Drushtant Kathao

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Dinubhai M Patel
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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Bhavnabodh - Anyatva Bhavana
death, Chovish Dandak - punitive sufferings of twenty four different kinds and all sorts of internal, external and cosmic miseries. He detached himself from
all transient worldly enjoyments, he shed off considerations of love and hate and he became the highest soul worthy of constant worship by all spiritual aspirants.
Lesson :- Thus the greatest of all kings Bharat, who was the Lord of all six continents, like the God of all Gods, the enjoyer of unlimited wealth, the master of a very long life and possessor of many invaluable jewels, by raising in him this Anyatva Bhavana, the sense of soul's separateness from all that is called mine in worldly life, became pure non-attached soul, in that palace called Adarash Bhavan.
Really the life of King Bharat, worthy of deep reflection, gives a clear picture of the misery and sorrow of the worldly life and subsequently shows high teachings and means of right knowledge. Say ! What was wanting in his worldly life? Neither there was scarcity of beautiful young women nor there was scarcity of royal prowess, neither there was scarcity of victorious achievements and excellencies nor there was scarcity of sons and family members, neither there was scarcity of beauty and lustre, nor there was scarcity of success and fame.
We again remember the above possessions of king Bharat with a view to impress upon all readers that by right discrimination, he realised the nature of basic difference between the soul and body with all its external accompaniments and knowing it well, he immediately left worldly life as a serpent leaves its outer skin and proved the falsity of the sense of mineness which binds all souls to this worldly life. We can see steadfastness of non-attachment, the sense of total detachment and the development of infinite power of the self in this life of great yogeshwar Bharat.
Out of one hundred sons of Bharat's father, ninetynine sons were already practising for self-realisation; this hundredth son Bharat sought the same self-realisation. Bharat's father also sought the same self-realisation as Bharat and it is said that whoever kings followed on Bharat's throne, realised the self-realisation in the same Adarsh Bhavan. The whole band of these spiritually realised souls help us to enter the real sense of singleness by full realisation of basic fundamental difference of nature between the soul and the entire externals. All praise and salutations to these great souls including Bharat !
Dekhi Angali Aap Ek Adavi, Vairagya Vege Gaya, Chhanndi Raj Samajane Bharatji Kaivalyagyani Thaya; Chothu Chitra Pavitra Eja Charite, Pamyu Ahin Purnata,
Gyaninan Mana Teha Ranjan Karo, Vairagya Bhave Yatha, Special Meaning - Finding his one finger ugly because of the ring that fell out of it, one who entered the life of utter non-attachment, one who left off his royal grandeur and wealth and as an ascetic achieved perfect self-realisation. Depicting the life of such a great King Bharat this fourth picture comes to an end here. Let us all please the enlightened souls by such correct description of the spirit of utter non-attachment which is the core of an ascetic life.
Thus the example of Lord Bharat and the lesson to be learnt from it, comes to an end in the fourth chapter of the first presentation of this book Bhavana Bodh.
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