Monday, December 12, 2005
NRUGA UPAKYANAM - BRAHMANA (SATHGURU) MAHIMA
10 th Skandam Utharardham - 64 th Adhyayam
Vide (10 -2) - 64
Krishna Bhagavan and his friends used to play in the forest. Once four friends of Krishna Bhagavan namely SAMBAN, PRADYUMNAN, CHARUBANU and GADHAN went to forest. They were playing in the forest for a long time. After a long play, they searched for a well to quench their thirst. They roamed to different places of the forest. At last, they found a well. They peeped in to it, to look out for water. But the well was barren. There they saw an astonishing creature. It was a mighty lizard resembling like a rock. They were surprised to see the lizard in the well.
Having got pity at the lizard, they tried to pull it out from the well. They tied it with strong ropes. Having tied it to one end, they took hold of the other end. Then they pulled the rope with all their might, but in vain. They were surprised about it. They informed the issue to KRISHNA BHAGAVAN. Listening to their words, KRISHNA BHAGAVAN came there. HE took the lizard out of the well effortlessly with HIS left hand. The lizard was fortunate to have the touch of BHAGAVAN.
Immediately the lizard changed to a beautiful DEVA (Celestial incarnation). He was beautiful. His body was glittering like a molten gold of true colours. He was wearing beautiful dresses. An enchanting fragrance came from his body. KRISHNA BHAGAVAN knows every thing. HE know the past life of this DEVA. For the sake of HIS friends, BHAGAVAN asked the DEVA to narrate the story in full.
BHAGAVAN said to the DEVA, " Your body glitters like a gold. I feel, you must be one among the DEVA'S of celestial abode. You seem to be filled with divinity. But for some reason you remained as a lizard in this barren well. We are eager to know about your life. If you wish, you can share it with us. "
The DEVA prostrated on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN. He started narrating his story as follows.
" Oh! BHAGAVAN! You are the primordial source of creation. You know every thing. Your divine will rules the life of each and every one. Obeying your divine command, let me tell you about my self. I belong to the proud heridity of IKSHVAAKU RAJA. I was the son of him. People called me as NRUGA RAJAN. Oh! Bhagavan! You might have heard my name in the list of philanthropists, who gave abundant wealth to seers. Oh! Bhagavan! You are the soul residing in each and every one. You are the creator of universe. Without your knowledge, no worldly actions can take place. So, you know about my past life. Obeying your divine command, let me narrate about my philanthropic activities.
I was performing a very big YAGNA (Sacrifice). At the end of it, I gave infinite number of cows to the deprived people. The number of sand particles in the earth remain countless. The number of stars in the sky remain countless. Rain drops falling down from heaven to earth remains abundant. In the same way, the number of cows which were given by me remained countless. People use to describe them to be infinite.
The cows were good in shape. They were young. They were pure breed with beautiful appearence. Each of the cows was decorated with gold on their horns. All the cows were bought by me through right means without cheating any body. Each of the cows was given with their calves. They were all decorated with beautiful silk clothes on their horns. They were decorated with pure silver on their hoof. The price value of each cow remained countless, in the material sense. On a philanthropic basis, I gave lakhs and lakhs of cows to noble seers of high spiritual value.
The BRAHMINS (reverred devotee's) who received the gift, were poise in their character. They were noble souls of high spiritual value. They were given beautiful dresses. The BRAHMINS had the divine qualities like determination in devotion, selflessness, self - contentment, discipline, inner harmony and peace, pure devotion, humble and other divne qualities of utmost spiritual value. They were true embodiment of pure devotion. They lead a straight - forward life, devoid of falseness. They were following the principles of honesty without any deviation. They performed strenous meditation on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN. They were following the true principle s of devotion as per vedic norms. They were in their early ages of life.
They took poverty as a way of life. They welcomed poverty as a blessing in disguise. They lead a simple life. They were not priviledged to have even the basic necessities of life in the form of food, shelter and dress. All the above qualities revealed their true divinity. They were true BRAHMINS. (A critical note should be made here that, BRAHMINS DOES NOT IMPLY ANY CASTE. One who knows BRAHMAM (PRIMORDIAL SOURCE OF CREATION) in real sense through devotion is called as BRAHMIN). The YAGNA was performed in a right place in an appropriate time. The gifts were given on charity to noble souls. The 3 parameters namely time, place and the receiver remains essential in a charitable work. In the YAGNA, all the 3 parameters were maintained as per vedic norms, without any faults.
I gave them various things namely cows, lands, gold ornaments, houses, horses, elephants, several servant maids, silver vessels, silver ornaments, silk dresses, diamonds, utensils, golden chariots, nice beddings and all other necessary items to lead a happy life. The BRAHMINS never asked any thing from me. They were leading a simple life. Inspite of the sufferings of poverty, they remained firm in their devotion. Their pure devotion outbeating the worldly sufferings fetched them massive wealth. They became a billionaires from the state of paupers.
