naaham kartaa harih kartaah ( न + अहम) नाहम कर्ता, हरि: कर्ता:

( न + अहम) नाहम कर्ता,  हरि: कर्ता:

ನಾಹಂ ಕರ್ತಾ ಹರಿ: ಕರ್ತಾ:

naaham kartaa harih kartaah 

नाहम् कर्ता, हरि कर्ता, हरि कर्ता ही केवलम - I do not do anything, it is god who does through me, it is HIM only always

The meaning of “Naham Karta Hari Karta, Hari Karta Hi Kevalam” is very simple. It is the knowledge, the wisdom that you are not the thinker, that somebody is guiding your thoughts. You are not the actor, someone is acting through you; you are not the performer, someone is performing through you; and the one who is performing through you is the cosmic self, Hari.

It is the knowledge of a jnani, it is the feeling of a bhakta, and it is the life of a person who acts. But first a knowledge of one's identity must come. Nobody seems to have a knowledge of their identity. For this the discovery has to be made by asking the question “What kind of nature do I have?”

You do not have to imbibe “Naham Karta” just as you do not have to imbibe love. It is there, it is a natural thing. Do you have to imbibe courage? No, it is just there as a natural expression. Similarly, having the ability to understand “Naham Karta” is the natural expression of a person who has become the drashta, the seer or the witness. Drashta does not mean being aware of your ability to witness twenty-four hours a day. It means the one who experiences it. The drashta has manifested in the field of awareness and you are able to see it, it is not a reaction.

“Naham Karta Hari Karta”. It is part of your life and you cannot escape from it. Even on your death bed, the final moment of your life on planet Earth, the final moment before you depart from this body, suddenly the realization comes that this is the end of an experience and death is the next step. So even in life there is no continuity. There is a beginning of the physical body and physical interaction, there is an end of the physical body and physical interaction. There is a beginning of mental interaction in life and an end of mental interaction in life. Both are objects of your happiness and suffering. There is a limited area of the spirit's light which is being illumined; that is all and one has to work through it.

Source(s):

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

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Let us see like this.

I wanted to visit a temple and made all arrangements and for it.So i thought I would be at the temple by another say 30 minutes or so and have Darshan etc.I aws just about to step out , and then like bolt from blue , one of my bosom friend or a relative from far off place appears with bag and baggage.

I had to happily invite him or the persons that came and make arrangements for their stay and other things.So My DECISION TO VISIT TEMPLE was not fulfilled.

Who was the reason? It is not me, as I made sincere effort.

It was not the friend or relatives , since they have no knowledge about my programme.

But finally WHAT I THOUGHT I COULD NOT DO.

Similarly some acts which we donot contemplate , some times would have to be done by us for others or for society sake etc,Whatever the reason , I did what I did not want earlier to do.

Who is the reason?

So this sentence Naaham Kartha , Harih karta tells us there some divine ,unseen force tthat makes us do some times, forces us to stop doing what was planned, or do some thing Entirely different work we never thought we would do..

That is why we have one verse in Sanskrit,'' KARTUM, AKARTUM , ANYAADHAA KARTHUM''

(I ALLOW THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY YOU PLANNED , OR DENY ENTIRELY AND STOP THE PLANNED WORKS OR MAKE YOU DO IT DIFFERENTLY ANOTHER WORK'')

tHAT IS WHAT i UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU READ THE bOOK WRITTEN BY SRI P V R K PRRASAD, Ex ttd EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR A LONG PERIOD , WHO WROTE A bOOK THE bOOK ''naaham kartaa, harih kartaa.'' YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MUCH MORE.

Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) · 8 years ago

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