Bhavana Bodh

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

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BHAVANA BODH
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persons and relatives of this world, you will have to bear this unbearable hustle bustle noise of this world. Otherwise, when you aspire for loneliness and feel alone like the bangle on each hand, being alone without making any noise by its movement, you will obtain the highest acquisition of the soul, namely the singleness of your soul, and thus you will experience eternal peace. Thus, in thinking and reflecting on the beneficial effect of oneness or loneliness, the king Namiraj remembered his previous birth and went to sound sleep with a firm determination to adopt ascetic life. In the next day morning, auspicious bands were played and the king was cured of his burning fever. Salutations to this great king Namiraj who perfectly followed his experience of being lonely or single!
(Shardulvikridit) RANI SARVA MALI SUCHANDAN GHASI NE CHURCHVAMA KATI, BUJYO TYAN KAKALAT KANKANTANO SHROTI NAMI BHUPATHI; SAMVADE PAN INDRATHI DRADHA RAHYO EKATVA SACHU KARYU EVA E MITHILESHNU CHARIT AA SAMPURNA ATRE THAYU.
Special Meaning :- While the group of queens was engaged in rubbing and applying the malaya Mountain grown sandlewood to the king's body which was suffering from burning fever, king Namiraj got a lesson from hearing the big noise of rattling golden bangles by their movements on every hand of his queens and observed that loneliness was peace, while company with the many was noise unbearable. He remained steadfast in his decision to lead an ascetic's life inspite of many allurements offered by Indra in his dialogue with him and finally he realised real oneness.
Thus, the life story of the great ascetic Namiraj in search of the liberation, comes to an end in the Third Print of the book Bhavana Bodh.