SEETA'S RESOLVE

RAMAYANA

In the streets and on the  balconies were crowds of people looking on. Through the windows and from the terraces of mansions, men and women saw Raama and Lakshmana and the princes proceeding on foot, like the poorest in the land. 

Filled with boundless grief and indignation., the people said to one another: " What kind of a King is this who sends so noble a prince to the forest ? And there Seetha walks, a princess that should command the service of the royal chariot. Can she bear the heat and the rain of the forest? This is monstrous!

We shall go then the forest too Let us gather up all we have and get away to the forest with these princes. The forest where Raama dwells shall  be our Ayodhya.

"Let these houses here henceforth deserted be, infested with snakes and rats.  Let Kaikeyi rule over the ruins of Ayodhya.  Wild beasts and vultures of the forest will come to stay here. This will become a forest, and the forest will become Ayodhya.

Raama heard people talking thus,but took no notice. At the entrance to Kaikeyi's palace , Raama saw Sumanthra seated sorrowfully aside in a corner. Raama tenderly spoke to him. "The three of us have come to meet the King Sumanthra, crave leave for us to enter his presence. "

Sumanthra went in accordingly to announce them to the King.  What a sight met him there! Like the sun in eclipse, like an oven filled all over with ash, like a tank gone dry, the King was stretched flat on the floor: his glory gone and his face shrunken and distorted with anguish.

Sumanthra, his voice trembling with grief and his hands clasped together, said: " The Prince waits at the entrance and seeks audience to take your blessings before he gives away all he has to the Brahmanas and starts for the Dandaka forest."

Contd..next. 

BHAGAVAD-GITA

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I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone.  I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me and I am also a friend to him.

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Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in divotional service he is to be considered  saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.

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He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

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O son of Partha , those who take shelter in Me though they be of lower birth-- women, vaisyas (merchants) and sudras (workers) can attain the supreme destination.  

Contd..next.

పోతనభాగవతము

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మహామునీ నీకు తెలియనిదేమున్నది. బ్రహ్మమానస పుత్రుడవు , శ్రీ మన్నారాయణ సంకీర్తనాన్ని స్వీకరించావు. దశదిశలా కాలూని సంచరించావు. మహత్తరమైన తత్వోపదేశంలో  అందెవేసిన చేయి అనిపించుకొన్నావు. 

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అంతేకాదు నీవు సూర్యభగవానుడిలాగా ముల్లోకాలలో సంచరిస్తావు. వాయుదేవుడిలాగా సర్వమానవుల మనస్సులలో మెలగు తుంటావు. సమస్తమూ తెలిసినవాడవు.

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నీవు  ఎరుగని ధర్మమంటూ ఈ లోకాలలో ఏది లేదు. అనేకం  ఆలోచించినవాడవు. నాకు ప్రాప్తించిన కొరత ఏమిటో నీకు తెలియనిది కాదు. ఓ నారదా ఈలోపానికి కారణం ఏమిటో దయతో వివరించి చెప్పు. 

మిగతాది..తర్వాత.
జైశ్రీరామ్
రామో

*శ్రీకృష్ణార్పణమస్తు*




   


























  















  

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