A Victim of affection

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Humble Pranams at the divine lotus feet Of our beloved Bhagawan, Continued..................... Suddenly the form of the deity burst open and the goddess herself appeared,her body burning with an intense,intolerable effulgence.The infuriated goddess flashed her blazing eyes and displayed her fierce,curved teeth.Her eyes,crimson

orbs,glowered,and she appeared as if she were prepared to destroy the entire cosmos.Leaping violently from the altar,she quickly decapitated all the rogues and the thieves with the very sword with which they had intended to kill the saint Jada Bharata. After his escape from the Kali temple,Jada Bharata continued his wanderings,remaining aloof from ordinary,materialistic men. One day,as king Rahugana of Sauvira was being carried through the district on a palanquin resting on the shoulders of several servants,the men,who were fatigued,began to falter.Realizing they would need another carrier to help them cross the Ikshumati river,the King's servants began searching for someone. Soon they saw Jada Bharata,who appeared to be a good choice because he was very young and strong as an ox.But because he saw all living beings as his brothers,Jada Bharata could not perform this task very

well.AS he walked he kept stopping to be sure that he wasn't stepping on any ants. According to the subtle but precise laws of re-incarnation,all living beings must remain for a specific length of time in a particular body before prmoted to a higher form. When an animal is killed before its time,the soul must return to that same species to complete its encagement in that type of body.Therefore,the VEDAS enjoin that one should always avoid whimsically killing other living beings. Unaware of what was causing the delay,King Rahugana shouted,"Whats going on?can't you carry this thing properly?Why is my palanquin shaking like this?" Hearing the threatening voice of the King,the frightened

servants replied that the disturbance was being caused by Jada harata .The King angrily chastised him,sarcastically accusing Jada Bharata of carrying the palanquin like a weak,skinny tired old man. But Jada Bharata,who understood his true spiritual identity,knew that he not his body.He was neither fat ,nor lean,nor thin,nor did he have any thing to do with the lump of flesh and bones that comprised this body. To be continued........................ Jai Sai Ram