Re: [INDOLOGY] {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} More verses on Krishna and Tarkika

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Where has this mahaa bhakta Maadhava been all the while?

Oh. you university career! You are the culprit! Thanks retirement! You gave
us our Maadhava back!

We the logic-ridden are the adhikaaris for this rasaananda.

On Fri, May 4, 2018, 7:42 PM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> Here are further verses on Krishna and Tarkika:
>
> The Logician says:
>
> यदि जह्यामहं तर्कं कर्णधारं मतेर्मम ।
>
> अपथे गमनादेनामनर्थात्को निवारयेत़् ।।
>
> If I give up my logic, which has been the guide of my intelligence, then
> who will prevent it from going astray and from a disaster?
>
>
> Reply:
>
> रथे पार्थस्य गोविन्द: सारथित्वेन वर्तते ।
>
> कथं तस्य रथो गच्छेदपथे कथयस्व मे ।।
>
> Govinda himself is the driver on the chariot of Arjuna.  Tell me how his
> chariot can go astray.
>
>
> कुरु तं सारथिं सद्यस्तार्किक स्वे मनोरथे ।
>
> अपथे गमनादेष वारयेत् करुणाकर: ।।
>
> O Logician, instantly make him the driver of the chariot of your mind.  That
> Ocean of Compassion will prevent it from going astray.
>
>
> यदि नौकर्णधारस्ते भूयात्स मधुसूदन: ।
>
> अपारे खलु संसारे पारयेत् त्वां सुनिश्चितम् ।।
>
> If Kr̥ṣṇa were to become the guide of your ship, he will most certainly
> take you across the formidable ocean of life.
>
>
> न ते तार्किक पर्याप्तस्तर्को ज्ञातुं परं पदम् ।
>
> नारिकेलफलग्राही नोद्बाहुरपि वामन: ।।
>
> O Logician, your logic is incapable of knowing the highest abode.  A
> dwarf, even if he raises his arms, is incapable of getting the fruit of a
> coconut tree.
>
>
> तर्कातीतं पदं वेत्तुं यदि तर्कोऽबलो भवेत् ।
>
> न तत् क्षिणोति तर्कस्य यशस्ते विषयान्तरे ।।
>
> If your logic is insufficient to know the abode that is beyond logic, that
> does not take away the success of logic in other areas.
>
>
> ततस्तार्किक मा भूयात् खेदस्ते स्वमतेर्बले ।
>
> तर्क: क्रीडनकं तेऽस्तु न मनोरथसारथि: ।।
>
> Therefore, O Logician, don’t be depressed about the ability of your logic.
> Let your logic be your toy, but not the driver of the chariot of your mind.
>
>
> मनोरथानामगतिर्यस्मिन् विष्णो: परे पदे ।
>
> माधव: सारथिर्भूत्वा तत्र नेष्यति ते रथम् ।।
>
> The chariots of mind do not reach that highest abode of Viṣṇu, but
> Mādhava can become the driver of your chariot of your mind and take it
> there.
>
>
> अलमेतेन वादेन तपस्विन् तार्किकोत्तम ।
>
> श्रुत्वा माधवसौहार्दं यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ।।
>
> Enough of this debate, you poor soul, the best among logicians.  After
> hearing about the friendship of Mādhava, you act as you please.
>
>
> गच्छ तार्किक भद्रं ते ब्रूया ईशो मया हत: ।
>
> ईशतार्किकयोरत्र वयं विद्मो बलाबलम् ।।
>
> Go your on way, O Logician.  May you be fine.  Proclaim that you killed
> God.  But we know the relative strength of God and Logician.
>
> Madhav Deshpande
> Campbell, California
>
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