"Vrukshe Vrukshe cha pashyami Cheerakrishnajinambaram
Gruheethadhanusham Ramam Paashahasthamivaanthakam
Rakaaradeeni Namani Ramathrasthasya Ravana
Rathnani cha rathaaschaiva Vithraasam Janayanthi me"
The yogis mediatate upon the Lord through their consisitent
abhyasa ( practice). It requires that the mind is pulled away from
materialistic desires and focussed upon the Lord. This is known as “
Prathyaharam, Dharana, Dhyanam”. If such a yogi is a fanatic, perseverant
staunch person then his mind easily concentrates on the Lord. For a dull headed
sadhaka his concentration too is dull. Even for a perseverant sadhaka his mind
would sometimes get distracted towards that which he desires the most. For
example Bharatha Yogi’s mind was distracted by a deer. Becasue of that his mind
which was centred towards the Lord through abhaysa was diverted towards a deer
through desire. This proves that attachment, love desire is stronger than
abhyasa. Now if this desire is shown towards the Lord the mind becomes God
centric. The Gopis did precisely this.
Just as our mind
thinks of a person dearer to us , so does it think of those whom we despise.
Those who think of the Lord through enmity or fear too reach His feet.
Shishupalan, Poundraka Vasudeva etc attained the feet of the Lord through
jealousy towards him. Kamsa and Maricha attained Him through fear.
1)
Sages like Bharatha concentrated on the Lord
through Abhayasa.
2)
Gopis did so through their affection.
3)
The rakshasas like Maricha did so through their
fear of God.
In Srimad Ramayana
this sloka comes as a conversation by Maricha to Ravana. He says “ When I see
any tree in this forest I only perciev it as Rama satnding tall wearing the
tree bark, holding His Kodanda. This forest itself is Ramamaya ( totally Rama)
for me. Becasue of my fear for Rama I do not even say the letter R. I do not
even pronounce the words Rathnam, or Ratham as these words start with the
letter “ R”.
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