Thursday, 28 December 2017

JADABHARATOPAKHYANA - XVII

(Jadabharata continues his line of argument or clarification to King Rahugana, who had tried to chide Jadabharata for carrying the palanquin erratically. This particular line of thought can be a lesson to several people around us today. PLEASE SHARE IT IF YOU LIKE IT)
ShOchyAnimAmstAnaDhikastavADhirviShTyA nigruhNan niranugrahO(a)si|
Janasya gOptEti vikatThamAnO na shOBhasE vrudDhasaBhAsu duShTaha||
Jadabharata states:
“Owing to the pride of being a king, you are getting the works done for free from these poor guys. By doing so, you are inviting more misery. In spite of that, you still boast yourself as their king and take pride in saying so. You are cruel and you will not shine in any confluence of knowledgeable persons. You are not the protector, not the king. Lord Vishnu alone is the protector and Vishnu alone is the King and He is present in you.”

Some commentators alter the words “ShOchyAnimAmstAnaDhikastadeenAn” into ShOchyAnimAn twamaDhikaShTadeenAn” and say that it means Jadabharata had said (or meant): “You are forcefully making the servants, who are suffering a lot of trouble and are desperate, carry the palanquin and you are not a king by quality or character. You only have a body of a king…” On the contrary, Sri Madhwacharya clarifies, what Jadabharata meant to state was that the king had a wrong or false pride by misunderstanding the life he was enjoying was because of his own inherent quality or eligibility some other trait. In reality, Lord Vishnu is the ONLY king, which Jadabharata wanted King Rahugana to realise, conceive and follow. Jadabharata wanted the king to be aware of the fact that he was not the real king and that Hari was the real king.
YEvam mUlagOptrutwam cha ViShNOrEva|
Quote Jadabharata:
“Just as Hari is the primary Karta or doer of all our acts of carrying the weight of palanquin, walking etc., being a king perchance, you are not the King but Lord, who is intrinsic, is the king in reality.”
This leads to another question that commentators raise: “If that is the way, then it should not be said that someone is walking on the ground. It should be stated that someone is walking on or in Lord Hari.” Jadabharata clarifies this too, which can be perceived in the next post. (to be continued). SRI KRISHNARPANAMASTU     

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