{MAIN PLAY BEGINS}
(Enter King Viveka and Mati)
KING- (thinking)
“Dearest! Did you hear the arrogant words of that lowly
impolite Kaama? He dares to accuse us as the sinners!”
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! Does not that fellow know his own fault?”
KING-
“Look-
{BRAHMAN IS BOUND BY
ALL THESE WICKED CHARACTERS!}
असावहन्कारपरैर्दुरात्मभिर्निर्बध्य तैः पापशठैर्मदादिभिः
चिरं चिदानन्दमयो
निरञ्जनो जगत्प्रभुर्दीनदशामनीयत
[24]
This Lord of the world, who is bereft of taints,
and who is the blissful state of consciousness,
has been bound and brought down to such a pathetic state
by these wicked, evil wretches
like Mada (Arrogance) and others,
dominated by Ahamkaara (Ego).
We are only doing a meritorious deed by trying to free him
and we are accused as sinners! Alas! These wicked ones still thrive!”
{WHY BRAHMAN BECAME BOUND?}
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! It is heard that this one is by nature blissful
and pleasant, ever-lustrous, and manifests all over the three worlds and is the
Supreme Lord! In that case, how has he been captured by these wretched
evil-doers and thrown into the ocean of dense delusion?”
KING-
“Dearest!
{BRAHMAN FELL FOR MAAYAA AND BECAME
EMBODIED}
सततधृतिरप्युच्चैः शान्तोsप्यवाप्तमहोदयोsप्यधिगतनयोsप्यन्त:स्वच्छोsप्युदीरितधीरपि त्यजति सहजं
धैर्यं स्त्रीभिः
प्रतारितमानसः स्वयमपि यतो मायासङ्गात्पुमानिति विश्रुतः [25]
Though a man is stable-minded always, though of a higher state,
though in the quiescent state, though has achieved all,
though he knows all the rules, though he is very pure within,
though extremely intelligent,
he gets deceived by women and loses his natural bravery.
Brahman also has become well-known as PUMAAN
(embodied Self)
by the company of that lady Maayaa!
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! Like the line of darkness covering the
thousand-rayed Sun, this Lord who is like the ocean of luster has been blocked
by the presence of that lady Maayaa!”
{A NON-ENQUIRING MIND
IS DELUDED}
KING-
“Dearest! This lady called Maayaa appears because of
non-enquiry and is not real.
Yet, like a prostitute, she exposes herself in various ways
and cheats all men.
Look –
{BRAHMAN APPEARS AS IF BOUND}
स्फटिकमणिवद्भास्वान्देवः प्रगाढमनार्यया
विकृतिमनसा नीतः
कामप्यसङ्गतविक्रियः
न खलु
तदुपश्लेषादस्य व्यपैति रुचिर्मनाक्
प्रभवति तथाप्येषा
पुंसो विधातुमधीरतां
[26]
The Lord who
shines taintless like the crystal stone indeed
cannot undergo any
change whatsoever.
Yet somehow he has
undergone a complete change in the mind
because of this wayward lady.
By her contact,
his natural state of course, changes not in the least.
Still, this female
strives to make the Lord swerve from his natural state.”
MATI-
“AaaryaPutra! What again could be the reason for this crafty
lady to deceive this noble person?”
KING-
“Maayaa does not act with a reason or purpose.
This is the in-born character of these she-devils!
Look –
{THE FEMALES HAVE THE
POWER TO ATTRACT}
संमोहयन्ति मादयन्ति विडंबयन्ति
निर्भर्त्सयन्ति रमयन्ति विषादयन्ति
एताः प्रविश्य सदयं हृदयं नराणां
किं नाम वामनयना न समाचरन्ति [27]
They infatuate.
They intoxicate. They ridicule.
They reproach.
They entertain. They depress.
Entering the
soft-hearts of the men,
what these pretty
ladies with lovely eyes do not do?
There is another reason also.”
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! What is that other reason?”
{THROUGH THE POWER OF
MIND, ONE BRAHMAN APPEARS AS MANY}
KING-
“This wicked lady thought that-
‘I have lost my youth! I have become very old! This old
man (PuraanaPurusha-Brahman) is by nature averse to sense pleasures! Therefore
I will establish my son (Mind) in the post of the Supreme Lord!’
The Mind also, following well the intention of his mother,
remaining very close to the Lord, obtaining as it were his very character, has built
cities with nine doors and -
एकोsपि बहुधा तेषु विच्छिद्येव निवेशितः
स्वचेष्टितमथो तस्मिन्विदधाति मणाविव [28]
-though one, resides
in them all as many.
