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kuntimaddi sadananda • September 4, 2002 


Here is an explanation that I provided to my geeta class in
discussing this section - for whatever it is worth. 

Deva-s - these are phenomenal forces of nature or one can also say
the presiding deities of these that provide the fruits of the action
in their sphere of operation.  

Yagna - A cooperative endeavour wherein everyone puts forth thier
best in the self-sacrificing mode for the benefit of the totality.
Everybody pitches in their best in the cooperative task in
surrendering completely ones selfish motives and work for the benefit
of the totality that is the sacrifice at the yagna.  To give an
example if I am an employee I perform my best my assigned task for
the benefit of the organization that I work then it is spirit of
yagna.  If eveyone does that then the production potential of that
field of action (this is deva) have to bless with rains which are
fruits of the action.  This is what parasparam bhaavayantaH - Your
offering is at the yagna is taken by the devas and devas in return
have to rain down the results of the yagna (the production potential
have to give the appropriate result and that is the Law) - This law
of cooperative endeavour is the law of action and resutls are
bestowed by the creator himself along with the creation. Ultimate law
giver is He.  The functions are distributed to different deva-s in
the sese the in each field of activity the laws goving that activity
is compartmentalized.  This essence of the turth is symbolized in
terms of external yagna-s and offerings wherein again there is a
coopertive actions from all participants. In the 8th ch. Krishna
relates this back to internal yanga - adhiyagna and he is the yagna
purusha for that too.  

If one looks at correctly - one can see beauty of Krishna's teaching
and how universal and scientific the teaching is.  Hence Geeta stands
out as eternal manual for human developement - yoga shaastra for
brahma vidya. 

Moksahm is the highest human edeavour and for that one requires
supreme sacrifice that is the very surrenderence of ones ego at the
alter of the totality.  That is can happen only if one recognizes the
nature of the problem - Thus j~naana is needed for one to understand.
What is the nature of the problem and what is type of j~naana that is
required - here the achaarya-s differ.

Hari OM!
Sadananda. 





--- Aravind Gopalan  wrote:
> 
> SrimathE Ranga Ramanuja Mahadesikaya Nama:
> 
> Sri Ranganatha divyamani pAdhukAbhyAm Nama:
> 
> SrI:
> 
> AdiyEn would like to know what does Pancha mahAyagyam mean?
> 
> In GitA,  Emperuman says that by performing yagyams people make the
> devas happy and in turn they get benefitted through Emperuman
> residing inside those devAs. He adds that the performer of the
> yagyam  can get swargam and also can get 'mOksha sAdhanam' as the
> phalam of their yagyam. What are these 'mOksha sAdhanams'?
> 
> AdiyEn is a mite apphrehensive that the above question is
> meaningless. This might be because of the knowledge(?) through mere
> book reading and not from any scholar, which is the RIGHT way to
> learn GitA.
> 
> AcharyALum BhagavathALum KatAshikkavEnum
> 
>  
> 
> AdiyEn,
> 
> Padhuka dAsan,
> 
> AravindalOchana dAsAnu dAsan.


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