अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च प्रथग्विद्हम l
विविधाश्च पृथक चेष्टा दैवंचैवात्र पंचमं ll"
Srimad Bhagwat Gita, Ch 18:14
One of my favorite shlokas from the 'song celestial'.
As per this shloka there are five factors determining success of any project or person. These are:
1. Adhishthanam or Infrastructure
2. Karta or The Individual, The Agent
3. Karana or the Means, the Equipment
4. Chesta or the Efforts
5. Daiva or God's Grace or Fate
Thus, as I see it, and as I have understood from Srimad Bhagwat Gita, भाग्य, तकदीर, लक्, किस्मत, fate... whatever we name it, is only ONE of the FIVE factors. Sometimes, rather most of the times, other four are not perfect and we blame or credit 'fate' for the success or failure. We must perfect the means, equip ourselves best and exert ourselves to the most- then success is bound to come.
My Idol Swami Vivekanand once said, 'Let us perfect the means; the end will take care of itself.'
12 August 2011
Vidhna let's try to understand the ‘mechanics’ of vidhna as brought out in following story in brief :
“In a village two boys were born at the same time in two different families. One grew to be the most obedient and hardworking always lending a helping hand to others while other became the most crooked bully hitting others and snatching their belongings. Once there was flood and all villagers had to move to a different village. En-route the pious young man slipped and fell on a wild bush and a very long thick thorn pierced through his foot. He could not take out the thorn and was injured badly. He was in severe pain and could not move properly.
The other guy, the bad one, also slipped and fell in a small ditch. As he was trying to get out of that ditch he unearthed a box full of coins and jewels. He took it all and was happy. Perplexed by the events the villagers took both the boys to a learned man and asked him to solve the mystry as they could see themselves that the righteous man had suffered discomfort while that devil got rewarded with that box full of khazana.
The sage then told them that the man who got pierced by the thorn would have got hanged on sooli in his youth as per his vidhna. But his conduct and karma over these years since his birth have reduced that punishment of sooli to ‘shool’ ie thorn. And as per his vidhna this other boy would have grown to be the king of this kingdom with all the jewels and treausury at his disposal but his bad deeds of this life since his birth have reduced it to just a box full of discarded jewels…….”
Yes it is not difficult to discard it as a piece of fiction but then we have to understand that even kismet is not something abstract. It is very systematic thing. That we can’t always understand it is a different issue.
Vidhna after all is not an illogical, arbitrary, dictators.... kah diya bas... type.... it has to follow some principles.
16 August 2011
As highlighted in the story above, Kismat is written by us only through our deeds and intentions. It is very much according to our 'बल बूता'. Vidhaata has only reduced it in writing with a provision of regular updates based on our actions during this period.
Your subsequent reiteration is totally uncalled for. In the story above we just saw that the person destined to be the 'king' ended up with only a 'box of jewels' just because of his deeds in this life. Though, as I said earlier also it can be easily dismissed as a piece of fiction, still it explains the concept in a manner I have not seen elsewhere. It tries to explain the mechanism of kismat instead of imposing an abstract thought. One can never quantify how much of an effort and how much other four factors including infrastructure, means and 'kismat' have worked in an individual's success.
17 August 2011
इस कहानी में दो extremes हैं. बहुत ही अच्छे भाग्य से बुरा भाग्य बदलना और बहुत ही बुरे भाग्य से अच्छा भाग्य बदलना.
इन दोनों में से मैं किस ओर हूँ मुझे नहीं पता. लेकिन ये है कि पिछले ४५ सालों में मैंने जो कुछ किया है उस से मैं आज जो हूँ वो जरूर प्रभावित हुआ है..........
मैं आज कहाँ हूँ ये मुझे पता है. लेकिन ये मेरे जन्म के समय की मेरी 'विधना' द्वारा लिखी गयी नियति से कम है या ज्यादा इसका तो हम सिर्फ अंदाजा ही लगा सकते हैं.
