GITA 4 : DIVYA
GNANAM
10] Ch.
4 Slokam 7
Yadaa yadaa hi dharmasya / glanirbhavathi bharatha
Abhyuddana madharmasya / tadaatmaanaam srujamya ham
This can be well said to science and technology.
If we look at the history
every 300 to 350 years a great man was born.
Firstly Scientifically
1. Leonardo Da Vinci:
He was such a great man
he could design airplanes in those days.
2. Newton:
Newton could touch many
branches of physics.
He had taken inertial
frame to solve all the problems of mechanics.
3. Albert Einstein:
When man started going
into space then problems came.
Then came Einstein.
His theories
a.
Theory
of relativity
b.
Special
theory of relativity
c.
General
theory of relativity
d.
Light
velocity is the absolute velocity
e.
Time
reversal
f.
E
= MC2
g.
Photon-photon
collision
h.
Mass
defect
4. Stephen Hakings
a.
Black
holes
Now the world is running.
What problems will come
in future? The forth coming generations can see them.
If we take Computer world.
1.
Charles
Babbage
2.
Steve
Jobs
Likewise in hardware, software, malware, Net, Web, ….people
automatically evolved to solve these problems.
Secondly Medicine :
1.
Hybrid,
2.
Cloning,
3.
Test
tube baby,
4.
Terminator
seed
5.
HYV
6.
Electronic
Microscope …..
So in every branch of
knowledge a great man was born and he furthered the science and technology so
that it can reach millions.
The causes of inventions are
1.
Increasing
the needs of the exploding population
2.
To
meet the needs of people who desire variety
3.
Speed
4.
Stocking
5.
Quicker
remedies
6.
Less
space on the earth but needs are many….
Thirdly Politics
1.
George
Washington ;- for liberating
USA
2.
Ho
Chi Min:- for
liberating Vietnam
3.
Gandhiji for liberating
India
4.
Lincoln
for the
abolition of slavery
5.
England
/ USA to stop
IWW, IIWW
Fourthly Teachers
1.
Buddha
2.
Adi
Sankara
3.
Ramana
Maharshi
4.
Confucius
………………..
Fifthly Entrepreneurs
These are the people who build a nation, creating, employing,
….
1.
The
British
2.
Tata
3.
Dheeru
Bhai Ambani
4.
Bill
Gates …………………
Similarly scientists,
engineers, transporters, etc. have come into this world with a purpose.
11] Ch. 4 Slokam 13
Chaatur varnam mayaa srustam /
guna karma vibhagashaha
People are seen with
different types of mentalities.
Krishna said he created
four type of people.
But there are millions
of.
If there are thousand
people, there are thousand mind sets.
The gunas are in such a
way it depends upon
1.
By
genetic mind set
2.
After
good training
3.
After
good education
4.
Good
friendship
5.
Good
gurus
Actually the chaturvarnam
is not meant to point out someone, somebody, etc.
Whether we are born in Brahmin family but doing the duty of
an attender he is called sudra.
Kabir das who was pundit, and gnani though born in a sudra
family he is considered as a Brahmin.
Ambedkar who qualified nearly 15 degrees, a scholar, a man with a purpose in life, the
writer of the Constitution etc. can be called a Brahmin.
A Brahmin should have some characters
1.
Adyayanam
2.
Adhyapanam
3.
Yajanam
4.
Yaajanam
5.
Tadha
daanam
6.
Pratigrahyam
He who follows such
things can be a Brahmin according Manu.
Gandhiji, who was very
disciplined had 5 sons. Nobody was up to the mark.
12] Ch.
4 Slokam 38
Na hi gnanena sadrusham pavitra
miha vidyate’.
Gnanam is such a thing
nothing in the world can equal this.
Gnanam is different from
Knowledge.
Knowledge is accumulation
of information and retaining it in the brain.
Gnanam is innovative,
creative, commonsense, decision making, problem solving…..
What Krishna said was
gnanam.
People having gnanam are
not highly qualified, with certificates, references of universities, ranks, ….
Buddha ---
Albert Einstein Polytechnic
Faraday 3rd
class
Edison 5th
class
Srinivasa Ramanujam 10th class failed
Newton Degree
Knowledge:
Knowledge is taught in
the colleges, universities, …
It is needed for survival
in this world.
The papers show that ours
range of understanding is to that extent.
We have to spend money to
acquire it.
It is for earning livelihood.
Gnanam:
It comes genetically.
Ekalavya, a tribal
man, how he could attain that much skill?
The presence of gurus can enrich it.
Kabir’s inner
understand sprouted in the presence of Rama Nanda.
The brain can think a problem for years
ahead.
Einstein’s works.
People had to take years to understand him.
Time reversal theory
could be understood after 60 years.
It is about life itself.
That is why Duryodhana
could not understand what elders said.
Common man cannot understand that.
There are many
problems left unanswered said by Srinivasa Ramanujam.
Veerabhrahmam could
not be understood by those people.
People worship Gnanam.
A gnani is revered
anywhere in the world.
Gnanam is treated as
pavitram –pure and sacred.
12] Ch.
4 Slokam 39
Shraddha vaan labhate
gnanam tatparah: samyatendriyaha
To learn anything
shraddha is very much essential.
It is not simply going to
market and buy Rs. 10 karate fighting.
There are people who
dedicated their lives for gaining skill in one subject.
Bruce Lee:
His entire life is
dedicated to learn karate fighting.
Whether awake, doing
something, or in any other work, the same this was in his mind.
Albert Einstein:
In his theories one after
the other he invented things for the benefit of the world.
He was never understood by
his contemporaries.
We can name who have great shraddha to learn.
1.
Tendulkar cricket
2.
Mohammad
Ali heavy boxing
3.
Gandhiji independence to India
4.
Dheerubai
Ambani entrepreneur
5.
Lami
Nivas Mittal steel of the world
6.
Ekalavya archery without a guru
7.
Srinivasa
Ramanujam Mathematics
8.
Mazilan to prove that
Earth is round
And many more.
In olden days students used to go a guru to learn Vedas and
Vedangas with utmost concentration. The words of the guru were the words of the
god. The shraddha, concentration, dedication, discipline, all were on par with
any other thing.
