BEHOLD A WONDER

RAMAYANA

Raama, saddened at the thought that he should in any way be the occasion of distress to his father, said to Kaikeyi: " Mother, am I indeed the cause  of all this trouble? I do not deserve that you should have any doubts about me. If my father asks me to jump into the fire, I shall not hesitate to do it. If he asks to drink poison , I shall drink it without hesitation. You know this. You know well enough that at his bidding I would drown myself in the sea. Here mother, I give you my solemn promise that I shall fulfill the King's promise to you, I never break my word."

When Raam uttered these words, Kaikeyi exulted, for she knew she had conquered. The King for his part was in despair, seeing that all escape was barred. 

Thereupon the pitiless Kaikeyi uttered these terrible words: " Raama, your words are worthy of you . What higher duty has a son than helping fulfillment of the word his father has given ? Now I shall let you know your father's promise to me. When in the battle with Sambara your father was wounded, I rescued and revived him. Your father in gratitude for having been rescued by me when grievously wounded gave me two boons to be claimed and specified when I choose. I have claimed and specified them now. They are that Bharata should be anointed yuvaraaja and that you would be sent sent away this very day to the Dandaka forest, to remain in exile for fourteen years. You have sworn solemnly to carry out his promise to me, and now it is your duty to prove true to your pledged word.  If you find right conduct as hard as your father did, that is another matter .  Otherwise, listen to what I say. It is for you now to  relinquish the installation and to go out into exile with matted locks and hermit weeds, leaving the preparations now ready to serve for Bharata's installation.

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BHAGAVAD-GITA

8-1
Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material  manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me. 

8-2
Who is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Madhusudana? And how can these engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?

8-3
The Supreme personality of Godhead said: The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called adhyatma, the self,. Action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities.

8-4
O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibhuta [ the material manifestation] . The universal form of the Lord , which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the heart of every embodied being, am called adhiyajna [the Lord of sacrifice].
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పోతనభాగవతము

అంతేకాదు. ఒకనాడు దేవకన్యలు స్నానాలు చేస్తూ ఉన్నారు. ఆ సమయంలో శ్రీ శుకుడు దిగంబరుడై అటుగుండా వెళ్ళటం చూచి గూడా వారు ఏమాత్రం చలింపలేదు: సిగ్గుపడలేదు: చీరలు ధరించలేదు: అలాగే ఉల్లాసంగా జల్లులాడుతూ ఉన్నారు. ఇంతలో వ్యాసులవారు "శుకా! శుకా!" అని కుమారుణ్ణి పిలుస్తూ అటువైపు వచ్చేసరికి  ఆ దేవకాంతలంతా ఆయన్ని చూచి సిగ్గుతో గబగబా తమతమ చీరల్ని కట్టుకున్నారు. 

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