Bhagavad Gita Ch17 part 13 on 11 December 2021

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Om Jananim Sharadam Devim Ramakrishnam Jagadgurum Pada Padme Tayo Shritva Pranamami Mohor Moho Om Vasudevasudham Devam Kamsa Chanuram Ardhanam Devaki Paramanandam Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Sarvopanishadogavo Dogdha Gopalanandanah Partho Vatsah Sudhir Bhokta Dugdham Geetha Amritam Mahat Mukam Karoti Vachalam Pangum Langayate Girim Yat Kripatamaham Vande Paramanandamadham We are studying the 17th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Kada Shraddhatraya Vibhagayoga In that Bhagavan Krishna has enumerated the four most important aspects of every human personality What are they? Food, Worship means high ideals, Austerity, Necessary and Voluntary, Inevitable and Voluntary and Caring and Sharing, what we have I repeatedly told a society cannot exist without give and take Similarly a human being cannot also exist without give and take Why only human being? The entire universe, trees cannot live unless they give up oxygen so that they can receive the carbon dioxide Animals cannot live in isolation, it is impossible So everything in this world has to be upheld to be glued to by others and that is why it is called Prapancham So human personality as Swami Vivekananda so categorically distinctly declares Each soul is potentially divine Life is a journey from a lower state of consciousness to a higher state of consciousness and this is achieved by fulfilling, perfecting our potentialities of personality and this personality consists of four aspects First we need food, food means input and then we have to aim we have to make a strong goal of progressing and that means higher ideals are needed that is represented when we worship gods other great souls you must have noticed a football fan keeps all the photographs of the great football players so tennis players, so actors and actresses so politicians, so saints and sages so this is to indicate, I also would like to be something like that this is an aspiration that is inevitable teleological urge no one can stop for everybody that potential divinity in these various forms urges a person to take steps to move forward so worship then inevitably life involves tremendous amount of austerity whether it is natural, voluntary everyone has to go through but if somebody intelligently plans and tries to perform austerities what is austerity? to move away from what is our non-essential nature and to move towards our essential nature that process of intelligent giving up discriminating first and giving up what is not helpful trying to acquire what is helpful that involves lot of conflict lot of strength lot of willpower and that is indicated by austerity and finally whatever we have achieved at every given second we have to share so that we can take this is the inevitable law unless we make a space we cannot receive whether it is in the form of food or knowledge or anything and that is indicated by this fourth one which is called dhanam give and take and that is the most natural law and Bhagavan Krishna had dealt with these four aspects of every single human personality in the form of three personalities again those who are at the lowest ladder of evolution called tamasiks those who are at a higher stage called rajasiks and those who are still higher state called sattviks and the ultimate goal is to go beyond all limitations however much unlimitedness we may gain through sattva guna but that is in comparison to infinity it is nothing so these four is the most important completeness of human personality and life is a journey from the little to more and in order to gain more we have to give up the little that is called tyaga which is dealt in a beautiful way in the next chapter having said that in our last class we discussed we completed the sattvika, rajasika and tamasika type of dhanam and in connection with that I have described how the divine mother in the form of holy mother sharda devi used to treat everybody so to keep up social conventions she used to feed certain people outside the periphery of the kitchen or dining hall in the veranda one such was amjad a muslim but who turned to robbery out of necessity not because out of this one just imagine how fortunate he was to see holy mother to recognize her to call her as mother and to receive her blessings to be fed with her own hands it is impossible to describe so we have seen that a dhanam a feeding or anything should be done at the right time at the right place and with the utmost respect what do you think holy mother was seeing in amjad she herself declared to me my son amjad and my son sharad are one and the same thing in that connection I promise to tell you an incident with this topic called dhanam I will complete it and we will move to the next verse there was a very great swami in mumbai for present to mumbai at that time bombay and that bombay or mumbai is considered the financial capital of india and one swami sambuddhanandaji was in charge and in those days most of our ashramas were in need of funds for carrying on their activities so they used to rush to mumbai to seek help of course there is a limit how much they could do but swami sambuddhanandaji used to help various centers by introducing the swamis to various devotees who are