[Advaita-l] [advaitin] jivanmukti & Lord Rama query

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Kaushik ji,
You can find a translation online. Verse 17 onwards:

https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/yoga-vasistha-sanskrit/d/doc258606.html

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, 13:08 Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste.
> Venkatraghavan sir if possible give a small gist of this in English.
>
> Thank you
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 10:35 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste,
> > The answer to this question reminds me of the "loke vihara rAghava"
> verses
> > from Yoga Vashishtha -
> >
> > पूर्णां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य ध्येयत्यागविलासिनीम् ।
> > जीवन्मुक्ततया स्वस्थो लोके विहर राघव ।। १७
> > अन्तः संत्यक्तसर्वाशो वीतरागो विवासनः ।
> > बहिः सर्वसमाचारो लोके विहर राघव ।। १८
> > उदारः पेशलाचारः सर्वाचारानुवृत्तिमान् ।
> > अन्तः सर्वपरित्यागी लोके विहर राघव ।। १९
> > प्रविचार्य दशाः सर्वा यदतुच्छं परं पदम् ।
> > तदेव भावेनालम्ब्य लोके विहर राघव ।। २०
> > *अन्तर्नैराश्यमादाय बहिराशोन्मुखेहितः ।*
> > *बहिस्तप्तोऽन्तराशीतो लोके विहर राघव ।। २१*
> > बहिः कृत्रिमसंरम्भो हृदि संरम्भवर्जितः ।
> > कर्ता बहिरकर्तान्तर्लोके विहर राघव ।। २२
> > ज्ञातवानसि सर्वेषां भावानां सम्यगन्तरम् ।
> > यथेच्छसि तथा दृष्ट्या लोके विहर राघव ।। २३
> > कृत्रिमोल्लासहर्षस्थः कृत्रिमोद्वेगगर्हणः ।
> > कृत्रिमारम्भसंरम्भो लोके विहर राघव ।। २४
> > त्यक्ताहंकृतिराश्वस्तमतिराकाशशोभनः ।
> > अगृहीतकलङ्काङ्को लोके विहर राघव ।। २५
> > आशापाशशतोन्मुक्तः समः सर्वासु वृत्तिषु ।
> > बहिः प्रकृतिकार्यस्थो लोके विहर राघव ।। २६
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Venkatraghavan
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, 16:23 aham brahmaasmi, <ahambrahmaasmi137 at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > नमो विद्वत्सभायै !
> > >
> > > I have heard that Lord Rama, on hearing about Sitamata's abduction, was
> > so
> > > 'shokaakula' (grief-stricken), that He went around asking the trees,
> > > streams , birds of her whereabouts.   Also, that he also even
> > contemplated
> > > suicide.  I have read this in a couple of places, also mentioned in ?
> one
> > > of the puranas (via  Parampujya Swami Ishwarananda Giri maharaj's
> talk).
> > >
> > >  Lord Rama was an avatar-purusha, and as per yoga-vasishtha, displayed
> > > very high SCS, vairagyam etc. even at age 12-13. He got instructed in
> > > Brahmavidya soon after, which clearly makes him a jnani ( in addition
> to
> > > avatar purusha. ).
> > >
> > > So my questions are
> > >
> > > 1)  what is jivanmukti then? If someone like Lord Rama could get this
> > > affected, (to even contemplate suicide), what to say about ordinary
> > > individuals like me ?  *Yet,* on the other hand, my Guru, and all
> > > mahatmas too probably,  emphatically reiterate that it is possible  to
> > get
> > > jivanmukti in this very janma.
> > >
> > > 2) And how can Lord Rama's above-stated response (IF it is correct), be
> > > reconciled with BG  'gurNApi dukhena na vichAlyate' ?
> > >
> > > I am sorry I am unable to trace the exact video, but it is  one of
> Swami
> > > Ishwarananda Giriji's
> > > https://www.youtube.com/@SamvitDarshanRRC
> > >
> > > Most importantly, this is only a *very sincere question* that has
> > > bothered me for very long.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance, for your replies,
> > > sakshi
> > >
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