What is Manomaya Chakra ?
Chapter-7
What means Naimisharanya ?
On the eleventh day of the second fortnight of the month of Shravan of
Samvat 1877, at night, Shriji Maharaj was seated on a cot in the Verandah of
the rooms facing north in the Durbar of Shri Jiva Khachar at Sarangpur. He
was dressed in white clothes. Saints and the Bhaktas were seated before him.
The first Skandha of Shrimad Bhagwat was being read, There came the
Phrase "Know that, The place where the offshoots of Manomaya Chakra are
sterilised in the Naimisharanya Kshetra." Listening to this, Muktanand Swami
asked, "Oh Maharaj! What is this Manomaya Chakra ? and what means its
offshoots ?'" Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Manomay a is mind and its offshoots
are ten Indriyas. The place where their poignancy is sterilised is known as
Naimisharanya Kshetra. One who performs Japa\ Vrata, Dhyana, Pooja etc.
in Naimisharanya Kshetra is said to progress spiritually. However, the place
where the Ekantik saint lives is known as Naimisharanya Kshetra and the
influence of his proximity sterilises the poignancy of the mind and its
offshoots. Thereafter one loses charm in the alluring sense objects viz
Shabda, Sparsh", Roop1, Rasa1 and Gandha1. Not only that but when one
comes across a charming woman or attractive garments or ornaments, one
experiences a sense of repugnance but under no curcumstances are his organs
drawn towards them. Just as a sharp edged arrow when released from the bow
pierces its target but the same without the edge falls back, similarly when the
sense - organs are sterilised, they are not drawn towards even the most
enchanting objects. Naimisharanya is therefore an allegory to be realised in
the person of an Ekantik saint with whom one-should stay with a fixed mind
and whose company one should desire for ultimate salvation."
Thus Ends Vachanamrit : Sarangpur - 7.
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