quite capable of giving once one such swami had come and he was in close contact with swami sambuddhananda a little more friendly than others sambuddhanandaji one day took him to one very rich merchant and the merchant knew swami sambuddhanandaji he helped the ashrama sambuddhanandaji's recommendations many many times but on that particular day swami sambuddhanandaji promising this swami took him one day noon and then the devotee he marveled he had seen from the window the swami approaching understood the purpose instructed the gatekeeper don't allow the swamis to enter inside now the swamis came the doorman knew them very well because they visited swami sambuddhanandaji visited the house many times at this time he said babu is not here but swami knew better than anybody this is the particular instruction so he did not care he said we will wait for the babu to return but the watchman said you come when the babu is inside but sambuddhanandaji who knew he pushed his way in in that process the watchman pushed the swami sambuddhananda who happened to fall down and the other guest swami was very much embarrassed for my sake such a senior swami who also happened to be trustee of the Ramakrishna order happened to fall down so see the owner of the house the Marwari devotee he was watching the whole thing and he also felt embarrassed immediately he came down apologised took the swamis inside and of course he knew the only purpose swamis visit is to extract something not for their own purpose but for the sake of serving god in the poor in the needy so he gave some money and then the swamis took leave of him thanked him and took leave of him and they came out but the guest swami was very much embarrassed and he was almost in tears he said maharaj for my sake you had to go through this terrible insult swami sambuddhanandji laughed and said brother what does it matter you came for money I promised to give you money and we got some money must have got quite a generous amount I don't know but our purpose is over what does it matter if the watchman pushes after all the watchman did not push he was instructed so in that process I happened to fall down but this is nothing and really the swami did not mind anyway I was remembering because for the purpose for the sake of helping others one generally undergoes any amount of insults and looking down and insulting words even without helping also many people do it but that is part of the process that is called yagna and that is what is called forbearing everything that is called spiritual life it happens just the incident came to my mind so I happened to remember it and I shared it with you so what is the purpose of Bhagwan Krishna in enumerating these four departments four types of qualities which every human being life occupies it is to progress slowly in these four departments from a lower attitude to the highest attitude and then get out of it but then in the process everybody has to go through lot of problems one of the biggest problem is error that's why it is said to err is a human even a sattvika person can also commit mistakes can err whatever we do there would be defects also many things we did in the past and we are also helpless so the question is how to rectify them? is there any way? now that is being answered from shloka verse 23 end of the 17th chapter so just let us recall 4th chapter 24th verse one of the most universal prayers especially before taking food see brahman everywhere I do not exist, you do not exist nobody exists, only God exists, God is everywhere the whole universe is nothing but God playing with himself but we do not have that knowledge so this prayer it is brahman who is eating it is brahman that is food, it is brahman in the form of the hands cooking the food it is brahman who is pushing the food inside us it is brahman who is receiving the food, it is brahman who is digesting the food it is brahman who is getting converted into energy it is brahman who manifests that energy in the form of activities nothing else exists and one who succeeds in seeing God in everything brahman in everything brahma karma samadhi he will attain a most marvelous samadhi called karma samadhi what is karma samadhi that when a person is wide awake he is aware of whatever is happening either in the waking state dream state or deep sleep state, he is completely witnessing all these three knowing that nothing is being done by anybody, it is only God who is playing with himself the solitaire game, his creation is nothing but the most marvelous solitaire game and there God helps God cheats himself and God creates something, God destroys something, God gives birth, God also brings on death, God comes in the form of happiness and unhappiness heat and cold, everything is nothing but God that is called brahma karma samadhi, samadhi while with wide open eyes seeing God everywhere with open eyes this is called seeing brahman everywhere, close your eyes see brahman, open your eyes see brahman, that is the goal so just as brahmarpanam makes every activity pure because remember brahmarpanam is not a mantra to be uttered only at the time of taking food, whatever food we are taking in that was the interpretation correct interpretation, food means what goes inside, what goes in through the eyes through the ears, through the tongue not