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tatvabodha phala shruti TB-76

तरति शोकमात्मवित् इति श्रुतेः |TB-76|

तरति tarati = He crosses

शोकमात्मवित् shokam Atmavit = sorrow.. who? The wiseman, of course..

इति श्रुतेः iti shrute: = because shruti declares it so..

This is the concluding declaration on the part of the guru..



You may recall how the guru He starts in his very first opening statement to the student that he will teach for the well being of the mumukshu who is endowed with the four-fold qualifications.. the very essence of what tatva vivekam the student has to know for gaining moksham or liberation..

Then every syllable of this wonderful text has been steeped in the essence of upanishats..

Not one word is a stray statement..

The reference texts are prashna upanishat, chAndogya upanishat, bRhadAraNyaka upanishat, jAbAla upnishat, taitreeya upanishat, kena upanishat, kaivalya upanishat, shvetAsvatara upanishat..

I must mention here that almost all statements can be traced to bhagavadgeetA as well.. but as for as those of us who accept veda as a means of knowledge.. it is really the words of paramEshvara in the form of vyAsa and kRShNa.. We have no problem with geetA whatsoever even some may discard it as smRti or a man-made work of advice to arjuna..

With this 100% back-up from vedas and upanisats, the guru simply asserts the student and THUS ALL OF US HERE IN SDS COMMUNITY, that the upanishat decalres that the gnyAni crosses sorrow..

What sorrow?.. we may ask..

SDS also tells us "WHAT SORROW?"

Shruti does not even accept a creation from the view point of POR.. what to talk fo this assumed jeevatvam on our part..!

That assumed sorrow is samsAra shokam.. or the repeated births and deaths for us..

That samsAra cycle ends only by gnyAnam..

moksham by gnyAnam only.. moksham is idential to gnyAnam..

All of efforts are only for removal of avidyA..

We are liberated when we were thinking "I am this body".. AS WELL AS AFTER removal of self ignorance.. "I sport this body"

THAT SHOKAM IS CROSSED

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