JADABHARATA - PART IX

(In the previous episode, Jadabharata was clarifying on the concept of Jeevanmrityu tattwam and in this instance, he analyses the word ‘swaswambibhava)

The Shloka is:

SwaswamiBhAvO Dhruva yESha Yatra tarhyachyutE krutyayOgaha||

Jadabharata tells Rahugana: “The difference between the Sw2ami and the Bhrutya or the Lord and Servant is temporal. If this difference was permanent in nature, then I could have transacted with you as a servant. You could order me too.”

The word “TarhyachyutE(a)sAviti” leaves no suspicion about what Jadabharata was trying to prove. The permanent Lordship rests with one and only Achyuta. He is called as Achyuta because He is not susceptible to “chyuta” or decline, decrease or destruction. “A” serves here as the qualifying vowel that coverts the word “Chyuta” into an antonym. The Shashwata Bhrutyatwa or permanent servant-hood is seen in us — the humans, including Jadabharata and Rahugana. Although the world transacts all business and relationships with the disguised perception or mistaken notion of Swamy-Bhrutyatwa, in reality, none other than Achyuta, Lord Vishnu, can either be a permanent Swami or a permanent servant. Garuda Purana clearly states “SwAmitwam tu HarErEva muKhyam”. Swamitwa stays permanently and independently with Lord Hari. He is synonymous of Swamy. Similarly, to a certain extent, the Swamitwa stays permanently with other deities as well. However, their Swamitwa is not ‘independent’. The Swamitwa of deities is ‘swAmitAgataha” or a status bestowed upon them by Sri Hari. Jadabharata tells Rahugana:

“Oh Rahugana, the Lordship in persons like you is purely temporary and meant only for worldly activities. Tell me whether there is such an unconditional, unbiased, unprejudiced Lordship or Kingship among human kings. All their rank and file, status, pomp, glory and command are temporary and fully restricted to human world for worldly affairs. Due to Karma, a person may become King today and a servant tomorrow. Such differences do not occur among deities, according to Garuda Purana” (To be cont…..)