Divine Discourse

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Divine Discourse By Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Date:

31 Aug, 2002

 

Occasion:Sri Krishna Janmaashtami Place:Prasanthi

Nilayam

 

Divine Leelas Reflect the Glory of the Avataars

Sweeter than sugar, tastier than curd, sweeter indeed

than honey is the Name of Krishna.

Constant repetition of this sweet Name gives one the

taste of divine nectar itself.

Therefore, one should contemplate on the Name of

Krishna incessantly.

(Telugu Poem) Embodiments of Love! Since ancient

times, the nectarous principle of Krishna has

fascinated young and old alike. Right from His advent

Krishna made people forget themselves in ecstasy with

His Divine pranks enchanting music and inexpressible

bliss. Krishna and Balarama, along with other cowherd

boys, would take cows for grazing to the banks of the

river Yamuna and immerse themselves in fun and frolic.

One day, the cowherd boys were lost in bliss as they

were watching the Divine pranks of Krishna.

Consequently they forgot the surroundings and their

cows. As they were resting after grazing, all of a

sudden they felt hot wind blowing from all directions.

They realised that they were being surrounded by wild

fire. The raging conflagration was so intense that

they were even unable to open their eyes and see. The

cows started running helter-skelter, unable to bear

the scorching heat. Nobody could control them. The

intensity of heat became more and more every

moment. Then the cowherd boys prayed to Krishna to

come to their rescue. " Oh Krishna! You alone can

extinguish this fire and save us. " Seeing their

plight, Krishna laughed and said, " Oh cowherd boys!

You have been moving with Me, playing with Me and

enjoying the bliss. It is rather strange that you are

fear-stricken even after experiencing My Divinity. "

Many times in the past, you were a witness to My

slaying the demons sent by Kamsa. Then why are you

afraid when I am with you? " When you have the

Kalpavriksha (wish-fulfilling tree) right in front of

you, why do you desire for trivial things?

When you have the Kamadhenu (wish-fulfilling cow) with

you, where is the need to buy a cow?

When you have the glittering Meru mountain with you,

why do you crave for paltry silver and gold ?

Likewise, when you have the omnipotent Lord Krishna in

you, with you and around you, why do you get panic

over such a trivial matter? "

(Telugu Poem) Krishna told them to close their eyes

and contemplate on Him for a while. The cowherds

implicitly obeyed His command. They closed their eyes

and started chanting His name. The next moment,

Krishna commanded them to open their eyes. Lo and

behold! The wild fire had totally disappeared and all

their cows were grazing as if nothing had happened.

Their joy knew no bounds. They wanted to return to

their respective homes at once and narrate the

wonderful miracle that Krishna had performed. The

cowherd boys had experienced many such miracles which

proved the Divinity of Krishna. Not only in India, but

also in a communist country like Russia, many such

mysterious powers of Divinity were experienced. A

person by name Wolfe Messing was born on September 10,

1899 in Poland. Right from his birth, he radiated

divine effulgence. He behaved in a mysterious manner

even while he was very young. He would make some

movements with his hands and laugh to himself. His

parents

were mystified as they could not understand his

strange behaviour. One year passed in this manner. In

his second year, he started talking to himself. He

would scratch his head as if he was engrossed in deep

thought. He would run here and there, laugh to himself

and converse with some unseen beings. All this baffled

his parents. They wondered as to why he was laughing

to himself and to whom he was talking. There was an

element of anxiety and fear in them. One day a tall

personality wearing a white robe came and stood in

front of their house. He called Messing near him and

said, " Your parents are planning to put you in a

lunatic asylum or in a school for the mentally

retarded. You do not need to go anywhere. How can

those who are afflicted with worldly madness

understand your madness' which is of spiritual nature?

If only everyone gets such a spiritual madness, the

whole nation would prosper. Do not get yourself

admitted to schools where only worldly education is

taught.

The formal or secular knowledge does not appeal to

you. Learn spiritual knowledge. I have come here only

to tell you this. " Messing asked him, " Grandfather,

where do you come from? " He replied, " I will tell you

later. I am going back to the place from where I came.

