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maha vAkya vichAram begins..! TB-57

स्थूल शरीर अभिमानि जीव नामकं ब्रम्ह प्रतीम्बं भवति | स एव जीव: प्रकृत्या स्वस्मात् ईश्वरं भिन्नत्वेन जानाति |TB-57|

sthUla shareera abhimAni jeeva nAmakam bramha pratiimbam bhavati | sa eva jeeva: prakRtyA svasmAt eeshvaram bhinnatvena jAnAti |TB-56|



Okay.. now the guru is ready to introduce the beloved disciple into the very brief yet powerful mahA vakya vichAram.. which is really.. the ONENESS BETWEEN US THE MISERABLE HUMANS AND GOD THE ALMIGHTY..! here alone lies all the confusion n our buddhi..

I know I am limited by time space and objects.. my knowledge is limited.. and my power is limited..

god has NONE of the above limitations..

Here tatva bodha does not do elaborate analysis as what shankara has done in his bhAShyams on upanishas, geetA and bramha sUtram.. yet enough is said for the uttama adhikAri to appreciate the one-ness.. and if the student is NOT interested in teaching, but merely appreciate the fact that he or she is liberated at this very moment, then the teaching is really over..

If the student now wants to teach others what he or she ahs learnt, better start studying samskRtam..!

sthUla shareera abhimAni = this person who has TOTAL identidication with the body mind sense complex.. jeeva nAmakam = He is referred to by the name "jeeva" bramha pratiimbam bhavati = is merely a reflection of the bramhan.

sa eva jeeva: = THAT VERY SAME JEEVA prakRtyA = BY HIS VERY NATURE AND QUITE NAUALLY bhinnatvena jAnAti = (AND WITH CERTAINTY) SEES DIFFERENTLY eeshvaram = THE GOD svasmAt = FROM HIMSELF (AT ALL TIMES)

Now we can see why when someone asks us "Who are you?", the first response would be Ram Mani.. a father.. a tennis player. a dancer.. an uncle.. a tall guy.. a funny guy.. etc etc etc.

Then should I say. "I AM GOD?"

That would be just as dumb as these other statements.!

I remember a guy who thought he was god, TOTALLY DELUDED, stood in front of a train and was shredded to pieces in San Francisco.!

So let us be very very careful in this mahAvAkya vichAram !

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