Sushmajee
Puraan | Notes
Quotations From Puraan-3
In Sat Yug, Tretaa Yug and Dwaapar Yug, country, village and family are
also the partners of sins and Punya done by an individual; but in Kali
Yug, only the doer has to enjoy and suffer for his Punya and sins.
The secret of Bhaagvat Dharm is known only to 12 people - Brahmaa Jee,
Devarshi Naarad, Bhagavaan Shankar, Sanat Kumaar, Kapil Dev, Swaayambhuv
Manu, Prahlaad, Janak Jee, Bheeshm Pitaamaha, Raajaa Bali, Shukdev Jee,
and I (Dharm Raaj).
Whosoever does not win Kaam (lust and desires), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed),
Moh (intense love), Mad (pride) and Matsar (intense pride) - these six enemies,
he has to do many Karm in spite of his unwillingness to do any Karm."
A-Dharm is of five types - Vi-Dharm, Par-Dharm, Aabhaas, Upamaa, and Chhal.
Whatever action is done with Dharm and wisdom, but still hinders his own
Dharm is called Vi-Dharm. When somebody else tells the Dharm to somebody
else is called Par-Dharm. Paakhand is called Updharm or Upamaa. Misinterpretation
of Shaastra is called Chhal (deception). When a human being accepts an action
of another Aashram with his own will that is called "Aabhaag". Thus
everybody should do his actions according to his own Varn and Aashram and nature.
Upanishad say - "This body is like a chariot, Indriyaan are horses, Man (mind)
is rein, all pleasures are paths, wisdom is the driver, 10 Praan are Dhuree (axle),
Dharm and A-Dharm are two wheels of the chariot, and Jeev is the rider. Omkaar is
the bow of the rider, Jeev is arrow, and Paramaatmaa is the aim. So control this
chariot, take the Gyaan sword from Guru and destroy all your enemies, and leave
this body to join Paramaatmaa."
There are three types of A-Dwait - Bhaav-Dwait, Kriyaa-Dwait, and Dravyaa-Dwait.
As the cloth is a form of thread, in the same way action is also cause. Thinking
unity in all is called Bhaav-Dwait. All Karm, done by mind, speech and body, are
done in Paramaatmaa only, thinking thus is called Kriyaa-Dwait. All people's aims
and pleasures are the same, so not discriminating between own and others, is called
Dravyaa-Dwait.
[Yayaati to Devayaanee] Dear, all kinds of materials, grains, gold, animals, women
cannot satisfy a man who has limitless desires. Enjoyment of pleasures does not
satisfy desires.
Being quiet for speech, being without action for body, and Praanaayaam for mind
are the three Dand (rules) for a Sanyaasee. Who does not have these three Dand
then the scepter in his hand is useless.
A Gyaanee and who does not desire even Moksh, is not even bound to the rules
of Aashram. If he wants he can leave Aashram and their symbols. He can play
like a child in spite of being intelligent. He can behave like a fool in
spite of being knowledgeable, and behave like animals in spite of knowing
all Ved methods. He should not argue on Karm Kaand of Ved, should not be
Paakhandee, and should not favor anybody where any kind of arguments are
going on. He should be so much patient that neither he should makes anybody
else angry, nor he himself should get angry at anytime. A Sanyaasee should
not quarrel with anybody for this body.
[Sanak Jee says to Naarad Jee in reference to Ekaadashee Vrat]
[Yam Raaj says to incoming people in his kingdom]
Naarad Jee asked - "You told me that who donated land etc they enjoy the
fruit of that donation till thousands of Kalp. And then you told me that in
Praakrit Pralaya the whole Universe gets destroyed, so tell me that do the
Punya and Paap of Jeev not finish by Pralaya time?" Sanak Jee said -
"It is only Hari who creates the world in the form of Brahmaa, maintain
it in the form of Vishnu and destroys it in the form of Shiv. When Pralaya is
over, Hari takes the form of Brahmaa and create the world as before. Whoever
was wherever in the former Kalp, he is created there itself in the new Kalp,
so a Jeev has to bear the fruits of his Punya and Paap. After Pralaya, whatever
fruits of his Karm remain, he bears it in the next Kalp. No Karm is destroyed
even in millions of Kalp without bearing its fruit. Thus one has to bear the fruit
of his good or bad Karm."
Sanak Jee said - "Aatmaa (soul) is of two types Par Aatmaa and A-Par Aatmaa.
Paramaatmaa is Param Brahm and is Nir-Gun; and A-Par Aatmaa or A-Par Brahm is said
to be "with Ahankaar" - Jeev Aatmaa. To know them as one is called "Gyaan
Yog".
Sanak Jee told Naarad Jee a story of hunter, in which the hunter wanted to kill a
priest of a temple, he said to hunter - "Whatever is to happen, will happen;
and whatever is not to happen, will never happen" who thinks in this way, they
never worry about anything."
There is no Teerth like Gangaa, there is no Guru like mother, there is no Devtaa like
Vishnu, and there is no Tattwa greater than Guru.
Meeting ends in separation and life ends in death, but Trishnaa (intense desire to
have something) never ends, therefore contentment is the highest pleasure.
There is no brother like Shaanti (peace), no greater Tap than Satya (truth), no
greater benefit than Moksh and no higher river than Gangaa.
There is no death like defame, no enemy like anger, no sin like speaking ill about
others, and no fear like Moh (intense love), no defame like seeing fault in others,
no fire like Kaam (desire), no bondage like Raag (attachment) and no poison like
attachment.
There is no way of Praayashchit for a killer of child in the womb. There is no
Praayashchit for Naastik (atheists), unfaithful, A-Dharmee and traitors also.
One's own intellect gives joy, Guru's intellect brings special joy, other's
intellect is the cause of destruction only and a woman's intellect brings
only Pralaya.
