[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Krishna delivers the need of His devotees

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A POIGNANT STORY.padmamkumar <padmamkumar wrote: Hare Krishna Lord Krishna says ananyas cintayanto mamye janah paryupaste tesam nityabhiyutanam yoga ksemam vahamy aham Those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.There is story of a brahmana who regularly studied Bhagavad Gita. He was poor and he lived with his wife in a small cottage. After daily studying Bhagavad Gita,

he would go to beg and in this way maintain himself and his wife. One day as he read Bhagavad Gita he came across a verse where Lord Krishna says, yoga ksemam vahamy aham-" I will personally carry and deliver the needs of My devotees", " How is it that Bhagavan personally carries and delivers the needs of His devotees? He may inspire someone to carry out the needs of the devotees, such as giving charity. But that Bhagavan personally delivers the needs seems impossible."Reading this verse again and again, the brahmana could not believe it. He crossed it out with a red pen thinking it a mistake. Afterwards he went to do his daily begging. That day everyone offered him excuses rather than charity. Some said there was a death in the family, others that their children were sick, and thus they could not give alms that particular day. Meanwhile, back at the brahmana's house, a young boy arrived and knocked on the

door. The brahman's wife answered and was surprised to find the boy carrying a big load on his back. It contained varieties of foodstuffs liked rice, pulses, spices, oil, flour etc. The boy claimed to be a disciple of her husband who had sent him to deliver these goods to his house. The surprised wife told the boy her husband had no disciples, so it was not possible that he had sent him with all these items. But the boy insisted, repeating that her husband was his guru and had sent him to deliver these items to his house.The boy further told her that her husband had become disturbed with him for carrying the load so slowly and had thus beaten him. Indeed, he raised his cloth and showed the brahmana's the marks on his back. She became surprised that her husband could be so cruel as to beat such a young and beautiful boy. She told him to sit inside the house so she could cook something and offer him some

prasada.Later that day, the brahmana returned home empty handed. He was feeling very dejected because he and his wife would have to fast. As soon as his wife saw him, she began scolding him for having made the young boy carry such a heavy load and for beating him for not carrying it swiftly. The brahmana was confused by his wife's behavior. She had never spoken to him like this before and he had no idea what she was talking about. He asked her to explain and she told him what had happened. She said that the boy was still in the house, but when the brahmana searched him, he was nowhere to be found. Later, as he sat to read his Bhagavad Gita he found that the verse he had crossed out was again intact – the red ink was gone. He started weeping, realizing that the young boy was actually Krishna who had indeed come to his house to fulfill the pledge He made in the Bhagavat Gita – that He carries and delivers

the needs of His devotees. The brahmana lamented that he was not as fortunate as his wife who had been able to see Krishna personally and he condemned himself for doubting the words of Bhagavat Gita . Krishna's words are non different from Him, so the brahman's striking out the verse amounted to striking Krishna's body. The scratches and blood on the boy's back represented the red ink the brahmana had used to cross out the verse. Bhagavat Gita should be taken or accepted as it is directed by the speaker Himself. The speaker of Bhagavat Gita is Lord Krishna. He has described man-man bhava mad- bhakto mad yaji mam namaskurumam evaisyasi yuktvaivamatmanam mat parayanahEngage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisance and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me. Lord Krishna says in the Gita Yah sastra vidhim utsrjya, varate kama karatah na

sa siddhim avapnoti, na sukham na param gatim."He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, no happiness, not the supreme destination".Hare KrishnaPadma May god bless you, Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.

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