hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
kṛtaḥvihūrchati - stuck in doing ( my words only). Here’s the audit trail behind this compound word:
· kṛtaḥ= kṛta – doing; acting; done, made accomplished, performed; service done’
o kṛt = manufacturing , acting , one who accomplishes or performs anything
· vihūrchati = vihūrch+ atio vihurch = to waddle , toddle , sway from one side to another; to stagger , totter , stumble
o ati – is mostly used as a prefix, I am offering it as a suffix and it means ‘excessively’
In the West we all have been kṛtaḥvihūrchati or stuck in doing. Think about meeting someone we ask, how do you do ? It has come to mean how are you , but we’re asking about doing – how ( or what) do you do ? Usually followed by the next question : Hello , how do you do ? Buy the way what do you do ? We come to know others by their actions.
When idle chat occurs we ask, what are you doing today ? Or , what are your plans for the weekend or for this evening or (fill in the blank). This from a triguṇa¹ point of view is rago-guṇa-centric or action oriented. For some this may hint or imply some negative connotation, but that is far from my intent. We all act , some more than others, but we are all compelled to action ( so says the bhāgavad gītā ).
Our orientation is that of action – for some it is perpetual doing. We have been conditioned that all success comes from doing. It seems
right, it feels right. Just like a football player that puts his head down and strives for another yard ( meter) on the football field; to move
forward action is necessary.
So what’s my point for discussion ?
“no action can give liberation, since every action leaves a ‘seed’ or vāsanā , a propensity or impulse to do such an action again, and thereby immerses and drowns us in the vast ocean of action¹" . My words would be it drowns us in kṛtaḥvihūrchati.
This is in no way a casual thing and has ( as I see it) some far reaching implications. It is these implications I wish to engage in the forthcoming posts.
iti śivaṁ
words
- triguṇa- the 3 guṇas (sattva , rajas , and tamas)
- rago = rajas = active , urgent , and variable; action-centric , movable, dynamic.
- this is from the introductory note of the Śrī ramaṇōpadēśa nūṉmālai authored by ramaṅa mahaṛṣi
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