only through the tongue through the skin and through every sense organ whatever comes out of the five organs of action, input and outputs, everything is nothing but brahman so just as brahmarpanam makes food pure makes the antahkarana, the mind the heart pure so also there must be something else and that is being said now from the 23rd verse onwards Om Tat Sat if anybody utters before doing anything Om Tat Sat then you do at the beginning at the end also whenever we remember in between with complete faith and awareness then whatever actions that person does whatever thoughts he thinks whatever speech he utters this mantra rectifies all defects and brings on the grace of the lord so Sri Krishna answers that unasked question the first question of Arjuna what type of faith is it? well everybody has some type of faith but not to the same degree but everybody is progressing towards the highest degree of faith but in the process there will be defects there will be incompleteness and what to do to make them complete to make them pure to see that the defects do not bar our spiritual progress one has to if one can with faith with purity utters these words Om Tat Sat then everything becomes complete perfect this is what we say you know if there is omission either due to ignorance or haste or some other distraction or unavailability of certain materials it can be made complete by simply uttering with faith Om Tat Sat now this is a big claim how Om Tat Sat or simply utter Om or simply utter Tat remember Tat Tvam Asi Tat means Brahman or simply say Sat Om Tat Sat three words they are the three names of God with equal power just as Ramakrishna says you can attain the highest by uttering the name of Rama or Krishna or Buddha or Jesus or Kali with complete bhakti and faith by the way bhakti means faith faith without bhakti doesn't exist and bhakti without faith also doesn't exist so this uttering Om Tat Sat makes everything, our thoughts our speech, our actions, it purifies and makes it much more efficacious saying Om Tat Sat except for any omissions or commissions so that is even in other words also whenever we do we say Sarvam Brahmaarpanam Eshwarpanam Ramarpanam Ramakrishnaarpanam Bhavatusvaha many of our devotees must have noticed when Homa is done on special occasions Sri Ramakrishnaarpanam Astu Brahmaarpanam Astu after uttering Om Purnam Madaha Purnam Idam pouring the ghee into the fire and then we give Jai and we believe that makes everything complete so that's what let this be an offering unto the Divine Mother, Divine Lord who is none other than Om Sat so that makes the karma most sattvic and therefore efficacious and therefore it aids our spiritual progress and finally bestows the Brahman knowledge so whatever we do there will be defects so Sri Krishna remember this is the last chapter in the teachings of Bhagavad Gita, it is said when we study the whole Bhagavad Gita which has 18 chapters, second chapter and second chapter is what you call the summarization or footnote or foreword this is what I am going to declare the essence of the entire book or teaching and 18th chapter is a recapitulation at all the 16 chapters with the 17th chapter we have come to the end of the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita the Lord having taught so many things Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Gnana Yoga ultimately is going to teach us something wonderful complete self surrender but whatever it is whatever sadhana, spiritual practice we do it is never complete, there will be defects but there is a royal sovereign remedy for that that remedy is if we can sincerely utter at the beginning and end Om Tat Sat and do whatever we need, so that which is incomplete becomes complete, so with this all the four topics Krishna has concluded and with that entire Gita teaching also is complete, now to round up the Lord 23rd verse is telling how the defects can be remedied and made anything complete, so we will go into the 23rd verse this has been declared by the threefold names or designation of Brahma by means of it by means of these three mantras, what was created, the entire world was created at the beginning so Brahma it is said created this world how did he create? Brahmins Vedas and the sacrifices so Om Tat Sat Iti Nirdesha means this is the indication these are the three names Om is the name of God Tat is another name of God and Sat is another name of God Brahmana, whose names? Brahmana of Brahman, not Brahma the creator but the supreme reality called Brahman and Trividhah Smritah, the names of Brahman are considered to be three, by whom? by the Vedas, by the Upanishads what are those three names? Om Tat Sat and by uttering these words, Brahma the creator, the first manifestation of Brahman, also called Vedantically, Ishwara the creator, remember in the mythologies, Puranas this Ishwara is called Brahma, but in the Vedanta, he is called Ishwara Ishwara in the Puranas is called Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara why? because Ishwara is the creator, is the maintainer and is the destroyer or recycler that is these three aspects have been given distinct names for children whose understanding is not up to the mark, the whole Puranas, Puranic literature Puranic literature, remember it is meant only to teach the highest teachings of