Never forget my words. Do not have anything to do with

worldly knowledge. Acquire only spiritual knowledge.

Now you are very young. Till you attain a certain

level of maturity, do not have any association with

anybody. Now I am going back. " Saying this, he

vanished right in front of Messing's eyes. Messing

wondered, " Where did he come from? Where has he gone?

Will I also go back to the place from where I came? "

He started enquiring thus. His parents did not allow

him to go anywhere. He was confined to his house only.

It was 9th February 1909. On that day his desire to go

in search of spiritual knowledge erupted again for he

was not satisfied with the secular knowledge being

taught to him. He remembered the

words of the old man who appeared at his doorstep

sometime ago. He went inside the house and found 8

coins in an almirah. Keeping them in his pocket he

embarked on a spiritual journey in the wide world. He

wandered and wandered not knowing where he was going.

He toured the entire world. None questioned him about

tickets or the money required to buy them. Thus he

roamed about for 10 years. Then he entered India. He

boarded a train that was going from Cuddapah to

Anantapur. In between the train stopped for a while at

Kamalapuram where I was studying at that time. In the

classroom Ramesh and Suresh were the two boys sitting

on my either side on a desk. Ramesh's father was a

Sirasthadar (Revenue Official) and their family was

very rich. Every day we would go towards the railway

station for a walk discussing some spiritual matters.

In those days there were only one or - two trains

going via Kamalapuram. The three of us sat on a stone

bench on the railway platform, As we were

happily talking to each other Wolfe Messing saw us

through the window of the moving train and at once

opened the door and jumped out. In the process he lost

his balance and fell flat on the platform. Ramesh and

Suresh were concerned that he might have fractured his

leg. I told them not to worry saying " He is coming

only to see Me. So nothing has happened. " He was not

carrying any luggage not even a small bag. He came

straight towards Me and sat in front of Me at a

distance of about ten feet shedding tears of joy.

Ramesh and Suresh watched this scene. In those days,

the boys were afraid of the White people that they

might take them away and put them in the military

service. Therefore they wanted to take Me away from

that place. As Messing was approaching Me Ramesh ran

to his house and requested his father to bring a jeep

immediately and take Me away from the sight of a

'White person'; Ramesh's father at once brought a

jeep, lifted Me up and put Me in the jeep. When he

took Me to his house Messing also followed the jeep

and came up to the house of Ramesh. He sat there for a

full day waiting for Me to come out of the house. In

the meanwhile whenever he would spot Me through the

window/he would smile at Me, call Me and try to convey

something to Me. But nobody was willing to permit him

to meet Me. At that time Seshama Raju (Swami's elder

brother) was working as a teacher. A word was sent to

him through a peon, informing him of the position.

