BEHOLD A WONDER

RAMAYANA

He touched his father's feet and paid the same filial worship to Kaikeyi.

Dasaradha uttered in a low voice the name of Raama and stopped.  He could speak no more. He could not look straight in to the face of Raama.

Raama was perplexed and filled with apprehension at the sight of his father., lying there unable to speak, in the grip of some agony--what it could be Raama could not even guess. He turned to Kaikeyi and said; " Mother , this is indeed strange.  No matter how angry he was, my father would speak sweetly to me .  Have I without knowing it offended him in any matter? Has some  sudden sickness struck him down? Has some one spoken rudely to him? Do tell me what has happened. I can bear this suspense no longer". 

Bold Kaikeyi seized the chance and said: " The King is angry with no one. There is nothing wrong with his health. But there is some thing in his mind which he is afraid to tell you. That is all. He is afraid  to say it to you,lest you should feel it hurt. That is why he is silent. Once upon a time , pleased with me he offered, and I accepted, the gift to two boons. Now, like an uncultured person, the King regrets he did so. Is this worthy of him? Is it not unbecoming of a King to pledge his word and then regret it? You have the power to fulfill his promise, but he fears even to tell you of it and is thinking of violating it. Would it be right ?If you assure him that he need not be anxious about your attitude and that he  should keep his word at at all costs, you will give him the needed strength to behave righteously.  You must give him the help he needs.  The thing is in your hands. I shall tell you what it is, but after you promise me that you will help the king to fulfill his pledge."

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BHAGAVAD-GITA.

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Intelligent persons who were endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in me in devotional service . They are actually Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental activities. 

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Those in full consciousness of Me, who know me , the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.

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విద్వన్మణీ! వ్యాసపుత్రుడైన శ్రీశుకుడు విరాగి అనీ మహాయోగి అనీ, సమదర్శనుడనీ, బ్రహ్మజ్ఞుడనీ, మయాతీతుడనీ సర్వజ్ఞుడనీ విన్నాము. ఆయన నిగూఢమైన ప్రవర్తన గలవాడవటం చేత మూఢునిలాగా లోకానికి కనిపిస్తాడు. ఆ మహానుభావుని మనస్సుకు 

ఎటువంటి బేధాలూ అంటవు.  

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