Namaste
Sharad Purnima. Such a special Purnima, and it is literally true, not an exaggeration.
Also celebrated as KoJAgiri PurnimA (when Shri Lakshmi goes around asking "ko jAgiri?" "Who is awake? " - nice Pun, Lakshmi )
The full moon on Sharad PurnimA is 3-Dimensional, celestially golden , much larger and like a real wonder in the sky as compared to the other full moons. No wonder Shri KRshNa chose this purnima for the Maharaas as promised.
The moon rays are astonishingly sharp, but very cool. You do not need street lights. Sheetal (cool), just like KRshNa. The moon itself is so full round and beautiful - just like KRshNa.
So, on Sharad Purnima, my Bhagavad Geeta opened right to chapter 13, and my eyes fell directly on BG 13.16! And that was no coincidence. Let's take a look.
BG 13.16 bahir antaśh cha bhūtānām acharaṁ charam eva cha
sūkṣhmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ chāntike cha tat
That Bramh exists outside and inside all living beings, everything that is moving and stationary (char-achar). Bramh is subtle, and hence, incomprehensible. Bramh is very far, but also very near.
That is just like the moonrays of Sharad Purnima, sharp (teekshNa), yet cool (sheetal) and illuminating everything, pervading the atmosphere.
Someone might say - what's new - Sun is a very common analogy for ParamAtmA , sun-rays pervading everything.
Yes, but the moonrays of Sharad PurnimA are eerily beautiful and there is something magical about it. First, they are cool, not hot, and they are dazzling silver-white.
I think this Purnima is a great time to contemplate on the nature of Bramh a.k.a. ParamAtmA. The moon resembling BhagavAn is something I mentioned above, but really BhagavAn IS Bramh' inclusive of the special apparent appearance, and the true BhagavAn is that moonlight Bramh'. There is no source-of-moonlight and moonlight. See BG 13.16 above. This shloka knocks off everything else.
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More reference for context :
BG 13.13 jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛitam aśhnute
anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad uchyate
I shall now reveal to you that which ought to be known, and by knowing which, one attains immortality. It is the beginningless Brahman, which lies beyond existence and non-existence.
BG 13.14 sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣhi-śhiro-mukham
sarvataḥ śhrutimal loke sarvam āvṛitya tiṣhṭhati
Everywhere are His hands and feet, eyes, heads, and faces. His ears too are in all places, for He pervades everything in the universe.
BG 13.15 sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛich chaiva nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛi cha
Though He perceives all sense-objects, yet He is devoid of the senses. He is unattached to anything, and yet He is the sustainer of all. Although He is without attributes, yet He is the enjoyer of the three modes of material nature.
*Related: BG 15.6 na tad bhAsate sUryo na shashAnko na pAvakah: |
yad gatvA na nivartante tad dhAma parama mama ||
Sharad Purnima. Such a special Purnima, and it is literally true, not an exaggeration.
Also celebrated as KoJAgiri PurnimA (when Shri Lakshmi goes around asking "ko jAgiri?" "Who is awake? " - nice Pun, Lakshmi )
The full moon on Sharad PurnimA is 3-Dimensional, celestially golden , much larger and like a real wonder in the sky as compared to the other full moons. No wonder Shri KRshNa chose this purnima for the Maharaas as promised.
The moon rays are astonishingly sharp, but very cool. You do not need street lights. Sheetal (cool), just like KRshNa. The moon itself is so full round and beautiful - just like KRshNa.
So, on Sharad Purnima, my Bhagavad Geeta opened right to chapter 13, and my eyes fell directly on BG 13.16! And that was no coincidence. Let's take a look.
BG 13.16 bahir antaśh cha bhūtānām acharaṁ charam eva cha
sūkṣhmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ chāntike cha tat
That Bramh exists outside and inside all living beings, everything that is moving and stationary (char-achar). Bramh is subtle, and hence, incomprehensible. Bramh is very far, but also very near.
That is just like the moonrays of Sharad Purnima, sharp (teekshNa), yet cool (sheetal) and illuminating everything, pervading the atmosphere.
Someone might say - what's new - Sun is a very common analogy for ParamAtmA , sun-rays pervading everything.
Yes, but the moonrays of Sharad PurnimA are eerily beautiful and there is something magical about it. First, they are cool, not hot, and they are dazzling silver-white.
I think this Purnima is a great time to contemplate on the nature of Bramh a.k.a. ParamAtmA. The moon resembling BhagavAn is something I mentioned above, but really BhagavAn IS Bramh' inclusive of the special apparent appearance, and the true BhagavAn is that moonlight Bramh'. There is no source-of-moonlight and moonlight. See BG 13.16 above. This shloka knocks off everything else.
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More reference for context :
BG 13.13 jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛitam aśhnute
anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad uchyate
I shall now reveal to you that which ought to be known, and by knowing which, one attains immortality. It is the beginningless Brahman, which lies beyond existence and non-existence.
BG 13.14 sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣhi-śhiro-mukham
sarvataḥ śhrutimal loke sarvam āvṛitya tiṣhṭhati
Everywhere are His hands and feet, eyes, heads, and faces. His ears too are in all places, for He pervades everything in the universe.
BG 13.15 sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛich chaiva nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛi cha
Though He perceives all sense-objects, yet He is devoid of the senses. He is unattached to anything, and yet He is the sustainer of all. Although He is without attributes, yet He is the enjoyer of the three modes of material nature.
*Related: BG 15.6 na tad bhAsate sUryo na shashAnko na pAvakah: |
yad gatvA na nivartante tad dhAma parama mama ||
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