Messing waited for three days and left the place and

went somewhere by train. Before leaving, he wrote on

the door of the house with a chalk piece thus: " The

people who live in this house are very fortunate. They

are able to keep the Divine child with them and serve

Him. I am not that fortunate. Anyway, thanks. " He

finally reached his country, Russia. After twenty

years, he again visited India. This time he brought a

Kirlian camera, which was capable of taking

photographs of the aura around human

beings. Those who are of Sathvic nature will have a

resplendent white aura around their body. Those who

are Rajasic in nature will have a red colour aura and

those who are Thamasic in nature will have a black

colour aura around them. He came straight to

Kamalapuram and started enquiring about the

whereabouts of Raju. But, by that time, I was no

longer Raju, the high school student. Raju became

Sathya Sai Baba. People told him that Sathya Sai Baba

would be residing either in Puttaparthi or in

Bangalore. Therefore, he left Kamalapuram for

Bangalore. When he arrived at Bangalore he found a

huge congregation. On enquiry, he came to know that

they were waiting for Sathya Sai Baba's Darshan. He

too waited for My Darshan. When I was moving amidst

the congregation, he saw Me and thought to himself,

" Yes, this is the same person whom I saw as a boy many

years ago. He has the same divine effulgence

surrounding him. " He approached the Principal of the

College. At that time Narendra

was the Principal. He was a great scholar in Sanskrit

and a very good teacher. His father Damodar was a

Judge and his father-in-law Sunder Rao was a reputed

doctor. Both of them were present there. He requested

them to take him for Swami's Darshan. He told them,

" You are not able to see the reality. Swami is verily

God. You are seeing only His physical form and getting

deluded. You will know the truth when you observe His

aura. " He wanted to observe Swami's aura through the

camera he had brought with him. In those days, I used

to give Darshan to the devotees at the end of

Nagarasankirtan. As I stood in the balcony giving

Darshan, he clicked his camera. He could see that the

entire place was permeated with light. When he showed

the photograph, one could see great effulgence around

My face. My entire body was engulfed in white light

which symbolises purity. Nothing else was noticed.

Narendra took that photograph and requested him to

give the camera also as it was not

available in India. He said he was prepared to give

the photograph but not the camera as he had a lot of

work to do with it. He expressed his desire to have an

audience with Swami. In the evening a meeting was

arranged in which he was to address the students. I

also attended the meeting. He was not looking at the

students or the teachers; he was trying to see where I

was seated and what I was doing. When he spotted Me,

he started coming towards Me, saying " My dear, my

dear " . He kept repeating " You are My everything. I am

Your instrument. " So far I have not revealed this to

anyone. He stayed there for ten days. I taught him all

that had to be taught. I told him that when God

descended on earth, he would act like a human being.

Daivam Manusha Rupena (God takes the form of man). He

said that the same has been said even in their

scriptures. He wrote a book and gave it to Gokak.

Gokak was a scholar in English but had no knowledge of

Russian. However he kept the book with him.

After a few days. Messing left without informing

anybody. One day Narendra received a letter from

Russia. Messing wrote in the letter, " You are a

teacher working for God. How fortunate you are! " He

requested Narendra to keep him informed about the

happenings related to Swami. One day Narendra was

expressing some doubts and I was clarifying them. Only

two of us were in the room. All of a sudden. Messing

arrived there. How he came there was a mystery to

Narendra. He did not have a ticket with him. He came,

had My Darshan and disappeared. It was not possible

for all to see this. It was not easy to understand

either. Divinity is highly mysterious. One day,

Krishna and Balarama along with the cowherd boys were

playing on the banks of river Yamuna. They were

jumping from one branch to the other on trees. Some of

them were tired. At that time, sages Vamana and

Bharadvaja came to the banks of Yamuna. They asked the

cowherd boys to show them a suitable and safe location

where the

waters were shallow so that they could have a bath.

Krishna and Balarama jumped down from the trees.

Bharadvaja at once recognised that Krishna was the

Paramatma and Balarama represented Jivatma. He folded

his hands in reverence and requested Krishna to show

them a suitable location for having a bath. Krishna

jumped into the water and showed them a safe place. He

told them that he would keep sumptuous food ready for

them. The cowherd boys were wondering as to how

Krishna would provide food for the sages as He had not

brought any food with Him. In those days there were no

tiffin carriers. After the sages had completed their

bath, Krishna opened a bag which appeared from

nowhere. As he opened the bag, the entire place was

filled with sweet aroma of rice boiled in milk. He

served the food in a plate and requested them to eat.

The cowherd boys were as mischievous as monkeys. They

would not keep quiet. They repeatedly asked Krishna,

" Where did You get the food from? " Krishna

silenced them saying, it was not proper to indulge in

excessive talk in the presence of sages. The sages

performed the Sandhya worship and started partaking of

food. They asked " Krishna who prepared this food? "

Krishna replied " My mother Yashoda. " They said they

had not eaten anything more delicious and expressed

their gratitude to Him. Brahma, who was observing

these mysterious happenings was wonder struck at

Krishna's mighty powers. He wanted to play a trick

with Krishna. One day as the cowherd boys were

ecstatically playing with Krishna and Balarama Brahma

made the cows and calves disappear from the scene. He

even made the cowherd boys disappear. Krishna knew

that it was Brahma's trick. He at once created all the

cowherd boys cows and calves by His Will. These

cowherd boys returned to their respective homes with

their cows and calves. They were identical in all

respects to the cowherd boys whom Brahma had hidden

somewhere. Even their parents could not find any

difference. Life went on as usual with the cowherd

boys taking their cows and calves for grazing every

day in the company of Balarama and Krishna This

continued for one full year Brahma felt ashamed and

accepted defeat. He sought Krishna's pardon and

returned all the cowherd boys cows and calves. As he

returned them the existing ones which Krishna had

created earlier disappeared at once. In this manner

Krishna performed many stupendous feats right from His

childhood. On this basis the Bhagavata says The

stories of the Lord are most wonderful and sacred in

all the three worlds.

