RAAMA SLAYS THE MONSTERS

RAMAYANA

     Viswaamitra and the two princes spent the night on the bank of the river Sarayu. Before retiring Viswaamitra initiated the princes in the two secret mantras Bala and Atibala, which had the virtue of guarding them from fatigue and harm. They slept on the verdant bank that night and rising at dawn proceeded on their journey. They reached Kamaashrama in Anga Desa. After presenting the princes to the rishis there, Viswaamitra recounted to them the history of the Aashrama.

     "This" he said, " is the place where the Lord Siva was long engaged in austerities. It was here that the foolish god of love Manmatha aimed his arrow at Siva and was turned to ashes by his wrath. Hence this place is known as Kaamaashrama."

     They were the guests of the rishis that night, and the following morning, after performing the usual rites, the sage and his pupils set out on their journey and reached the Ganga. They crossed the river on a raft got ready for them by the rishis.

     In midstream, the princes heard a noise and asked Viswaamitra what it could be. He explained to them that it was the sound of Sarayu flowing into the  Ganga. The princes paid silent homage to the confluence of the two holy rivers.

     A river or a hill, a tree or a cloud--indeed any object of beauty may raise one to contemplation of the Supreme being and silent  worship of Him. In particular, sacred rivers, temples or images, which have for generations been the objects of devotion and worship, possess  this power in a special degree, in virtue of the sacred thoughts they have witnessed and absorbed as garments retain perfumes.

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BHAGAVAD-GITA

2-21

O Pardha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible , eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?

2-22

As a person puts on on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

2-23

The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.

2-24

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried.  He is everlasting, present everywhere , unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.

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పోతన భాగవతము

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అయితే చిత్రమేమంటే శివుడేకానీ, భాగవతాన్ని చక్కగా సమగ్రంగా తెలుసుకొని చెప్పలేరంటే ఇక నా సంగతి వేరే చెప్పాలా  అయితే పెద్దలవల్ల విన్నంతగా, వారి సన్నిధిలో నేర్చుకున్నంతగా, స్వయంగా నేను తెలుసుకున్నంతగా విషయాన్ని తేటతెల్లం చేస్తాను. 

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