Renunciation as in Sadhana Panchakam

Man is perfect in His essential Nature; But He at the present moment is seemingly caught up in the vagaries of his embodiments and its play. Having been seemingly caught up, he moves from embodiments to embodiments slavish to its vicious and tumultuous changes. The Sacred scriptures of The Hindus teach all those who approach with sincerity the Means as well as the Goal to perfection. The Goal of Man is in re-cognising his True & perfect Nature of Happiness.

Sadhana Panchakam is supposedly the last of Bhashyakaara Bhagawan Sri Adi Sankaracharya's teachings, also Called as Pancha Ratnam (5 jewels), these 5 versed compact teaching containing within itself 40 Spiritual Indicators. Holding within its core are 40 means for the achievement of the Goal, in short they re-produce and provide to the Sadhak the complete Birds-eye view of the Vaidika Dharma marga. The word Sadhana encompasses within its groove 2 words-Sadhak(worthy student or Mumukshu-one desirous of liberation) & Sadhya(Goal or Lakshya)

We will in brief look at the Tyaga (renouncing or giving up) aspect as instructed in this text.

Kamye Mathisthyajatam: Renouncing all desire oriented actions.

All actions which begin with I & I want- have to completely shunned, because these ego & ego centric desires alone add up the Vasana encrustations which give volatility to the Karmic cycle of Birth & death. A mind which is tormented with endless streams of desires will never be able to ebb the flow of extro-vertedness. How can such a mind be able to grasp the inner truths of silence? Hence the Sadhak is advised to give up all desire oriented actions, in this way no new vasanas are added into our collection pool (sanchita). Every action begins with a thought & is done with a specific or general result in mind. At the Realm of thought, the ego centre is replaced with “Ishwara Arpana Buddhi”- Intellect dedicates the action for the LORD- The Kartrutva Bhava(doership) is replaced with Karna Bhava(Instrument) in the hands of the LORD and at the realm of the result of the action with “Prasada Buddhi”-accepting whatever that comes as the gift of the LORD-Meaning Bhoktha Bhava is replaced with Santhustha Bhava. In this way The Punya arising out of The Ishwara arpana Buddhi is transmuted into Chitta Sudhi (purity of the Mind) which is an essential requisite for our spiritual Journey.

Shantyadi paricheeyatam dridhataram karmashu santhyajatam: The group of 6 folds inner wealth

Shanti-control of mind

Dhanti-control of sense organs

Uparati- resultant state when mind & sense organs are controlled

Titiksha-Forbearance

Shraddha-Faith in Guru,Vedas & Lord

Samadhana-Single pointedness

are to be cultivated in full measure. Those desire prompted actions which were performed with an attitude of gaining limited fruits have to be renounced completely. Meaning mind should no more be employed in any limited gains, for his intense desire for Liberation becomes His Be-all of his life. Having purified his heart he gives up all actions the sadhaka enters the holy portals of Sanyaasa. Endowed fully with Sadhana Chatushtayam the sadhaka approaches with humility the feet of the Guru. Soon after Guru Upasadana the vedantic path of shravana, manana & niddhidhyasana has to be practiced.

Ahar ahar Garva parithyajatam : again & again Reject Pride.

When the sadhaka intellectually gets convinced that "I am Brahman” Here Sruti warns that he may encounter a major Hurdle of the EGO, which gets strengthened by this erroneous thought of achievement."I am Brahman" is not a boastful statement of superiority over others, but the most humble statement emanating in the inner bosom of the sadhaka because He realises that to achieve "That" his Ego should get completely dissolved. In the dissolution of the sadhaka rises the immanence of the "Realised Soul". The Vasana Encrustations (ignorance) well collected over the past gets burned up in the Knowledge of the Self. Herein Chitta Ekagrata or single pointedness becomes perfected.

Budhajanaihi Vada parithyajatam:  Never argue with Wise men.

Men of wisdom are men who have tasted the bliss of the Pure Self-the realms through which they transact are un-known to the ignorant. The Mahatmas whenever they transact, if at all they wish to-should not be opposed, for they operate from the Pure Realms of Absolute, which will be completely un-intelligible to the ignorant mind-by arguing with them we are actually obstructing their infinite love which bathes us clean of all impurities.

To summarize- chitta sudhi gained by karma yoga & chitta ekagrata gained by upasana leads a sadhaka to karma sanyasa, after Guru upasadana the Sravana, manana & niddhidhyasana practices with focused effort will lead him to Moksha- liberation

AUM Tat Sat.