They are like sickles that cut the creepers of worldly

bondage.

(Telugu Poem) At this juncture I would like to narrate

an incident which happened with this Avatar. I have

not revealed this to anyone so far. After this

Prasanthi Mandir was constructed I used to have My

food in the room upstairs. Whenever I took food, the

Griham Ammayi (mother of this physical body) would be

by My side forcing Me to eat more. She would often

express her concern that I was losing weight. I would

tell her " Why should I eat more? Do I need to fight

with somebody? I don't like to become fat. " One day

somebody invited Me to their house for food. Actually

their intention was to poison Me. They were feeling

jealous of My growing popularity and prosperity. In

those days I used to relish vadas made of alasanda

grains. Hence they mixed poison in vadas and offered

them to Me. Before going there, I had told Easwaramma

and Subbamma not to be afraid if any untoward incident

was to happen. When I returned from there, My entire

body turned blue and My mouth started

frothing. I told Easwaramma to wave her hand in a

circle. She did accordingly, and to her utter

amazement, there appeared Vibhuti in her hand. She

mixed it in water and gave Me. Instantly, I became

normal. She wondered, " Swami can create Vibhuti with a

wave of His hand. But is it that Vibhuti appeared in

My hand? " In fact, I had given her that power for that

moment. When I was staying in the Old Mandir, I used

to take children to Chitravathi everyday. In those

days, there were no students, only the boys of the

village would gather around Me. I would tell them to

make a small mound of sand, out of which they could

get whatever they wanted like pencil, pen, laddu, etc.

Since they were small children, they would ask for

trivial things. After one such evening session in

Chitravathi we were returning to the Old Mandir.

Kuppam Sushilamma and her sister Kumaramma, the author

of the book " Anyatha Saranam Nasthi " , who were young

at that time, started running towards the Old

Mandir to offer Arati when Swami reached there. Then I

signalled to Subbamma to stop them and herself go

there to make arrangements for the Arati. Subbamma

implicitly obeyed My command. Those two ladies had a

feeling that being housewives, only they had the

eligibility to give Arati to Swami, but not Subbamma,

who was a widow. When Subbamma went to the Old Mandir

she found a big serpent. It was for this reason I had

sent her. She was always careful. When she saw the

snake, she called out " Sai Nagesvara, Sai Nagesvara,

Sai Nagesvara " . In the meanwhile all of us reached

there. She did not want to kill it as she remembered

the words of Swami that there was God in all beings.

She wanted to catch it and leave it somewhere. As she

caught the snake it coiled around her hand. I made fun

of her saying " Subbamma, are you playing with snakes? "

She said " Swami I know that you sent me earlier in

order to save the lives of those two ladies. " In this

manner, Subbamma witnessed many

Leelas of Swami. She was very fortunate and highly

meritorious. She served Me right from the beginning.

Not only Me she served the devotees who would come for

My Darshan by serving them food. All her relatives

turned against her but she did not care for them. She

wanted only Swami and none else. She used to obey

Swami's command implicitly. She had unwavering faith.

One day, I asked her whether she would like to see her

deceased husband. I used to crack such jokes now and

then. She replied that she had no such desire and that

she had nothing to do with her deceased husband. She

further said that her husband passed away because he

was not fortunate enough to serve Swami. She felt that

it was her good fortune that she was able to serve Me.

But I insisted that if she had any desire to see him I

would grant her desire. I told her to go out and see.

