ATMA BODHA 52
“UPADHISTOPI TAD- DHARMAIHI ALIPTO VYOMAVIT- MUNIHI
SARVAVIT-MOODHAVAT TISHTET ASAKTO-VAYUVAT-CHARET.”
“THOUGH HE LIVES INFLUENCED BY THE UPADHIS OR CONDITIONINGS ,THE CONTEMPLATIVEPERSON IS EVER UNCONCERNED WITH ANYTHING. HE MAY MOVE ABOUT LIKE THE WIND< PERFECTLY UNATTACHED.”
SANKARA, in this stanza, describes the state of Jeevanmukta or the one who has detached himself from all the attachments of terrestrial existence. A few more qualities of such an individual are presented here. The perfect man is one who has totally renounced all his clinging attachments to the finite, transitory sense objects.It is the nature of the mind to cling to something or other. What is the compensation for the man who is capable of renouncing all mortal connections? It is the constant BLISS in him.
But what is his position if he appears to seemingly
associated with material objects? Though he appears to be outwardly aware of
their existence, he is not bound by them
because he is a free man now free from these upadhis. As an enlightened person
he has learnt to live constantly in that knowledge and illumination. No weight
of limitations can pull him down!
His conduct and
behavior may change outwardly. He may move about like a child, as a drunken man
or a devil but he is not really so. He exists in the greater intoxication of
Godhood and in the subtler joy of Self-realisation. He may or may not serve the
society. He will handle any situation without getting
affected in the least by his actions or the results of his contact. In
other words he is a “Siitha Prajna” of the highest order as the Lord explains
so elaborately in the Geetha.
The sky appears to be
blue and a little grey, but the sky itself is not really so. In the same way,
the Jeevanmuktha in spite of his upadhis may wander about as an ordinary man in
the work a day world. But he plays that role and comes out of it unattached and
untainted like the wind!
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