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TB Opening lines..

वासुदेवेन्द्र योगीन्द्रं नत्वा ज्ञानप्रदं गुरुम् |
मुमुक्षूणां हितार्ताय तत्वबोधः अभीधीयते || TB-1 ||

vAsudhEvEndhra yogIndhram nathvA gnApradham gurum |
mumukshUNAm hithArThAya thathvaboDhaH aBiDhIyathE || TB-1||


this simply invokes the grace of the guru.. even the word "guru" is defined as "gu" representing the darkness or ignorance of our budhDhi and "ru" representing its removal. Whle many gurus are there, very few are capable of removing the many ignorances we have, ONLY a guru well-versed in SAsthram, committed to understanding and unfolding brmhan can remove our ignorance regarding ourselves.. a person who is desirous of the removal of self-ignorance is really a mumukshu because he (here not the gender, but th quality of pumsthvam is referred to as he) has discerned that dharma and artha and kama have only limited results and thus he goes for the kill..! knowing which the samsaram ends.. for assuring that type of mumukshu the salvation, this thathva boDhah is taught..

thathvam means the true nature of jIvaH, jagath, and ISvaraH.. boDhaH means the teaching..

Here the author invokes the grace of his guru vAsudhEvEndhra.. who is capable of giving the Sishya the gnAnam (knowledge about oneself). Having saluted his guru, the author starts unfolding the granTham called thathvaboDha: which is intended for the ultimate goodness of those who desire moksham or liberation or end to samsAram..

This itself is a mahA prathignA or a great promise by the author, because this one line alone is enough to settle the uncertaities in our head about pramANa asamBAvanA or the doubts one may have as to the very validity of this text..! Now the seeker must have SradhDhA and go further into the text and analyze.. We will do just that..

The next line talks about sADhana cathustayam.. The four fold qualifications necessary to make a person qualified to pursue the teaching. It is important to note that NO one person has all of these it total measure except god..!!

(to be contd..)