“Muni sakal vrati badbhaagi, bhav-bhogan tein vairagi
Vairagya upaavan maa e ye chintyo Anupreksha bhai”- Chhah Dhala
It means that the munis or the revered veetragi monks are having the complete vows and are detached from the various worldly pleasures.To obtain such a detachment, the meditation on the Anupreksha or the Barah bhavanas or the twelve feelings are like Mother.
Actually these are the feelings or thoughts about the reality of this world, about our true nature and the causes as well as treatment of the sorrows which are suffered by the soul from the beginingless time.
Many of our acaryas, munis and vidwans and poets have tried to put these 12 thoughts or feelings in their own words in the best possible ways.Most of you must be knowing many of these.Some are very popular ones.I have chosen a few of them for this write up.Some of them is “Raja rana chhatrapati” by Bhudhardasji, Anuprekshas of Chhah dhala by Daulatramji,”Kahaan gaye chakri” by sri Mangatramji and the barah bhavana in the Jaimala of dev-shastra- guru puja by Jugal Kishoreji Yugal.
I have tried my level best, to present these.But, mistakes are natural to appear as I am neither good in understanding nor the language.So wise men are requested to accept my apologies and to correct it.
I will post these bhavanas in various successive posts.
Thanks.
1. Anitya Bhavana :
“Anitya” means that which is not stable.
This world is not stable, means whatever we are seeing are destructible. We are actually seeing the particular states or paryayas of dravyas or substances. Paryayas are not stable and they changes.(but dravya is nitya or stable as it is never destroyed).
“Raja Rana Chhatrpati,haathin ke aswar, marnaa sab ko ek din apni apni baar”
Means,whether he is a king , emperor and used to ride on elephant with great pomp and show, but everyone including him, has to die one day when his turn will come.
“Jhoonthey jag ke sapney sarey,jhoonthi man ki sab aashayein
Tan jeevan youvan asthir hai kshan bhangur pal mai murjhayein”
Here, the poet says that false are all the dreams of this world and false are all the aspirations of our minds, because this body of our’s,this life and this youth is unstable.These are very temprory and will be destroyed with in no time.
“Kahaan gaye chakri jin jeeta bharakhand saraa?”
Sri Mangatramji asks that where have those chakravarti kings gone who had conquered the entire Bharat kshetra? Where are those Ram and Lakshman who killed powerful Ravan? Where is Krishna, his wives Rukmani and Satyabhama etc and that all their wealth and the town made of gold? They are not present today, all have to die one day.
So,the Anitya bhavana says that nothing is forever or permanent in this world.So we must not be attached with the worldly situations , states and relations as they will be destroyed one day for sure.
Dr.Amit Prakash Jain
