నేను ఎవరిని అని తెలుసుకోవాలంటే యోగ సాధన-Who am I - Swamy Antarmukhananda Speaks

manushyaanaam sahasreshu kashchidyatati siddhaye
yatataamapi siddhaanaam kashchinmaam vetti tattvatah' .. 7-3
మనుష్యాణాం సహస్రేషు కశ్చిద్యతతి సిద్ధయే
యతతామపి సిద్ధానాం కశ్చిన్మాం వేత్తి తత్త్వతః .. 7-3
He is saying how difficult it is to reach me; manushyaanaam sahasreshu - among the number of human beings; manushyaanaam sahasreshu kashchidyatati siddhaye - among the thousands, here thousands means not simply thousands, so many crores of people. So many crores among the. In Sanskrit the sahasram means not simply thousand. Endless, countless; manushyaanaam sahasreshu kashchidyatati siddhaye - among these people only one, one of them are trying to reach me. To reach the Siddhi. To reach the salvation. Among them, yatataamapi siddhaanaam - among the people who are trying to reach me; kashchinmaam vetti tattvatah' - practically only one is going to reach me. He can, he can reach me. So, you see the difficulty of a yogi, how can he reach God. Manushyaanaam sahasreshu kashchidyatati siddhaye, yatataamapi siddhaanaam - even though number of thousands of Yogis are trying, but only one person practically knows about me. So what about the rest of the people? Rest of the people who are trying, they will also get it. But in due course. So meanwhile, they will have to know what I am telling. That is the thing he is ---. Here, why he is telling this rarity means, in the same chapter Parmatma is going to say that among the creation, among the creation, in the creation and among the human beings, among the human beings, there are Daivi Sampada and Asura Sampada. The demonic nature and the divine nature people are there. Most of them are demonic people only. But among the divine people also, divine nature people also, there were about four classes, four varieties, four types of people, who will be worshipped in me and among these, that is in, it is coming aarto jijnyaasur arthaarthee jnyaanee cha bharatarshabha (ఆర్తో జిజ్ఞాసురర్థార్థీ జ్ఞానీ చ భరతర్షభ .. 7-16). So, the aarto means distressed, jijnyaasu means the people who are trying to know me by theory. Out of academic interest they are trying to know me through theory. And arthaarthee means they are wealth seekers and jnyaanee means practical jnyaanee. Among these four varieties, first three are actually not trying to reach me. They are not trying to know me actually. They are simply, because they were in trouble and distressed, they are praying me, worshipped me. But there is only one person that is called jnyaanee, he is eligible to reach me. That rarity is now in the beginning itself is mentioning. Yatataamapi siddhaanaam kashchinmaam vetti tattvatah' - here also there are so many things. Just by getting initiated into this Pranayama or yogam itself is not sufficient. There are so many things to be followed. That is, one thing is this Guru bhakti and scriptural knowledge and the steadfast effort. That is also very much necessary. Just by knowing and doing something and giving much priority to the worldly affairs and doing yogam for few hours or few minutes is not at all sufficient. All these people who are giving less importance to this Pranayama, they will come under this Yatataamapi siddhaanaam. So among the people, only one person may be trying to reach me. But they are trying to know me, but without following the correct principles. They will also go back. That means not in this birth. That is already told in 6th chapter by Bhagwan. So, that here saying that Yatataamapi siddhaanaam kashchinmaam vetti tattvatah'. So, so you can understand the rarity. And rest of the people, they are also Bhaktas. But at present they cannot fulfill to reach me.