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Continued from yesterday’s post.
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In Jatras depicting the life of Krishna , the play commences with the beating of the drums and the loud singing of O Krishna, Come, Come! Oh Dear!. But the man who plays the part of Krishna pays no heed to the noise and goes on complacently, chatting and smoking in the green room behind the stage. But as soon as the noise ceases, and the pious sage Narada, overflowing with love enters the stage with sweet and soft music and summons Krishna to appear, Krishna finds that he can no longer remain indifferent. Hurriedly he then enters the stage. As long as the spiritual aspirant calls on the Lord with mere lip prayers Come O Lord, the Lord does not appear. when the Lord comes the heart of the devotee melts into divine emotion, and all loud utterances cease for ever. The Lod cannot tarry when his devotee calls on Him from the depth of his heart overflowing with profound love.
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The breeze that comes from the ocean of Brahman affects every heart on which it flows. The ancient sages Sanaka , Sanantana and others were softened by this breeze. The God intoxicated Narada however obviously got the glimpse of the Divine ocean from a distance; and so forgetting his own self, he had been wandering over the world like a mad man , always singing the praise of Lord Hari. Sukadeva, a born ascetic, only touched the water of that ocean thrice with his hand, and ever since he had been rolling about like a child through the fulness of its ecstasy. And the great teacher of the universe Mahadeva, drank three handfuls of water thereof and has since been lying motionless like a corpse, intoxicated with Divine bliss. Who can fathom the depth, or the mysterious power, of this ocean?
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For this Kali Yuga, Naradiya Bhakti or communion with God by love, devotion, self surrender as practised and preached by the Rishi Narada in enjoined. There is now hardly any time for Karma Yoga i.e. for doing various ritualistic duties laid on man by the scriptures. Don’t you see that the well known decoction of the medicinal roots known as Dashamula -pachana is not the remedy for fevers of the present day? The patient runs the risk of being carried off before the medicine has had time to take effect. Fever mixture is therefore the order of the day.
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So, I say, in the beginning there is much fuss of Karma. But the more you proceed towards God, the less will it grow. Finally comes the complete renunciation of work and the attainment of Samadhi. Generally, the body does not remain long after the attainment of Samadhi. But in the case of some it remains for the work of teaching the world. Sages like Narada and Divine Incarnations like Sri Chaitanya are examples of this.
After a well is dug some throw away all the spades and baskets, but others preserve them with the idea that they may be of some use to any of their neighbours. Such great souls are moved with pity at the sight of the sufferings of the world. They are not so selfish as to care only for the attainment of Jnana for themselves.
—subham—-
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