STORY OF RAMA

RAMAYANA

The Devas did not like this. They sent the heavenly damsel Menaka to tempt him with her celestial beauty and allurements. She went to Pushkara where Viswaamitra was undergoing austerities and played to catch his eye with a hundred wiles of charm and grace. Viswaamitra saw her and was fascinated by her beauty. His vow was broken and he spent ten years in dream of joy, forgetful of his resolve. 

Awaking at last, he looked at the trembling Menaka sorrowfully and said he would not curse her, for it was his own folly, and not her fault, as in tempting him she was only carrying out of the orders of her master. And sadly he wended his way to the Himalayas to resume his broken tapas.

There, for a thousand years, controlling his senses, he performed rigorous tapas. At the request of the Devas, Brahma appeared before Viswaamitra, and spoke to him thus sweetly:"I welcome you as a Maharishi, my on. Pleased with your soulful tapas, I confer on you that title and the sanctity it imports."  

Unmoved alike by gratification or disappointment, Viswaamitra folded his hands in adoration and asked the Father of the Universe if the boon meant conquest over the senses.

"By no means", said the Creator, "but strive to subjugate the senses, O tiger among munis!" 

Resolved on the Supreme conquest, Viswaamitra entered on another thousand years of even harder tapas which threw the Devas into even greater consternation.
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BHAGAVAD-GITA

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It would be better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my teachers. Even though desiring worldly gain , they are superiors. If they are killed, everything we enjoy will be tainted with blood. 

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Nor do we know which is better--conquering them or being conquered by them. If we killed the sons of Dhrutarastra, we should not care to live. Yet they are now standing before us on the battlefield.

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Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking you to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto you. Please instruct me. 

2-8
I can find no means to drive away the grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like the demigods in heaven.
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పోతన భాగవతము

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నేను ఎన్నెన్నో జన్మలెత్తి ఉంటాను. వేలకొలది జన్మలలో కూడబెట్టుకున్న నా తపస్సు పండింది. నా హృదయంలో శ్రీమన్నారాయణదేవుని పుణ్యకథలను విస్తరించి ప్రస్తరించి రచించాలనే కుతూహలం నిండింది. అది ఒక పూర్ణిమ రాత్రి, నిండు జాబిల్లి పండు వెన్నెలలు కురుస్తున్నాడు. ఆనాడు చంద్రగ్రహణం. పెద్దల అనుజ్ఞ పొందాను. ఆకాశాన్నంటే ఉత్తుంగ తరంగాలతో పొంగి ప్రవహించే గౌతమీగంగకు వెళ్ళాను. ఆ నదిలో స్నానం చేసాను. వెలుపలికి వచ్చి ఒక ఎత్తైన తెల్లని ఇసుకతిన్నెమీద పరమశివుణ్ణి ధ్యానిస్తూ అర్ధ నిమీలిత నేత్రాలతోకూర్చున్నాను.  
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