The BHAGAVAN residing in me as the soul, dictated my life towards this noble cause. I took no pride over that charitable act. Every thing went well, as per the divine wish of BHAGAVAN. I humbly prayed at the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN for granting me such a massive wealth, to share it with reverred seers. It was a very big fortune to have them in my place.
The YAGNA went well. The BRAHMINS chanted vedic hymns. Many ritual things were surrendered in the divine fire. The beautiful fragrance coming from the YAGNA spreaded to all directions. The people who inhaled it, were relived of their diseases. The sweet fragrance prevailed in the atmosphere for a long time. This indirectly benefited the plants to grow well. The trees gave beautiful fruits of high medicinal value. The medicinal fruits made the life of each and every one a blissful one.
The divine ashes left in the YAGNA were distributed to the common public, as a divine gift (PRASADAM).
The people enjoyed a true sense of divinity by virtue of the YAGNA. A part of the PRASADAM was mixed in the rivers. The rivers remained fertile always. All these true happenings made me happy always. I prostrate on to the lotus feet of the reverred seers (BRAHMINS).
The blesings of BRAHMINS (SATHGURU) remains a permanent trasure to any one. They represent the BHAGAVAN in human form. Their heart is filled with true devotion. They meditate constantly on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN for the welfare of mankind. They remain selfless in their words and deeds. Their glory cannot be expalined in material words. I humbly pray at their lotus feet to bless my life with pure devotion. "
NRUGA RAJAN narrated the glory of BRAHMINS (SATHGURU) in a nut shell. He continued further, to narrate the evil consequences of humiliating the reverred souls of pure devotion, namely BRAHMINS. NRUGA RAJAN praised the glory of BRAHMINS. He received the blessings of BRAHMINS. Inspite of all these glories, he became a lizard in his later life. There must be some reason for his downfall. From the state of a king, he entered in to the life of a lizard. What made him to lead a life as that of a lizard ?
Do you want to know the reason ?
WAIT TILL NEXT ISSUE.
Till such time, let us all chant RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM continously. Let the chanting of RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM, bring in us true devotion. BRAHMIN symbolizes SATHGURU. The blessings of SATHGURU are the opening gateway to MUKTHI (liberation). We are fortune to have our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA, in our presence. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU, lead us from darkness to light. Let us be humble to seek the blessings of our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA, to lead a happy life.
Let the glory of SATHGURU and SATHSANGAM be spread always.
RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...
JAI SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAI !
JAI SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA !
(TO CONTINUE...)
Vide (10 -2) - 64
Krishna Bhagavan and his friends used to play in the forest. Once four friends of Krishna Bhagavan namely SAMBAN, PRADYUMNAN, CHARUBANU and GADHAN went to forest. They were playing in the forest for a long time. After a long play, they searched for a well to quench their thirst. They roamed to different places of the forest. At last, they found a well. They peeped in to it, to look out for water. But the well was barren. There they saw an astonishing creature. It was a mighty lizard resembling like a rock. They were surprised to see the lizard in the well.
Having got pity at the lizard, they tried to pull it out from the well. They tied it with strong ropes. Having tied it to one end, they took hold of the other end. Then they pulled the rope with all their might, but in vain. They were surprised about it. They informed the issue to KRISHNA BHAGAVAN. Listening to their words, KRISHNA BHAGAVAN came there. HE took the lizard out of the well effortlessly with HIS left hand. The lizard was fortunate to have the touch of BHAGAVAN.
Immediately the lizard changed to a beautiful DEVA (Celestial incarnation). He was beautiful. His body was glittering like a molten gold of true colours. He was wearing beautiful dresses. An enchanting fragrance came from his body. KRISHNA BHAGAVAN knows every thing. HE know the past life of this DEVA. For the sake of HIS friends, BHAGAVAN asked the DEVA to narrate the story in full.
BHAGAVAN said to the DEVA, " Your body glitters like a gold. I feel, you must be one among the DEVA'S of celestial abode. You seem to be filled with divinity. But for some reason you remained as a lizard in this barren well. We are eager to know about your life. If you wish, you can share it with us. "
The DEVA prostrated on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN. He started narrating his story as follows.
" Oh! BHAGAVAN! You are the primordial source of creation. You know every thing. Your divine will rules the life of each and every one. Obeying your divine command, let me tell you about my self. I belong to the proud heridity of IKSHVAAKU RAJA. I was the son of him. People called me as NRUGA RAJAN. Oh! Bhagavan! You might have heard my name in the list of philanthropists, who gave abundant wealth to seers. Oh! Bhagavan! You are the soul residing in each and every one. You are the creator of universe. Without your knowledge, no worldly actions can take place. So, you know about my past life. Obeying your divine command, let me narrate about my philanthropic activities.