Vedas, which are Upanishads in a form so simple that even ordinary people can, without confusion, understand them properly and then again and again listen to them and the more they listen the better they understand and it also has a central power of slowly transforming our personality that is why go on hearing this is like advertisement, go on seeing an advertisement and we will be influenced by it and do what the advertiser wants us to do so Vedas are also again and again asking us to listen to the teachings of the Upanishads in the form of stories maybe as expressed in mythologies, Puranas so by hearing again and again and again we cannot but go get brainwashed by those ideas and this is like an advertisement so what are we talking about? Bhagavan Krishna is telling in the Upanishads these three names are given Brahman first created these three names and these three names are Om, Tat and Sat Brahmanah Trividah, Nirdeshah Smritah Om, Tat, Sat, Iti and then Brahma the first creator according to the Puranas he wanted his job was, his duty was to create this world so he also knows, I am also defective, anything manifest is limited so I can commit mistakes but I want to rectify any mistakes, so he first uttered Om, Tat, Sat and then he started creation what did he create? Brahmanah, Tena means by uttering Om, Tat, Sat, Iti so Brahma what did he do through this utterance? Brahmanah Brahmanah means people who teach others, who live first and teach others the life how to lead a life according to the directions of the scriptures then Vedascha he also created Vedas and Yajnascha he also created ways of worshipping Gods and Goddesses and so Vihitaha Pura so this is how creation started how did it start? by the creation of Brahmanah by the creation of Vedas and by the creation of various means of slowly progressing spiritual life remember, every worship indicates a desire to attain to a higher ideal and the Upanishads the Vedas know very well that many times we don't understand but by having faith if we perform certain things according to the direction of these Vedas, Upanishads etc. Karmakanda etc. then indirectly we will be progressing because even a blind man if he starts walking without being able to see where he is going if he steadily walks he will be reaching a destination there is no doubt about it so Om Tat Sat that is most sacred thing but there are three names let us remember there are three names Om of course is well known everywhere but Tat is a part of the Tat Tvam Asi, Tat means that that means is a pronoun, a pronoun means whatever we experience can be represented by Tat, that table that man, that dog, that mountain that star and that sun etc. so everything other than me is represented by this pronoun Sarvanama Tat and there is only one that is called Brahman and that is what is indicated in the Mahavakya Tat Tvam Tvam means idam, you and everything other than you is Brahman how can Brahman be everything excepting you because it is your Ahankara, egotism which is blocking your understanding, you do not exist as an individual you are none other than that Brahman so to indicate because ignorance means as if something is somewhere, it is a very common experience you have kept your pen somewhere or keys somewhere, you know they are there but where are those keys where is that key that, that means even if it is in your own pocket but if you do not know it, even if the specs are on your own head all the time if you do not cognize that as if it is on the other side of the whole universe cosmos, that is the word Tat means that that means that which is at a great distance and anything we are unaware is as if at a great distance but Tat is used as Brahman Sarvanama that pronoun, most wonderful thing we get in the Mandukya Upanishad, Tat means Brahman and Sat we all know about Sat we use this word Sat so many times, for example existence is one meaning of Sat, Sat Chit Ananda, Sat means absolute existence existence without particularization, general existence, that is called absolute existence that is called Sat, Chit and that is knowledge, that is generalized knowledge without any particular knowledge that is a table, I know the table, no, I know the tree, no, but the real knowledge which is unlimited which doesn't have a name, which doesn't have a form which doesn't have particularization, that general called absolute knowledge that is called Chit so Tat means Brahman and Sat we are talking about Sat Sat means, first meaning is pure existence what Swami Vivekananda calls absolute existence existence absolute then second meaning of Sat is Satsanga Sri Ramakrishna's second commandment is cultivate holy company, Sat means good, Sat means holy Sat means spiritual Sat means gentleness Sat means purity so many meanings are there, pure thing immaculate that is called Sat so Sat is another name for Brahman the word Satya has come from this word Sat, so Sat becomes when Sat is expressed without misleading, either motivational or speech wise or any wise that is called Satya so it is said truth speaking is one of the most important spiritual qualities anybody who doesn't speak is not a truth, that person he will not progress he will progress in course of time but until he understands that what I am speaking is not a truth and we have seen what is called austerity of the speech