षष्टोङ्क:
SIXTH ACT
(enters Shaanti)
SHAANTI-
“I have been ordered by the great king Viveka like this-
‘Daughter! You know this already.
अस्तं गतेषु तनयेषु विलीनमोहे
वैराग्यभाजि मनसि प्रशमं प्रपन्ने
क्लेशेषु पञ्चसु गतेषु समं
समीहां
तत्त्वावबोधमभितः
पुरुषस्तनोति [1]
The sons are dead. The
delusion is gone.
The mind filled with dispassion has attained a
quiescent state.
The five impurities
have simultaneously entered the unmanifest state.
The Purusha is
spreading his self-knowledge all around.
{अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः पञ्च क्लेशाः- Avidyaa, egoism,
attachment, hatred, a sort of ignorance clinging on to life making one fear death}
So you please hurry and convince Devi and bring
her to my presence.’”
SHAANTI- (looking)
“My mother is coming this way talking to herself
and looks very happy.”
(enters Shraddhaa)
SHRADDHAA-
“Aha! Seeing the royal family safe and healthy
today, my eyes are as if filled with nectar, after a long time-
असतां निग्रहो यत्र सन्तः
पूज्या यमादयः
आराध्यते जगत्स्वामी वश्यैर्देवानुजीविभिः [2]
where the wicked are
punished,
where the saints like
Yama and others (Disciplines) are revered,
where the Master of
the world is worshipped by
the self-controlled men and devotees of the
Lord.”
SHAANTI- (approaching)
“Mother! What were you saying as
you walked towards me?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Aha! Seeing the royal family safe and healthy
today, my eyes are as if filled with nectar, after a long time-
असतां निग्रहो यत्र सन्तः
पूज्या यमादयः
आराध्यते जगत्स्वामी वश्यैर्देवानुजीविभिः [2]
where the wicked are
punished,
where the saints like
Yama and others (Disciplines) are revered,
where the Master of
the world is worshipped by
the self-controlled men and devotees of the
Lord.”
SHAANTI-
“Now how does our Master Purusha deal with the Mind?”
SHRADDHAA-
“The way it is dealt with a person who is
imprisoned and needs to be punished.”
SHAANTI-
“Will our Master rule the kingdom then?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Yes it is so! The way he is contemplating on the
Self, it appears that Lord (Brahman) alone will become the emperor and remain
in the state of the Self.”
SHAANTI-
“Then what is the way he graces Maayaa?”
SHRADDHAA-
“When you have to use the word Nigraha (control)
how can you use the word Anugraha (grace)? Lord also is of the opinion that
this Maayaa, who is the seed of all sufferings, must be controlled in all ways.”
SHAANTI-
“If it is so, what is the status of the royal family (Viveka and
others)?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Listen-
नित्यानित्यविचारणाप्रणयिनी वैराग्यमेकं सुहृत्सन्मित्राणि यमादयः
शमदमप्रायाः सहाया मताः
मैत्र्याद्याः परिचारिकाः
सहचरी नित्यं मुमुक्षा बलादुच्छेद्या रिपवश्च
मोहममतासंकल्पसङ्गादयः [3]
‘Enquiry of eternal
and ephemeral nature of objects’ is the beloved.
‘Dispassion’ alone is
the one and only friend.
Yama and others are
the well-wishers.
Shama, Dama and others
are the helpers.
Maitree and her
sisters are the maids.
The desire for
liberation is the companion always.
Delusion, mine-ness,
conceiving power, and attachment to sense objects –
are the enemies that need to be destroyed.”
SHAANTI-
“How much does our Master appreciate Dharma?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Daughter! Because of the influence of Vairaagya (Dispassion), our
Master is averse to the enjoyments of the fruits here and hereafter.
Therefore-
स नरकादिव पापफलाद्भयं भजति
पुण्यफलादपि नाशिनः
इति समुन्झितकामसमन्वयं सुकृतकर्म
कथञ्चन मन्यते [4]
He fears the
diminishing fruits of the merits
as much as he fears
the hells which result from sinful acts.
Having completely
discarded all types of desires,
he knows somehow good actions only as his
allotted duties.
{A JeevanMukta discards both merits and demerits.
He dislikes heavens as much as the hells. He naturally is filled with virtues
and performs the allotted duties of life without any attachment.}
When this Dharma saw the Master absorbed in the
Self, he felt that he had done his duty and by himself stopped all his
enterprises.”
SHAANTI-
“MahaaMoha had fled with some of his servants and hid somewhere. What
happened to him?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Daughter! Even after reaching
such a wretched state, that wicked MahaaMoha had sent his servants with ‘MadhuMatee
Vidyaa’ to entice the Master. He thought that if the Master was attracted to
her he will never bother about Upanishat Devi.”
SHAANTI-
“Afterwards?”
SHRADDHAA-
“They all went and showed the Master (Purusha), the magical powers
contained in that Vidyaa.
