Monday, 5 September 2011

Janani Navaratna Manjari-An Independent Interpretation



From that first and unique knowledge
Did originate countless tripudis; soon I
forgot myself and fell in darkness;
Favours dragged me into the 'Sea of Sorrows'!

Oh Mother, show me light
Lead me to that holy sky
which is bright and full of knowledge;
Lead me to that holy Earth
formed by thy Name and Sound;
The centre of of all true knowledge.


            Oh Mother, You are that knowledge, the first and unique knowledge of the universe including I. First of all, countless tripudis originated from you.I am also only a small particle in one of those countless tripudis. In my origin itself, I forgot all my realities. Worldly pleasures including food etc. attracted me and they dragged me into the 'Sea of Sorrows' wherein I am swimming through.
Oh Mother,only you can show me a path to escape. Tell me mother, when will I be able to escape from all these worldly sorrows and be able to merge into that Holy Earth which is the embodiment of all true knowledge formed by your name and sound itself.


Nothing is true but true knowledge
neither the air and fire nor the rest of all;
Truth is only that knowledge
the pioneer one; and that is unique
Meaningless all vedic rituals.
slipping minds will rest a while
when this truth is got revealed.
Oh Mother, Let me got revealed it
Let my mind rest in peace.
              Oh Mother, you are the target of of all truth seekers, you are the personification of of all true conscience, you are the reality of all the unrealities. All realities of the universe are only the feelings originated from the Maya ie. the mere feelings of the unreal realities. You are the only truth; you are nothing but the personified knowledge.

          The so-called knowledge, comprising of the panchabhoothas ie. the earth, the water, the sky, the fire, and the air are nothing but the part and parcel of the first and unique knowledge. As and when, the simplicity and     unapproachability of that truth is revealed, the unnecessity and invalidity of the vedic rituals will also be got revealed. Whether this is truth or that is truth? such a doubt will never occur in mind. My target is also that spiritual object, which is the true object. Oh Mother, let me realize the same.


Rising in its fading stage
and fading in its rising stage
The first and unique knowledge came;
My mind and organs rolled and rolled
keeping spell and frequency.

I am in that horizon
wherein knowledge is in full (!)
But this stage of mine is none
compared with that honey sucker
resting in a lotus bud
sucking honey while in bliss.

             Oh Mother, knowledge is occurring and reoccurring, appearing and disappearing continuously. My senses and organs are revolving round and round, and I am being confused with indeterminacy.Mere realization of this worldly nature is not capable enough to find out the real knowledge ie. Akhantanubhoothi - the stage of mind where there is no doubt at all. Oh Mother, let me enjoy that eternal bliss which the undisturbed honey sucker enjoys who rests in a lotus bud.

Truths are flowering in my mind
Only drops of water, waves I know;
The snake I found in rope is rope
the pot I found is clay itself

The root of root of all these truths
No doubt, I know that is 'You'
Let me bow thy feet and sit aside
You are none, but my goal itself.

             Oh Mother, some truths are being revealed in my curious mind.Now I realize that the waves are not waves; but they are only drops of water. The snake that I found in the rope is the rope itself. The pot that I found is not a real pot, it is only the clay shaped, dried and got furnaced as the pot. Nothing is real.The root cause of everything is knowledge- the deriving knowledge originated from you. Now I see everything in you. Let me sit aside and let me merge into that eternal real knowledge. Oh Mother, let me always with you. That is the only boon that I expect from you.

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Veiled in by that super knowledge
The physical world is beyond sight;
Visible not in naked eyes
but they are clear in inner ones.

Through my inner eyes I see
You are in a dancing mood;
Stitched  and woven by the Time
Thin and smooth your holy robes;
yet they hide you from my sight!
Knowledge being thy holy home
All are in their verbal forms.
      
          Oh Mother, vedanda  [upanishads]being your abode, knowledge being your form, You are the root cause of everything. Now I can realize it. The material world is  being supposed as the combination of  the Panchabhootas ie. the air, the water, the sky, the fire and the earth. These particles have already been transformed themselves as your dancing robes- the smoothest of the smoothest and the thinnest of the thinnest, woven by 'The Time'- are capable of hiding you from my eye sight. I am totally in confusion. I can realize nothing. Who knows what is real and what is unreal?

                                        
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Oh Mother,
You are the fish and you are the deer
the flies and birds; the snakes and mountains;
the plants and trees; the rivers and lakes;
You are also the imaginary Hell and Heaven
And all the men and women including I myself
who is but a witness of all these multi visions
in physical and in verbal forms.
All these wonders that I see
are nothing but the Scenes of the Drama
that is being staged, at your own will and pleasure.


                                           

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To shoot out all the sins from me
I hold knowledge as an arrow.
My bow is nothing but true faith in thy feet
My iron will is the thread in bow.

 Without faith in myself, I can't win
Myself I am creeping in my soul;
Now I am on the path of goal
You are shedding lights I know.
My body weight is nothing at all
The weight I gathered from my sins.

               Oh Mother, I am a sinner,who have been sunk myself into the sea of ignorance. I know that knowledge is the only powerful  arrow which is suited to shoot out my sins. For shooting such an arrow I need an iron will as the bow and a determined faith in you as the bow thread. In my life battle victory depends on your will and boon. As and when  knowledge is gained, it will be revealed that it was also a knowledge, that I was experiencing as a sinner before. It will also be revealed that all of the universal truths are the deriving truths from a unique truth.


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 As my thoughts and as my thinking mind
You are growing as a pearl of joy;
As all causes and as all effects
As subjects, then as objects;
First you create, and then you consume!
Your greatness is in such a height
higher than that of eternal bliss.
Oh Mother, You are great! Really great!      


               Oh Mother, You are great! Your greatness is far beyond the reach of even the divine eternal bliss. You are the basement of all goodness.You are the knowledge, you are the knowing mind, you are also the joy experiencing in such a mind. May I call you Sachidananda Swaroopini? you are the cause of everything; the cause of all direct and indirect experiences; the cause of unlimited unknowns including I myself and the cause of all that are beyond the reach of senses. Sometimes you are acting as a producer. At the same time you are also functioning as the consumer. Oh Mother, you are great! Really great! Your divine doings are also great.


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Shadow like all worldly objects
reflecting in the mirror of knowledge
are fading as soon as they reflect
as they themselves, but you own shadows!

You are in that heavenly abode 
Far far away from my senses
in which knowledge is in full.
Oh Mother, who can praise these?
Let me rest in silence.

               Oh Mother, there is no permanent existence to this universe and its constituents. Everything is like a shadow. The so-called universal existence is nothing but the derivative reflection of knowledge originated from the unique knowledge. It is far beyond the reach of my words. May I call knowledge by thy name? 

                Your abode is in Chidakash (the sky of mind) which is so bright as to shed sparking rays of knowledge all around. It is far far away from my senses. Who knows the length, the breadth and the width of that great Chidakash! Who able to praise you - the embodiment of all knowledge! Oh Mother, let me rest in silence.

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