In English
Sagara (The Ocean Of )
The is full of difficulties, pains and sorrows of various natures. In the ocean, there will be crocodiles, whales and several other wild and ferocious animals living. Similarly, in the ocean of life, the crocodiles and whales of (desire, lust), (anger), (greed), (delusion), (pride) and (jealousy) live. These are ferocious animals. This ocean of life is unfathomable. This can be termed as “” (flowing truth). You must keep in mind the fact that this ocean is full of tidal waves consisting of conflicting forces of Sukha and Dukha (pleasure and pain). It is difficult to predict when one gets pleasure or when one is exposed to sorrow. To recognise the unity in diversity is the only method by which one can remove his difficulties, pains and sorrows. The “” (the Divine ) shines in every body, in accordance with the saying “Swa Shareere Swayam Jyotih” (resplendent, self-effulgent flame in one’s own body). You must have firm faith in this truth. When you recognise this truth of unity in diversity, you will never try to hate anybody (“Adweshta Sarvabhutanam”). When you recognise the unity of the Divine even before performing sacred like worship, , bhajan, and yoga, all of such and look trivial. As long as you are ignorant of this principle of unity, the nine forms of worship, namely, Sravanam (hearing Gods’ glory), Keertanam (singing Gods’ glory), smaranam (remembering Lord’s name), Pada Sevanam (serving God’s Lotus feet), Archanam (offering worship to God), Vandanam (prostrating before God), Dasyam (doing service as God’s servant), Sneham (worshipping God as a friend) and Nivedanam (Self-surrender to God) appear to be helpful only to a certain extent. While learning swimming, certain accessories like tyres, air-balloons, etc., will be of some help. But once you have mastered this art, you do not require any of these things. Similarly, till you are able to understand the essence of Gita, of this kind are, of course, necessary to a certain extent. But once you have recognised the sacred essence of Gita, all these methods appear to be of no use.