Jñāneśvarī – Unsullied by Time (Part 1)
Jñāneśvarī – Unsullied by Time[1]
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கிருஹ்ய சூத்திரங்களில் குறிக்கப்படும் உபநயனத்துக்கான அம்சங்களை ரிக் வேத ஸம்ஹிதையிலேயே நம்மால் காண முடிகிறது.[1] பலி பீடமான யூப ஸ்தம்பத்தை (yūpa-stambha) இளைஞனாகப் போற்றுகிறார்கள் – “மேகலை அணிந்து அழகாய் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட பாலகன் இதோ வருகிறான் (மேகலை அணிந்த பாலகனை ரசானுபாவமாக யூப ஸ்தம்பத்தோடு இங்கே ஒப்பிடுகிறார்கள்); இப்பிறப்பால் உயர்நிலை அடைகிறான்; தேவதைகளை வணங்கி வழிபடும் ரிஷிகள், பெரும் மகிழ்ச்சிகொண்டு அவனை வளரச் செய்கின்றனர்.”[2]
On the way to the battleground, Arjuna was profusely sweating all over. He was anxious about the outcome of the day’s war. Looking at his perplexity, Kṛṣṇa said “Gāṇḍīvī! Why are you so demotivated? The ones you have defeated with this bow cannot be defeated by mere mortals. Has anybody survived in an encounter with Bhīṣma or Droṇa. Yet, I wish to give you a piece of advice – you shouldn’t take Karṇa lightly. He is an equal to you. I consider him slightly greater than you in prowess. It is only because of Karṇa’s presence that Duryodhana has gained confidence of being a hero.
ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದನ್ನಾದರೂ ಅದರ ಸ್ವಭಾವ ಇಂಥದ್ದೆಂದು ವರ್ಣಿಸುವಾಗ “ಧರ್ಮ”ಪದವನ್ನು ಸಮಾಸದ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಬಳಸಿ ನುಡಿಗಟ್ಟಾಗಿಸುವುದುಂಟು. ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗೆ: “ಭೈಕ್ಷ್ಯಧರ್ಮಾ ಯತಯಃ” (ಯತಿಗಳು ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ ಬೇಡಿ ಬದುಕುವಂಥವರು). ಹೀಗೆಯೇ ಆಶ್ರಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಬದುಕಲಾರದವರು ಬಳ್ಳಿಯಂಥವರು: “ಲತಾಧರ್ಮಾಃ.”
ಲತಾಧರ್ಮಾಃ (೫.೨೯.೪೯)
ಬಡವರಿಗೆ ಹಸಿವೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚೆಂಬುದು ನಾಣ್ನುಡಿ. ಗಟ್ಟಿಮುಟ್ಟಾದವರು ಕಲ್ಲನ್ನೂ ತಿಂದು ಅರಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆಂದು ಕೂಡ ಹೇಳುವುದುಂಟು. ಇವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂವಾದಿ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಆ ಪ್ರಕಾರ “ಬಡವರ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಯೂ ಕರಗಿಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ!”
Among the violinists from Mulbagal (Kolar district, Karnataka), four are prominent:
Among these, Madhavayya was the best when it comes to his command over the instrument and proficiency in the Ragas. But Sethumadhava Rao was the most senior in terms age and experience. Hence, I shall commence by narrating about him first.
Now I will narrate some social etiquette that was in practice more than seventy years ago. People did not frequent hotels or restaurants back then. In fact, one couldn’t find any hotels or restaurants in any town other than Bangalore [in the Mysore Province]. The common belief among the brāhmaṇas was that running a restaurant or eating in one was highly improper.
As the last vestige of India’s glorious heritage of Kshatra (or valour), we see the solid resistance of the native Indian army during the First War of Indian Independence in 1857. After this, we observe the same Kshatra spirit in Subash Chandra Bose’s army Azad Hind Fauj in 1944.
Deeply influenced by the Bhagavad-gītā, the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson kept aside much of the Christian doctrine not aligned to it and began advocating the karma-siddhānta (principle of karma-yoga) – to the extent that people began criticizing Emerson as having become anti-Christianity.
Among the important citizens of Mysore state, based on their oratory skills and efficiency, I can say from the bottom of my heart, that Abbas Khan sahib belongs to the top echelons.