KAIKEYI SUCCUMBS

RAMAYANA

"Unless Raama is sent to the forest, your wish will not be fulfilled. Raama must be sent away. Only then the position you get for  Bharata will be real and lasting. Remember this. Mind you do not be weaken."

Listening to this exhortation, Kaikeyi's face shone with hope . "What a brain you have, Manthara," exclaimed Kaikeyi," You have been the saving of me." And she jumped about in joy like a filly. 

Manthara repeated again and again that Raama must be sent to the forest.  "Do not delay. What needs to be done, do at once. It is no good strengthening the tank-bund after the waters have  flown out. Remember what I have told you. Everything depends on your firmness. Victory  is your's if you do not yield. " 

Kaikeyi assured Manthara of her firmness and forthwith entered the sulking room, removed her jewels and scattered them on the floor, changed her clothes and stretched herself on the floor. Then assuming a broken voice, she said:

"Manthara, you will yourself carry the news to my father Kekaya. You will yourself tell him one of two things: either that Bharata is to be crowned or that Kaikeyi dead.  My dear, dear Manthara!"

Kaikeyi in her anger believed that Dasaratha had really been treacherous to her. Even then, stretched on the ground divesting herself of all ornaments and putting on a face of grief and anger, she looked inexpressibly beautiful.  So great was her beauty.
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BHAGAVAD-GIT

6-9
A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral , mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.

6-10
A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme: he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness.

6-11,12
To practice yoga,  one should go to a secluded place and should lay kusa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should be neither too high nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The yogi should then sit on it very firmly and practice yoga to purify the heart  by controlling his mind , senses and activities and fixing the mind on one point.
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పోతనభాగవతము

1-61
త్రిగుణాతీతుడైన భగవంతుడు వ్యక్తావ్యక్త  స్వరూపుడై త్రిగుణాత్మకమైన నిజమాయవల్ల విశ్వమంతా సృష్టించి, సత్వరజోస్తమో గుణాలను అంగీకరించి, గుణసహితునిలాగా  విజ్ఞాన విశేషంతో విరాజిల్లుతాడు. ఒకే అగ్ని అనేక దారుఖండాలతో విరాజిల్లుతూ పెక్కురూపాలుగా కన్పిస్తున్నట్లు విశ్ష్వమయుడైన పరమాత్మ ఒక్కడే తాను సృజించిన ప్రాణులన్నింటియందూ అంతర్యామియై ప్రకాశిస్తుంటాడు. మనస్సువంటి సూక్ష్మేంద్రియాలతో కూడినవాడై గుణాత్మకాలైన భావాలద్వారా తాను సృష్టించిన ప్రాణులలో చిక్కుపడకుండా ఆయా గుణాలను అనుభవిస్తుంటాడు. లోకాలను సృష్టించిన   ఆ పరమాత్మ దేవమనుష్య తిర్యగ్యోనులలో లీలావతారుడై  జన్మించి  లోక రక్షణం చేస్తుంటాడు అని చెప్పి సూతుడు మళ్ళీ ఇలా చెప్పసాగాడు....
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