I was performing a very big YAGNA (Sacrifice). At the end of it, I gave infinite number of cows to the deprived people. The number of sand particles in the earth remain countless. The number of stars in the sky remain countless. Rain drops falling down from heaven to earth remains abundant. In the same way, the number of cows which were given by me remained countless. People use to describe them to be infinite.
The cows were good in shape. They were young. They were pure breed with beautiful appearence. Each of the cows was decorated with gold on their horns. All the cows were bought by me through right means without cheating any body. Each of the cows was given with their calves. They were all decorated with beautiful silk clothes on their horns. They were decorated with pure silver on their hoof. The price value of each cow remained countless, in the material sense. On a philanthropic basis, I gave lakhs and lakhs of cows to noble seers of high spiritual value.
The BRAHMINS (reverred devotee's) who received the gift, were poise in their character. They were noble souls of high spiritual value. They were given beautiful dresses. The BRAHMINS had the divine qualities like determination in devotion, selflessness, self - contentment, discipline, inner harmony and peace, pure devotion, humble and other divne qualities of utmost spiritual value. They were true embodiment of pure devotion. They lead a straight - forward life, devoid of falseness. They were following the principles of honesty without any deviation. They performed strenous meditation on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN. They were following the true principle s of devotion as per vedic norms. They were in their early ages of life.
They took poverty as a way of life. They welcomed poverty as a blessing in disguise. They lead a simple life. They were not priviledged to have even the basic necessities of life in the form of food, shelter and dress. All the above qualities revealed their true divinity. They were true BRAHMINS. (A critical note should be made here that, BRAHMINS DOES NOT IMPLY ANY CASTE. One who knows BRAHMAM (PRIMORDIAL SOURCE OF CREATION) in real sense through devotion is called as BRAHMIN). The YAGNA was performed in a right place in an appropriate time. The gifts were given on charity to noble souls. The 3 parameters namely time, place and the receiver remains essential in a charitable work. In the YAGNA, all the 3 parameters were maintained as per vedic norms, without any faults.
I gave them various things namely cows, lands, gold ornaments, houses, horses, elephants, several servant maids, silver vessels, silver ornaments, silk dresses, diamonds, utensils, golden chariots, nice beddings and all other necessary items to lead a happy life. The BRAHMINS never asked any thing from me. They were leading a simple life. Inspite of the sufferings of poverty, they remained firm in their devotion. Their pure devotion outbeating the worldly sufferings fetched them massive wealth. They became a billionaires from the state of paupers.
The BHAGAVAN residing in me as the soul, dictated my life towards this noble cause. I took no pride over that charitable act. Every thing went well, as per the divine wish of BHAGAVAN. I humbly prayed at the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN for granting me such a massive wealth, to share it with reverred seers. It was a very big fortune to have them in my place.
The YAGNA went well. The BRAHMINS chanted vedic hymns. Many ritual things were surrendered in the divine fire. The beautiful fragrance coming from the YAGNA spreaded to all directions. The people who inhaled it, were relived of their diseases. The sweet fragrance prevailed in the atmosphere for a long time. This indirectly benefited the plants to grow well. The trees gave beautiful fruits of high medicinal value. The medicinal fruits made the life of each and every one a blissful one.
The divine ashes left in the YAGNA were distributed to the common public, as a divine gift (PRASADAM).
The people enjoyed a true sense of divinity by virtue of the YAGNA. A part of the PRASADAM was mixed in the rivers. The rivers remained fertile always. All these true happenings made me happy always. I prostrate on to the lotus feet of the reverred seers (BRAHMINS).
The blesings of BRAHMINS (SATHGURU) remains a permanent trasure to any one. They represent the BHAGAVAN in human form. Their heart is filled with true devotion. They meditate constantly on to the lotus feet of BHAGAVAN for the welfare of mankind. They remain selfless in their words and deeds. Their glory cannot be expalined in material words. I humbly pray at their lotus feet to bless my life with pure devotion. "
NRUGA RAJAN narrated the glory of BRAHMINS (SATHGURU) in a nut shell. He continued further, to narrate the evil consequences of humiliating the reverred souls of pure devotion, namely BRAHMINS. NRUGA RAJAN praised the glory of BRAHMINS. He received the blessings of BRAHMINS. Inspite of all these glories, he became a lizard in his later life. There must be some reason for his downfall. From the state of a king, he entered in to the life of a lizard. What made him to lead a life as that of a lizard ?
Do you want to know the reason ?
WAIT TILL NEXT ISSUE.
Till such time, let us all chant RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM continously. Let the chanting of RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM, bring in us true devotion. BRAHMIN symbolizes SATHGURU. The blessings of SATHGURU are the opening gateway to MUKTHI (liberation). We are fortune to have our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA, in our presence. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU, lead us from darkness to light. Let us be humble to seek the blessings of our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA, to lead a happy life.
Let the glory of SATHGURU and SATHSANGAM be spread always.
RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...
JAI SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAI !
JAI SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA !
(TO CONTINUE...)
