Surrender - Part 2

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We read about partial surrender in the earlier artcile. There is a small

instance from the great epic Mahabaratha that explains about surrender.

 

When Pandavas have lost their entire wealth and country to Kauravas on the game,

they have pledged even their wife Draupathi and continued their game. They have

lost even her in the game. Duryodhana, the elder Kaurava brother fetched his

servant to bring Draupathi to the king’s court. There she was humiliated by

pulling her saree by the younger brothers. Though that court was filled with

great and learned people like, Bhishma, Vidhura, Dronacharya, etc., nobody

stopped the kaurava brothers from doing this sin to Draupathi.

 

When her saree was pulled down and she understood that her husbands have lost

her in the game, she had none other than GOD to save her at that moment. She

held her saree tightly and started calling Lord Krishna for help. But God did

not come for her rescue. She cried and cried and cried. At last, she left her

saree, raised her hand up above the head and cried for help from Lord Krishna.

To the miracle, the saree started growing 100 folds than its size. The kaurava

brother who tried to pull the saree, finally got tired and fell down on the

ground.

 

A great learning from the above story is that, surrender without any

pre-conditions and believing in GOD is more important. Till such time

Draupathy was holding the saree and crying for Lord, she had a small belief in

her mind that till Krishna come for her rescue she can hold the saree by not

being pulled. But when she realised she has got no part to play in this entire

drama, she left her hand away and rose on air and called for help. This is the

time when she understood that only divine will could help her and not her free

will.

 

Our surrender to GOD should be the same without any pre-conditions and

expectations. Once we surrender to HIM we should not be thinking whether it

could happen or not. Whatever is the outcome we should be happy to accept the

same.

 

Let us see more on the same topic in the coming days.

 

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Bharadhwaaj Ramaswamy

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