T Ram Sewak PARAMAARTH BRAHM In Shri Ramcharitmanas 2.93, Lakshman explains to Nishadraj why he had previously recommended that he devote himself to Shri Ram. rama brahma paramaarath roopa, abigat alakh anaadi anoopa ..
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T Ram Sewak
PARAMAARTH BRAHM
In Shri Ramcharitmanas 2.93, Lakshman explains to Nishadraj why he had previously recommended that he devote himself to Shri Ram.
"rama brahma paramaarath roopa, abigat alakh anaadi anoopa .."
"Shri Ram is none other than Brahm (God), the Supreme reality, the unknown (abigat), the imperceptible (alakh), the beginningless (anadi), and the incomparable (anoop) "
Lakshman's discourse presents two profound 'sangams' or confluences. The first is a merging of the paths of knowledge (gyan) and devotion (bhakti), and the second is a unification of faith in the formless (nirgun nirakar brahm) and the form-avatar (sagun saakar roop).
Declaring Shri Ram as the Supreme reality, Lakshman uses the features of the nirgun to describe the sagun. He elucidates that the saakar Shri Ram is a manifestation of the nirgun nirakar Brahm. Thus, HE is beyond the elements of circumstances and is free of the shackles of karma. HE can't be known. Therefore, he is beyond the senses of perception, and for such, where is the question of any sukh or dukh? HE cannot be perceived by normal vision (a reference to the divine vision Arjun was provided to perceive the cosmic form). Further, describing him as anadi places him beyond the realm of time; indeed, all these qualities make him incomparable.
All this description may seem paradoxical. While Shri Ram is lying on a bed of grass right there, Lakshman describes HIM as unknown and imperceptible. This chaupai (quatrain) contains the entire essence of chapter 10 (Vibhuti Yoga) of Gita. Vibhuti means the power of manifestation or the Brahm in the manifested state. Lakshman explains to Nishadraj that Shri Ram is both the unmanifested and the manifested. HE is manifested and all-pervasive in this creation of HIS. The divine is manifested in many, and the many are included in the one. We only need to perceive that. This is the confluence of gyan and bhakti. / DAILY WORLD /
Namami Ramam Musings-64
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