Satyopanisad

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Swami! India (Bharat) is the land of religion and spirituality. All

the incarnations have taken birth in Bharat. What is the reason

behind this?

 

Bharat is yogabhumi, the land of spirituality. Bharat is punyabh a

umi , the sacred land. Bharat is karmabhumi, the land of sacred

activity. Bharat is tyagabhumi, the land of renunciation. Here

saints, sages, seers, aspirants, seekers and devotees pray to God to

enjoy His proximity. This necessitates the descent of God in human

form or incarnation. In response to their fervent appeals and

prayers, God, out of His grace and compassion, descends on earth or

incarnates and moves amidst us. Devotees, then, experience bliss and

follow Him.

 

Here is an illustration. You asked why Bharat alone has - always been

the birthplace of the incarnations. You know that the train has an

engine in the front with several carriages connected to it. The power

or energy generated there in the engine pulls the carriages forward.

Where do you find the driver? Naturally, he sits in the engine

monitoring the train, does he not? Similarly, in the train of the

world, Bharat is in the position of an engine and the carriages are

the several countries attached to it. God is the driver. The engine

is His place. Just as we find heat and power generated there, we also

find the same elements produced as a result of sacred rituals such as

yajnas and yagas performed from time to time in this land of Bharat.

 

In the great epic, the Mahabharata we find Arjuna and Bhima always

following Dharmaja. Here, Arjuna stands , for intelligence, while

Bhima symbolises physical strength. Now, Bharat is in the position of

Dharmaja. America is Arjuna, while Russia is Bhima. Just as you find

Bhima and Arjuna obeying the command of Dharmaja, America and Russia

should follow Bharat.

 

In the very name " Bharat " we have three letters. (Written in

Telugu, " Bharat " comprises three letters). Bha, the first letter

stands for bhava or feeling, ra, the second signifies raga, tune, or

melody, and ta, the third indicates tala or beat. Thus, Bharat is the

country where the glory of God is sung with bhava, raga and tala.

This country has another name Hindudesam which means a country that

shuns violence, `Him' - himsa or violence, ` du ' - du ra or shuns.

For these reasons God has chosen to incarnate or descend in human

form in Bharat.