MANTHARA'S EVIL COUNSEL
RAMAYANA
Does not one kill a cobra out of fear? Hereafter there is no security for Bharata's life. Tomorrow morning Kausalya will be a happy woman and you will bend before her as a well-dressed slave. You will stand before her, hands clasped in obedience. From tomorrow your son too will be a subject and a slave. In these apartments there will be no more honour or joy.
And she stopped , unable for grief to continue Kaikeyi heard all this and wondered ,"Why should Manthara have such fears? Does she not know Raama? Is he not dharma embodied in human form."
She said:"Manthara , have you not known and rejoiced in Raama's truthfulness, right conduct and humility? He is the elder Prince and he gets the kingdom. Bharata will get it one day after him. what is wrong with this? Why dear friend, do you feel such grief? After Raama, Bharata will reign for a hundred years. Do not cry. You know how affectionate Raama is to me. Indeed he cares for me more than his own mother. Does not Raama hold his brothers as dear as life? It is not right you should fear any harm from Raama.
"Alas, Alas" and Manthara. why are you so foolish? Once Raama is crowned king, what chance has Bharatha? Do you not know the rule of succession? When Raama ascends the throne all prospects of royalty for Bharatha and his line are at an end. After Raama Raama's son will be king, and so the succession will go on. Eldest son succeeds eldest son. There is no chance for a younger brother., no matter how good or manly he is. My dear, you know that even this. What is one to do?
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BHAGAVAD-GITA
5-18
The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog eater{outcaste)
5-19
Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the condition of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.
5-20
A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self intelligent, who is unbewildered , and who knows the science of God, is already situated in transcendence.
5-21
Such a liberated person is not attached to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying pleasure with in. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.
Contd..next.
పోతనభాగవతము
ఉపనిషత్తుల శ్రవణంచేత సంప్రాప్తమై, జ్ఞానంతోనూ వైరాగ్యంతోనూ కూడిన భక్తి యందు ఆశక్తులైనమహాత్ములు జీవాత్మ యందే పరమాత్మను దర్శిస్తారు. ధర్మానికి భక్తియే ఫలం. వర్ణాశ్రమ ధర్మాలను అనుష్టించే మానవధర్మానికిభగవంతుడు సంతోషించుటయే ప్రయోజనం. తదేకాయత్తమైనచిత్తంతో నిత్యమూ పురుషోత్తముని లీలలు ఆకర్షించటం, అభివర్ణించడం అవశ్యకర్తవ్యం, వివేకం గల మానవులు హరిస్మరణమనే కరవాలంతో అహంకార పూరితమైన కర్మబంధాన్ని కోసివేస్తారు. ముకుందుని మీద శ్రద్ద ముక్తిని, ప్రసాదిస్తుంది. పుణ్యతీర్ధాలనూ , పుణ్య పురుషులనూ సేవించడం వల్లనే భగవంతుని కథలు వినాలనే ఉత్కంఠ ఉదయిస్తుంది.
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