Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Once Swami beautifully said : GOD BEHAVES HUMANLY TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND HIM TO LEARN LESSONS AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL AND WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD BECOME HIS ARDENT DEVOTEES. IN THE RAMAYANA , MARICHA WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF RAVANA, HE WAS THE MOST EVIL MAN AFTER RAVANA, BUT ULTIMATELY HE ADVISED RAVANA NOT TO EVEN TOUCH OR LOOK AT SITA, IT WAS MARICHA WHO TOLD THE GREAT WORDS "RAMO VIGRAHA VAN DHARMAHA", HE TOLD RAVANA WHO HAD COME TO HIM FOR ASSISTANCE TO KIDNAP SITA THAT " RAMA IS DIVINE, GOD HIMSELF", HE TOLD RAVANA THAT WHEN HE HAD GONE TO DISRUPT THE YAGNA OF THE RISHIS IN THE FOREST, RAMA SHOT AN ARROW AT HIM AND IT HAD CHASED HIM WHEREVER IT WENT.IT WOULD NOT LEAVE HIM, IT CHASED HIM EVERWHERE, IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE JUMPED INTO THE SEA THAT RAMA CALLED BACK HIS ARROW DUE TO REVERENCE TO THE GOD OF THE SEAS, HOW DID THE EVIL INCARNATE MARICHA BECOME LORD RAMA'S GREAT DEVOTEES AND ENDED HIS LIFE AT RAMA'S DIVINE HANDS, IT WAS BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE OF THE LORD, THE DIVINITY OF THE LORD.IN THE MAHABARATA ALSO, DURING BHEESHMA PARVA AFTER THE BATTLE HAD ENDED FOR THE DAY, DURYODHANA APPROACHED BHEESHMACHARYA AND ASKED HIM "OH, GREAT GRANDFATHER, IN SPITE OF YOUR GREAT POWER AND YOUR SKILLS IN THE BATTLEFIELD, NOT EVEN A SINGLE MAJOR WARRIOR IN THE WHOLE PANDAVA ARMY HAS DIED, BUT MANY OF OUR GREAT WARRIORS HAVE DIED A SORRY DEATH, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO US, INSPITE OF US HAVING GREAT WARRIORS LIKE YOURSELF, DRONACHARYA, KARNA AND SHALYA, WHY ARE WE FAILING IN THE WAR", TO WHICH BHEESHMACHARYA REPLIED "MY DEAR SON, IT WILL NOT TAKE ME A MINUTE TO LINE UP ALL THE FIVE PANDAVAS AND ALL THEIR OTHER GREAT WARRIORS AND KILL THEM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE AWAY ONE PERSON FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, AS LONG AS HE IS IN THE WAR ZONE, I CANNOT TOUCH THEM, ALL MY WEAPONS, MY KNOWLEDGE ARE NOTHING BEFORE HIM, HE IS KRISHNA, TAKE HIM AWAY AND YOU WILL WIN THE WAR ", DURYODHANA HUNG HIS HEAD AND RECOLLECTED HOW HE WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN WHEN ARJUNA HAD CHOSEN ONLY KRISHNA AND NOTHING ELSE AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT HE HAD TAKEN A HUGE PORTION OF THE ARMY OF KRISHNA. THIS IS THE GREATNESS OF THE LORD, ALL HIS ACTIONS HAVE MEANING, NOT ONE OF HIS ACTIONS ARE MEANT TO WASTED.HOW TRUE ARE THESE WORDS OF BHAGAWAN, HOW RELEVANT ARE THEY TODAY FOR ALL OF US. OM SAI RAM Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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