यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् |
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ || 27||
yāvat sañjāyate kiñchit sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam
kṣhetra-kṣhetrajña-sanyogāt tad viddhi bharatarṣhabha
yāvat—whatever; sañjāyate—manifesting; kiñchit—anything; sattvam—being; sthāvara—unmoving; jaṅgamam—moving; kṣhetra—field of activities; kṣhetra-jña—knower of the field; sanyogāt—combination of; tat—that; viddhi—know; bharata-ṛiṣhabha—best of the Bharatas
Translation:
Whatever is born— whether animate or inanimate— know, Ο Bhārata prince, that it is through union of the Field and the Knower of the Field.
Commentary:
The presence of the Lord in everything in the world is declared here. The moving and non-moving objects, whatever they are, all of them and every one of them, are produced by the union of Prakriti and Purusha (kshetra and kshetrajna). Knowing this man has to cultivate universal love as the rule of conduct in life. Does God exist in the stone? The answer is that the stone cannot have any existence at all, without the union with the Lord. The stone as stone would not be there. This being so, is it any wonder that the Lord is present in living beings, animals, birds or men? So in the trees and mountains, rivers and valleys, fields and meadows, in the ant, in the sparrow, in the deer and the tiger, in men, in demons and the Gods, Paramatma exists. Such faith is needed for God-realisation.
Swami Vivekananda Says —
After his experience of the macrocosm within the microcosm while absorbed in meditation under the peepul tree at Kakrighat, in 1890, Swami Vivekananda jotted down in Bengali fragments of his realization in his notebook.
In the beginning was the Word etc.
The microcosm and the macrocosm are built on the same plan. Just as the individual soul is encased in the living body, so is the universal Soul in the Living Prakriti [Nature] — the objective universe. Shivâ [i.e. Kâli] is embracing Shiva: this is not a fancy. This covering of the one [Soul] by the other [Nature] is analogous to the relation between an idea and the word expressing it: they are one and the same; and it is only by a mental abstraction that one can distinguish them. Thought is impossible without words. Therefore, in the beginning was the Word etc.
This dual aspect of the Universal Soul is eternal. So what we perceive or feel is this combination of the Eternally Formed and the Eternally Formless.[Source]
Sri Ramakrishna Says —
Doctor Sarkar, who was a homeopath, gave Sri Ramakrishna two globules of medicine. He said, “I am giving you these two globules: one is Purusha and the other is Prakriti.” (All laugh.)
MASTER (smiling): “Oh yes, Purusha and Prakriti are always together. Haven’t you observed pigeons? The male and female cannot live separately. Wherever Purusha is, there is Prakriti, and wherever Prakriti is, there is Purusha.”
It was Vijaya day. Sri Ramakrishna asked Dr. Sarkar to have some refreshments. The devotees served him with sweets.
DOCTOR (while eating): “Now I say ‘Thank you’ for the sweets; but it is not for your teachings. Why should I give that ‘Thank you’ in words?”
MASTER (smiling): “The essential thing is to fix the mind on God and to practise meditation a little. What more shall I say? (Pointing to the younger Naren) Look at him. His mind totally merges in God. Those things I was telling you —”
DOCTOR: “Tell the others also.”
MASTER: “No, a man should be given food according to his power of digestion. Can all understand what I told you? I cannot talk to everyone as I talked to you. Suppose a mother has bought a fish for the family. All her children have not the same power of digestion. For some she makes pilau and for others she makes stew. These latter have weak stomachs.” (All laugh.) (Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)
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“Weeping, I prayed to the Mother: ‘O Mother, reveal to me what is contained in the Vedas and the Vedanta. Reveal to me what is in the Purana and the Tantra.’ One by one She has revealed all these to me.
“Yes, She has taught me everything. Oh, how many things She has shown me! One day She showed me Siva and Sakti everywhere. Everywhere I saw the communion of Siva and Sakti. Siva and Sakti existing in all living things — men, animals, trees, plants. I saw Them in the communion of all male and female elements. (Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)
The Master’s story about Ganesha’s filial attitude towards all women.
