Kathopanishad-Valli-1 Mantra-5 Bahoonam-emi pradhamo bahoonam-emi madhyama:|
Kim-syuid-yamasya karthavyam ynmayaadya karishyati ||5|| I am foremost in many of the sons/disciples. Similarly, I am at least middle or mediocre to many other sons/disciple (means I am definitely not a rebel). What would Yama wants from me? Anyhow, now I should definitely do proper actions on my father’s words. Bhashyam Bahoonam shishyaanam putraanam va-emi gachaami pradhama: san mukhyaya sishyaadi vruthyaye-eti-artha: | Madhyamaanaam cha bahoonaam madhyamo madhyama eti vrithye-emi | Na adhamaya kadaachid-api | Thamevam vishista gunam-api putram maam mruthyave twa dadaami-eti-uktavaan pitaa | Out of many sons and/or disciples, I became the first one among all of them in terms of the duties and responsibilities of disciples and sons (sishyavrithi). There are three gradients in that – Pradhamam, madhyamam and adhamam. Pradhamam (foremost) means that disciple or son, who would do the duties and responsibilities without even Guru’s or Father’s direction or instruction. That disciple or son would know how and what to be done at the right time without Guru/Father saying at the right time. Madhyama (Mediocre) would be the one who would need Guru’s/Father’s word or instruction to do the required duties and actions. Pradhama vrithi, Guru doesn’t have to say anything. Madhyama vrithi Guru has to instruct. It is superior to do the duties without instructions. There is no need for updesham or instruction than Madhyama vrithi. In Adhama vrithi (Rebel) disciple would not think about what are the duties, and ignore the upadesham of the Guru and do not do the duties even on instructions by the Guru. The disciple/son would do actions in such a way that the Guru/Father is not there to instruct them. Or the disciple would ignore the Guru completely. Here, Nachiketa thinks that he could be in Pradhama shreni (foremost grade) or Madhyama (mediocre grade), definitely not a rebel (Adhama shreni). Here Nachiketa thought about what is not good in father’s actions and asked him directly. By this way, he took actions without even his father’s instruction. That shows the sign of a pradhama shreni. And when father said that he would give away his son to the god of Death, Mruthyu , he has to oblige the word of his father, so that atleast he would become Madhyama. If he is not willing to go to the God of Death, he would become adhama sishya (rebel), which he never wants to be (na adhamayaa cha). So being such a person, I was instructed by my father that I will be offered to Mruthyu. That means the father knows very well about the standards of the son and still he wanted to give his son to the god of death means, it’s the duty of son to oblige the words of his father, if he wanted to be atleast a madhyama putra. A similar text of pratma, Madhyama and adhama is spoken in B G and Smd Bhagavatham also K Rajaram IRS 17 3 24 On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 at 17:53, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > There are three kinds of love; *unselfish, mutual, and selfish*. > > Unselfish love is of the highest kind; the lover only minds the welfare of > the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. > > In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved but > has an eye towards his own happiness also. It is middling. > > Selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no > matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe. > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZor_uMhRK_bBMjNtPT7Koe8C_Wq7_%3DsPVOnFyjyVXz%3Dx_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
