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Embodiments of Love!

This is another wonderful Gem;

Sex is divine if there is an element of love;

If we understand sex properly then we will not come across news about rapes;

If we think body only is required for sex, then masturbation is the best;

In this sloka, Adi Sankara talks about one thing only

 In spite of all the weapons of influence which make mortals fall in love with the opposite sex, divine grace is required to fructify those efforts

Under explanation, I will share my views

Sloka 6-Soundarya lahari

धनुः पौष्पं मौर्वी मधुकरमयी पञ्चविशिखाः

वसन्तः सामन्तो मलयमरुदायोधनरथः ।

तथाप्येकः सर्वं हिमगिरिसुते कामपि कृपा-

मपाङ्गात्ते लब्ध्वा जगदिदमनङ्गो विजयते ॥६॥

Transliteration

dhanuh poushpam mourwee madhu karamayee pancha visikhaah

vasantas saamanto malaya marud aayodhana rathah

tathaa apy aekas sarwam hima giri sutae kaamapi kripaam

apaangaat tae labdhwaa jagad idam anango vijayatae.

Simple Meaning:

Below is the poetical meaning:

Oh! Daughter of the snow mountain! What to say about your blessings! Manmadha’s bow

is sugarcane twig. Its string is made of bee line. His five arrows are flowers. Vasanta

(spring season) is his pal and companion. Gentle (Malaya) mountain breeze is his chariot

to wage his war. Thus, though all his instruments and associates are so inefficient,

Ananga (Manmadha) triumphs over this entire world. Isn’t because of the compassionate

glance from the corner of your eye?

Below is the direct meaning:

The bow is flowery. The bow string is made of bees. The five (flowers) are the arrows. Vasanta is the neighboring king (ally). The breeze from the Malaya Mountain is the war chariot. Even thus and (all) alone, Oh daughter of the snowy mountain! Having obtained some sort compassion from the corner of your eye, Ananga triumphs over this entire world.

 Oh daughter of the snow-clad Himalaya mountain!Kaamadeva, the God of love, has only a bow made of arrows, with its string comprised of a cluster of honeybees, and arrows barely five. The spring season (periodical and undependable) is his assistant and the southern breeze, his war-chariot. Yet, with such frail equipment, bodiless and alone though he be, Manmatha conquers the entire Universe, having obtained some favour through Thy benign side-glance.

Explanation:

Beautiful

You may think Sankara being a saint is talking about sex only;

In the outset it may look simple but Adi Sankara, was wisdom embodied; he would not have wasted a sloka on sex matter;

Now listen

You can see people with the following aspirations:

To acquire the Highest educational standard;

Highest wisdom;

To accumulate highest qualifications;

To win the music world by wonderful concerts;

To sway the mass with speech;

To make slaves by wonderful writings;

To amass wealth;

To maintain the best body and health;

To become the top official;

To rule the world;

All the above mentioned or not mentioned have limited franchisees;

But 2 things have universal following:

1)    Food for the stomach

2)  Sex for the body

The above are involuntary and sustain life;

When all other things can be achieved with our BRAIN POWER, food and sex CANNOT be done /achieved by mere brain power;

We will talk about food and my MATA’s grace in the future slokas;

Here we will talk about SEX;

As shared earlier, sex is the motivating force for all creatures whether we accept and reject the same;

You might have heard materialistic kings and spiritual giants have been felled by beauty queens;

Both need food

Both need sex

Science is unable to produce food; scientists may manipulate and modify forms but they CANNOT create food in the real sense of creation;

Sex and the ultimate progeny are again cannot be achieved by science; 

you may argue medicines like Viagra can create sex feeling; it is temporary and cruel; just take a tablet of Sildenafil Citrate one night and observe what happens next day; severe head ache and reddish eyes which may kill you for 2-3 days, whereas natural sex with your beloved one cannot be created by hormones only; it surely requires divine interventions;

Also conceiving a child is again a billion dollar question; it requires divine dispensation;

Food and Sex:

Both the above are extremes

Food—if you eat now, you will claim stomach is full, no more extra ingestion;

Sex—if you have sex now, you may claim body is full, no more extra sex now;

But both are required till death repeatedly ;

Both SUSTAIN life;

It is natural of Adi Sankara to postulate that the life sustaining forces cannot be aided by human beings but only by some superior force which is true also.

Note: I wish to say more but I see Mata Parvathi in front of me; 
She is beyond words; 
FORGIVE me !

धन्यवाद:

See you in the next episode

With lots of love

श्वस्ति , मङ्गलं भूयात्

राजगोपालः

rajagopal

23.12.2015