commit sinful acts,
even unwillingly, as if by force, O descendent of Vrishni (Krishna)?
3 *काम* *एष* *क्रोध* *एष* *रजोगुणसमुद्भव**: **|| **महाशनो* *महापाप्मा*
*विद्ध्येनमिह* *वैरिणम्* *|| 37|| *śhrī bhagavān uvācha kāma eṣha krodha
eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśhano mahā-pāpmā viddhyenam iha vairiṇam
*BG 3.37*: The Supreme Lord said: It is lust alone, which is born of
contact with the mode of passion, and later transformed into anger. Know
this as the sinful, all-devouring enemy in the world.
*धूमेनाव्रियते* *वह्निर्यथादर्शो* *मलेन* *च* *|**यथोल्बेनावृतो*
*गर्भस्तथा* *तेनेदमावृतम्* *|| 38||*dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśho
malena cha yatholbenāvṛito garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛitam *G 3.38*: Just
as a fire is covered by smoke, a mirror is masked by dust, and an embryo is
concealed by the womb, similarly *one’s knowledge gets shrouded by desire.*
4 Knowledge of what is right and what is wrong is called
discrimination. This discrimination resides in the intellect. However, lust
is such a formidable adversary that it clouds the discriminatory ability of
the intellect. Shree Krishna gives three grades of examples to illustrate
this principle. 1 Fire, which is the source of light, gets covered by
smoke. This partial obscuring is like the thin cloud that *sāttvic* desires
create. 2 A mirror, which is naturally reflective, gets obscured by dust.
This semi-opacity is like the masking impact of *rājasic* desires on the
intellect. 3 And an embryo gets concealed in the womb. This complete
obfuscation is like the consequence of *tāmasic* desires subverting the
power of discrimination. THUS, EVEN AMONG THOSE LUST RIDDENS THE GOOD THE
BETTER AND THE BEST OR THE WORSE IN RANKINGS ARE THERE. Similarly, in
proportion to the grade of our desires, the spiritual knowledge we may have
heard and read gets shrouded. HENCE ONLY, EVEN THE LEARNT, THE POOJA
MONGERS, TEMPLE GOERS BECOME ABSOLUTE SINNERS.
5 There is a beautiful allegorical story to illustrate this point. A
man used to take his evening walk by the side of a forest. One evening, he
decided to walk in the forest instead. When he had walked a couple of
miles, the sun began setting and the light started fading. He turned around
to walk out of the forest, but to his dismay he found that animals had
gathered on the other side. These ferocious animals started chasing him and
to escape from them, he ran deeper into the forest. While running, he found
a witch standing in front of him with open arms to embrace him. To escape
her, he turned direction and ran perpendicular to the animals and the
witch. By then, it had become dark. Unable to see much, he ran over a ditch
that was covered by vine hanging from a tree. He fell headlong, but his
feet became entangled in the vine. As a result, he began hanging upside
down above the ditch. After a few moments he came to his senses and saw a
snake sitting at the bottom of the ditch, waiting to bite him if he fell
down. In the meantime, two mice appeared—one white and one black—and
started nibbling at the branch from which the vine was hanging. To confound
his problems, some wasps gathered and began stinging him on his face. In
this precarious situation, it was found that the man was smiling.
Philosophers gathered to ponder how he could smile in such a dire strait.
They looked upwards and found a beehive, from which honey was dripping onto
his tongue. He was licking the honey and thinking how pleasurable it was;
he had forgotten the animals, the witch, the snake, the mice, and the
wasps. The person in the story may seem insane to us. However, this tale
depicts the condition of all humans under the influence of desire. The
forest in which the man was walking represents the material world in which
we live, where there is danger at every step. The animals that chased him
represent diseases that begin to appear in life, and continue harassing us
until death. The witch represented old age that is waiting to embrace us
with the passage of time. The snake at the bottom of the pit is like the
inevitable death that awaits us all. The white and black mice that were
nibbling on the branch represent day and night, which are steadily reducing
our life and bringing us closer to death. The wasps that were stinging the
face are like the innumerable desires that arise in the mind and agitate
it, causing us pain and distress. Honey represents the sensual enjoyment we
experience in the world, which clouds the discrimination of our intellect.
Hence, forgetting our precarious position, we remain absorbed in enjoying
the temporary delights of the senses. Shree Krishna states that it is this
type of lustful desire that is responsible for shrouding our power of
discrimination.
6 आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा | कामरूपेण कौन्तेय
दुष्पूरेणानलेन च || 39||
āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya
duṣhpūreṇānalena cha
Even the Gnanis are not excluded; āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino
nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya; the villains are in gross elements,
spreading their wings, hence GODMEN are dime a dozen. The Guilt of sins
committed in their life, torture them so badly, they run from the pillars
to the posts. *BG 3.40*: The senses, mind, and intellect are said to be
breeding grounds of desire. Through them, it clouds one’s knowledge and
deludes the embodied soul. इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्य: परं मन:
| मनसस्तु
परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धे: परतस्तु स: || 42|| indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ
paraṁ manaḥ manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ // BG
3.42: The senses are superior to the gross body, and superior to the senses
is the mind. Beyond the mind is the intellect, and even beyond the
intellect is the soul. Again, base element to top element ranking.
Realising one’s mind is eventful. Hence seeking the soul is important to
save our souls.
7 The remarkable sense spectators today distinguishing saivam, Vainavam
and sanathana Hinduism as compartments did not , know , the formers, were
only local language translations of the denied language. Tiruvalluvar is a
saivaite or vainavaite or Vedic can be seen in “ AZHUKKARU, AVA , VEGULI ,
INNA IN NANGUM, MANAK KEDAKEDUM noy; WHAT Geetha said above, DESIRE IS THE
ROOT CAUSE FOLLOWED BY OTHER PILLARS ARE reproduced by Valluvar after 1500
years; Buddhism was propounded only on this desire after 2000 to 3000 years
but Kejriwal is propounding some thing ignorantly. He harenguedd in “
Mazhithalum Neeetalum vendaavaam , Yakkaikku ulagam pazhithathu
ozhithuvidin; no need to shave your head or grow beard as Sanyasi at all;
better stay off the qualities the world is dreaded about. “Manathikkan
masialan aadhal, ANAITHU ARAN agula, NEERA PIRA; WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT
FEAR, GUILTLESS, CLEAN, is the dharma -THE ONLY DHARMA, none the else.
Become sinless. EENNDRAAL PASI KANBAANAAYINUM, SEYARKKA, SANDROR PAZHIKKUM
VINAI; never do what is abhorred by the good ones, even if one were to feed
his hungry mother.
8 The question raised by Arjuna is answered; but why no one else had
asked about it? What is affecting one’s conscious is the SIN; cannot the
Sin be absolved by a total surrender as propounded by the Vedic scholar Sri
Ramanuja, since the BG said, surrender to that one only, understanding ME
as the only BRAHMAM; where that thought is in progress, where is the avenue
to commit the sin? having swimmed under the pool of the sins all the life,
suddenly how that realisation would set in? If the solution was so simple,
HE would not have said also that 1 only one in a million reach me; and 2
and even the YOGI stays for some time in lower level and return back again
to be reborn. The stress of absolute surrender to save from all the sins,
is encouraging one, not to lose the hope, to raise up; it is to show mercy
even to the papis; more the efforts exerted, better the turning towards the
right path. A small body, an abstract MIND and the reach is beyond the
infinity.
KR IRS 91022
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