Saturday, February 23, 2013

Krishna the almighty and the real mentor

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पांडवस्तदा
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनंजयः
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृतांजलिरभाषत


diwi sooryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitaa
yadi bhaaha sadrushee saa syaadbhaasastasya mahaatmanaha
tatraikastham jagatkrutsnam pravibhaktamanekadhaa
apashyaddevadevasya shareere paandavastadaa
tataha sa vismayaavishto hrushtaromaa dhananjayaha
pranamya shirasaa devam krutaanjaleerabhaashata

shloka meaning:

There are thousands of divine Sun and seems that there is a flying universe in him (the lord)
We can only see one Sun, but this great almighty soul has many such sun in him
He is constant the creator of the universe and has numerous disciples all over
His magnificent being isn't been seen by many God of the Gods and even rest of Pandavas
However this has been seen by dhananjaya (arjuna) who is astonished and overwhelmed by this
He (arjuna) then bending his head bowed to the great lord and with courteous tears he spoke

The above are 12-14 shlokas from 11th adhyaaya of shribhagavadgita from the Bheeshmaparva of Maharshi Vyaasa's epic Mahaabhaarata. Arjuna is blessed with the divine eyes by the great lord Krishna so he can see what is inside him. The key here is that if something wants to be shown to the person who really has the urge to see it, it will give him those eyes so that the person can see itself. It is primarily applicable for the almighty God. However, it also holds good when one seeks mentor (the Guru) who opens up after a lot of pursuasion and helps his disciple who trusts him completely and surrenders to him.

I've heard sometimes that a disciple should be able to surrender himself/herself such that even if the Guru says to dive in the well, the disciple should do it without uttering a word. We'll see and hear a lot about this kind of people in Mahaabhaarata alone. People like drona and ayodhadhaumya have illtreated their disciples and are a shame to being mentors. For being a "Real Mentor" one should read 'Bhagavadgita"