Bhavana Bodh

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

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INTERNAL PRESENTATION - SIXTH PRINT
NIVRUTTI BODHA
BHAVANA BODH
(Naracha Chhanda)
ANANTA SAUKHYA NAMA DUKKHA TYAN RAHI NA MITRATA! ANANTA DUKKHA NAMA SAUKHYA PREM TYAN VICHITRATA !! UGHADA NYAYA NETRA NE NIHALA RE! NIHALA TUN! NIVRUTTI SHIGRAMEVA DHARI TE PRAVRUTTI BALA TUN.
Special Meaning:- How strange it is that you do not love and like the good life and self knowledge as real friends wherein rise the current or waves of purely infinite happiness because of your being bored by nominal troubles and pains which occur in such achievements ! While you fully love and like nominal pleasures of the world though they are totally linked with eternal pains and miseries! O consciousness! Better open your eyes of justice and see clearly! See clearly! and following this clear vision, adopt quickly that is, take up the life of great non-attachment or renunciation and burn the active life of your sense pleasures!
Here one can find below the description of the life story of the great youthful prince Mrugaputra, free from attachment which is worthy of serious consideration by all spiritual aspirants and which is capable of stabilising that holy Maha Nivrutte or great nonattachment. One can see therein as to what misery is regarded as happiness and what hapiness is regarded as misery. This will be proved by the utterances of that great youth Mrugaputra.
Example:- There was a beautiful city named Sugriva, which was bedecked with various kinds of gardens and parks full of beautiful trees. On the throne of this city, had a ruler named Balbhadra whose sweet speaking chief queen's name was Mruga and this couple gave birth to a prince called Balashri, who in his youth was well known as Mrugaputra Son of Mruga. This Mrugaputra was most dear and source of joy and happiness to his parents. Mrugaputra, though a prince and living worldly life, was