Dassera
Please refer to blog dated : Nov 6th 2012 to
understand the custom of ‘bommala koluvu’ or ‘golu’ as it is generally referred
to.
As already explained, each decoration has an innate meaning
and the explanation of one such arrangement is given below.
The lowermost step represents life in all it’s forms and
shapes. Animals kept on this step
represent our thousands of janmas that we take before being granted a ‘human
life’. The life that we got after so
much of difficulty, how are we actually living it? Just as animals also eat, sleep, procreate are we leading a
similar life represented by the couple selling fruits – a life which is full of
mundane routine.
The same life can be used to cross the ‘bhavasagara’ –
‘ocean of life and death’ and attain moksha represented by the
fisherwoman/man. This can be attained
by following three paths viz., karma yoga represented by the saint patriotic
poet shri.Bharathiyaar. you can lead
such of life which is beneficial in some way to the society at large, which
betters the society in some way. As a
karmayogi, we ‘become’ the change that we want to see in the society and in our
life. We put some effort to make this
world a better place to live.
The next is the path of ‘gnanayoga’ represented by Swami
Vivekananda. The path that is both
difficult yet totally fulfilling.
The next most suited for emotional people is the path of
‘bhakthi yoga’ represented by ‘the music trinity’ Shri.Thyagarayar, Shri.
MuthuSwami Deekshithar and Shri.Shyama Shashtri. This path asks us to surrender to the will of the Lord as we move
about in the world fulfilling our responsibilities.
Once, we decide to walk the path, the journey is not all
that easy nor is the result i.e., moksha immediate. It happens at various stages.
………..contd……..
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