Bhavana Bodh

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

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BHAVANA BODH
FOURTH PRINT
ANYATVA BHAVANA FEELING THAT EVERY THING IN THIS WORLD IS QUITE
SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT FROM THE SELF
(Shardulvikridit) NA MARAN TAN RUPA KANTI YUVATI, NA PUTRA KE BHRATNA. NA MARAN BHRUTA SNEHIO SVAJAN KE, NA GOTRA KE GNAT NA NA MARAN DHANA DHAM Y AUVAN DHARA,E MOHA AGNATVANA, RE! RE! JIVA VICHARA EMAJ SADA ANYATVADA BHAVANA.
Special Meaning:- This body is not mine; this beauty is not mine; this lustre is not mine, this wife is not mine; these sons are not mine; these brothers are not mine; these servants are not mine; these affectionates are not mine; these relatives are not mine; this race is not mine; this community is not mine; these riches are not mine; this palace is not mine, this youth is not mine, and this land is not mine- all these infatuations of mineness result only from my ignorance; O you living soul! For accomplishment of liberation, always think in this way that whatever you call yours except your real self is not really yours, it is totally different from your self. Such constant feeling of everything in this worldly life as quite separate or different from your self is called Anyatva Bhavana.
With a view to abandon the feeling of mineness and to strengthen the feeling of non-attachment, we are now producing below the life story of the king of kings Bharat worth impressive meditation.
Example:- One in whose stable beautiful, clever and fast running horses were appearing in great number and in whose stable of elephants many kinds of intoxicated elephants were enjoying pleasing life, one in whose harem very young, delicate and attractive wives in thousands were dancing to his tune, in whose possession goddess of wealth known as daughter of the ocean and by nature unstable had remained well fixed, one whose commands were obeyed by gods and goddesses with great respect; one for whose pleasure highly tasteful foods of various agreeable kinds were getting ready every minute; one for whose