As it is-
शब्दानेष शृणोति योजनशतादाविर्भवन्ति
स्वतस्तास्ता
वेदपुराणभारतकथास्तर्कादयो
वाङ्मयाः
ग्रथ्नाति स्वयमिच्छया शुचिपदैः
शास्त्राणि काव्यानि वा
लोकान्भ्राम्यति पश्यति स्फुटरुचो रत्नस्थलीर्मैरवीः [5]
A man who has mastered
this Vidyaa –
will hear sounds from
even the distance of hundred Yojanaas.
Vedas, Puraanas, Epics
like Bhaarata, sciences of logic –
all will manifest in
him without any effort.
By his will itself, he
can write any scripture or poetry using perfect vocabulary.
He can wander among
all the worlds.
He can see the
lustrous gems of Meru Mount hidden under the earth.
(One Yojana equals nine miles}
The man who has mastered the Madhumatee Vidyaa and
has attained the Siddhi, will be served by the Goddesses of particular regions
and also deceived, as-
‘Sit here! There is no birth or death here. This
place is naturally beautiful. Here arrive the pretty Vidyaadhara maidens who
have brought auspicious objects to worship you. They are extremely attracted by
you. They will please you with their charming manners and beautiful bodies.
So come here to this place-
कनकसिकतिलस्थलाः स्रवन्तीः
पृथुजघनाः कमलानना वरोरूः
मरकतदलकोमला वनालीर्भज
निजपुण्यचितान्श्च सर्वभोगान् [6]
experiencing the
fruits of your merits,
enjoy all types of
pleasures-
with these pretty
girls
who have well-formed
hips, whose faces shine like lotuses, whose thighs are beautiful,
-in the rivers with their banks filled with golden sands,
and forest lands covered by soft emerald grass.”
SHAANTI-
“Afterwards?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Daughter! Listening to all this, Maayaa said that it is indeed of
great worth. Mind agreed. Conception encouraged. Master was almost ready to
accept the proposal.”
SHAANTI- (distressed)
“Ah Fie! Ah Fie! Master again fell into the same
trap of Samsaara.”
SHRADDHAA-
“No! No! Never!”
SHAANTI-
“Afterwards?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Then Tarka (Logic) who was standing next to the king glared at all of
them; his eyes turned red by anger; he said to the Master-
“Master! Don’t you understand that you are going to fall into the very
same embers of terrible sense pleasures tempted by these wicked men acting like
greedy vultures pouncing on the meat piece of sense pleasures?
And also-
भवसागरतारणाय यासौ नचिराद्योगतरिस्त्वयाश्रिता
अधुना परिमुच्य तां मदात्कथमङ्गारनदीं विगाहसे [7]
Just now you climbed
on to the ship of knowledge
to cross over the ocean of worldly existence!
Now discarding that
how can you plunge into the river of embers,
attracted by the
pleasures?”
SHAANTI-
“Afterwards?”
SHRADDHAA-
“Hearing those words, he bid farewell to all sense pleasures and
rejected Madhumati.”
SHAANTI-
“Good! Good! Now where are you
going?”
SHRADDHAA-
“As ordered by the Master I will have to meet Viveka.”
SHAANTI-
“Then you should hurry!”
SHRADDHAA-
“Yes! I will start moving towards the palace.”
SHAANTI-
“I have also been ordered by the king to bring Upanishat Devi to him. Let
us both attend to our tasks.”
(Both leave)
{PLOT: Purusha is now endowed with Viveka,
the discriminative power. All the impurities of the mind have been destroyed.
Thoughts are no more rushing like undammed river waters. He is now fit for the
study of Upanishads.
As he studies the Upanishads, Viveka helps
him understand the abstract meanings of the Upanishat-doctrines. He
contemplates on the Self as instructed and realizes the Self. He wakes up from
the dream of the world and remains as the Self.
‘Awakening’ has risen in him by joining his
discriminating ability with Upanishads.
In other words, King Viveka unites with
Upanishat Devi and Prabodha the son gets born.
However there is no physical union that
occurs here.
There is no passion involved in the
process.
As Purusha gets instructed by Upanishat Devi,
Viveka keeps explaining the abstract meanings of her statements. As Purusha is
absorbed in contemplation, Upanishat and Viveka both disappear as their task is
complete. The knowledge (Vidyaa) rising in the Purusha completely destroys the
mind and disappears.
The need of Vidyaa is there only when
Avidyaa has to be destroyed. Otherwise in the Supreme Brahman the very essence
of knowledge, Vidyaa has no separate existence.
Prabodha, the son of Viveka and Upanishat makes
an entry and embraces the Purusha.
Now Purusha is a JeevanMukta, liberated
while living. Mind remains like a burnt rope used only for performing the
regular actions of the world. Prabodha,
the moon remains shedding his nectar rays of bliss.}
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