|| तत्वबोध -- 22,23,24||
TB-22,23,24 sUkshma SarIra Explanation (cont'd)
sUkshma SarIram explanation by the guru contiues.. Now the guru expalins the 5 organs of action.. NO PHYSICAL ACTION CAN BE PERFORMED WITHOUT one or a combination of THESE AND THEY ALL ARE PART OF OUR PHYSICAL BODY.. then one question we may have is why are they classified under subtle body.. the reason is quite simple.. remember the phsical body is a mere place of enjoyment of pleasure and pain, but IT IS THE SUBTLE BODY that is makes us the doer or enjoyer.. THESE ORGANS OF ACTION IS NOTHING IF THE SUBTLE BODY IS NOT BEHIND THEM.. that is why the tastiest roti and subzi is totally ignored if the mind is employing the eyes in reading the cricket score or stock prices..!
वाग्.. the organ of speech.. पाणि.. our hands.. पाद.. our feet पायु.. our organs of evacuation.. उपस्थानि.. our genitals.. इति पञ्च कर्म इन्द्रियाणि.. these are the five organs of action.. |TB-22|
Now the guru explains the presiding deities for the organs of action.. vEdhA actually has rituals through which these gods can be worshipped if they are malfunctioning..(Though thta is not the real intent of TB..)!!!
वाचः दॅवता वह्निः| Fire is the dhEvathA for speech..! very appropriately also!! we can actually fry someone with our words..! it is good to be careful when speaking..!
हस्तयोः इन्द्रः|.. for the hands the deity is indhra:.. want to have strong and healthy arms? you know whom to pray to now..
पादयोः विष्णुः|.. Lord vishNu is the dhEvathA for the feet..
पायॉः मृत्युः| Lord yamA presides over our organs of evacuation..
उपस्थस्य प्रजापतिः| The presiding dhEvathA for the genitals is brmhAji the creator..
इति कर्म इन्द्रिय दॅवताः.. these are teh dhEvathAs for the organs of action..|TB-23|
Now the guru also expalins the functions of each of these organs of action.. Now the students of TB can appreciate how the human body does what it is supposed to be doing.. Sometimes it looks obvious, but quite a few times it is obviously misunderstood or mis-explained.. Thus a cleare understanding helps us later assimilate the mahAvakyam.!!
वाच: विषय: भाषणम्|.. Talking is the function for the organ of speech..
पाण्योः विषय वस्तुग्रहणम्|.. arms are used for grabbing an object..
पादयोः विषयः गमनम्|.. walking is perfomed with the help of feet.
पायोः विषयः मलत्यागः| the organs of evacuation performs all of the necessary functions for throwing out the waste products from the body.. One can appreciate how well our human body is put together intelligently by reflection on any of these..
उपस्थस्य विषय आनन्द इति.. the genitals are primary used for procreation purposes.. here no disctinctionis made betwenn whose genitals are superior, that of a male or a female.. SAsthram simply explains these as a medical doctor would approach a human body.. |TB-24|
We get to knw the world with our organs of knowledge.. we cn pray to the presiding deities of the organs of knowledge if we have an ailment.. We act with our organts of action.. we can pray tot he deities if they malfunction.. It gives us a lot of reflective reasoning to ponder upon things that we take for granted..
There is also a wonderful order as TB expalins us HUMANS..! BUT PLEASE REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES THAT THIS IS ONLY A MODEL GIVEN BY OUR SCRIPTURES..
This explanation is also NOT sathyam and OURS is the only SAsthram n the universe that declares it as mithyA.. so if tomorrow a scientist comes up with a better model to explain our human body, our scriptures have NO objectio to it.. !
Why so? As none of this is sathyam.. a mithyA model is adequate for explaining the mithyA jIva, the mithyA Isvara: and the mithyA jagath.. BUT IT IS A VERY POWERFUL MODEL THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.. in fact I personally believe a finer model to describe us is yet to come..!
With this appreciation of our sThUla and sUkshma SarIram, we can explore a few more aspects of our sUkshma SarIram..
