MANTHARA'S EVIL COUNSEL
RAMAYANA
After the great sacrifice,was performed, all three wives bore children. The son of the queen Eminent, Raama, was the eldest among four sons. He was also great in virtue, fully equal to the burden of Kingship, acceptable to ministers,citizens, and vassal princes. How could Dasaratha violate the royal custom and ignoring Raama's anoint Bharata?
Moreover, neither Bharata nor Kaikeyi had ever thought of or wished for the fulfillment of this old and forgotten promise. During all the intervening years no word had been spoken on this subject. Hence the King thought there could be no difficulty in installing Raama as yuvaraaja in accordance with the custom of the dynasty and public expectation. And there was no cloud in Kaikeyi's mind. This is clear from Kaikeyi's behaviour. And Bharata was too good and noble to raise a question.
And, yet, as Dasaratha told Raama, even the purest of minds is mutable. When fate conspires with bad counsel, any one of us might be corrupted. And this happened to Kaikeyi. The gods in Heaven have received an assurance, and the sages had performed tapas for the destruction of Raavana. What we call destiny, therefore , ordained that Kaikeyi's pure heart should be changed by Manthara's evil counsel. So says Kamban in the Tamil Ramayana in his own inimitable style.
Fearing that delay might bring some unpredictable obstacles, Dasaratha had ordered the coronation to be done without waiting for Bharata's return to the capital. This same fear and hurry were used by Manthara to persuade Kaikeyi to take the wrong path. "Think, my Queen. Why this haste? Why does your husband rush through the ceremony when your son is absent? Is it not to cheat him of his right? Is not the motive plan? The King pretends to be enamoured of you. But this is only hypocritical shrewdness."
Thus tempted, Kaikeyi thought over Manthara's advice. Kaikeyi was weak like any other woman. She had good feeling, good culture, besides a keen intellect. But she had a little knowledge of the world. She was also terrible obstinate. Easily deceived, she did not have power to foresee the full consequences of her action. Thus began the chapter of grief in the Raamayana.
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BHAGAVAD-GITA
5-26
Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the supreme in the very near future.
5-27-28
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, sense and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
5-29
A person in full consciousness on Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities,then Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.
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పోతనభాగవతము
1-59
అందువల్లనే బుద్ధిమంతులైన తపోధనులు అంతరంగాలను శుధ్ధి చేసుకోవటంకోసం సంసారబంధాలను త్రోసివేసి అచంచలమైవ అనురక్తితో కూడిన తన భక్తినంతా పరమానందంతో భగవంతునికే సమర్పించుకుంటారు.
1-60
ఈ అనంత విశ్వానికి అధీశ్వరుడైన పరమపురుషుడు ఒక్కడే. ఆయన సత్వరజస్తమో గుణాలను స్వీకరించి హరి, విరించి, రుద్రుడు అనే ముమ్మూర్తులు ధరించి ఈ లోకాలను రక్షిస్తూ, సృష్టిస్తూ అంతంచేస్తూ ఉంటాడు. అందులో అనంత సత్వగుణ సంపన్నుడైన శ్రీహరి చరాచర ప్రపంచానికి అపార శుభాలను అనుగ్రహిస్తాడు.
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