Samyak I must thank my friends in driving me to post in this space called what is on your mind provided in this page. Yesterday, I shared soundbites on Right vision. The equivalent word for Right in Prakrit/ Sanskrit is samyak. The great exponent of glossaries, venerable Acharya Pujya pada Devanandi ji (5th circa A.D.) in his magnum opus commentary, Sarvartha Siddhi states: the word samyag is both natural , i.e, not derived and grammatically derived. In natural usage, it denotes praise. For exampleThe job has been done well. His vision is samyak etc. When used in the context of grammar, the great seer says samanjati iti samyak meaning one which it accommodates all in harmony or symphony in a music band or the colours in a rainbow. On the Right Vision or samyag darshan then the seer goes on to mean as the basic faith or belief for reaching to the depth or bottom of the Truth or the reality irrespective of its virtual images or forms. Let me explain. There are glittering objects of various types. To look forward to gold in such objects is the faith in this search. All that glitters is not gold. Similarly, having belief in Gold standard in your life or dealings or the services you render or receive denotes the adjective samyag. The usage of samyak has thus far wider scope in life. It means very high standard. Talking in darshanik term or philosophical connotation, it means the faith anchored precisely on absolute Truth. Therefore, samyak wards of the ghosts of superstition, notions, hallucinations, idiosyncrasy in our value system. Samyak means adopting universal approach in human relations transcending apparent morphology of race, religion, creed, caste, gender, age, nationality, rich , poor, learned or otherwise. Looking for atma, the fundamental trait in the vast biodiversity of 84 lakh yoni or genera is the faith called samyag darshan. Talking of oneself, identifying one as an immortal soul of purity, residing and driving the mortal body made of matter is samyag darshan or sudarshan. We can go on expanding its scope and by which we can benefit for enhancing our standards of value and belief for which we live. Good day.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:23:30 +0000