GITA 10.38

GITA 10.38

Swami Desika says why we should cling to the Divine feet of Lord Sri Varaha. Sriman Narayana is far off in Vaikuntam. It is therefore, better to seek the help of Sri Varaha, Who is here and Who entered the ocean to redeem Mother Earth; it is obvious that He will redeem us also from the samsara sagaram - ocean of life in this earth. Even in the case of Avatars, Sri Ksheerabdi Natha is sleeping peacefully on the serpent bed in the Milky ocean. So, He might not be disturbed. As Sri Matsya Avatar, He can see and help, unlike Sri Varaha, Who entered the ocean and physically lifted the suffering Mother Earth. In Sri Koorma Avatar, He was supporting one mountain only, while in Sri Varaha Avatar, He lifted the Earth with so many mountains. Sri Narasimha appeared in one pillar for one devotee and that too for just a muhurtham [48 minutes], while Sri Varaha appeared to redeem the entire population on this Earth. In Sri Vamana Avatar, He begged to get a portion of His own Earth, while Sri Varaha, with authority He got back His earth. In Sri Parasurama Avatar, He was very angry and used His weapon to kill many. But, in Sri Varaha Avatar, the Lord killed the demon without any weapon and protected Sri Bhudevi. In Sri Rama Avatar, He deputed Anjaneya and crossed the ocean after Ten months to get back Sri Sita; but Sri Varaha, instantly, plunged into the ocean and brought back Sri Bhooma Devi. Sri Balarama with His plough changed the course of river Yamuna and further tried to lift up Hasthinapur. He caused enough damage to Earth; while Sri Varaha protected the Earth. Sri Krishna preached people to fall unto His Feet, to be redeemed. To lighten the burden on the Earth, He designed the Mahabharata war. Sri Varaha, on the other hand, does not even want people to surrender unto Him, but to surrender unto Sri Bhudevi, to reach better status. Sri Kalki avatar is yet to happen. Summarising, it is better to hold on to Sri Varaha.
The Lord appeared here on a Chitra month in Revathi star. Grand festival is celebrated then. In Masi month on Full moon [pournami] day, the Lord visits sea shore and the celebration is very important and it takes Twenty days for the Lord to return back to Sri Mushnam. Thus the Kshetram is famous for festivals, its temple archutecture and sculptures and, more than all, for the Lord, Who protected Mother Earth.

SRI BHUVARAHA IN MINIATURE FORM NEAR SRI UTSAVAR

 Now we will see sloka 38:

dando damayatam asmi
nitir asmi jigisatam
maunam caivasmi guhyanam
jnanam jnanavatam aham

"Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory, I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise, I am the wisdom."

Damayatam = among those who punish persons for breaching Shastras, danda = punishment, asmi = I [Sri Krishna] am. People trespass laws of Dharma and there are persons to punish justly. The Lord says that He is the just punishment pronounced on such unlawful persons. A King is praised for according the right punishment for the criminals. Jigisatam = among those desirous of achieving success, niti = succeeding means or efforts. The Lord says that He is the means adopted by a person seeking victory. Guhyanam = among secrets, maunam = silence. Guhyam means all the methods employed to keep away matters from others. Jnanavatam = among those intellects interested in reaching Moksham, jnanam = knowledge, aham = I [Sri Krishna] am. In Srimad Ramayana, Sri Rama killed Vali by hiding Himself. Vali questions Sri Rama whether it was Dharma to kill him, by hiding. He felt that act would fetch Him bad reputation. Sri Rama tells Vali that He was the person to punish him. According to Shastras, if the punishable is not punished, his sins would not be expended. And, if the punishing authority did not punish, then he would acquire those sins. Vali asks what crime he did to deserve punishment. Sri Rama tells that firstly, when his brother Sugriva was alive, Vali forcibly took Sugriva's wife. Secondly, even when Sugriva surrendered, Vali was not graceful enough to pardon and accept him. Thus, Vali deserved punishment. Sri Rama had the duty to punish. Thus those breaching Shastras had to be punished. Here we have to note the points carefully. One can not punish honest persons. If there was a tyrant, the Lord would not be the unjust punishments given by him. Of course, the Lord represents all, good and bad. Here, the Lord mentions certain groups and says He is the most important among or superior to them. He, no doubt, represents even the lowest among them; but in this context, He mentions only the supreme things. There are people wanting to succeed in their efforts and in that they deploy all legal and lawful means. The Lord says He represented those means. Nithi does not mean justice here, but legal efforts. With social consciousness, if we take lawful efforts, then The Lord would represent and make our efforts successful. Silence is gold! In gatherings, if we are asked embarrassing questions, silence is the best reply, even if we are ridiculed. Speech should be used only for praising the Lord. When talking of intellectuals, the Lord is not mentioning so called intellectuals we come across, but those who are seeking the means to reach Vaikuntam. In them, He is their knowledge. We now take leave of this Kshetram. 

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