17 August 2011
विविधाश्च पृथक चेष्टा दैवंचैवात्र पंचमं ll"
Srimad Bhagwat Gita, Ch 18:14
One of my favorite shlokas from the 'song celestial'.
As per this shloka there are five factors determining success of any project or person. These are:
1. Adhishthanam or Infrastructure
2. Karta or The Individual, The Agent
3. Karana or the Means, the Equipment
4. Chesta or the Efforts
5. Daiva or God's Grace or Fate
Thus, as I see it, and as I have understood from Srimad Bhagwat Gita, भाग्य, तकदीर, लक्, किस्मत, fate... whatever we name it, is only ONE of the FIVE factors. Sometimes, rather most of the times, other four are not perfect and we blame or credit 'fate' for the success or failure. We must perfect the means, equip ourselves best and exert ourselves to the most- then success is bound to come.
My Idol Swami Vivekanand once said, 'Let us perfect the means; the end will take care of itself.'
12 August 2011
Vidhna let's try to understand the ‘mechanics’ of vidhna as brought out in following story in brief :
“In a village two boys were born at the same time in two different families. One grew to be the most obedient and hardworking always lending a helping hand to others while other became the most crooked bully hitting others and snatching their belongings. Once there was flood and all villagers had to move to a different village. En-route the pious young man slipped and fell on a wild bush and a very long thick thorn pierced through his foot. He could not take out the thorn and was injured badly. He was in severe pain and could not move properly.
The other guy, the bad one, also slipped and fell in a small ditch. As he was trying to get out of that ditch he unearthed a box full of coins and jewels. He took it all and was happy. Perplexed by the events the villagers took both the boys to a learned man and asked him to solve the mystry as they could see themselves that the righteous man had suffered discomfort while that devil got rewarded with that box full of khazana.
The sage then told them that the man who got pierced by the thorn would have got hanged on sooli in his youth as per his vidhna. But his conduct and karma over these years since his birth have reduced that punishment of sooli to ‘shool’ ie thorn. And as per his vidhna this other boy would have grown to be the king of this kingdom with all the jewels and treausury at his disposal but his bad deeds of this life since his birth have reduced it to just a box full of discarded jewels…….”
Yes it is not difficult to discard it as a piece of fiction but then we have to understand that even kismet is not something abstract. It is very systematic thing. That we can’t always understand it is a different issue.
Vidhna after all is not an illogical, arbitrary, dictators.... kah diya bas... type.... it has to follow some principles.
16 August 2011
As highlighted in the story above, Kismat is written by us only through our deeds and intentions. It is very much according to our 'बल बूता'. Vidhaata has only reduced it in writing with a provision of regular updates based on our actions during this period.
Your subsequent reiteration is totally uncalled for. In the story above we just saw that the person destined to be the 'king' ended up with only a 'box of jewels' just because of his deeds in this life. Though, as I said earlier also it can be easily dismissed as a piece of fiction, still it explains the concept in a manner I have not seen elsewhere. It tries to explain the mechanism of kismat instead of imposing an abstract thought. One can never quantify how much of an effort and how much other four factors including infrastructure, means and 'kismat' have worked in an individual's success.
17 August 2011
इस कहानी में दो extremes हैं. बहुत ही अच्छे भाग्य से बुरा भाग्य बदलना और बहुत ही बुरे भाग्य से अच्छा भाग्य बदलना.
इन दोनों में से मैं किस ओर हूँ मुझे नहीं पता. लेकिन ये है कि पिछले ४५ सालों में मैंने जो कुछ किया है उस से मैं आज जो हूँ वो जरूर प्रभावित हुआ है..........
मैं आज कहाँ हूँ ये मुझे पता है. लेकिन ये मेरे जन्म के समय की मेरी 'विधना' द्वारा लिखी गयी नियति से कम है या ज्यादा इसका तो हम सिर्फ अंदाजा ही लगा सकते हैं.
17 August 2011
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