{"id":645,"date":"2019-09-19T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=645"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:57:12","slug":"one-more-meaning-of-the-gorak%e1%b9%a3anatha-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"One more meaning of the Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha’s name"},"content":{"rendered":"

The name Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha<\/em>\u00a0in Sanskrit or its derivative Gorakhn\u0101th<\/em>\u00a0in Hindi, if translated literally, will not carry much meaning. It could literally be translated as:\u00a0rak\u1e63a<\/em> (a protector) and go<\/em> (of cows). But, if you meet some Indians, who have heard about\u00a0Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha<\/em> and associated him with yoga<\/em>, most likely they will explain go<\/em> as senses. Thus, many translate it as \u201cone, who protects the senses or controls the senses,\u201d which is often interpreted as the practice of praty\u0101h\u0101ra<\/em>, etc. Of course, the control of indriyas<\/em>, redirection of pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>\u00a0and perception of\u00a0\u0101tman<\/em> within oneself are very important in yoga<\/em>. However, while reading Y\u0101ska’s<\/em> Nirukta<\/em> and\u00a0\u015ar\u012b<\/em> Aurobindo’s<\/em> most interesting works, the Secret of the Veda<\/em>, I found an even deeper meaning of the term go<\/em>.\u00a0\u015ar\u012b<\/em> Aurobindo<\/em> gives many references to the Rig Veda<\/em>, where the term go<\/em> (like the sun rays) refers to the Absolute as a whole. Y\u0101ska<\/em> says in\u00a0Nirukta<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094b\u093d\u092a\u093f \u0917\u094c\u0930\u0941\u091a\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0947 |
\n<\/span>\u0101dityo’pi gaurucyate |<\/em><\/p>\n

The sun is also called ‘go’.<\/em><\/p>\n

In further explanation, there is a quotation of the hymn from the Yajur Veda<\/em> (adhy\u0101ya<\/em>\u00a018 \/ 40) containing su\u1e63um\u1e47a<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u0938\u0941\u0937\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0923\u0903 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0930\u0936\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092e\u093e \u0917\u0928\u094d\u0927\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0928\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0923\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u0938\u094b \u092d\u0947\u0915\u0941\u0930\u092f\u094b |
\n<\/span>su\u1e63um\u1e47a\u1e25 s\u016bryara\u015bmi\u015bcandram\u0101 gandharvastasya nak\u1e63atr\u0101\u1e47yapsaraso bhekurayo |<\/em><\/p>\n

Su\u1e63um\u1e47a, whose moonbeams are like the sun, is gandharva playing with nak\u1e63atras, who are \u0101psaras.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the other\u00a0\u015blokas<\/em> of this hymn, gandharva<\/em> is the wind and his\u00a0\u0101psaras<\/em> are the waters, etc. Different elements are divided into male and female poles through the images of the ganharva<\/em> and\u00a0\u0101psaras<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly,Y\u0101ska<\/em>\u00a0connects the rays of su\u1e63um\u1e47a<\/em> with go<\/em>, this is also found in other parts of his Nirukta<\/em>. Aurobindo<\/em> in his Secret of the Veda<\/em>, has many references to the Rig Veda<\/em> as well, where cows can be understood to mean the light of the sun,\u00a0\u0101tman<\/em> and Absolute in general. Indeed, if you look in the dictionaries, then go<\/em> can mean both the sun and the moon, and light as such. Accordingly,\u00a0Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha<\/em> can be perceived as one, who unites (yoga<\/em>) the power of ha<\/em> (sun) and \u1e6dha<\/em> (moon) within su\u1e63um\u1e47a<\/em>. The veneration of\u00a0\u015aiva<\/em> Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha<\/em> awakens\u00a0su\u1e63um\u1e47a<\/em>, unites opposites, He is the patron saint of this path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The name Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha\u00a0in Sanskrit or its derivative Gorakhn\u0101th\u00a0in Hindi, if translated literally, will not carry much meaning. It could literally be translated as:\u00a0rak\u1e63a (a protector) and go (of cows). But, if you meet some Indians, who have heard about\u00a0Gorak\u1e63an\u0101tha and … 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":[72,121],"tags":[123,67,41,93,122,22,124,31],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-definition","category-gorakanatha","tag-gorakhnath","tag-goraksanatha","tag-natha","tag-rigveda","tag-siva-gorakanatha","tag-vedas","tag-yajurveda","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","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=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}