Everything is ultimately soil only (except our soul) #Blog0005

Everything is soil only (except our soul) 

बाबा फरीद ने पंजाबी में क्या खूब कहा है ...

Baba Farid has said these touching but true words:

 

वेख फरीदा मिट्टी खुल्ली (कब्र) 

your grave is dug up

 

मिट्टी उत्ते मिट्टी डुली (लाश)

now going to put soil (body now turned to soil) over soil (actual)

 

मिट्टी हस्से मिट्टी रोवे (इंसान)

one soil (actual) laughs & one soil (body now turned to soil) cries

 

अंत मिट्टी दा मिट्टी होवे (जिस्म)

ultimately soil has to turn to soil

 

ना कर बन्दया मेरी मेरी (पैसा, दौलत, जमीन और जायदाद)

no need to do "this is mine", "that is mine"

 

ना ऐह तेरी ना ऐह मेरी

this is neither yours nor mine

 

चार दिना दा मेला दुनिया

life is a mere festival of 4 days

 

फ़िर मिट्टी दी बन गयी ढेरी (मौत)

then life becomes a pile of soil

 

ना कर एत्थे हेरा फेरी (लालच, झूठ, धोखे, फरेब)

So, no need to do guile

 

मिट्टी नाल ना धोखा कर तू (जिस्म से धोखा)

Don’t cheat your own body (which is soil)

 

तू वी मिट्टी मैं वी मिट्टी

You are soil & I am soil too

 

जात पात दी गल ना कर तू

No need to talk about your family, caste, society

 

जात वी मिट्टी पात वी मिट्टी (पात=सोसाइटी, खानदान, इज्जत)

All family, caste, society are ultimately soil only

 

जात सिर्फ खुदा दी उच्ची

Only God is Supreme

 

बाकी सब कुछ मिट्टी मिट्टी ….

Rest all is soil only

https://youtu.be/Zzt1dRoDKNo?t=165

For further elaboration:

https://myspiritualmusic.blogspot.com/2016/09/blog-post_39.html

Bhagvat - occupational duties 26th May

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
For a brahmana there are six occupational duties. A kshatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other five of these duties. A king or kshatriya is not allowed to levy taxes on brahmanas, but he may make his livelihood by levying minimal taxes, customs duties, and penalty fines upon his other subjects.

PURPORT
Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura explains the position of brahmanas and kshatriyas as follows. Brahmanas have six occupational duties, of which three are compulsory—namely, studying the Vedas, worshiping the Deity and giving charity. By teaching, by inducing others to worship the Deity, and by accepting gifts, the brahmanas receive the necessities of life. This is also confirmed in the Manu-samhita:

Of the six occupational duties of the brahmanas, three are compulsory—namely, worship of the Deity, study of the Vedas and the giving of charity. In exchange, a brahmana should receive charity, and this should be his means of livelihood.

A brahmana cannot take up any professional occupational duty for his livelihood.

The sastras especially stress that if one claims to be a brahmana, he cannot engage in the service of anyone else; otherwise he at once falls from his position and becomes a shüdra. Srila Rüpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami belonged to a very respectful family, but because they engaged in the service of Nawab Hussain Shah—not even as ordinary clerks, but as ministers—they were ostracized from brahminical society. Indeed, they became like Mohammedans and even changed their names.

Unless a brahmana is very pure, he cannot accept charity from others. Charity should be given to those who are pure. Even if one is born in a family of brahmanas, if one acts as a shüdra one cannot accept charity, for this is strictly prohibited. Although the kshatriyas are almost as qualified as the brahmanas, even they cannot accept charity. This is strictly prohibited in this verse by the word apratigraha. What to speak of the lower social orders, even the kshatriyas must not accept charity.

The king or government may levy taxes upon the citizens in various ways—by revenue duties, customs duties, realization of fines, and so on—provided the king is able to give full protection to his subjects to assure the security of their life and property. Unless he is able to give protection, he cannot levy taxes. However, a king must not levy any tax upon the brahmanas and the Vaishnavas fully engaged in Krshna consciousness.

Bhagvat - occupational duties 26th May

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
For a brahmana there are six occupational duties. A kshatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other five of these duties. A king or kshatriya is not allowed to levy taxes on brahmanas, but he may make his livelihood by levying minimal taxes, customs duties, and penalty fines upon his other subjects.

PURPORT
Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura explains the position of brahmanas and kshatriyas as follows. Brahmanas have six occupational duties, of which three are compulsory—namely, studying the Vedas, worshiping the Deity and giving charity. By teaching, by inducing others to worship the Deity, and by accepting gifts, the brahmanas receive the necessities of life. This is also confirmed in the Manu-samhita:

Of the six occupational duties of the brahmanas, three are compulsory—namely, worship of the Deity, study of the Vedas and the giving of charity. In exchange, a brahmana should receive charity, and this should be his means of livelihood.

A brahmana cannot take up any professional occupational duty for his livelihood.

The sastras especially stress that if one claims to be a brahmana, he cannot engage in the service of anyone else; otherwise he at once falls from his position and becomes a shüdra. Srila Rüpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami belonged to a very respectful family, but because they engaged in the service of Nawab Hussain Shah—not even as ordinary clerks, but as ministers—they were ostracized from brahminical society. Indeed, they became like Mohammedans and even changed their names.

Unless a brahmana is very pure, he cannot accept charity from others. Charity should be given to those who are pure. Even if one is born in a family of brahmanas, if one acts as a shüdra one cannot accept charity, for this is strictly prohibited. Although the kshatriyas are almost as qualified as the brahmanas, even they cannot accept charity. This is strictly prohibited in this verse by the word apratigraha. What to speak of the lower social orders, even the kshatriyas must not accept charity.

The king or government may levy taxes upon the citizens in various ways—by revenue duties, customs duties, realization of fines, and so on—provided the king is able to give full protection to his subjects to assure the security of their life and property. Unless he is able to give protection, he cannot levy taxes. However, a king must not levy any tax upon the brahmanas and the Vaishnavas fully engaged in Krshna consciousness.