and there Anudvega Karam that which doesn't create any light in the other person's, in the hearer's mind, Satyam that which is true and that which is truth alone is beneficial as it is said in the Bible know the truth and the truth will make you free so Satyam is not going to be destroyed Satyameva Jayate so the truth alone rhymes in the end that is why a truthful person becomes a truth attaining person truth speaking slowly leads a person into truth seeker and ultimately he becomes one with the truth, that is why God is God or anybody who attained God is called Satya Sankalpa and he is also called Satya Kamaha he is no untruthful, that means any harmful desire ever arises in the mind of such a person because is what Sri Ramakrishna says if a person had surrendered himself to the Divine Mother the Divine Mother never allows him to take a single false step that's very important for us to understand, so this word Om Tat Sat, these are three beautiful names of God, Brahman sometimes I use many times I use the word God I mean Brahman not personal God with limitation but truly the God who is the creator, who is the sustainer who is the recycler earth, me, you everything else so let us delve into this Shankaracharya's commentary Brahmavidbhi Brahmavidbhi means by the knowers of Brahman considered, regarded in the Vedanta by knowers of Brahman to be three, threefold what? three names of Brahman Brahmana, Tena, Nirdesena, Trividena, Vedascha, Yajnascha, Vitha, Nirmitha, Pura, Purvamithi the Brahmanas, the Vedas and the sacrifices were ordained, created Vitha, Tena by uttering this Om Tat Sat Pura means at the beginning of creation I want to tell this why three? because when God created He created human beings and these first creation were always endowed with the highest amount of Sattva that's why they are called Brahmanaha means those in whom spirituality is fully manifest, knowledge of Brahman is fully manifest then Yajnascha, Vedascha Veda means Veda is a manual Pura means a scripture a scripture is a manual you are given, you are a human being, you are created by God and you have a special purpose like the manufacturer of any gadget any machine sends a manual along with that so that by reading that by following it, by not deviating it, that machine can be operated smoothly and it serves its purpose human life is meant only, by the way, the whole creation is meant only for one purpose to create human beings, to evolve everything into human beings, why? because human beings alone have the capacity to think about God, to desire God, to practice spiritual disciplines and to attain God, maybe a few animals can do it and specially those who have fallen because of some defects in their character but they retain the Purva Janma Smriti the memory, the Samskaras so dogs can complete their spiritual practice animals can do it, there are certain instances are there but mainly it is the not Gods, not non-humans but human beings so God created human beings and then he created Vedas, manuals what to do, what not to do, what is human life what is it meant for and how to achieve the goal, how to manifest our potential divinity, for that teachers are needed, so first God created human beings along with that he created manuals along with that he created teachers or guides, gurus who can unerringly point our way to that and then Yagna, I take here the meaning Yagna means the means of manifesting our potential divinity so creation started with human beings for their guidance, Brahma has created manuals called Vedas along with that he created people who lead a holy pure spiritual life and also are capable of guiding, teaching other people called Brahmanas, only in that sense we have to take and then he created the means the ways, Yogas, Karma Yoga Bhakti Yoga, Raj Yoga Jnana Yoga, that is to say how to progress and how to manifest and how to know I am God, this is how it is so first thing is, first name of God is Om, we know the Mandukya, those who study specially Mandukya Karika, A, U and Ma A indicates what is called the waking state U is a representation of the dream state, subtle state and M is the indication of the deep sleep and these are the only three states every human being goes through and through that Omkara one transcends to that state of Turiya that is if we understand these three properly then another invisible door opens and we go forward and we know we just as a drop of water somehow is lifted up and falls into the ocean, becomes one with the ocean, losing its name and form and then hence forward we will be known as an ocean, so Tatt, Tatt means in the word as Tattvamasi, the indefinable which can only be indirectly described as that Sat, meaning reality the supreme, unchanging existence, Nirdesha declared in Vedanta, by whom? by Noyesa Brahman so what is the essence of what we just now discussed in the 23rd verse, that God had Ishwara the creator has created the world and in that world he created three mantras by uttering them in the beginning, at the end and in the middle whatever we do becomes slowly purified and takes us to our destination, therefore these three are the most sacred mantras what a marvelous thing it is, I just want to remind you while talking about this Katha Upanishad Omkara, ultimately Yamadharma Raja, the teacher, the Naira Brahman instructs