चरैवेति, चरैवेति - Charaiveti, Charaiveti - keep walking...

Here I am with Garam Chai...

Charaiveti Mantra (33.3) is from ‘Aitreya Brahman’

The mantra is not used as a prayer and can be considered as an aphorism that is an applied aspect of spiritual thoughts in line with ‘Walk the Talk’.

It is a set of 5 mantras, each ending with ‘charivati’ which means keep walking

1.

नानाश्रान्ताय श्रीरस्तीति रोहित शुश्रुम ।

पापो नृषद्वरो जन इन्द्र इच्चरतः सखा चरैवेति ॥

2.

पुष्पिण्यौ चरतो जङ्घे भूष्णुरात्मा फलग्रहिः ।

शेरेऽस्य सर्वे पाप्मानः श्रमेण प्रपथे हतश्चरैवेति ॥

3.

आस्ते भग आसीनस्योर्ध्वस्तिष्ठति तिष्ठतः ।

शेते निपद्यमानस्य चराति चरतो भगश्चरैवेति ॥

4.

कलिः शयानो भवति संजिहानस्तु द्वापरः ।

उत्तिष्ठस्त्रेता भवति कृतं संपाद्यते चरंश्चरैवेति ॥

5.

चरन् वै मधु विन्दति चरन् स्वादुमुदुम्बरम् ।

सूर्यस्य पश्य श्रेमाणं यो न तन्द्रयते चरंश्चरैवेति ॥

The last one is not only the most important of the five mantras but also it is the crux of the whole of the scripture of ‘Aitreya Brahman’. A loose transliteration is given below. “A man on the move gets to enjoy honey and Udambar like delicious fruits. Sun is seen with respect because it isn’t lazy despite moving all the time. Like that, one should also) keep walking, keep walking.” to celebrate the eternal motion of #bharat - the oldest civilization - the rhythm, the grace, the music ... going through the roads of the interior villages of #bharat - to experience the joy of the journey - the real success - from where we started and where we are now - and to ensure - that in the evening when the sun is just set for the day - and it will again rise tomorrow to continue the journey with new #hope - to enlighten the #universe - as the real #vishwaguru “चरैवेति चरैवेति” - keep walking - because the motion is the life - we need to move on to keep the balance of life...

We must not stop.

The movement is essential.

Life is like a bicycle

The moment it stops - the balance goes for a toss

Life is like a stream.

The moment the flow of the stream is lost, all sorts of fungi pollute the water - and the water becomes dirty and ceases to be a potable one.

So, we have to keep moving all throughout our lives - physically - spiritually - and metamorphically - we must not stop the movement - because the

Ultimate Stop comes with Death.

life is like an ice cream...

enjoy it before it melts...