Ashwattha

[Anand Ghurye]

Dear Friends 

If we take the literal meaning of the word would it mean something that will not be there tomorrow? Is my understanding correct ? 

Especially as the word is used for peepal tree that is supposed to be eternal.

Regards ,


Anand K.Ghúryé
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[Nagaraj Paturi]

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इस संसार वृक्षको “अश्वत्थ वृक्ष “क्यों कहते हैं ? अश्वत्थ -वृक्ष की एक बड़ी विशेषता है -इसके बीज़ धरतीमें गिरकर ख़ुद नहीं उगते। जब इसके बीज़ को चिड़िया खाती है और कहीं भी जाकर बीट कर देती है और जब चिड़ियाके पेट मेंसे पीपलका बीज़ निकलता है तो उग आता है। इसीसे आप देखते हैं कि कहीं छत पर उग रहा है ,कहीं दीवार में उग रहा है। मतलब यह है कि यह चेतनके संयोगसे पैदा होता है और बढ़ता है और इसमें जो फल लगते हैं ,वे खानेके काम आते हैं। 

         ” अश्वत्थ ” शब्द की दो व्युत्पत्ति तो वैदिकी हुई है और एक रूढ़ि है। रूढ़िके अनुसार पीपल वृक्षका नाम “अश्वत्थ “है। वैदिक रीति से एक व्युत्पत्ति है “न श्वस्थाता “माने यह कलतक नहीं रहेगा ,बदल जायेगा। तो यह संसार कैसा है ?जो कलतक न रहे। क़ुछ ठीक है कि कलतक क्या होगा ?

          सुनते हैं कि एक शहर के लोग खा -पीकर ,नाच -गाकर ,शराब पीकर आनन्दसे सोये और रातको एक ज्वालामुखी फूटा और सवेरे शहर लापता। अरे बाबा ,शामको सोते हो ,सुबह उठने पर तुमको यह दुनिया ज्यों -की -त्यों मिलेगी कि नहीं ,इसमें शङ्का है। 

            दूसरी वैदिकी व्युत्पत्ति है ,”अश्व इव तिष्ठति ” ; अश्व माने घोड़ा। जो घोड़े की तरह हर समय गतिशील ही रहे ,बहता ही रहे ,उसका नाम अश्वत्थ। इसीसे संसारको “अश्वत्थ ” बोलते हैं।  

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

[Taff Rivers]

Anand,

Does your understanding come from Purushottama XV, perhaps.

In the world of the sixth sense within, that of the manas, images generated by the mind are superimposed upon those brought in from the outside by the lower five senses.
Thus, in this inner world, the mental faculties or the roots, branch outwards, or downwards. The branches below.

Companion wisdom (Yoga sūtra) has it that stopping those monkeys of the inner world from chattering, then of that which sees, in its own form, stands.
That which sees, being the "I" , not the 'eye'. See, having exactly the same meanings in English as in Sanskrit.

The "I" or the self, the self itself, equates to the power in those batteries in those mobile 'phones of ours.
However, unlike lithium stuff, brain stuff, with a little help from heart and lung, is self charging - for a time.

Some word verse things, are meant to be taken both ways, as metaphors and literally.
When it comes to certain verse things, men are cast into four demographic categories for marketing purposes, by those who write such verses.

There are those that chose take such categories literally.

Today, many more such categories of the educational kind, are recognised, viz. Blooms taxonomy etc.

Again, from the Christians' Lord's Prayer, we have Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

As to the location of those two places? As ever, that depends on ones demographic category.

Regards,

Taff Rivers,

[KN.Ramesh]

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