य इमं परमं गुह्यं
श्रावयेद् ब्रह्मसंसदि ।
प्रयतः श्राद्धकालेवा
तदानन्त्याय कल्पते।
तदानन्त्याय कल्पत इति ॥ १७
YA IMAMPARAMAM GUHYAM
SHRAVAYED BRAHM-SAUNSADI |
PRAYATAH SHRADHAKALEVA
TAD ANANYAY KALPTE |
TAD ANANTYAY KALPAT ITI ||17
WHOEVER WITH DEVOTION RECITES THIS BEFORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDERSTOOD
BRAMAM- BRAHMIN- OR AT THE TIME OF SHRADHA -THIS HIGHEST SECRET -
KNOWLEDGE-WILL ATTAIN IMMORTALITY || 17
This is the last of the Shloka of this chapter. There are some statements in this Shlok that may be misleading or not understood. One is that is is that easy to get immortality that one just has to listen or recite a scripture and do nothing else ? Or what is the importance of reciting it at the time of SHRADHA? The answer is in what the lord of DEATH has said in all the previous Shlokas. So the meaning of the word BRANHAN is not one born in particular family who are Brahman but one who has KNOWN BRAHMAM . So this is like Graduation day - one who have studied it and understood and followed it and then on the day of graduation , he or she will get the Diploma .So one who listens to this once at the time of Shradha is not going to get immortality .But one who has practiced the principles of knowing the SELF, and practiced that in the behavior , will get immortality. I think the day of SHRADH is important or is mentioned as it is the day when we celebrate the life of out parents and forefathers that have dies in past and the mind is ready to understand the real immortality. Like the saying goes Strike the Iron when it is hot . The mind and intellect and whole atmosphere is READY for the last strike that will change the life or understanding .
SO ONE HAS TO PRACTICE IT EVERYDAY AND ONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN ONLY HE WILL GET IMMORTALITY.
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