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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

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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been erased and had been replaced by a turmeric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

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

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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"

>

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> 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

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