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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

आतां महाभूतें कवणें I खवण विषयो कैसीं करणें I हें वेगळालेपणें I एकैक सांगों II 75 II
तरी पृथ्वी आप तेज I वायु व्योम इयें तुज I सांगितलीं बुझ I महाभूतें पाचें II 76 II
आणि जागतिये दशे I स्वप्न लपालें असे I ना तरी अंवसे I चंद्र गूढु II 77 II
नाना अप्रौढ बाळकीं I तारुण्य राहे थोकीं I कां न फुलतां कळिकीं I आमोदु जैसा II 78 II
किंबहुना काष्ठीं I वन्हि जेविं किरीटी I तेविं पप्रकृतीचिया पोटीं I गोप्यु जो असे II 79 II
जैसा ज्वरु धातुगतु I अपथ्याचें मिष पहातु I मग जालिया आंतु- I बाहेरी व्यापी II 80 II
तैसी पांचांही गांठी पडे I जैं देहाकारु उघडे I तैं नाचवी चहूंकडे I तो अहंकारु गा II 81 II
नवल अहंकाराची गोठी I विशेषें न लगे अज्ञानापाठीं I सज्ञानाचे झोंबे कंठीं I नाना संकटीं नाचवी II 82 II

"Lord Krishna said to Arjun, let Me now illustrate to you in detail the nature of each of the Mahabhootas, sense organs, their subjects etc. The five Mahabhootas, the PanchaMahabhootas as they are called are the five fundamental elements forming the basis of the entire universe and the human body. They are Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Just like the moon is invisible during the New Moon, the dream is hidden when awake, youth remains hidden in adolescence, the fragrance hidden in the yet unbloomed bud, or the fire is invisible in the wood until kindled or the latent potential for combustion within wood, similarly that which remains hidden in Prakruti, or just like the fever awaits to surface as soon as the patient consumes prohibited food, and then suddenly it occupies him inside out, similarly when the five Mahabhootas come together and manifest as the body, then that which makes the body dance to its tune is the "I" Consciousness, the Ahankar. Its peculiarity is that it chases the knowledgeable more than the ignorant."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II