There was a drumstick tree. She found her husband

Narayana Rao smoking a cigarette sitting under the

tree. She saw the scene very

clearly. She was happy to see her dead husband again

but she also scolded him saying " Even after death you

have not given up your bad habits. " She came back at

once as she did not want to see him any longer.

Narayana Rao had two wives Subbamma and Kamalamma.

Kamalamma is living in the Ashram at present. I told

Kamalamma to go and see her deceased husband. She did

not want to see his face again. She said having come

to the Lotus Feet of Swami she had no such desire.

However on My insistence she went and saw. She found

her late husband sipping hot coffee at that time. Both

Subbamma and Kamalamma saw their deceased husband

exhibiting the same habits he had when he was alive.

Even during the Krishna Avatar Krishna showed to His

devotees incidents that had happened long ago. When

Krishna lifted the Govardhana mountain it was a matter

of celebration. The unmarried Gopikas performed

Varalakshmi Vratam. Even now ladies perform

Varalakshmi Vratam. Radha was a great devotee. But

those who did not believe in the Divinity of Krishna

subjected her to a lot of hardships. Even in those

days there were atheists. Atheists, theists,

theistic-atheists and atheistic-theists are present in

every age. The atheists put Radha in a house and

locked it from outside. (Taking this theme I wrote a

drama and got it enacted by children.) They felt

Radha's " family reputation " was being tarnished

because she was going behind Krishna. They wanted to

stop her from doing so. Hence she was locked up in the

room. She started crying and praying. Krishna heard

her prayers, opened the doors and released her. He

chided those people saying " Is this the way you treat

a devotee? It is all right if you have no devotion to

Me. But it is a great sin to harass a devotee. "

Krishna took Radha with Him. Radha then prayed to

Krishna to play a song on His divine flute. " Sing a

song Oh Krishna! With each word dripping with honey,

and talk to me to my heart's content.

Take the essence of the Vedas, let it flow through

your divine flute and transform it into a melodious

song.

Sing a song Oh Krishna... "

(Telugu Song) Listening to His melodious music, Radha

breathed her last. From that day Krishna never touched

His flute again. Krishna performed several Leelas. He

was verily God in human form. None can comprehend or

describe His Divine nature. It is infinite and

unfathomable. There are several such Divine Leelas

performed by Lord Krishna. You do not find anything

other than Divine love flowing from Him. In Dvaapara

Yuga women experienced Krishna's Divinity more. In

fact, it was they who revealed the story of God

through their devotion. Once some Brahmins were

performing Gayatri Yajna in a forest. Krishna told the

cowherds to bring some food from the Yajnashala as He

and His brother Balarama were very hungry. When the

cowherds requested the Brahmins for food they turned

them away saying, " Do you think it is a choultry to

feed you as and when you ask? No. Wait till the Yajna

is completed. If there is anything left after we eat

our food, then we will give you. " When this

was conveyed to Krishna, he advised them to approach

the women who were preparing the food at the backside

of the Yajnashala. As per His advice, the cowherd boys

went and saw the ladies preparing bobbatlu (a

delicious sweet item). They asked those women,

" Mothers, our Krishna and Balarama are hungry, can you

give them some food? " The women were extremely happy

for having got an opportunity to serve Krishna.

Immediately, they packed whatever food items they had

prepared and took them to Krishna. Some women raised

an objection as to how could they serve food to

Krishna (who belonged to the cowherd clan) before it

was offered to their husbands (Brahmins). But their

objection was brushed aside and Krishna and Balarama

were fed the items that were prepared. They considered

Krishna as God. On coming to know of this, the

husbands chided their wives saying it was a

sacrilegious act. Later on, when they sat in

meditation, realisation dawned on them. They

recognised their own

fault and told their wives that what they had done was

correct. They took a bath again and requested their

wives to serve the food blessed by Krishna, as

Prasadam. I wish to emphasise in this context that

during the lifetime of any Avatar, it is only the

women who recognise the divinity first. They are the

people who lead their husbands to divinity. It is only

because of the devotion of women that men cultivate

devotion to some extent at least. But for women, men

will not have devotion at all. It is said that a house

without a lady is literally a forest. Women are

identified with Bhakti (devotion) and men are

identified with Jnana (wisdom) since time immemorial.

