Bhavana Bodh

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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BHAVANA BODH
FIRST PRINT
ANITYA BHAVANA A STRONG FEELING OF TRANSIENCE OF EVERY
WORLDLY OBJECT
(Upajati poetic form) VIDYUTA LAXMI PRABHUTA PATANGA. AYUSHYA TETO JALANA TARANGA; PURANDARI CHAPA ANANGA RANGA, SHU RACHIE TYAN KSHANANO PRASANGA ?
SPECIAL MEANING :- Wealth and riches are shortlived like a lightning in the sky; which no sooner gives a flash of light, vanishes leaving more darkness than before. Similarly wealth and prosperity come to a man but they also leave him a pauper behind Power and status are like the fleeting colours of a butterfly whose life is only of a few moments of time. A man may get high power and social status, but after some time feels broken down when they leave him suddenly. Life is like the waves of ocean water which constantly move up and down. Similarly a soul gets birth in a living body which lasts for some time and at death it leaves the body compulsorily and gets born again in another body. Sense pleasures are compared with a rainbow in the monsoon sky wherein due to sunrays we find many disparate colours called Vibgyor but none of them remains for long, they appear only for a moment and suddenly vanish. Just as the fleeting colours of a rainbow of a monsoon sky, in youth the pangs of sex attraction and such sense pleasures are experienced for some time and later on, nearing oldage none of them remains. In short O you living soul ! The contact of all these objects of pleasure and enjoyment is only momentary and so how can a wise man feel satisfied in such worldly life ? How can one be bound by such shackles ? Purport, all these are fleeting and vanishing while your soul is impartite and eternal; therefore you work towards realising the true nature of your eternal soul and live in it for ever.!
DEJECTION OF A BEGGAR EXAMPLE :- Here we give an example of transient and dreamlike happiness. Once a miserable beggar, while wandering