TRIPURA RAHASYA . The Secret of the Supreme Goddess.

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[ Pasuraman ] I have noticed that Samvarta, the Lord, is quite

happy, being completely free from any sense of obligation to act and

its disastrous results. He seems to laugh at the ways of the world,

to stride unconcerned up the road of fearlessness, like a majestic

elephant refreshing itself in a take of melted snow when the

surrounding forest is on fire. I found him absolutely free from any

sense of obligation and at the same time perfectly happy in his

realisation of Eternal Being. How did he gain that state?

 

 

[sri Datta ]

"As long as a man is afraid of the nightmare, obligation, so long

must he placate it, or else he will not find peace. How can a man

stung by that Viper, obligation, ever be happy? Some men have gone

mad as if some poison had already entered their blood and were

torturing their whole being. While others are stupefied by the

poison of obligation and unable to discriminate good from bad.

Wrongly do they ever engage in work, being deluded; such is the

plight of humanity stupefied by the poison of the sense of

obligation.

 

Men are from time immemorial being swallowed up by the terrific

ocean of poison, like some travellers once on the Vindhya range.

Oppressed by hunger in the forest, they mistook the deceptive Nux

Vomica fruits for some delicious oranges. And in their voracious

hunger they ate them up without even detecting the bitter taste.

They then suffered torment from the effects of the poison.

Having originally mistaken the poisonous fruit for an edible fruit,

their reason being now blinded by poison, they eagerly sought relief

from pain. And in their agony they took hold of and ate thorn-

apples, thinking them to be rose-apples. [Note: - Thorn-apples are

used for extracting a poisonous alkaloid. The fruit is fatal or

produces insanity.]

 

They became mad and lost their way. Some becoming blind fell into

pits or gorges: Some of them had their limbs and bodies cut by

thorns; some were disabled in their hands, feet or other parts of

the body; others began to quarrel, fight and shout among themselves.

They assaulted one another with their fists, stones, missiles,

sticks, etc., till at length thoroughly exhausted, they reached a

certain town.

 

They happened to come to the outskirts of the town at nightfall, and

were prevented by the guards from entering. Unaware of the time and

place and unable to gauge the circumstances, they assaulted the

guards and were soundly thrashed and chased away; some fell into

ditches; some were caught by crocodiles in deep waters; some fell

headlong into wells and were drowned; a few more dead than alive,

were caught and thrown into prison.

 

Similar is the fate of the people who, deluded with the quest of

happiness, have fallen into the snares of the task-master of action.

They are bewildered in their frenzy and destruction awaits them.

 

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TRIPURA RAHASYA . The Secret of the Supreme Goddess.

CHAPTER II: OBLIGATORY SENSE TOWARDS ACTION CONDEMNED

AND INVESTIGATION RECOMMENDED.