Women can enter even the inner precincts of a palace,

whereas men are permitted to go only up to the Durbar

hall (court room). It means that Jnana will lead you

up to God. Bhakti, on the other hand will take you to

His heart. That is why such a great value has been

attached to Bhakti. In fact, it was Gopikas who

were responsible for the spread of Bhakti Tatthva

(path of devotion) in the world. Harer Nama Harer Nama

Harer Namaiva Kevalam,

Kalau Nasty Eva Nasty Eva Nasty Eva Gathiranyatha

(Chanting of the Divine Name is the only path to

liberation in this Age of Kali) In those days even in

this village of Puttaparthi nobody was thinking of God

except Karanam Subbamma. Griham Ammayi used to observe

big officers coming for My Darshan. She would be

scared to see anyone in police uniform. She would

request Subbamma not to allow any police personnel

thinking that they would cause inconvenience to Swami.

Subbamma would alleviate her fears saying, " Why should

not they come? They too are devotees of Swami.

Everybody has to come to Swami. Do not have any such

differences. Nobody can harm Swami. You don't worry

about it. " Hearing Subbamma's words, Easwaramma would

express her anger thus, " Since Swami is residing with

you, several police people are coming to your house.

Please do not allow them " Once IGP Ranganayakulu came

from Madras. He wanted to take Me with him. Griham

Ammayi was in a sorrowful state and was crying. She

considered Madras to be a far-off place and

a foreign country. Hence, she decided to desist Me

from going. Her intense love for Swami was responsible

for this. She was concerned that Swami might be taken

away from Puttaparthi permanently. It was due to her

prayer that this Mandir was built. Once Sakkamma came

and said, " Swami, due to the lack of proper roads and

transport, we are finding it difficult to come to this

remote village. Neither cars nor bullock carts can

reach this interior village. Every time we have to

leave our car near Penukonda to come here. Hence,

please come to Bangalore and settle there. We will get

a big palatial building built for you. " I told her

that I did not need huge mansions. All that I need was

only a small room. But she would not listen to Me.

Easwaramma said, " If a sapling has to grow into a

gigantic tree, it has to be manured and watered well

without disturbing it. If it is shifted from place to

place, it cannot grow. Hence, please remain in Your

birthplace Puttaparthi. It will

certainly progress. " Then I promised her that I would

settle in Puttaparthi. When it comes to devotion and

surrender, women are superior to men. They are the

repositories of all forms of Vijnana, Sujnana and

Prajnana. So, never look down upon women. Do not talk

derisively about others. Pray for the well-being of

all. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu (May all the

people of the world be happy!). The main teaching of

Bhagavad-Gita is that one should work for the welfare

of all. Ekoham Bahusyam (the One willed to become

Many). The same Divinity is present in all. All forms

are His. Before I conclude I would like to narrate a

small Leela performed by Krishna in Dvaapara Yuga. So

long as Kamsa was alive, he used to send demons to

fight with Krishna. Kamsa had two wives whose father

was a mighty king. Once Kamsa was killed, his

father-in-law tried to wage a war against Krishna. The

Gopikas were worried, " How long are we to suffer these

ordeals? " they asked Krishna. He told them

not to panic and pacified them saying " Try to

understand My powers and potentialities. Tonight you

sleep in Repalle and tomorrow morning see for yourself

where you will be. " When they woke up next morning

they found themselves in Dvaraka. Where was Repalle

and where was Dvaraka? A distance of 1000 miles

separated them. In this manner Krishna could change

one village into the other. God can do anything. He

can go anywhere. He can change anything. Do not give

room for doubts. One who doubts Divinity will

certainly be doomed. Develop unwavering faith and

follow the Divine command. True Dharma lies in

following the Divine command. When you follow God you

will be blessed with all goodness and auspiciousness.

[bhagavan concluded His Discourse with the Bhajans,

Hari Bhajan Bina Sukha Santhi Nahin " , " Govinda

Krishna Jai Gopala Krishna Jai. " and " Subramanyam,

Subramanyam. .. " ]

 

 

 

 

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