A father before and after Gyān
Murli point of Wednesday, 18 October 2023
The bondages of your bodies have to be broken away from your intellects. Sannyasis leave their homes and families and run away. You study Raj Yoga while living at home. There is the example of Janak. He then became Anu Janak. Many children say that they want to live in their kingdom (home) like Janak and take knowledge. Each one is a king of his own home. The owner is called the king. There is the father, his wife, and their children, and so that is a limited creation.
Notes
anu is a Sanskrit prefix which means "after".
Janak is a king who knew how to conquer attachment while remaining a king. He is the example of liberation in life. ***janak” also means “father, progenitor”.
I translate anu Janak by the “later Janak” that is to say the one He became after having conquered attachment.
Rephrased murli point (alternative)
You must break the bond of the body with the mind. The sannyāsī abandon their homes and flee. You learn Rājyōg while maintaining the activity of a householder. There is also the example of Janak . He left and became the "later Janak" . Many children say: "like Janak , we can raise Gyān while staying in our royal residence." Everyone is king of their own house, right? We call a master “king”. There is a father, his wife, his children, etc. This is a limited creation.
Interpretation
In Hindu mythology, King Janak was able to conquer all his attachments. He gave everything to his guru including his sense organs and received his teaching thus finding liberation. Following this liberation, King Janak continued his duty as king while remaining detached from material things.
The rājyōgī is also the one who renounces everything but continues to manage what he must take care of: family, work, etc. He is a king and at the same time a yōgī .
Janak means “father, progenitor” in Sanskrit. Janak's story therefore joins that of all fathers who must take care of their creation, namely their family.
A father is therefore a Janak. And when he takes knowledge (Gyān), he is reborn and therefore becomes an anu janak a janak after his spiritual birth.
He can therefore use Gyān to be liberated in life while taking care of his family.
Fathers can therefore use this apparently valid excuse to meditate, study and serve in their own homes and never come to the center on which they depend.
If it is true that a father must devote time to his family, he can still devote a little time to the Brahmin family and thus benefit from the wisdom that others can bring following their own experiences or their understanding.
It is also a method to protect oneself from straying from the right path. When you're all alone, you can believe that you're doing things well and no one is there to question that.
Definitions
The post-Janak, the later Janak. According to Hindu mythology, Janak was a king who renounced everything while giving everything to his guru: his kingdom, his possessions, his body and his sense organs. Following this, the guru accepted him as a disciple and taught him the path of realisation and liberation in life. Janak then became a king who realized his true nature while continuing his role as king. So there is a post-Janak, the one who has achieved realisation and liberation in life.
Used as a suffix to mean causing or bringing forth.
Father, progenitor, procreator, originator.
Name of a king of Mithila who was the father of Sītā, Rām's wife. He is known for knowing how to assume his role as king and at the same time remain detached from the world. He is the symbol of liberation in life.
'Yoga of the king', Raja Yoga, the highest, kingly yoga. The union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The yoga that makes us the rulers of the self and the kings of the world.
One who abandons or resigns; one who has abandoned all worldly possessions and affections, an ascetic, a devotee.
A Brāhmaṇ of the fourth order or āśram, a religious mendicant.