Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
अग्निर्देवो द्विजातीनां मुनीनां हृदि दैवतम् ।
प्रतिमा स्वल्पबुद्धीनां सर्वत्र समदर्शिनः ॥
- चाणक्य नीति
Transliteration:
agnirdevo dvijātīnāṃ munīnāṃ hṛdi daivatam ।
pratimā svalpabuddhīnāṃ sarvatra samadarśinaḥ ॥
- cāṇakya nīti
Meaning of the subhAShita:
For the twice-born (brahmins), fire is God. For the ascetics, the Lord is in their hearts. For those with very little insight, it is in the statue. For those with equanimity, He is everywhere!
Commentary:
A person born as a Brahmin, is considered to have two births—first, when he actually takes birth, and second, after the sacred thread ceremony. For him, the rituals taught and imbibed are divine and he reveres them as God. The fire used in those rituals is God to him.
The ascetics carry the Lord in their hearts. They truly connect with their inner divine spirit. Everyone has the divine in their hearts, but a personal connection to it is what makes a world of difference.
Those with limited insight consider 'seeing' Him as seeing a statue of Him. They worship the statue with utmost reverence but do not translate that to the living world around them.
However, those with a sense of equanimity see God in everything and everywhere! They identify the divinity in each and everything/being around them. To them, God is not just in a statue, fire, or a ritual. He is in every aspect and form around them. Every action they undertake is an offering to Him and every breath they breathe is His miracle!
How each one cognizes the Lord is entirely up to him. Each one perceives God as per his own spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is not attained with merely the passing of the years but by obedience to His will.
agniḥ devaḥ dvijātīnāṃ munīnāṃ hṛdi daivatam ।
प्रतिमा स्वल्प-बुद्धीनां सर्वत्र सम-दर्शिनः ॥
pratimā svalpa-buddhīnāṃ sarvatra sama-darśinaḥ ॥
The ascetics carry the Lord in their hearts. They truly connect with their inner divine spirit. Everyone has the divine in their hearts, but a personal connection to it is what makes a world of difference.
Those with limited insight consider 'seeing' Him as seeing a statue of Him. They worship the statue with utmost reverence but do not translate that to the living world around them.
However, those with a sense of equanimity see God in everything and everywhere! They identify the divinity in each and everything/being around them. To them, God is not just in a statue, fire, or a ritual. He is in every aspect and form around them. Every action they undertake is an offering to Him and every breath they breathe is His miracle!
How each one cognizes the Lord is entirely up to him. Each one perceives God as per his own spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is not attained with merely the passing of the years but by obedience to His will.
pada vigrahaH:
अग्निः देवः द्विजातीनां मुनीनां हृदि दैवतम् ।agniḥ devaḥ dvijātīnāṃ munīnāṃ hṛdi daivatam ।
प्रतिमा स्वल्प-बुद्धीनां सर्वत्र सम-दर्शिनः ॥
pratimā svalpa-buddhīnāṃ sarvatra sama-darśinaḥ ॥
agnirdevo dvijaatInaaM munInaaM hRudi daivatam ।
pratimaa svalpabuddhInaaM sarvatra samadarshinaH ॥
- chaaNakya nIti
agniH devaH dvijaatInaaM munInaaM hRudi daivatam ।
pratimaa svalpa-buddhInaaM sarvatra sama-darshinaH ॥
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