Hindu article-When God intervenes

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When God intervenes

 

 

CHENNAI, MAY 11. All human beings have the ability to

discriminate between right and wrong; when not

coloured by self-serving purposes, this trait

transforms into an innate yearning for the higher

life. The quest for spiritual uplift is what sets a

person apart and puts him on the fast track of true

achievement. The puranas exemplify the truths

enshrined in the Vedas and make them simpler for the

ordinary people to know and to practise them.

 

They illustrate the great strength and benefit that

can be derived from faith in God. While the preceptors

have played a stellar role in guiding people in the

right path to ultimately overcome the cycle of births

and deaths and achieve a permanent state of bliss,

there are times when God intervenes directly to

establish the ascendancy of right over wrong and to

save those who have unwavering faith in Him.

 

The incarnations of Lord Vishnu when seen in this

light are a result of His infinite love for human

beings and His willingness to establish the inviolate

fact of Dharma.

 

It is important for all aspirants to remember this,

especially when faced with life's challenges, when

trivial matters such as career advancement or monetary

or emotional gains make passive spectators of human

beings when a wrong is sought to be proved as right.

It is precisely during such moments that a person

should recall the lessons of the epics and the

puranas.

 

In a lecture on the occasion of Nrisimha Jayanthi (May

3), Sri Thothadri Lakshman said the ways of the

Supreme are not discernible nor His reasons for action

or inaction. Faith reposed in Him is never in vain and

He shall rush to the aid of His devotees at the moment

of trial. His manifestation as Nrisimha exemplifies

this like none other.

 

The Nrisimha avatar (man-lion) form represents the

best of creation — it embodies man, the best of higher

creatures and lion, the best of lower creatures.

 

His emergence from a pillar when struck by a mace

signifies how He is the indweller of moving and

non-moving matter and His omnipotence is established

by his easy vanquishing of the most powerful of

mortals. In this very act God has explicitly

demonstrated that whatever is dependent on God is

different from God and the difference is eternal.

 

 

Copy Right: The Hindu-Daily

 

 

 

 

 

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