TEXT 44

Devanagari

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि स: ।
जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥ ४४ ॥

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Tekst

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva
hriyate hy avaśo ’pi saḥ
jijñāsur api yogasya
śabda-brahmātivartate

Synonyms

pūrva — previous; abhyāsena — by practice; tena — by that; eva — certainly; hriyate — is attracted; hi — surely; avaśaḥ — automatically; api — also; saḥ — he; jijñāsuḥ — inquisitive; api — even; yogasya — about yoga; śabda-brahma — ritualistic principles of scriptures; ativartate — transcends.

pūrva — tidligere; abhyāsena — gennem praksis; tena — gennem den; eva — afgjort; hriyate — tiltrækkes; hi — med sikkerhed; avaśaḥ — automatisk; api — også; saḥ — han; jijñāsuḥ — nysgerrig; api — endda; yogasya — om yoga; śabda-brahma — skrifternes ritualistiske principper; ativartate — han transcenderer.

Translation

By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles – even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.

I kraft af sit tidligere livs guddommelige bevidsthed tiltrækkes han automatisk af yoga-principperne, selv uden at opsøge dem. En sådan videbegærlig transcendentalist er altid hævet over skrifternes rituelle principper.

Purport

Advanced yogīs are not very much attracted to the rituals of the scriptures, but they automatically become attracted to the yoga principles, which can elevate them to complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the highest yoga perfection. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.33.7), such disregard of Vedic rituals by the advanced transcendentalists is explained as follows:

FORKLARING: Avancerede yogīer er ikke særlig tiltrukkede af skrifternes ritualer, men de bliver automatisk tiltrukket af yoga-principperne, der kan ophøje dem til fuld Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, den højeste fuldkommenhed i yoga. I Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.33.7) bliver de avancerede transcendentalisters ligegyldighed over for de vediske ritualer forklaret som følger:

aho bata śva-paco ’to garīyān
yaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam
tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā
brahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te

“O my Lord! Persons who chant the holy names of Your Lordship are far, far advanced in spiritual life, even if born in families of dog-eaters. Such chanters have undoubtedly performed all kinds of austerities and sacrifices, bathed in all sacred places and finished all scriptural studies.”

“O min Herre! Personer, der reciterer Dine hellige navne, er meget, meget avancerede i åndeligt liv, selv hvis de er født i familier af hundeædere. Sådanne lovprisere [af Dine hellige navne] har utvivlsomt udført alle mulige former for askese og offerhandlinger, taget bad på alle de hellige steder og færdiggjort alle skriftlige studier.”

The famous example of this was presented by Lord Caitanya, who accepted Ṭhākura Haridāsa as one of His most important disciples. Although Ṭhākura Haridāsa happened to take his birth in a Muslim family, he was elevated to the post of nāmācārya by Lord Caitanya due to his rigidly attended principle of chanting three hundred thousand holy names of the Lord daily: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. And because he chanted the holy name of the Lord constantly, it is understood that in his previous life he must have passed through all the ritualistic methods of the Vedas, known as śabda-brahma. Unless, therefore, one is purified, one cannot take to the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness or become engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Det berømte eksempel på dette blev givet af Herren Caitanya, der accepterede Ṭhākura Haridāsa som en af Sine allervigtigste disciple. Selv om Ṭhākura Haridāsa på en eller anden måde var blevet født i en muslimsk familie, ophøjede Herren Caitanya ham til posten som nāmācārya, fordi han strengt efterlevede et princip om dagligt at recitere 300.000 af Herrens hellige navne: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. At han konstant reciterede Herrens hellige navn, viser, at han i sit tidligere liv må have gennemgået alle Vedaernes rituelle metoder, der kaldes śabda-brahma. Man kan derfor ikke hengive sig til de Kṛṣṇa-bevidste principper eller blive engageret i at recitere Herrens hellige navn, Hare Kṛṣṇa, medmindre man først er blevet renset.