Just as tantra lays down
great standards for the Guru and prescribes divine attributes, it also
prescribes the attributes of a shiShya.
The competent guru should first examine an aspirant for the existence of
the prescribed attributes and only then proceed to initiate him/her. In the matters of choosing a disciple, though
the guru is endowed with unlimited freedom (sarvasvatantra), seldom does the
guru transgress the laid down rule to initiate someone, unless, there divine
indications. Further, tantra also
strictly prohibits initiation of shishyas with certain qualities.
First let us see the
lakShaNa-s of shiShya-s who qualify for dIkSha.
KularNava details the attributes of aspirants who are fit to receive
dIkShA from the competent guru.
sacchiShyam
tu kuleshAni shubhalakShaNasaMyutam |
samAdhisAdhanopetaM guNashIlasamanvitam ||
O kuleshAni ! (the guru should accept as his
shiShya, only a person who) he is a true disciple, endowed with auspicious
features with regard to the sAmudrikA lakShaNa and who is endowed with the
capacity to enter into samAdhi and who possesses good qualities and character,
svacchadehAmbaraM prAjnaM
dhArmIkaM shuddhamAnasam |
dRDhavrataM sadAcAraM
shraddhAbhaktisamanvitam ||
who maintains cleanliness of body and dress,
who is wise, possessed of righteous thoughts and purity of mind, who is
steadfast in the observance of religious rites, who has good conduct and is gifted
with faith and devotion,
vimRshyakAriNaM vIraM manodAridryavarjItam ||
who is competent, eats less (i.e. eats to
live and does not live to eat J), who has the
capacity to think deep, renders service without any expectations, capable of
examining things, who is adept, and who is devoid of impoverished mind,
sarvakAryAtikushalaM
svacchaM sarvopakAriNam |
kRtajnaM pApabhItaM ca sAdhusajjanasammatam ||
AstikaM dAnashIlaM ca sarvabhUtahite ratam |
vishvAsavinayopetaM
dhanadehAdyavancakam || anukUlaM kriyAyuktamapramattaM vicakShaNam ||
who is capable of achieving the impossible, valorous,
cheerful, strong, pliable, active, attentive and clear sighted,
sakRduktagRhAtArthaM caturaM buddhivistaram ||
who is a person of few words, ie speaks less
to preserve the truth (like satyAya mitabhAShiNAM…... raghuvamsha) with a
pleasing countenance / smile, who is free from blames, who is capable of
grasping anything uttered even once, who is clever and possesses high degree of
intelligence,
jitendriyaM susantuShTaM dhImantaM brahmacAriNam ||
tyaktAdhivyAdhicApalyaduHkhabhrAntimasaMshayam |
gurudhyAnastutikathA devArcAvandanotsukam ||
who is free from worry and anxiety, disease, unsteadiness, grief, delusion & doubt, who takes interest in the meditation on the guru and eulogizing him and in the worship of deities
gurudaivatasambhaktaM kAminIpUjakaM param |
nityaM gurusamIpasthaM gurusantoShakArakam ||
manovAktanubhirnItyaM paricaryA samudyatam |
gurvAjnApAlakaM devi gurukIrtiprakAshakam ||
guruvAkyapramANajnaM gurushushrUShaNe ratam |
cittAnuvartInaM preShyakAriNaM kulanAyike ||
who knows that the guru’s words are pramANa (authority) for shastra, who is given to the service of guru, whose action follows the mind of the guru, who functions as the guru’s servant, O kulanAyike !
jAtimAnadhane garvavarjitaM gurusannidhau |
nirapekShaM gurudravye tatprasAdAbhikAGkShiNam ||
who in the presence of the guru, does not pride upon his class, honour or wealth, does not covet the guru’s wealth and always in expectation of the blessings of the guru
kuladharmakathAyogi yoginIkaulikapriyam |
kulArcanAdinirataM kuladravyAjugupsakam ||
who is fond of recital of kuladharma, who is a favourite of yogis, yoginis and kaulikas, who is devoted to kula worship and who is not averse to the kuladravyas,
japadhyAnAdinirataM mokShamArgAbhikAGkShiNam |
kulashAstrapriyaM devi pashushAstraparAGmukham |
ityAdilakShaNopetaM guruH shiShyaM parigrahet ||
A guru should accept only a person endowed with the above qualities, as his shiShya.
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