Ekanta
15 August 2010, 07:16 PM
Im going to post a few verses from Gita that I need some help with... here we go:
BhG 15.13:
gām āviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā |
puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ ||
Swami Sivananda:
15.13 And [ca] permeating [āviśya] the earth [gām] I [aham] support [dhārayāmi] all beings [bhūtāni] by (My) energy [ojasā]; and [ca] having become [bhūtvā] the watery [rasa-ātmakaḥ] moon [somaḥ] I nourish [puṣṇāmi] all [sarvāḥ] herbs [auṣadhīḥ].
Aurobindo :
15.13 I have entered into this form of earth (and am the spirit of its material force) and sustain by My might these multitudes. I am the godhead of Soma who by the rasa (the sap in the earth-mother) nourishes all plants and trees.
There are two words that need to be elaborated here:
rasa-ātmakaḥ (rasātmaka): having juice for its essence, consisting of nectar (as the moon)
somaḥ: "juice", but it also "moon"... also a vedic god representing the mind or manas...
Some other translations give it like: "juicy Soma" or "sapful moon"
Shankara comment is: "by becoming; somah, Soma; rasatmakah, which is of the nature of sap. Soma consists of all the juices; it is the source of all juices. Indeed, it nourishes all plants by infusing its own juice into everything."
+Shankaras comment to next vers is: "The eater is the fire called Vaisvanara, and the eaten is the food Soma. One who looks upon all that there is as being these two, fire and Soma, is not affected by the impurity of food."
Ramanujas comment: "Entering the earth I uphold all beings by My strength, namely, by My irresistible power, Likewise, becoming the Soma consisting of the juice of the nectar, I nourish all herbs. "
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Some thoughts to go with: I know from the upanishads that prana & anna or prana & food/matter is a couple. I suspect prana is the rasa (vital essence or even amrita) and moon is mind (or even all phenomena as mind is the basis for that). But what do you say?
So... can we plz have a better explanation of the second part of the verse???
BhG 15.13:
gām āviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā |
puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ ||
Swami Sivananda:
15.13 And [ca] permeating [āviśya] the earth [gām] I [aham] support [dhārayāmi] all beings [bhūtāni] by (My) energy [ojasā]; and [ca] having become [bhūtvā] the watery [rasa-ātmakaḥ] moon [somaḥ] I nourish [puṣṇāmi] all [sarvāḥ] herbs [auṣadhīḥ].
Aurobindo :
15.13 I have entered into this form of earth (and am the spirit of its material force) and sustain by My might these multitudes. I am the godhead of Soma who by the rasa (the sap in the earth-mother) nourishes all plants and trees.
There are two words that need to be elaborated here:
rasa-ātmakaḥ (rasātmaka): having juice for its essence, consisting of nectar (as the moon)
somaḥ: "juice", but it also "moon"... also a vedic god representing the mind or manas...
Some other translations give it like: "juicy Soma" or "sapful moon"
Shankara comment is: "by becoming; somah, Soma; rasatmakah, which is of the nature of sap. Soma consists of all the juices; it is the source of all juices. Indeed, it nourishes all plants by infusing its own juice into everything."
+Shankaras comment to next vers is: "The eater is the fire called Vaisvanara, and the eaten is the food Soma. One who looks upon all that there is as being these two, fire and Soma, is not affected by the impurity of food."
Ramanujas comment: "Entering the earth I uphold all beings by My strength, namely, by My irresistible power, Likewise, becoming the Soma consisting of the juice of the nectar, I nourish all herbs. "
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Some thoughts to go with: I know from the upanishads that prana & anna or prana & food/matter is a couple. I suspect prana is the rasa (vital essence or even amrita) and moon is mind (or even all phenomena as mind is the basis for that). But what do you say?
So... can we plz have a better explanation of the second part of the verse???