Naciketa that the essence of all sadhana is Om that is the doorway, that is the bridge to both the Saguna Brahma, personal God, as well as Nirguna Brahma and Swami Vivekananda in his talks on Bhakti Yoga describes how Omkara justifies as the representation of God and most of you know that one, otherwise you go through the Bhakti Yoga talks, you will understand it, the smart therefore Om Iti Udakritya uttering this word Om Yagna Dana Tapah Kriyaha, those who want to perform, remember earlier Ahara Yagna Tapah and Dana, here of course Ahara is not given but we have to understand so Ahara Yagna Tapah Dana Yagna Dana Kriyaha, one who performs these four activities of human life, uttering remembering Om Yagna Adi Swaroopah Kriyaha, acts in the form of worship etc or Dana etc taking food etc performing austerity etc Pravartante Vidhana Uktaha Shastra Jyotitaha that means those who commence with this utterance Satatam Sarvata always Brahmavadinam Brahmavadana Silanam that is to say their activities become pure they become rounded up they become Purnam they become completed that means they get the full result, what is the result? the knowledge that Aham Brahmasmi so this is in praise of Omkara it is in the 24th verse Tasmat therefore Om Iti Udah Rithya uttering the word Om separately about Om separately about Tat separately about Sat separately about Om separately about Tat separately about Sat, three verses are dedicated in explaining what is the speciality of these mantras so in the 24th therefore acts of sacrifices gifts and austerity as enjoined by the scriptures are always begun by the followers of the Vedas with the utterance of Om, the greatness of Om Om uttering that these four which we have discussed before as prescribed by the scriptures not as we think that is they are started by whom? that is those who are seekers of Brahman those who are advancing in spiritual life, those who are advanced in spiritual life, those who have realized that I am Brahman, all of them the realizers of Brahman naturally utter those who are advanced, it comes to them without effort those who want to progress they have to make some effort to remember that I have to utter the word Om when do they utter Satatam? all the time, you want to open your eyes, Om you want to close your eyes, Om you want to eat food, Om you want to get up, Om you want to walk, Om you want to go to sleep, Om you want to dream, Om you want to go into deep sleep, Om Satatam it becomes a habit that is the greatness of Om therefore only after uttering they commence Tapa, Yagna, Adi Saru, Yagna, Dana, Tapaha, Ahara, Kriyaha then what happens that they slowly progress in spiritual life and they reach Brahman ultimately now about Tat 25th verse is glorifying the meaning of the word Tat Tat, Tat, Iti Abhisandhaya Falam, Yagna, Tapa, Kriya sorry, Tat, Iti Anabhisandhaya Falam, Yagna, Tapa, Kriya Dana Kriya Vividaha, Kriyante Moksha Kangshubhi Moksha Kangshubhi and with the utterance of Tat first came Om, now comes Tat, with the utterance of Tat and without seeking any worldly recompense, any worldly result that means seeking only spiritual result the various activities of sacrifice, austerity and gifts etc are performed by those who seek liberation there are people who awaken and then they go back to their mother they become inward from external world, they divert their attention to the internal world but they will not give up these things because these are the royal roads taking one to self-knowledge, so they go on doing it, but then certain changes have taken place, that is Anabhisandhaya Falam Abhisandhaya means seeking a worldly result Anabhisandhaya means not seeking a worldly result, that worldly word is not here, but it means they don't want any worldly result, they have only one desire, I want to see God, I want to be nearer to God or I want to become one with God that is the one goal supreme goal in their lives that is the only desire but for that purpose to please the Ishwara, Divine Lord, Yagna Tapah Kriya remember, the same thing is coming again and again Yagna means worship Tapah means austerity and Ahara, we have to say Dana means caring and sharing, charity philanthropy, we have to add also Ahara, because if there is no input there will be no output so Vividaha Kriyascha, various activities in order to progress in spiritual life all these activities fall into four categories worship, austerity and food and sharing and caring philanthropy, charity etc but what do these people do? always Satatam Tat, they start with Om Tat, Om Brahma Om Ishwara, Om Rama Om Ramakrishna but they want to remind themselves oh man, don't seek worldly results, they will come because every action brings its own reaction but don't look for that, what do you want? I want Antahkarana Shuddhi Chitna Shuddhi, I want purity of the heart, so that in the pure mirror of the heart the reflection of the Divine automatically gets reflected, once a man sees that one, he becomes mad and say I want to become one with that so these are called Moksha Kangshabhi, those who are desirous of Moksha, liberation, self knowledge and we will continue with Shankaracharya, Tat Iti uttering the word Tat Anavi Sandhaya, without desiring any result, worldly result we have to supply Tat Iti Brahma Vidana Mucharya uttering the word of Brahman the name of