He superimposes his
actions on him (Lord) like a reflection in the gem.”
MATI- (thinks)
“AaryaPutra! The son is exactly like his mother (deceitful)!”
{Brahman deluded by Maayaa, begets the mind as it were. This mind projects
the worlds as it were.
The first thing that is conceived by the mind is the Ego or Ahamkaara, the
limited sense of possessing a material body and identity with it. Ahamkaara is
the eldest son of the mind, and so becomes the grandson of Brahman. He tightly
holds on to his grandfather. Brahman by his contact identifies himself with the
body of nine holes.}
KING-
“Ahamkaara is the eldest son of the mind. Our Lord is now embraced by his
grandson.
And this Lord of all-
{AHAMKAARA}
जातोsहम् जनको ममैष जननी क्षेत्रं कलत्रं कुलं
पुत्रा मित्रमरातयो वसु बलं विद्याः सुहृद्बान्धवाः
चित्तस्पन्दितकल्पनामनुभवन्विद्वानविद्यामयीं
निद्रामेत्य विघूर्णितो बहुविधान्स्वप्नानिमान्पश्यति [29]
‘I am born; this is my
father; my mother; my land; my family;
my sons; my friends;
my enemies; my wealth;
my strength; my
learning; my well-wishers; my relatives’
In this manner
experiencing the imaginations appearing in the agitated mind,
the all-knower falls asleep in ignorance
and with eyes rolling
in stupor sees various types of these dreams.”
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! If the Supreme Lord has been sleeping like this for so long
lost to all his knowledge, then how will PRABODHA- Awakening happen in him?”
KING- (visibly embarrassed looks downwards)
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! Why have you become silent like this with the head bent in extreme
embarrassment? Why are you not saying anything?”
KING-
“Beloved! The women are by nature envious. Therefore I am weighed down by
my guilt.”
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! Those types of women
are different and will block the path of the husband who is engaged in some
work which interests him or who is engaged in some righteous act!”
{DISCRIMINATING POWER
SHOULD BE GUIDED BY UPANISHADS}
KING-
“Beloved!
मानिन्याश्चिरविप्रयोगजनितासूयाकुलाया भवे-
च्छान्त्यादेरनुकूलनादुपनिषद्देव्या मया संगमः
तूष्णीं चेद्विषयानपास्य भवती तिष्टेन्मुहूर्तम् ततो
जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिधामविरहात्प्राप्तः
प्रबोधोदयः [30]
With the help of
her friends, Peace etc,
if I could unite with the well-honored Devi
Upanishad,
who is distressed
with envy due to the long-time separation from me;
if you could stay
for some time silent without chasing the sense objects,
then, in the
absence of the three states of waking, dream and deep sleep,
the ‘Awakening’
will occur.
MATI-
“AaryaPutra! If the Lord of our
family (Brahman) can be freed from the bondage where he is tied up hard by the
strong rope of ego, then I do not mind even if you are constantly in her
company. I am quite happy about this.”
KING-
“Beloved! If you are pleased, then all my wishes will get fulfilled
definitely.
As it is-
{The process of ‘Awakening’ starts by developing the good qualities like
‘control of the mind’ ‘control of the body’ etc. At the same time a seeker
should study the Upanishads and other Scriptures leading towards
Self-Realization and practice contemplation of the Self.}
बद्ध्वैको बहुधा विभज्य जगतामादिः प्रभुः
शाश्वतः
क्षिप्त्वा यैः पुरुषः पुरेषु परमो मृत्योः पदं प्रापितः
तेषां ब्रह्मभिदां विधाय विधिवत्प्राणान्तिकं विद्यया
प्रायश्चित्तमिदं मया पुनरसौ ब्रह्मैक्यतां नीयते [31]
I will, with the help
of Vidyaa (Self-knowledge)
and through proper
methods (mentioned in the scriptures),
lead the Self towards
the union of Brahman and avenge those
who have made the Lord
of the entire world, the Purusha (Self),
the First one, the
eternal one, the one and only one,
to get bound and to be
divided manifold,
and made him enter the
cities (bodies) and pushed him to the city of Death
Let that be so! Let us find ‘Shama’ and others and get the
work started.”
(Mati and Viveka move out of the stage)
इति श्रीकृष्णमिश्रविरचिते प्रबोधचन्द्रोदये
प्रथमोsङ्क:
FIRST ACT
OF THE PLAY
PRABODHACHANDRODAYA
‘RISE OF THE MOON OF AWAKENING’
AUTHORED BY
SHREE KRISHNAMISHRA
ENDS
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