WHY ONLY THIS
PRONOUN अस्मिन् IS SELECTED
?
It is right
to follow the
celebrity of scriptures;
still, why – any one
of the following
words like : परमात्मनि’in the
Supreme Self’ , परमेश्वरे’in the Supreme
Lord’ , भगवति’in God’, etc. – that are
agreeable to scriptures – should not
be applied ? Answer to
this question is as follows : Here, this
pronoun अस्मिन्’in Him’
is properly used.
For, Pronoun = सर्वनाम in Sanskrit.
सर्वनाम is the
name for everything;
and God, Himself,
has become everything.
The Supreme Self
has different forms
like : Virtuous(सगुण), that without
qualities (निर्गुण), that having
form(साकार), and that
is formless(निराकार). श्रुति, स्मृति and पुराण have invented
thousands of names
in order to
recognize these forms;
and some of
the names are
as follows : Truth (सत्य),
Knowledge (ज्ञान), Bliss(आनन्द), Eternal-Pure-Awareness-Liberation(नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्त), Imperishable
One (अश्रर), the Soul
of the universe(ब्रह्म),
the Supreme Lord (परमेश्वर), the
all pervading God(विष्णु), the
Auspicious God(शिव), the
Goddess of Energy (शक्ति), the Sun God(सवितृ), etc. Every
name among these,
all at once,
brings its special
meaning itself to
our mind. These names
are defined : सत्य
means
that which remains
in the same
form without changing; ज्ञान means that
which is having
never changing form
of consciousness; आनन्द means that
which is having complete
happiness; नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्त means that
which is ever
disconnected from impurity,
that which is
eternally having its
all-knowing (सर्वज्ञ)
form, and that
which is eternally
not having any
regulation; अक्षर means that
which is having
imperishability; ब्रह्म means that
which is the
biggest one by
all manner; परमेश्वर means the
one who is
the Supreme Lord
than the independent rulers; विष्णु means the
all pervading One; शिव
means the one
who has the
Auspicious Form; शक्ति means the
goddess who is the ball
of energy; गणेश means the
Lord of the
group who are
having body, organs,
etc; सवितृ means the
Creator of the
world and the
fruit of action
for all living
beings. In this
manner, every word
carries its own
meaning; this
सर्वनाम (pronoun) अस्मिन् (in Him)
is the word
which is the
compendium of meaning
of all the
above names; therefore,
this word is
selected rightly.
Then, what
fitness is there
in selecting this
pronoun by leaving
all other pronouns ?
This question is
also answered : There is
one reason for
this selection. अयम्
(He),
the pronoun, as
we have already
mentioned, is the
famous verbal one
in the scripture;
this word is
employed in the
sentences of the
Upanishads like – अयमात्मा ब्रह्म, etc; God
is everywhere and He is
the Inner-most Self (सर्वान्तरात्मा) of everyone
and everything; and,
therefore, this pronoun
is befittingly selected.
The practitioners (साधकाः) obtain confidence
that God who is the
Self dwells in
them and He
need not be
searched externally elsewhere. Therefore, there
is a greater
fitness in employing
this pronoun which
refers to the
nearest one.
This reminds
us the following
sentences : पश्यत्स्विहैव निहितं गुहायाम् (मुं. 3-9-8). This sentence
of the मुण्डक उपनिषत् tells :
If it
is clearly seen,
the Principle of God
(परमात्मतत्त्व) is found
in the cave
of the heart. ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेsर्जुन तिष्ठति (गी. 18-61), the
Lord tells : O अर्जुन, God dwells
in the heart
of all living
beings.
THE
EXPLANATION OF परमप्रेमरूपा
8. The word भक्ति
has many
meanings in Sanskrit : (1) In the सामवेद, a part
of one साम is called
भक्ति. (2) In the शब्दशास्त्र (Grammar), if
one word is
used in another
meaning, that word
has भक्ति means a
secondary meaning (गौणवृत्ति). (3) The word भक्ति has a
worldly meaning : faith
or love towards
teachers and elders.
The भक्ति word has
originated from the
root भज्
which
means serving; in
order to serve
anyone love is
essential; therefore, it
flashes in the
mind that the भक्ति word has
the meaning ‘love’ (प्रेम) also. The
following words like : मातृभक्ति, पितृभक्ति, गुरुभक्ति, राजभक्ति, राष्ट्रभक्ति, etc. contain
the word भक्ति which has
only one meaning : love that
has originated due
to the worshipful
attitude. But , in this scripture, भक्ति is love
for God.
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