`Kuputro jaayet kvachidapi kumaataa na bhavati'
A son can be a bad son, but a mother cannot be that bad. Similarly our Lord, can never be a bad Mother or Father. They watch that he is still a child, he has made a mistake; then too they are very ready to love!
Api chetsuduraachaaro bhajate maam anayabhaak,
saadhureva sa mantavyah, samyagvyavasito hi sah.
(Gita 9:30)
"Even if the vilest of sinner worships Me with exclusive devotion, he should be considered a saint in as much as he has rightly resolved." (Gita 9:30)
ksipram bhavati dharamaatmaa sasvacchaantim nigacchati
kaunteya pratijaaneehi na me bhaktah pranasyati.
(Gita 9:31)
"Speedily, he becomes virtuous and secures lasting peace. Know it for certain, Arjuna, that My devotee never falls" (Gita 9:31). This is the Truth!
We are not of this world, and this world is not ours. We have one developed an affinity for this world. As such we have always been God's and God has been ours. Though we may have forgotten, but God has not forgotten. Whether we become distant from God, but as such we have not become distant. God has said –`Sab mama priya, sab mama upjaaye' (Maanas, Uttar. 83/2). `Each and every single one of you is loving to Me.' Therefore gentlemen! We are all God's very lovable and loving ones!
What did Arjuna say after reading the entire Gita? "Nashto moha smrutirlabdhvaa" (Gita 18/73). The delusion is wiped out. The mistake once made is wiped out. I now recollect. I remember, that "I am Yours" but now what to do? Then he said – "Karishye Vachanam Tava" Whatever you say, I will do. I am Yours! First I had forgotten, but now this mistake is erased.
We are eternally belonging to God. This body is blended with the world. It is our duty that we must serve, respect, and give happiness to the mother and father from whom this body is received. But for ourselves, we are only God's. This point was known by Prahlaadji the "jnaani bhakt". His father said to him, to stop reciting the name of the Lord, to stop worship and adoration; or else he would be killed. But Prahlaadji remained fearless by these talks. His father Hiranyakashipu said to his wife, Kayaadhu to feed poison to the son. Kayaadhu was a chaste wife (pativrata). She took Prahlaad in her lap and in her hands she had a cup filled with poison. It is very difficult for a mother to be the one to feed poison to her son.
Prahlaadji says to his mother – Maa! You feed the poison to me, then you would have done your duty as a wife. And you would have also fulfilled your duty. Become a devotee of God and become is entrusted one. Prahlaadji drank the poison, but he did not die; because he had complete faith in God. He did not go against the father's command. When he was being drowned in the ocean, he did not say, why are you all doing this to me? He was saved from the act of drowning, then the killers, began to throw boulders and tree logs at him. That too didn't work and he was taken to a mountain top and thrown from there, he was crushed by an elephant. Weapons were used on him, but those too had little effect. He did not die. At no time did Prahlaadji say, that why are you killing me? Whatever came along, he did not stop the adoration and worship of the Lord.
(To be continued)
From "Bhagavaana se Apanaapana" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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