Once while living at Dakshineswar the Master told us a Puranic story that illustrated his filial attitude towards all women. This story explains how a firm knowledge of the motherhood of all women became established in the heart of Ganesha, chief among the illumined ones. Previously we did not have much devotion to or reverence for this pot-bellied, elephant-headed God with sweat dripping from his temples. But the following story told by the Master convinced us that Ganesha is truly fit to be worshipped before all the gods.
One day when Ganesha was a child, He saw a cat while He was playing. Out of boyish playfulness He wounded it by torturing it in various ways and beating it. The cat somehow escaped with its life. When Ganesha calmed down and went to His mother, the goddess Parvati, He saw bruises all over Her body. Seeing His mother’s pitiable condition He was pained and asked Her how this happened. Parvati sullenly replied, “You Yourself are responsible for My misery.” At this, the devoted Ganesha was very much surprised and saddened. He asked with tearful eyes: “What do You mean, Mother! When did I strike You? Although I am an imprudent son, I don’t remember having done something so wrong that others would inflict such humiliation on You.”
The all-pervading Mother Parvati said, “Try to recall: Have You beaten any creature today?” Ganesha replied: “Yes, I have. I struck a cat a short while ago.” Ganesha then began to weep, thinking that the cat’s owner had attacked His mother. Embracing Her repentant son, Parvati said: “It is not so, My child. No one has struck My body. But I dwell in the cat, as in all beings of the world. That is why You see on My body the marks of the beating You gave that cat. You have done this without knowing it, so do not grieve. But from now on You must keep firmly in mind that all female beings have originated from Myself and all male beings from Your Father. Nothing exists in the world apart from Shiva and Shakti.” Ganesha accepted His mother’s words completely and kept them in His heart forever. He refused to marry when He was of the appropriate age, lest He have to wed His mother. Thus, Ganesha remained a brahmachari forever. He became foremost among the illumined ones because He constantly experienced the truth that the universe is pervaded by Shiva and Shakti.
The story of Ganesha and Kartika’s circumambulation of the universe.
After telling this story the Master narrated the following to illustrate the supreme wisdom of Ganesha: Once Parvati showed Her precious necklace of gems to Ganesha and Kartika and said, “I will present this necklace to the one who is the first to circumambulate the universe of fourteen worlds.” Kartika smiled derisively, thinking of His elder brother’s pot-bellied and bulky body, and comparing His slow carrier mouse to His own speedy peacock. Certain that the necklace was as good as His already, Kartika got on His peacock and set out on His journey around the universe. Long after Kartika had left, Ganesha arose from His seat and through His eye of wisdom saw the universe, consisting of Shiva and Shakti, within the bodies of Hara and Parvati. He then slowly walked around Them and, after prostrating at Their feet, sat quietly. When Kartika returned, Parvati announced that Ganesha had truly earned the necklace and affectionately put it around His neck.
Thus citing the greatness of Ganesha’s wisdom and His filial attitude towards all women, the Master said: “I have the same attitude towards all women. That is why, after vividly seeing the form of the Divine Mother in my wife, I worshipped her and bowed down at her feet.” (Source: Sri Ramakrishna and His Divine Play)
Swami Turiyananda was very frank and truthful. But his candour in pointing out a person’s defects often proved painful. One day he came across this verse of the Bhagavata: “Realizing the universe as one in the aspect of Purusha and prakriti, never praise or blame the action of others” (11. 28. 1). Then he read the commentary on that verse: “If accidentally the teeth bite the tongue, hurt and cut it, do people take a piece of stone and break the teeth? No, because the teeth belong to the same person to whom the tongue belongs. Since the one Lord who is in me also resides in others, it is improper to find fault with them.” This teaching made a deep impression on Turiyananda; thereafter, he became gentler in correcting those in his charge. (Source: God Lived with Them)
Ramcharitmanas (Lanka Kand)
“Siyaramamaya saba jaga jani, karahu pranama jori juga pani.”
“Know the entire world to be pervaded by Sita and Rama; bow to it with folded hands.”
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- Know this (Prakriti) to be the womb of all beings; I am the source of the outcoming of the whole universe, and like-wise the source of its dissolution. (BG 7.6)
- And that which is the seed of all beings— that am I, Ο Arjuna. There is no being, whether moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me. (BG 10.39)
Question: How are the moving and non-moving objects produced?
Answer: They are produced by the union of ‘kshetra’ and ‘kshetrajna’.
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