365bet

Essay name: Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India

Author: Kaberi Sarkar
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Sanskrit

This essay studies the Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India as revealed in the Vedas, Puranas and Tantras. This work explores the discussion of God in Puuranic, Tantric, and Vedic hymns, portraying God as the creator, protector, and destroyer of the universe, and sometimes as the giver of ultimate salvation (moksha).

Chapter 1

Page:

52 (of 62)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


Download the PDF file of the original publication


Copyright (license):

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)


Warning! Page nr. 52 has not been proofread.


52 ::-
-
not a drop of lust no restlessness of desire and that which
is perfect within itself. The Mohamudgara stotra of Sankaracarya
is much appreciated in the stotra literature as because it
has widened such a way of self-realisation, that is serene
and free of lust. There is no distinct expression of santa
rasa in other stotras of Sankaracārya, we find a description
of the greatness of the god of eulogization and a full ex-
pression of the composer's devotional sentiment. The
Sivastaka stotra is such a stotra. Here the poet, charme à
by the greatness and brilliance of Mahadeva, has bowed his
down to his god of worship repeatedly prayed goodness and
welfare from Mahadeva, compared with a Kalpa tree (all-
giving tree) of all good. The poet of Mohamudgara has
appeared as if in the guise of a fighter. The poet here
aims at establishing the human mind on its own by taking
it far away from illusion, delusion, lust, desire, hope
and despair of the world. He expressed a bitter outlook
towards the flow of the advancing life. The love of woman,
youth, everything has been reduced to ashes. The poet of
Sivaṣṭaka stotra, on the other hand, has approached himself
near his object of eulogy in a hesitating heart. Here, we
find no impertinent expression of extreme boldness, rather
we find here a slight disclosure of the covering of the
sensitive and frightened mind. One has to have the feeling
of fear and hesitation to approach Mahadeva, who is like the

Let's grow together!

I humbly request your help to keep doing what I do best: provide the world with unbiased sources, definitions and images. Your donation direclty influences the quality and quantity of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual insight the world is exposed to.

Let's make the world a better place together!

Like what you read? Help to become even better: