One should always think of Krishna

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Hare Krishna. Pranam to all Vaishnavas,

One should always think of Sri Krishna

The display of belated wisdom is the bane among many of us under normal circumstances. It may be seen that those in power or in a high position discard the candid advice from well-wishers and exude confidence in their own intelligence. But when difficulties or distress stare at them, they will regret their earlier folly in not listening to the words of genuine advisers. The remedy to get over this ego is to pray to Krishna to grant us the capacity to act in the right direction, to do the right thing at the right time. A person may possess excellences and merit, yet he should seek divine grace and act according to Krishna's words; otherwise, there will be chances to deviate from the chalked out course and face obstacles. The message in all our holy works is that if one thinks of Krishna at every opportunity the latter will surely remember him. One should also refrain from the attitude of taking revenge for a past misdeed committed by one. ``Forget and forgive'' should be one's motto and the Ramayana reminds devotees that all differences should be buried after one's death. The end of the Kurukshetra war in the Mahabharata brings before us how realisation came too late to the blind emperor whose sons and kith and kin were completely wiped out. No one listened to the Truth spelt out by Krishna Himself on earlier occasions.``This tragedy is the result

of the working of destiny. When a man is spurred by fate, he becomes deaf and blind,'' said the wife of the emperor. The mighty ruler, who was stripped of all riches, had to seek permission of the victorious monarch to defray the expenditure to perform his son's obsequies and the noble Yudhishtra had absolutely no objection.

One must note the final act in the divine drama (Mahabharata) when the Pandavas commenced their last journey. As they proceeded, they saw Draupadi dropping down. The reason was that though she treated all her husbands alike, her affection to Arjuna was slightly more. Next Sahadeva fell down as he was proud of his intellectual achievements. Nakula was the next victim as he was conscious of his beauty. It was Arjuna's turn and he died since he was proud of his strength. Bheema suffered because he was a glutton. Yudhishtra went alone but a dog followed him to which there was objection when the former insisted that it should accompany him. The dog was the symbol of Righteousness to which he held on. Appearing before him, the Lord of Justice revealed to him that even as he emerged successful during the Yaksha Prasna, in this test too he was victorious. Believers in upholding Dharma will emerge triumphant.

 

Bhagavan Krishna says in Gita, Chapter 9, Sloka 22 :

ananyas cintayanto mam / ye janah paryupasatetesam nityabhiyuktanam / yoga-ksemam vahamy hamHowever, for those who are always absorbed in thoughts of Me, and who worship Me with one-pointed devotion by every means, I Myself carry their necessities and preserve what they have.

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAYA!!!

 

SriKrishnaDasa Rajeev