Revisiting Mahabharata 4 : Five Jewels
Hundred Plus Words on July 1, 2024
Revisiting Mahabharata 4 : Five Jewels
ANUSMRITI
Anusmriti is considered as
one of the five jewels in the great epic of Mahabharata as mentioned in the
following oft-quoted verse:
गीता नामसहस्रं च स्तवराजोऽनुस्मृतिः।
गजेन्द्रमोक्षणं चैव पञ्चरत्नानि भारते॥
The following are the five jewels in Mahabharata:
Bhagavadgita, the Song Divine, a Universal philosophy
of life and living enabling the individual
soul transcend the pluralistic universe and experience its complete identity
with the One Ultimate Reality.
Vishnu Sahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu.
Bhishmastavaraajah,
Hymn by Bhishma addressed to Lord Krishna while the former was awaiting Uttaraayana
(when the Sun turns North from the tropic of Capricorn) to
cast off his mortal body.
Anusmruti, ways to remember the Lord while one is still in this world and in one's last moments, as expounded by Lord
Vishnu to Narada Maharshi
Gajendra Moksham, the story of the Gajendra's release by the Lord from the clutches of an alligator and Gajendra's hymn
addressed to the Lord.
There are several "Stutis" in Mahabharata appearing in different contexts. The five mentioned above are considered more important among them.
Know More :
https://stotram.lalitaalaalitah.com/2012/04/anusmriti-anumriti-is-considered-asone.html
M G Warrier
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