Samkhya elements in the Bhagavata-purana
by Jumli Nath | 2017 | 62,959 words
This page relates 鈥榚ffects of Rajas-guna鈥� of the English study dealing with the treatment of Samkhya elements in the Bhavata-Purana. The Puranas are a vast reservoir of Indian religious and cultural wisdom. Sankhya refers to one of the oldest and the authentic system of Indian philosophy ascribed to sage Kapila. This analytical study delves into the reflection of Samkhya philosophy within the Bhagavatapurana by researching original texts, translations, commentaries and scholarly articles.
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Part 3.2 - The effects of 搁补箩补蝉-驳耻峁嘺
[Full title: The effects of 搁补箩补蝉-驳耻峁嘺 as portrayed in the 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补辫耻谤腻峁嘺]
When 谤补箩辞驳耻峁嘺 becomes predominant one lusts after sensual pleasure, endeavour, self-importance, dissatisfaction, false pride, the quest for heavenly blessings for prosperity, sense of gratification, quarrel-mongering, display of valour, hard sanctioning qualities etc.[1]
It is clearly mentioned in the 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 that if a person worships the God and performs righteously the duties prescribed in the 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉 with the expectation of getting worldly pleasures, he will invariably be a person endowed with 搁补箩辞驳耻峁嘺.[2] . 艢谤颈诲丑补谤补 厂飞腻尘墨 also saysthat if a person with expectation of attaining worldly pleasures worships the God through righteous conduct prescribed by the 艣膩stras, it is to be understood that he is definitely a 谤腻箩补蝉颈办补 person.
When 谤补箩辞驳耻峁嘺 becomes predominant over the other two gunas then the negative attributes like attachment, notion of difference, unhappiness, hankering after name and fame, wealth and other worldly possessions among others play a vital role in shaping a person鈥檚 nature.[3] 搁腻箩辞驳耻峁嘺 is also characterized by some symptoms such as the mind becoming unsteady through various activities, judgment getting distracted, senses becoming restless and the mind being mired in confused.[4] The dream state of a person is signified as the state springing from 谤补箩辞驳耻峁嘺.
A 谤腻箩补蝉颈办补 person always comprehends the self along with the body. Their dwelling place is recognized by the 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补辫耻谤腻峁嘺. They are the inhibators of village or town; given to performing ritualistic and other duties prescribed in Vedas. In another sense they have reposed faith only in those activities which bear resultant fruits. One who dies when 谤补箩辞驳耻峁嘺 is predominant again returns to Naraloka as clearly mentioned in the 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补辫耻谤腻峁嘺.[5]
When one is dominated by the 迟补尘辞驳耻峁嘺, it has a very bad affect on the person. The predominance of 迟补尘辞驳耻峁嘺 leads a person to descend into intolerance, greed, deceitfulness, violence, begging, hypocrisy, quarrels, lamentation, delusion, depression, sloth, false expectation, fear, lethargy etc.[6] 罢补尘辞驳耻峁嘺 is born of ignorance or folly and it deludes the embodied beings. They are unable to discriminate between the real and the unreal and that which is proper and improper. Anger, greed, cruelty, begging, quarrel, delusion, grief, dejection, fear and indolence etc are the underpinning attributes of tamas gu峁嘺. It binds the embodied beings through indolence and sleep.[7]
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yad膩 膩艣墨峁 膩艣膩sya m膩峁� bhajet svakarmabhi岣�/
迟补峁� 谤补箩补岣� 辫谤补办峁泃颈峁� vidy膩dd丑颈峁僺腻m膩艣膩sya t膩masam// 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补-辫耻谤腻峁嘺 , 11.25.11
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苍补谤补濒辞办补峁� rajolay膩岣�/ Ibid., 11.25.22 (a)
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