Msg for the day - Recognizing God and His Saint during their advent

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste all.

 

Here is a WONDERFUL description in Srimad Bhagavatham by Sri VEDA

VYASA, the Compiler of Vedas about HOW Lord Krishna WAS PERCIEVED by

DIFFERENT people EVEN during His Advent!

 

mallAnAmazanir nRNAM naravaraHstrINAM smaro mUrtimAn

gopAnAM svajano 'satAM kSitibhujAM zAstrA svapitroH zizuH,

mRtyur bhoja pater virADa dUSAM tattvaM paraM yoginAm

vrSNInAM paradevateti vidito raGgaM gataH sAgrajAH

 

Srimad Bhagavatam- 10.43.17

 

When Lord Krishna, accompanied by His brother Balarama ENTERED the

palace arena of king Kamsa,

 

HE was percieved DIFFERENTLY by ALL those ASSEMBLED there,

ACCORDING TO THEIR DESERVEDNESS and PURITY of THEIR HEARTS.

 

The wrestlers saw Him as Thuderbolt.

 

When they shook hands with Him, and FAILED to bend EVEN a Tender

Finger of His,

 

they DID NOT REALIZE that HE was NONE OTHER THAN the SUPREME BEING

HIMSELF,

 

possessing more strength than COUNTLESS WRESTLERS put together!

 

The COMMON people SAW Him as an Active and Intelligent Kid!

 

The YOUNG maidens, ENRAPTURED by His Divine Beauty,

SAW Him as Kamadeva (god of beauty and love)in Personified Form!

 

The Gopas, cowherd boys SAW Him as their DEAR MOST FRIEND!

 

His Parents affectionately looked at Him as Their Darling Child!

 

For King Kamsa, HE was the VERITABLE GOD OF DEATH, Yamaraja, in

Fearful Form!

 

The wicked-minded people saw Him as a Gigantic Person with thousands

of heads,

thousands of eyes, thousands of hands,

and the flames of thousands of suns leaping out from His mouth!

 

They began TREMBLING with FEAR percieving this FORMIDABLE form!

 

The YOGIS SAW Him as the SUPREME PARAMATMA, the ABSOLUTE TRUTH!

 

The DEVOTEES of the Yadava clan SAW Him as Their Family Deity!

 

The SAME SITUATION WAS descibed by

Saint Tulsidas in 'Rama Carita Manas'.

 

Sri Tulasidas had taken SPECIAL care to REVEAL THIS FACT!

 

When Lord Ramacandra stood in the palace of King Janaka to lift the

Mighty Bow of Lord Siva,

 

EVERYONE SAW HIM IN DIFFERENT FORMS ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL

PURITY OF MIND AND HEART !

 

jAkI rahI bhAvanA jaisI

prabhu mUrati dekhI tina taisI

 

The warriors SAW Him as the very EMBODIMENT of STRENGTH and HEROISM!

 

The wicked kings TREMBLED at the VERY SIGHT of Him, as they SAW a

TERRIBLE Form!

 

The demons who were sitting there disguised as princes,

BEHELD the LORD as DEATH in PERSONIFIED Form!

 

The WISE MEN SAW Him in His Cosmic Form !

 

To the YOGIS and Saints He SHONE forth as the HIGHEST TRUTH!

 

The DEVOTEES SAW Him as their BELOVED LORD RAMA, the FOUNTAINHEAD OF

BLISS !!

 

The EMOTIONS of Mother Sita Devi WERE INDESCRIBABLE !!!

 

We CAN NEVER PERCIEVE the TRUE DIVINE Form of God with our DEFECTIVE

VISION.

 

Sri Tulasidas DECLARES -

 

cidAnanda maya deha tumhArI

vigata vikAra jAna adhikArI

 

The DIVINE FORM of Lord can NEVER BE SEEN with MATERIAL EYES!

 

WE REQUIRE DIVINE VISION TO PERCIEVE HIM !

 

WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HIS DIVINITY and WE CAN NOT ATTAIN the DIVINE

VISION as yet, because WE DO NOT DESERVE IT !!!

 

Source- "Prema-Rasa-Siddhant" by Jagadguru Sri Rama Kripaluji

Maharaj

Orriginal 'Prema Rasa Siddhant' in Hindi and its translation in

various Indian languages as well as English are available at:

 

http://jkp.org/bookstore/index.html

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!