Good Fortune through Proper Use
(Sadupyog se Kalyaan)
Shree Hari
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Now think! After much charity and virtuous deeds, Yudhishtirji's yagya was not as good as the Brahmin's yagya. It is not that on giving more donations, more merits will be accumulated. A woman thinks that if I have money, then I will do more charity, I will donate so much for special prayers, I will take special holy baths, I will do this and that. So many other divine desires come to mind! Sisters! Do that which is within your means. Just as, there is a tax on the goods. But if you don't have any goods, then what is there to pay for? Tax is applied only to what you have.
Satt saaru baantiye, "naapo" kahat naraam |
Nipat nakaaro na deejoye, und dekh gharaam ||
A poet named "Naap" once said that man gives charity according to his capacity. Feeling a lack of things in your house, do not outright say "No" to anyone. Rather give something or the other.
If you give as per your capacity, then it will be a great offering. The glories are of the proper utilization of things. It is not that when you have more money, then you will do more charity, visit holy places, perform austerities, observe fasts, organize grand lectures, but what to do, we do not have any money! Gentlemen! If you do not have money, then you are not obligated to do charity, visit holy places, observe fasts and perform sacrificial fires etc. You only expect from a small child what he is capable of doing. Does God not know as much as you and is He not as compassionate as you? Does God not know your power and strength? You only have to do as much as is within your control. Whatever abilities you have, circumstances you have, you must utilize it properly, then your good fortune will not be any less. That Brahmin's yagya was not any less than that of Yuddhistir; although he did not even have much food at home, then too it was greater than Yuddhistir's yagya.
Therefore do not wish that if I had more money, then I would do more charity. Whatever is with you, utilize that in the best-of-best ways, then that is no small work, it will be of great significance. I have heard a story, which I have been told is from Dakshinaatya Ramayan. The great battle between Shri Ram and Ravana is going on in full force. At that time a squirrel carrying a piece of straw in both hands came to Ramji and said, I will kill Ravana! God was pleased with the squirrel, placed His hands on her, and by the touch of His fingers, it became a log of wood. What power does a squirrel have to kill Ravana? But she applied here total strength, whereby God became very pleased.
You apply complete and total strength for other's well-being and good fortune. God sees that even on having ordinary strength, you are making an effort towards other's welfare, then minimally God should see to your salvation and good fortune. If men of ordinary strength also apply their full strength working for the well-being of others, then good saints and great souls, are also greatly influenced. (to be continued)
Satt saaru baantiye, "naapo" kahat naraam |
Nipat nakaaro na deejoye, und dekh gharaam ||
A poet named "Naap" once said that man gives charity according to his capacity. Feeling a lack of things in your house, do not outright say "No" to anyone. Rather give something or the other.
If you give as per your capacity, then it will be a great offering. The glories are of the proper utilization of things. It is not that when you have more money, then you will do more charity, visit holy places, perform austerities, observe fasts, organize grand lectures, but what to do, we do not have any money! Gentlemen! If you do not have money, then you are not obligated to do charity, visit holy places, observe fasts and perform sacrificial fires etc. You only expect from a small child what he is capable of doing. Does God not know as much as you and is He not as compassionate as you? Does God not know your power and strength? You only have to do as much as is within your control. Whatever abilities you have, circumstances you have, you must utilize it properly, then your good fortune will not be any less. That Brahmin's yagya was not any less than that of Yuddhistir; although he did not even have much food at home, then too it was greater than Yuddhistir's yagya.
Therefore do not wish that if I had more money, then I would do more charity. Whatever is with you, utilize that in the best-of-best ways, then that is no small work, it will be of great significance. I have heard a story, which I have been told is from Dakshinaatya Ramayan. The great battle between Shri Ram and Ravana is going on in full force. At that time a squirrel carrying a piece of straw in both hands came to Ramji and said, I will kill Ravana! God was pleased with the squirrel, placed His hands on her, and by the touch of His fingers, it became a log of wood. What power does a squirrel have to kill Ravana? But she applied here total strength, whereby God became very pleased.
You apply complete and total strength for other's well-being and good fortune. God sees that even on having ordinary strength, you are making an effort towards other's welfare, then minimally God should see to your salvation and good fortune. If men of ordinary strength also apply their full strength working for the well-being of others, then good saints and great souls, are also greatly influenced. (to be continued)
Ram Ram
From book in Hindi - "Bhagwaan mein Apnaapan" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
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