In the 6th
chapter of Uddhava Gita Lord Krishna is answering the questions raised by
Uddhava at the end of the fifth Chapter. The question pertains to the cause of bondage and the means of liberation. Also Uddhava
wanted to know the difference between a liberated person and a bonded person
(samsari) because both of them live in the same world. There are some people
who think that moksha is possible only after death by going to some other
higher loka. Krishna says one can be liberated even when one is alive and he is
called jivan mukthi. He continues to live in the body after attaining jivan
mukthi.
How a Gnani
looks at the world, how he looks at himself and his experiences is only at his
perspective.
Krishna is discussing the topic from verse 5 (CH VI) onwards. Initially he
talks about Bhagavan himself as a liberated Gnani. He talks about Bhagavan also
as a gnani and a liberated one. Bhagavan
has Maya Sakthi and pervades the whole creation and pervades all living beings.
He is the consciousness pervading the Karana Sariram of every Jiva. In the karana sariram alone all the potential
karmas of all the jivas are residing. Behind Stula sariram (Physical body) and Shukshma sariram (Subtle body) we have Karana sariram in which our
future Prarabhda karma is hidden. It
will give pleasurable and painful experiences. This holds good also for a Gnani
who has to exhaust his prarabhda which he has got before he became a Gnani. As
even the body grows, it has to give pleasurable and painful experiences to the
body. Bhagavan is the Karma Pala Dhadha.
Bhagavan is the witness of every good
and bad deed we are doing. Bhagavan is called Karma adyahshaga who is the
witness of all the things that we are doing. At the appropriate time Karma
palam will be given to us. Some of the karma will fructify in the present
janma. Some will fructify in the future janma. Bhagavan is a gnani who has discovered he is Akarta and abhokta.
Bhagavan does not experience any karma pala. Bhagavan is Akartha and abhokta
only because of Self knowledge. A jiva can become Akartha and Abhoktha only if
he becomes a wise person (Gnani). Whosoever has got ignorance (Self ignorance)
he will be bound whatever may be his accomplishment in life. A person having Self knowledge (without any
degree or qualification) is a liberated person. He has Vidya (Atma Gnanam,
Self Knowledge).
Be blissful.
S.SEKAR
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