Kaa Te Kaanta Kaste Putrah
(Who is your son, who is your wife ?)
Samsaaroyamateeva Vichitrah
(This world is indeed strange)
Kasya Tvam Kah Kuta Aayaatah
(Of Whom Are You, Where have you come from ?)
Tattvam Chintaya Tadiha Bhraatah
(O, Brother, Ponder over that truth alone)
In this sloka Shri Sankara teaches how to use intelligent inquiry to counter delusion rising out of bondage of family relationships. Husband –wife or parent -child relationship should be only in the spirit of togetherness without any clinging attachment. To live in attachment being natural to human beings, healthy detachment can be practiced only by analyzing ‘ who really is your wife or child ‘. Since we Start and End the life journey independently, a healthy way of looking at relationships would be as independent travelers boarding and departing once their destination is reached.
A child begins the life cycle as a clod of mud, and ends as one. So is the parent. The strange attachment between these ‘clods of mud ‘ is because of Delusion or Maya. It is indeed strange because the cause and effect are same.
Therefore it is important to contemplate upon our source and destination and what should be our duty in between. This would help us in developing the right attitude towards things and beings .
Here is a link to Bhaja Govindam video – shows the essence .
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