arjunaacharya story, vahaamyaham!

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Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

The only referance to Arjunacarya in the Vedabase 4.11 is a lecture By Srila

Prabhupada(Almost at the end of the class):

 

"....Now this Arjun€c€rya...that’s a very nice story. When he was writing

commentaries, oh, he thought, “How is that Lord will come Himself and

deliver the goods? Oh, it is not possible. He might be sending through some

agent.” So he wanted to cut vah€my aham, “I bear the burden and deliver.” He

wrote in a way that “I send some agent who delivers.” So that Arjun€c€rya

went to take bath, and in the meantime two boys, very beautiful boys, they

brought some very nice foodstuff in large quantity. And in India there is a

process to taking two sides burden on the bamboo. Just like a scale it is

balanced. So these two boys brought some very highly valuable foodstuff and

grains and ghee, and his wife was there. And the boys said, “My dear mother,

Arjun€c€rya has sent these goods to you. Please take delivery.” “Oh, you are

so nice boy, you are so beautiful boys, and he has given. And šc€rya is not

so cruel. How is that? He has given so much burden to you, and he is not

kind...?” “Oh, I was not taking, and just see, he has beaten me. Here is

cane mark. Oh, see.” His wife became very much astonished, that “šc€rya is

not so cruel. How he has become so cruel?” So she was thinking in that way.

Then “All right, my dear boys. You come on.” And gave him shelter. And, “No.

I shall go because Arjun€c€rya again comes. He will chastise us.” “No, no.

You sit down, take foodstuff.” He(she) prepared foodstuff, and then they

went away. And when Arjun€c€rya came back, then he saw that his wife is

eating. Because it is the system of Indian families that after the husband

has taken the food, the wife will take. So they don’t take together. After

the family members—the boys and the husband is sumptuously fed—then the

housewife takes.

So Arjun€c€rya, “Oh, you are taking food? What is that?” No. He did not. I

am mistaken. Sorry. He said that “You are...” So the wife said, “šc€rya, you

have become so much cruel nowadays?” “Oh, what is that?” “Two boys, very

nice boys, they have brought so many foodstuff. You loaded on their head,

and they denied to take it, and you have beaten them, chastised?” He said,

“No. I have never done this. Why shall I do it?” Then she described, “Oh,

such a nice beautiful boy.” Then Arjun€c€rya understood that “Because I

wanted that God does not deliver, so He has delivered these goods, and

because I cut these alphabets that He does not give personally, so He has

shown that beating mark.”

 

>B.G. 9.20-22, New York December 6, 1966

 

Also in the new vedabase 2003 the Search "arjunacarya" yielded a referance

in Bhurijana prabhu's new book-As they surrender unto me. Basically he

repeats the same story as given by Srila Prabhupada.(If you like i could

post it)

 

your humble servant,

rohinipriyadas