Gita Dhyanam - 7

 

पाराशर्यवचः सरोजममलं गीतार्थगन्धोत्कटं नानाख्यानककेसरं हरिकथा- सम्बोधनाबोधितम् ।

लोके सज्जनषट्पदैरहरहः पेपीयमानं मुदा भूयाद्भारतपङ्कजं कलिमल- प्रध्वंसिनः श्रेयसे ॥ ७॥

PArAsharayavachaH sarojamamalam GItartha gandothkatam, NAnAkhyAnakakesaram harikathA sambodhanAbodhitam.

Loke sajjana-shat-padairaharaha pepIyamAnam mudA, BhUyAd BhArata-pankajam kali-mala pradhvamsinah-shreyase..7..

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पाराशर्यवचः            - words of Parashara’s son

सरोजममलं             - lotus , clean

गीतार्थ                   - meaning of Gita

गन्ध                      - fragrance of

उत्कटं                   - filled with  

नाना                     - different

आख्यान                -stories

केसरं                    - filaments

हरिकथा                - story of Krishna

सम्बोधन                - rejoicing

आबोधितम्            - imparted

लोके                    -in this world

सज्जन                   -good heart people

षड् पदैः                -by bees

अहरहः                  - everyday

पेपीयमानं              -drunk

मुदा                     -happily

भूयात्                   -be

भारत                    - Bharatam

पङ्कजं                    - lotus

कलिमल-               - ill effects of kali yuga

प्रध्वंसिनः                - destroyer of

श्रेयसे                    - for benefit

Meaning :

May this lotus of the Mahabharata, born in the lake of the words of Vyasa (Son of Parashara), with intense sweet fragrance of the essense of Gita, with many stories as its stamens, fully opened by the discourses on Hari, the destroyer of the effects of Kaliyuga, and drunk joyously by the bees of good men in the world, day by day become the bestower of good to us.

Significance :

Lineage is one important thing which is recorded in all our Indian texts. Knowing our ancestors, knowing their value, following their words are held high in Indian tradition. Authenticity of a statement, of words are measured with the authencity of the source. Statements of vedas are authentic, words from the mouth of rishis are considered authentic. Mahabharata is told by Sage Vyasa, the text is considered as the fifth veda, each and every word is authentic, to substantiate this here the name of father of Sage vyasa is mentioned. Sage Vyasa is the son of Sage Parasara. Parasara is a great sage who is a great seer, who is the grandson of sage Vashishta,who inturn is created by Brahma himself. Parasara is the author of great Indian texts like VrukshAyurveda, who is praised in many verses in Rigveda.

Mahabharata is not just the story of war Pandavas and Kauravas, but it is a repository of information. Ramayanam, Nalopakhyanam, Vishnu Sahasranamam, Vidura Neeti are in the great Indian Epic. Mahabharata came from the the sage Vyasa and Gita is told by the Lord Himself. Those words which came from the mouth of God Himself serves as the means to remove the sufferings we undergo in this Kali yuga. Kali yuga is the 4th yuga ( Satya yuga, treta yuga , dwapara yuga and Kali yuga), where the world is filled with adharma. Dharma when symbolised as a cow, it stands with one leg. It is said the punya acquired by doing penance in satya yuga can be acquired by uttering the nAma of the Supreme in kali yuga. to ward off all the illeffects of Kali yuga we need to think of Krishna and utter His name alone. Krishna showers His mercy on us by giving the complete guide on how to lead our life and cross this and attain Bliss.