FEAR-BHAYAM- (भयं)

SUBHASHITHANI: 164

अपूज्या यत्र  पूज्यन्ते पूज्यानां तु विमानना |

त्रीणि   तत्र  प्रवर्तन्ते  दुर्भिक्षं  मरणं  भयं    ||

Apoojyaa yatra poojyante poojyaanaam tu vimaananaa.

Treeni taatra pravartante durbhiksham maranam bhayam.

  In a Country or community where persons unfit for being revered are revered,and those who deserve to be revered are shown disrespect and humiliated,   these three scourges, namely famine, death and fear prevail.
भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयं

माने  दैन्यभयं  बले रिपुभयं रूपे तरुण्या  भयम्   |

शास्त्रे वादभयं गुणे खलभयं काये कृतान्ताद्भयम्

सर्वं वस्तुभयान्वितं भुवि नृणां वैराग्यमेवाSभयम्  ||Vairagya satakam

bhoge rogabhayam kule chyutibhayam vitte nrupaalaadbhayam

maane dainyabhayam bale ripubhayam  roope tarunyaa bhayam I

shastre vaadabhayam gune khalabhayam kaaye krutaantaadbhayam

sarvam vastu bhayaanvitam bhuvi nrunaam vairaagyamevaabhayam II
In enjoyment, there is fear of disease; in social position ,the fear of falling- off; in wealth the fear of (hostile) kings; in honour ,the fear of humiliation;in power, the fear of foemen; in beauty the fear of old age; in scriptural erudition, the fear of opponents; in virtue, the fear of traducers; in body, the fear of death; In fact every thing is fearful of something or other in this world, except the persons following   ‘Vairagya’ – Dispassion, who are always without any kind of fear.

भये वा यदि वा हर्षे संप्राप्ते यो विमर्शयेत् ।

कृत्यं न कुरुते वेगान्न स संतापमाप्नुयात् ॥

Bhaye vaa yadi vaa harshe samprraapte yo imarshayet I

Krutyam na kurute vegaanna sa samtaapamaapnuyaat II

He will always prosper who pauses to analyze when ever he feels fear as well as happiness. Such people will never hurry any of their work.

कामाद् द्वेषाद् भयात् स्नेहाद् यथा भक्त्येश्वरे मनः ।

आवेश्य तद् अघं हित्वा बहवः तद्‍गतिं गताः ॥ २९ ॥

गोप्यः कामाद् भयात् कंसो द्वेषात् चैद्यादयो नृपाः ।

सम्बन्धाद् वृष्णयः स्नेहाद् यूयं भक्त्या वयं विभो ॥ Bhagavatham

By love,hatred, fear,friendship,also devotion to the lord in mind, many have have obtained liberation .For example:

Love – Gopis, Fear – Kamsa, Hatred – Sisupala, Association – Yadavas,  Friendship - You all (Pandavas), Bhakti - We (Sages like Narada).

Of course, we should not take this literally and start hating the lord. The key to this long winding approach is तन्मयत्वम् - complete absorption in the thought of Krishna.

तावत् भयाद्धि भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् ।

आगतं तु भयं वीक्ष्य प्रहर्तव्यमभीतवत् ॥

One has to be nervous of an impending and fearful occurrence , but once it occurs he should cease to be nervous and face it directly.

धैर्य यस्य पिता क्षमा च जननी शान्तिः चिरं गेहिणी

सत्यं सूनुः अयं दया च भागिनी भ्राता मनःसंयमः ।

शय्या भूमितलं दिशः अपि वसनं ज्ञानामृतं भोजनम्

एते यस्य कुटिम्बिनः वद् सखे कस्माद् भयं योगिनः ॥

Whose father is Courage, forgiveness is the mother, peace being the wife, truth being the son, compassion being sister, balance of mind being the brother - He who sleeps on the ground (does not crave for luxury), he for whom the directions are the clothes (does not care for attire), he who has the best knowledge for food - He who has the above for friend and family, why should he fear about problems ?

आहारनिद्राभयमैथुनं च  सामान्यमेतत् पशुभिर्नराणाम् ।

धर्मो हि तेषाम् अधिकोविशेषो  धर्मेण हीनाः पशुभिः समानाः ॥

Food, sleep, fear and reproduction is what is common among animals and humans. It is "Dharma" [code of living] that separates us from animals. Without Dharma men are  same as animals.

यस्मिन् रुष्टे भयं नास्ति तुष्टे नैव धनागमः ।

निग्रहानुग्रहौ न स्तः स रुष्टः किं करिष्यति ॥Chanakya niti

yasmin ruShTe bhayam nAsti tuShTe naiva dhanAgamaH ।

nigrahAn anugrahau na staH sa ruShTaH kim kariShyati ॥

If you are angry and no one is scared, then it is useless. Similarly if you are pleased and no one benefits from it, it is again a waste. There is no value attached to your anger or being pleased if it does not mean anything to any one.

पुत्रा इव पितुर्गेहे विषये यस्य मानवाः |

निर्भया विचरिष्यन्ति स राजा रजसत्तमः ||Manusmruti

putraa iva piturgehe vishaye yasya maanavaah |

nirbhayaa vicarishyanti sa raajaa raajasattamah ||

He is a good king in whose kingdom the subjects are as free to roam about (physically and intellectually) as a son in his father's home.

नानुतिष्ठति कार्याणि भयेषु च बिभेति च |

क्षिप्तं राज्याच्च्युतो दीनस्तृणैस्तुल्यो भवेदिह ||Ramayana

naanutishthati kaaryaani bhayeshu ca bibheti ca |

kshiptam raajyaaccyuto diinastrnaistulyo bhavediha ||

If a king does not undertake necessary project at the right time (when subjects need it the most) and does not fear from all the troubles facing him - he will soon lose his kingdom and respect. He will be as insignificant as a blade of grass.

अमूर्तिरनघोƒचिन्त्यो भयकृद्भयनाशन:  Vishnu sahasra naamam

Amoorthi-r-anagha-o-achintya-o Bhaya-kr'd-bhaya-naasanaha

भयकृत्

Bhaya-kr't

The one who creates fear in the mind of the evil minded

The one who destroys the fears of the true devotee and shelters them

भयनाशन:

Bhaya-naasanah

The one who destroys all fears .

The one who helps the devotee to gain knowledge of the supreme truth which is the only way to be free from fears

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH