SEETH''S RESOLVE

 RAMAYANA

What took place in the inner apartments of the palace was not yet known to the town-people. But Raama for his part lost no time in preparing for forest life. 

He went to Queen Kousalya to receive her blessings before leaving the city. Kausalya said to him again. "How can I stay in Ayodhya after you are gone? It is best that I go with you to the forest." Of course, she knew that her duty was to serve her husband in his old age and share his sorrow in Ayodhya.  And yet her mind was now so confused by grief that she did not see things clearly. 

But Raama would now hear of  it and put her in mind of her duty to be with the heart-stricken old king in his sad solitude. 

She recognised the justice of this counsel. She gave him her benedictions in sweet words "diluted with the salt of broken tears. ""Rama put heart in her with a smile saying : " The fourteen years will pass quickly and you will see me back."

The poet says that, as Raama received his mother's benedictions , his bright face glowed with added effulgence. How truly he pictures the sublime loveliness that comes of a great renunciation that illumines one's being as with an inner light! 

We saw that Raama left Seeta and went to the King in answer to the message brought by Sumantra.  Seeta was expecting Raama to return in a chariot with the royal umbrella, followed by a great retinue. But she saw Rama return  alone,unattended , with none of the royal insignia. And she noted on his face the glow of some fixed resolve. Raama was thinking as he came how he could break to his beloved the news that his father had decreed that he was to go to the forest. 

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BHAGAVAD-GITA

9-13

O son of Pardha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature.  They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and in exhaustible. 

9-14

Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion. 

9-15

Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form.

9-16

But it is I who am the ritual ,I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant, I am the butter and the fire and the offering.  

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పోతన భాగవతము.

ఆ సమయంలో వ్యాసుని దగ్గరకు ముల్లోకాలలో అఖండమైన పేరు ప్రతిష్ఠలు సంపాదించినవాడూ, శాస్త్రపురాణ విశారదుడూ,అయిన నారదుడు ఆకాశ మార్గాన విచ్చేశాడు. ఆయన చేతిలో ఉన్న మహతి అనే వీణ తీగలో నుంచి నారాయణనామం నిరంతరంగంగా ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తూ ఉంది. ఆయన నోటివెంట వెలువడే హరినామ సంకీర్తనమనే అమృత ప్రవాహంలో మహాయోగులందరూ పరవశించి పోతున్నారు. ఆయన బంగారు రంగు జటాజూట కాంతి సమూహాలకు దిక్కులన్నీ ప్రభాతకాంతులు వహిస్తున్నాయి. ఆయన వంటినిండా ధరించిన తులసిమాలలు సుగంధాల గగనాంగణం నిండా వ్యాపిస్తున్నాయి.

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