We have to work on the five vital airs.. what is mind.. what is budhDhi..a few more ways of looking at our existence . BUT NOT JUST LIVING, BUT UNDERSTNADING OUR EXISTNECE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES..(to be cont'd)
sUkshma SarIram explanation by the guru contiues.. Now the guru expalins the 5 organs of action.. NO PHYSICAL ACTION CAN BE PERFORMED WITHOUT one or a combination of THESE AND THEY ALL ARE PART OF OUR PHYSICAL BODY.. then one question we may have is why are they classified under subtle body.. the reason is quite simple.. remember the phsical body is a mere place of enjoyment of pleasure and pain, but IT IS THE SUBTLE BODY that is makes us the doer or enjoyer.. THESE ORGANS OF ACTION IS NOTHING IF THE SUBTLE BODY IS NOT BEHIND THEM.. that is why the tastiest roti and subzi is totally ignored if the mind is employing the eyes in reading the cricket score or stock prices..!
वाग्.. the organ of speech.. पाणि.. our hands.. पाद.. our feet पायु.. our organs of evacuation.. उपस्थानि.. our genitals.. इति पञ्च कर्म इन्द्रियाणि.. these are the five organs of action.. |TB-22|
Now the guru explains the presiding deities for the organs of action.. vEdhA actually has rituals through which these gods can be worshipped if they are malfunctioning..(Though thta is not the real intent of TB..)!!!
वाचः दॅवता वह्निः| Fire is the dhEvathA for speech..! very appropriately also!! we can actually fry someone with our words..! it is good to be careful when speaking..!
हस्तयोः इन्द्रः|.. for the hands the deity is indhra:.. want to have strong and healthy arms? you know whom to pray to now..
पादयोः विष्णुः|.. Lord vishNu is the dhEvathA for the feet..
पायॉः मृत्युः| Lord yamA presides over our organs of evacuation..
उपस्थस्य प्रजापतिः| The presiding dhEvathA for the genitals is brmhAji the creator..
इति कर्म इन्द्रिय दॅवताः.. these are teh dhEvathAs for the organs of action..|TB-23|
Now the guru also expalins the functions of each of these organs of action.. Now the students of TB can appreciate how the human body does what it is supposed to be doing.. Sometimes it looks obvious, but quite a few times it is obviously misunderstood or mis-explained.. Thus a cleare understanding helps us later assimilate the mahAvakyam.!!
वाच: विषय: भाषणम्|.. Talking is the function for the organ of speech..
पाण्योः विषय वस्तुग्रहणम्|.. arms are used for grabbing an object..
पादयोः विषयः गमनम्|.. walking is perfomed with the help of feet.
पायोः विषयः मलत्यागः| the organs of evacuation performs all of the necessary functions for throwing out the waste products from the body.. One can appreciate how well our human body is put together intelligently by reflection on any of these..
उपस्थस्य विषय आनन्द इति.. the genitals are primary used for procreation purposes.. here no disctinctionis made betwenn whose genitals are superior, that of a male or a female.. SAsthram simply explains these as a medical doctor would approach a human body.. |TB-24|
We get to knw the world with our organs of knowledge.. we cn pray to the presiding deities of the organs of knowledge if we have an ailment.. We act with our organts of action.. we can pray tot he deities if they malfunction.. It gives us a lot of reflective reasoning to ponder upon things that we take for granted..
There is also a wonderful order as TB expalins us HUMANS..! BUT PLEASE REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES THAT THIS IS ONLY A MODEL GIVEN BY OUR SCRIPTURES..
This explanation is also NOT sathyam and OURS is the only SAsthram n the universe that declares it as mithyA.. so if tomorrow a scientist comes up with a better model to explain our human body, our scriptures have NO objectio to it.. !
Why so? As none of this is sathyam.. a mithyA model is adequate for explaining the mithyA jIva, the mithyA Isvara: and the mithyA jagath.. BUT IT IS A VERY POWERFUL MODEL THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.. in fact I personally believe a finer model to describe us is yet to come..!
With this appreciation of our sThUla and sUkshma SarIram, we can explore a few more aspects of our sUkshma SarIram..
We have to work on the five vital airs.. what is mind.. what is budhDhi..a few more ways of looking at our existence . BUT NOT JUST LIVING, BUT UNDERSTNADING OUR EXISTNECE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES..(to be cont'd)
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