Brahman which is called Tat, Yagna Adi Karmana Phalam, the results of Yagna, Tapah Dana, Ahara etc Kriyahana Vishandaya so what do they do? they perform all these things to perfection like a Satvika person Dana Kriyach Vividaha, Kshetra Hiranya Pradana Adi Lakshanaha, Dana means charity, what do they do? so not only they do austerities but whenever the necessity comes a poor man comes, a needy person comes, a holy place they go and as we discussed elaborately in earlier shlokas all these things they do Kriyante Nirvartiyante means they do in such perfection uttering the name of Brahman as Tat why? Moksha Kanksha Bhihi Momoksha Bhihi Seekers of liberation Seekers of the realization of Brahman Om Tat Shabdayo Vinayoga Uttaha, we have discussed so Shankaracharya says what happens when Om is uttered things become perfected even if there are defects what happens when Tat is uttered same activities become even more perfect but we must have faith in the scriptures and also we must have do things which are directed by the scriptures avoiding things which the scriptures prohibit so both Vidhi and Nishedha note we have to use so with this the greatness the glory of the word Brahman's name Om Brahman's name Tat are clearly enumerated so Shankaracharya as an introduction to the 26th verse he says so since the Om and Tat have been expounded now one word is remaining because 23rd Om Tat Sat Om has been explained Tat has been explained now Sat has to be explained Sat Shabdashya, the meaning of the word Sat how it has to be used how it has to be understood so 26th verse here the lord is addressing Partha, the word Sat is used to denote reality and goodness and many other things likewise the word Sat is used for any auspicious action so Sat Bhave the word Sat, Sat Bhave means Sat means goodness anything, any good action, anybody is doing, the word Sat, Sadhu Bhave Sadhu specially means a person through whom this goodness this purity, this holiness this truthfulness is being manifested such a person is called Sadhu in Indian normal Sharma we say that person is a Sadhu Sadhu means he will never do any harm but a stone also never does any harm, you can do harm to yourself by beating your head dashing your head against the stone but the stone will never deliberately do, it cannot do but here is a person he is not like a stone he does all the good that he can, that is the meaning of Sadhu, Sadhu Bhave if a person is leading a life of a Sadhu and he is very good naturally and he is a truthful person also in all these cases any action that is done for the welfare of the people with only one motive, I want to progress in spiritual life, Sat Itiye Tat Prajjate, that word Sat is used that means what, simply even if anybody says Sat, it reminds us goodness, purity large heartedness caring and sharing, everything a pure existence I exist, everything exists, I am born with that existence, so I should never do anything that harms others I should do what is good for everything in this world so it is said Prashaste Karmani Tatha, Karmani means activities, what type of activities? Prashaste wonderful, auspicious activities whenever we see immediately it comes, Sat the word Sat, good very good, very good Sat Shabdaha Yajyate the Sat Shabda is used Sat Shabda is Sat word, springs to the mind automatically, that is why Shri Ram Krishna's words have deep meaning, cultivate Satsanga means do good actions, think good thoughts, speak good words and wherever anybody is doing good, try to help that person and in every way it should be truthful Anudvega Karam Vakyam it should be truthful it should be pleasing it should be beneficial all these meanings are embedded in this one word, Sat Sat Bhave and it is complete opposite of Asat Bhava, Asataha Sat Bhave Yada Avidya Manasya Putrasya Janmani, you know sometimes we say, here is a childless person and he got a child, he got a son and immediately, very good, he is a fortunate person, God is very gracious to that Tatha Sadhu Bhavecha Asadvrttasya Sadho Sadvrttata Sat Bhava Tasmin Sadhu Bhavecha Satyate, Sat in the name of Brahman is Sat so also Sadhu Bhava, with regard to some person who is very good, Sadhu Bhava means coming to possess good conduct so like that opposite to an evil person with regard Etat Avidhanam Etat, this, Avidhanam name, whose name? Brahmanaha Nema Brahman, Prayujyate Avidyate, we all use it instinctively, so Shankaracharya said, Prasasya Karmani Viva Adauja Tatha Shabjaha Partha Yujyate Prayujyate Diyetat so he is elaborating anything that is good, here is a person very good person, he is getting married he is having children, he has got a good job, he has got some good wealth but only with regard to people who do it everything according to the scriptures and not otherwise so we have discussed Bhagawan himself is uttering Om Tat Sat, most sacred words, let us utter these three together and then do anything, whatever we do whatever we speak, whatever we think and slowly, gradually a transformation will come and we will be progressing towards God and one day these three words take us to the God, that's why they are called most powerful mantras Om Vasudeva Sutam Devam Kamsa Janu Ramadhanam Devaki Paramanandham Krishnam Vande Jagadguru May Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda bless us all with Bhakti Jai Ramakrishna