Wealth has three types of Gati (use) - donation, enjoyment, and destruction. Who
neither donates it nor enjoys it, his wealth becomes the cause of his destruction.
Fruit of wealth is Dharm, and Dharm is the same which pleases Vishnu. Who do not
do good to others by body, mind or speech, or wealth, they should be considered
great sinners.
There is no Teerth like Gangaa, there is no Guru like mother, there is no Devtaa
like Vishnu, and there is no greater Tap than fasting. There is no mother like
Forgiveness, there is no wealth like fame, there is no benefit like knowledge,
there is no father like Dharm, there is no friend like Vivek and there is no
Vrat like Ekaadashee.
This Jeev, born on Prithvi, is bound to Kaamanaa (desires and wishes). He
becomes greedy because of Kaam (desires), greed makes him angry, and anger
destroys Dharm, as Dharm is destroyed Buddhi (mind) also get disoriented,
and whose Buddhi gets disoriented, he starts committing sins; therefore
this body is the root of all sins and the same indulges in Paap.
Deer manages with grass, fish lives in water, and gentle people live with
contentment; but three types of people are enemies of even these three
without any reason in the world, they are - hunter (who kills deer), Dheevar
(who bring water to families) and who tell about one to another. All relations
are only a man's own till he earns the money, but Dharm is useful in both the
worlds. "Whatever is to happen, will happen; and whatever is not to happen,
will never happen" who think in this way, they never worry about anything.
Shaastra say that one should do Yagya etc Karm to abandon wealth; Vrat to
abandon pleasures, Tap to abandon physical comforts; and Yog to abandon
everything. This is the outer most limit of abandoning the world. To abandon
everything is the best way to get rid of sorrows and pains.
There is no eye like knowledge. there is no Tapasyaa like Truth, there is no
sorrow like intense love, there is no comfort like sacrifice. To be away from
Paap Karm, to do always Punya Karm, to follow saints' behavior and observing
good conduct - are the best means of pleasure.
Whichever wealth is not donated, that also goes away; whichever kingdom is not
guarded well that kingdom is also lost; and whichever Gyaan is not practiced,
it also doesn't stay long. Lazy people don't obtain knowledge and who are always
busy in Vrat, they don't get wife. One doesn't get fame without Bhagavaan's Bhakti,
one doesn't get pleasure without hard work, and one doesn't get children without
wife. Unclean person doesn't earn Punya, whoever Braahman doesn't speak sweetly,
he doesn't get money; who doesn't question elder people, he doesn't obtain knowledge;
who doesn't start his journey, he never arrives anywhere; and who is always awake,
he never fears.
There is no other month like Kaarttik, no other Yug like Sat Yug, no other Dharm
like kindness, and no other light like eyes. There is no other Shaastra like Ved,
no other Teerth like Gangaa, no other donation like land donation, no other worldly
pleasure like wife's pleasure, no other wealth like farms, no other benefit like
to maintain a cow, no other Tap like fasting, and no other way of doing good like
keeping one's Indriyaan under control, no other satiation like tongue (taste)
satiation, no other Varn like Braahman, no other prosperity like health, no other
Devtaa like Vishnu, and no other Vrat like Kaartik Vrat. Thus learned people say.
There are 8 Aatm Gun - (1) Dayaa, (2) Kshamaa, (3) Ansooyaa, (4) Anaayaas, (5) Maangalya,
(6) Akaarpanya, (7) A-Sprahaa, and (8) Shauch. Who has these Gun or characteristics,
he goes to Swarg.
One should be silent at the time of - (1) going on the road, (2) doing sex, (3)
excreting, (4) brushing teeth, (5) taking bath, and 6) eating food.
One should leave the following 7 things - (1) re-donating the thing one has
already donated, (2) Prithakpaak, (3) drinking water with Ghee, (4) drinking
water with milk, (5) drinking water in the night, (6) biting nails, and (7)
drinking very hot water.
One should not pluck flowers for worshipping after taking bath, because these
flowers are not good to offer Bhagavaan.
If water, or straw, or ash, or door or path are in between, then there is no
Pankti Dosh.
A Braahman is never attached to sin by doing Ved prescribed Karm, and a woman
is never attached to sin by coming into contact with a Vyabhichaaree (men who
go to many women or a womanizer) man. If a woman has been raped, or is spoiled
by falling in the hands of an enemy, she should be abandoned till her next
menstrual period. A woman is clean after her menstrual period.
When Soorya sees a Braahman taking Sanyaas, he is shaken thinking that this
Braahman will pierce my Mandal (region) and will attain Par-Brahm. Fasting,
Vrat, Snaan, Teerth and tap - all give fruit, but they are completed by a
Braahman and give fruits to people.
"Pranav" (Aum) is Par-Brahm Param-Aatmaa; Praanaayaam is the only
Tap; and there is no Mantra greater than Saavitree (Gaayatree) Mantra.
Before long, Som, Gandharv and Agni - these three Devtaa used to enjoy women, later
human beings started enjoying them, so women do not get attached to sin by this. If
any other Varn man impregnates a woman, the woman is A-Shauch (unclean) till she
sees her first menstruation after the delivery of the child.
All Yaadav were 30 million (3 Crore) in number. AND
Whether one is a son or a daughter or somebody else, he should offer Pind to
the dead like a son. Our all senses (Indriyaan) are never satiated from enjoying their subjects and mind (the 11th sense) asks for more and more. It has three taste buds - greed, attachment and the ego. One should be aware of it and away from them. Two Shankh (conch shell), two Chakrashilaa (Gomatee Chakra), two Shiv Ling, two Ganesh idols, two Soorya idols, three Durgaa idols should not be worshipped in one house. This harms the family.
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Updated on 05/31/13