तितिक्षया करुणया मैत्र्या चाखिल-जन्तुषु ।
समत्वेन च सर्वात्मा भगवान् सम्प्रसीदति ॥
This verse appears in Srimad Bhagavatam (4th skandham). The great devotee, Dhruva became very angry towards the yakshas, and was engaged in an onslaught against them. At that time, the great authority, Swaambhuva Manu, affectionately advised him to desist from such thing, and told about qualities which make Bhagavan Sri Hari very much satisfied with us.
Qualities that a devotee should sincerely try to cultivate; qualities that greatly please Sri Bhagavan:
भगवान् = The Supreme Lord Sri Hari
सर्वात्मा = paramatma, the ultimate shelter of all beings
सम्प्रसीदति = is very much pleased, very much satisfied
“The Supreme Lord Sri Hari, who is the ultimate shelter of all beings, is very much pleased and satisfied (by the following traits) “
By what is bhagavan pleased?
तितिक्षया = by tolerance / forbearance / forgiveness / patience
- One should have forbearance / forgiveness even towards those who cause us trouble, or ill-treat us
करुणया = by compassion / mercy / kindness
- Be compassionate towards the ignorant, innocent, and those who are less fortunate
- Even towards misguided persons, who try to harm us, instead of anger, we can have sympathy, pity, compassion towards them (that they are so ignorant and misguided).
मैत्र्या = by a friendly attitude
- Don’t have inimical attitude towards anyone. Have well-wishing nature towards all.
च = and
अखिल जन्तुषु = towards all beings
समत्वेन = feeling of equal vision, in the sense that all are part and parcel of bhagavan
“Bhagavan, who is the ultimate shelter of all beings, is very much pleased when we cultivate forbearance, compassion, friendliness, and also a wise equal vision towards all.”
Take-away message from this verse-
There will be those who ill-treat us, mistreat us, insult us, or cause us trouble, or try to harm us in various ways. For our own benefit, we should not get unduly agitated, or disturbed, by such things.
We can take that such persons are also acting governed by Sri Bhagavan, who is always our well-wisher. We can also take that we are only getting some reactions to our own past karma. Hence, no need to develop undue anger towards such persons, or to have vengeful attitude towards them, or to become inimical towards them.
Further, we can consider that we have better things to focus on than the behaviour of such persons, and hence need not lose our peace or composure thinking about such persons. Just as a stray barking dog on the street is not taken seriously by us (we don’t develop inimical attitude towards it, knowing that it is just it’s nature), similarly we should learn to avoid getting unduly agitated by inimical persons.
And generally, towards all beings, including the misguided ones, we can have a well-wishing attitude.
And towards those who are innocent-natured or less fortunate, we can show compassion, and help to uplift them.
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