न नरेणावरेण प्रोक्त एष
सुविज्ञेयोबहुधा चिन्त्यमानः ।
अनन्यप्रोक्ते गतिरत्र नास्ति
अणीयान् ह्यतर्क्यमणुप्रमाणात् ॥ ८
N NARENAVAREN PROKT ESH
SUVIDNYEYOBAHUDHA CHINTYAMAN|
ANANYA-PROKTE GATIR ATRA NASTI
ANIYAM HYA ATARKYAM ANUPRAMANAT ||8
WHEN THE 'SELF' IS TAUGHT BY (ORDINARY)MAN IT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD IT IS
THOUGHT TO BE OF VARIOUS WAYS , BUT (WHEN TAUGHT BY SOMEONE WHO IS ONE
WITH BRAHMAN)THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT IS SUBTLER THAN SUBTLE AND
NOT OBTAINED BY IMAGINATION OR ARGUMENT ||8
We have seen in our life that there are many people who are learned (and some like me who know very little but can translate or write) and can give lecture on Braman and then there is discussions and questions and arguments about this and that. But these people who have not been one with Braman and have only read and not perceived, can not teach about this Brahman. The scriptures are written in mystic ways and are open to interpretation, but when one has become one with Brahman, then there is no doubt. The Brahman is subtler than subtler. Her there is reference to the physical body which is gross and the mind is subtle and the intellect and the ego are still subtle. The ATMAN or SELF is SUBTLER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.
The word GATI has different meanings when interpreted by different people. Gati may mean speed or movement or choice, So PRKTE GATIR ATRA NASTI - may mean there is no choice or doubt or one has no movement other than understanding it -when taught by one who has been one with Brahman. The examples of such highly evolved soul explaining would be Lord Krishna himself teaching Arjun and then SHOWING HIM ENTIRE UNIVERSE - SO CALLED VISHVA ROOP DARSHAN. The other is when Paranhauns Yoganand (of self realization fellowship or author of Autobiogralgy of Yogi) wanted to know- his teacher Yukteshvar touched him and he saw entire universe . Again these are extreme examples and one has to work on achieving it and these kind of teachers are rare in our life.
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