Guest guest Report post Posted September 1, 2005 Namo Narayana, "ananyaschintayanta mam ye janah paryupasate tesham nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyaham" Does anyone remember the true story of a brahmana who was once crossed out this verse from Shri Gita because he believed in it all his life and in the end thought it was NOT true. Dasanudas Deepak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 6, 2005 Dear Sri Deepak, I think the story goes thus. In this shloka, the Lord says "aham vahAmi" - that is, "I bear", rather than using another verb, for taking care of this world and its beings. The brahmin trusted this completely and was dependent on the Lord for everything. However, his household was in disarray due to lack of funds and one day his wife told him "Of what use is your trust? The Lord is not taking care of us". The brahmin was vexed and he struck out the phrase "vahAmyaham" with charcoal in his sahasranamam text that he read every day and left the house. While he was gone, the Lord appeared in the form of the brahmin himself carrying bags of food items on His back and delivered them at the house. Upon his return, the brahmin was surprised to see all the bags in the house and aksed his wife about it. Perplexed, she asked him "Did you not bring in the bags yourself a little while ago?" The brahmin realized what had happened and quickly ran over to his Sahasranamam text. When he looked at this shloka, he saw that the charcoal mark had been erased and had been replaced by a turmeric mark over the same phrase. He then fell to his feet and with tears in his eyes sang the praise of the Lord - for had He not literally born ("vahAmi") the brahmin's load on His back. adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- Deepak Vinod <deepak.vinod wrote: > Namo Narayana, > > "ananyaschintayanta mam ye janah paryupasate > tesham nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyaham" > > > Does anyone remember the true story of a brahmana who was > once crossed out > this verse from Shri Gita because he believed in it all > his life and in the > end thought it was NOT true. > > Dasanudas > Deepak > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 8, 2005 Dear Swamin Vananam I do not know the episode of a Brahmana who disbelived lords words of Gita.I will be glad if subject dealt in detail Dasan Krishnamachary ,VedanthamDeepak Vinod <deepak.vinod (AT) lansa (DOT) com.au> wrote: Namo Narayana, "ananyaschintayanta mam ye janah paryupasatetesham nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyaham" Does anyone remember the true story of a brahmana who was once crossed out this verse from Shri Gita because he believed in it all his life and in the end thought it was NOT true. Dasanudas Deepak Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 8, 2005 Dear all, I have heard of a story of Arjunacharya,a brahmana who, when writing his commentary on the Gita,saw this verse and thought it a mistake to believe that the Lord would personally carry whatever was needed to each devotee. So, he therefore scratched out vahAmi(I personally Carry) and inserted karomi(I have it done) as he thought, "what is the need for Bhagavan doing it Himself? Being all powerful,He will get it done." He was exteremely poor. After making the change in the text he went for Unjavrithi.while he was gone, his wife heard a knock at the door. Two beautiful boys fearfully insisted that she quickly accept the food that her husband had forced them to bring. These beautiful boys were anxious to get away from her house, because, They told her, the great brahmana scholar Arjunacharya, would probably beat them again. When Arjunacharya's wife expressed disbelief that her husband would beat such boys, the dark boy said, "see?" and turned to show her the marks on His back where He had been struck. Then they both dashed away. Arjunacharya's wife was bewildered, and she began to cook and eat the food the boys had brought. Upon Arjunacharya's arrival, he was shocked to to see his wife eating, as it was against the Vedic custom. When he challenged her, she replied, Acharya, why have you acted so inappropriately and become so cruel? she then told him that two boys had come and left a bountiful supply of food and after the dark boy had showed her the marks on His back, He rushed away and They asked her to cook and have her food and so she was doing so. The acharya thought for a few moments and asked what the boys looked like. Upon hearing that one was of a beautiful darkish complexion and the other was white, he could understand that his fortunate wife had been blessed with the darshana of Krishna and Balarama. The beating marks were the result of his having scratched out the word vahAmi. Krishna had been forced to come personally to prove the truth of His words, "I carry what they lack with my own hands." We must not forget that the Lord is called "Bhagavan bhakta bhaktiman"- The lord who is a devotee of His own devotees.(SB 10.86.59) He also says : ye yathA mAm prapadyante tAms tathaiva bhajAmyaham BG 4.12 He really serves (bhajAmy) those who surrender! Ramanuja Dasi Vedavalli Ranganathan > Dear Swamin Vananam > I do not know the episode of a Brahmana who > disbelived lords words of Gita.I will be glad if > subject dealt in detail > Dasan > Krishnamachary ,Vedantham > > Deepak Vinod <deepak.vinod wrote: > > Namo Narayana, > > "ananyaschintayanta mam ye janah paryupasate > tesham nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyaham" > > > Does anyone remember the true story of a brahmana > who was once crossed out this verse from Shri Gita > because he believed in it all his life and in the > end thought it was NOT true. > > Dasanudas > Deepak > > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "ramanuja" on the web. > > To from this group, send an email > to: > ramanuja > > Your use of is subject to the > > > > > > > > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina > relief effort. ____ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store./redcross-donate3/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
