{"id":1025,"date":"2024-06-28T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:13:10","slug":"yogic-meaning-of-the-term-g%e1%b9%9bhastha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"Yogic meaning of the term ‘g\u1e5bhastha’."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I translated a verse from the Gorakh Sabad\u012b<\/em>, which the N\u0101thas<\/em> call the S\u016bk\u1e63ma Veda<\/em> (the refined essence of the Veda<\/em>). I am always amased at how many layers of meaning can be found in these types of texts, when you know enough and dig deep into the subject. In general, in the language of the siddhas<\/em>, the image of the city (pur<\/em>), chariot (ratha<\/em>) and house (g\u1e5bha<\/em>) can be used to designate the body. In the latter case, g\u1e5bha<\/em> can also mean a temple in which a deity is installed in the form of our soul (i.e. ourselves). And the very establishment of \u201c\u0101sana<\/em>\u201d is the unity of \u015aiva<\/em> and \u015aakti<\/em>, where the soul (\u0101<\/em>tm\u0101<\/em>) is \u015aiva<\/em> and the body is \u015aakti<\/em>. \u015aiva’s<\/em> descent into his “\u0101sana<\/em><\/em>” is a sacred fusion of spirit and body, at least as the \u0101sana<\/em> is interpreted in the tantras<\/em>. In principle, \u201c\u0101sana<\/em>\u201d in this context can be considered as yoga<\/em> itself. The term “sahaja<\/em>” is also used here, which can also have different levels of meaning. For example, as a \u201ctogether born\u201d state there is something that is not named, since it is transcendental, it is together with the manifested (born) body. And let me remind you that Sabad\u012b<\/em> is a poetic text, they are sung, and in this sense the text of Sabad\u012b<\/em> itself can serve as a means of meditation. Much like the texts of the Vedas<\/em>, which are the object of prayer and meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0938\u094b \u091c\u094b \u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u0905\u092d\u093f \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0948 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0964
\u0938\u0939\u091c \u0938\u0940\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u0927\u0930\u0948 \u0938\u0930\u0940\u0930, \u0938\u094b \u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0917\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0928\u0940\u0930\u0964\u0964\u096a\u096b \u0964\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n

girah\u012b so jo girahai k\u0101y\u0101, abhi a\u1e43tari k\u012b ty\u0101gai m\u0101y\u0101\u0964
sahaja s\u012bla k\u0101 dharai sar\u012bra, so girah\u012b ga\u1e43g\u0101 k\u0101 n\u012bra\u0964\u096445 \u0964\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0940 – grihastha<\/em>; \u0938\u094b (Sanskrit \u0938\u0903) – he<\/em>; \u091c\u094b – who<\/em>; \u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0948 (\u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939) – binds<\/em>, holds<\/em>; \u0915\u093e\u092f\u093e – body<\/em>;
\u0905\u092d\u093f – now<\/em>; \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f – inside<\/em>, soul<\/em>. \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0948 – sacrificed<\/em>, left<\/em>; \u092e\u093e\u092f\u093e – illusion<\/em>.
\u0938\u0939\u091c – innate nature<\/em>; \u0938\u0940\u0932 (\u0936\u0940\u0932) \u0915\u093e – good character<\/em>; \u0927\u0930\u0948 – retention<\/em>; \u0938\u0930\u0940\u0930 – body<\/em>; \u0938\u094b – he<\/em>; \u0917\u093f\u0930\u0939\u0940 – living in the house<\/em> (grihastha<\/em>); \u0917\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093e – like the Ganges<\/em>; \u0928\u0940\u0930 – water<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u1e5bhastha is the one who holds the body; at the same time sacrificing the conditioned mind (m\u0101y\u0101) within. Goodness of character naturally sustains the body; one who lives in the house (body) is like the sacred waters of the Ganges. (45)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I translated a verse from the Gorakh Sabad\u012b, which the N\u0101thas call the S\u016bk\u1e63ma Veda (the refined essence of the Veda). I am always amased at how many layers of meaning can be found in these types of texts, when … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,330,4],"tags":[331,332,305,326,22],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gorakh-sabadi","category-sukma-veda","category-texts","tag-ghastha","tag-meditation","tag-nathas","tag-sahaja","tag-vedas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}