THE HOLY YOGA
CHAPTER 5
SANYASA YOGA OR THE RENUNCIATION:
VERSE NUMBER 29
Text in Transliteration:
Bhoktaaram yajnatapasaam sarvaloka mahesvaram
Suhrdam sarvabhootaanaam jnaatvaa maam saantim recchati
Text in English:
Having known Me as the Lord of Yajnas and asceticisms, as the Ruler of all the worlds, as the Friend of all beings, he attains Peace.
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:
It is through the grace of the Lord that the earnest souls take to the performance of Yajnas and practice of asceticism. The Lord again is the goal of their great endeavours. Not only does He rule over all, but also protect them as their genuine Friend. He resides as Conscience in the hearts of all being and assigns the fruits of their various activities. As karma emanates from Him, knowledge and wisdom also come to beings from Him. The Muni who gives his ceaseless thought to these divine glories of the Lord gains supreme Peace.
COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:
The transcendent God becomes the lord of all creation, the friend of all creatures, who does good to them without expecting any return. God is not merely thje distant world ruler but an intimate friend and helper, ever ready to assist us in overcoming evil, if only we trust Him. The Bhaagavata says: “Of whom I am the beloved, the self, the son, the friend, the teacher the relative and the desired deity.”
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIVANANDA:
I am the Lord of all sacrifices and austerities. I am their author, goal and their Cod. I am the friend of all beings, the doer of good to them without expecting any return for it. I am the dispenser of the fruits of all actions and the silent witness of their minds, thoughts and actions as I well in their hearts. On knowing Me, they attain peace and liberation or Moksha (deliverance from the round of birth and death and all worldly miseries and sorrows. (Cf. V.15; IX.24)
Comments by the blogger:
Vishnu, the Lord, says elsewhere in Bhagavat Gita that He is the eater of sacrifices. That He, in the beginning, created beings along with sacrifices. So the scheme of the Universe is well understood by one who sacrifices. When he sacrifices, other knowledge about the scheme of the Universe and mother Nature comes to him with the recommendations that he should live in peaceful knowledge with Nature. He should not be afraid of anyone or anything. Any one or anything should not be afraid of him. Thus he becomes a cog in the great wheel that was set in motion by the Lord in the beginning. It is also is the Dharma Chakra or the Wheel of Dharma or Righteousness.
The yajnas (inner or mental sacrifices as distinguished from the external ones) and asceticism made by countless Sages of the world over helps the rta or rhythm of the world as found out by the Vedic Sages thousands of years ago. There is none who does not sacrifice in the world. Every one sacrifices. This happens even without being aware of the fact. Giving a seat to an elder on a bus travel is an act of sacrifice. Taking time to help an old man across the road is an act of sacrifice. A Man and Wife with five children in a small house have nowhere to go to make love so they cease to indulge in the carnal act. The very act of giving alms, howsoever infinitesimally small it might be, is a sacrifice. That is why it is good to give a five rupee coin when we decide to dole out one rupee coin. The more we give the more becomes our resources to give more. Only the well off which water is drawn regularly has the benefit of replenishment of water through underground channels. And the well in disuse does not get this benefit. It is just a hole in the ground and stinking and stagnating water!
We will never let ourselves become such a well in disuse. We will give alms and our bodily and mental help to all others who are in need of it. Praying for others is a good form of mental sacrifice. If we do this without telling anyone, it gains greater efficacy. We join in hand with the Lord in ameliorating other people’s problems. And when we deeply pray for someone’s good and that man attains it and treats us without regard and if we say to him nothing of our prayers for his good, we become enriched in pure asceticism. This will ennoble us and prepare us for further sacrifices and austerities. And the ultimate sacrifice is putting our dear Atman at the Altar of God as oblation in the fire of immaculate devotion and unbearable love for Him!
( In the Upanishad of Bhagavad Gita, the knowledge of Brahman, the Supreme, the science of Yoga and the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, this is the fifth discourse designated:
SANYASA YOGA
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