Meaning:
The line of Samved 1303 gives us
instruction that — "With the study of the literature which inspires men's
thinking towards good deeds, men and women feel joy. Imbibing good thoughts,
they ultimately get the benefit of salvation."
Message:
Man's mind is like a blank paper or a slate or photographic plate. The
situations, events and thoughts, which come before it, get etched on it and
then that type of mental ground or mindset is created. By nature, man is
neither intelligent nor foolish nor good nor bad, but in reality he is a very
sensitive animal. He accepts the nearby influences and gets cast in the mould
of whatever atmosphere exists before his mind. This specialty of his gets him
swept in situations which either led him to downfall or to uplift. The path to
uplift or progress opens up only with worship of God, satsang and 'swadhaya' or
study of scriptures.
There
are tow meanings of the word 'swadhaya', first is the study of Vedas and
scriptures which uphold the thinking in the Vedas. The second meaning is
'swadhaya' ('swa' means self and 'adhayayan' means study, which means study or
observation of the self). An individual closely observing himself daily for a
few moments makes it a habit to find out personal faults and also makes an
effort to remove them.
The
main interpretation of the word, 'swadhaya is the study of scriptures and good
books. Their study is like drinking the sweet nectar, and does the work of a
beam of light in the darkness of life. The study of good moral books is the
basis of man's progress, whereas the reading of bad books becomes the cause of
his downfall. Good books serve a man's need of good friends and through them he
finds out the road of spiritual and moral uplift. The demoniac tendencies and
events encourage us to adopt man, lowly beliefs and activities. To annihilate
this wicked influence, the contact of saintly, great men and the study of their
books act like magic. With the study and contemplation of such books, in fact,
our mind establishes a sentimental unity with that great man, by which day by
day there is an enhancement in our character, personality and willpower. Good
holy literature has provided the opportunity to innumerable men for uplift and
to be men with strong willpower. The enunciation of the holy Gita benefited not
only Arjun who was the first to hear it from Lord Krishna, but has helped
millions of people in achieving their objectives of life.
Today's
irony is the availability of rotten, irrelevant, obscene and perverse
literature at every street-corner. People buy it for its cheap entertainment.
On the contrary, one must make an effort to get only the literature with good
thoughts for self-study. If we employ regularly one hour's time for study, in a
short time, our thoughts will become excellent.
The
habit to study must be made the daily indivisible deed of our life.
Paavamaanihi
swastyayanistaabhirgachhati naandanum
Punyaanshcha
bhakshaanbhakshayamrutatvum cha gachhati
(Samved 1303)
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