[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Glory of the Second Chapter of Bhagavad Gita

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The stories are really great and thanks a lot for

posting them for all to read. As one of the members

earlier mentioned, it should be compiled in to a book.

Looking forward for the other stories.

Regards to all in the group.

Jai Sree Krishna

 

Seema

 

--- hparamu <param wrote:

 

> Sorry for the delay in posting the Glory of the

> Second Chapter of

> Bhagavad Gita. My sincere thanks to all those who

> had nice words to

> say about the first post. Sarojaji has given an

> excellent commentary

> on the story about the first chapter. I wish she

> continues to do so

> for the remaining chapters also .

>

> Regards

> Parameswaran

>

> THE STORY OF DEVASHARMA AND GOOD

> KARMA

>

> In the village of Purandara in South India, lived

> Devasharma, a very

> pious person. He was renowned for his noble deeds.

> Still he was not

> happy and peaceful. He visited many saints and holy

> men in search of

> peace of mind, but it still eluded him.

>

> A very famous saint happened to come to his village

> temple at that

> time. Hearing about his greatness , Devasharma went

> to meet

> him. " Holy one, I surrender myself at thy feet,

> bless me with peace

> of mind " .

>

> The saint thought for a while and told Devasharma –

> " Dear one, in the

> dense forest at Punyapura, there lives a shepherd

> called Mithravan.

> You can find him resting on the rocks. Approach him,

> he alone can

> give you peace of mind "

>

> Immediately Devasharma started his journey to meet

> Mithravan. He

> reached the forest and searched Mithravan for quite

> a long time.

> Finally he saw him resting on a rock holding a big

> stick. There was

> radiance in his face and besides him tiger cubs and

> sheep were

> playing together.

>

> Devasharma bowed with respect before the shepherd –

> " I come from the

> Village of Purandara, I have come in search of peace

> of mind, kindly

> bless me " .

>

> Mithravan went in to deep meditation. His face

> started glowing.

> Devasharma was in awe seeing the radiance which

> surrounded Mitravan.

>

> After awakening from the meditation Mitravan told

> Devasharma –

>

> " Long ago, I was also like you searching for peace

> of mind. By the

> banks of Godavari, there lived a person called

> Durdhama, who was very

> cruel and wicked. He was born as a Brahmin in his

> next birth and due

> to his vasanas of previous birth he married a woman

> notorious for her

> bad character and excessive lust. After marriage,

> she had affairs

> with several men without the knowledge of her

> husband. A girl was

> born to her, after a few years the Brahmin came to

> know that he was

> not the father of the girl. He threw his wife out of

> the house and

> married her daughter, inspite of his old age and

> weak health.

>

> His wife who was thrown out of the house started

> roaming in the

> forest, causing trouble to many people who lived

> there. Her husband

> also soon followed her, after thrown out of the

> house by his young

> wife. Both of them died in the forest . In the next

> birth the Brahmin

> was born as a tiger and his wife as a sheep in my

> herd. Once when a

> tiger chased one of my sheep I ran behind them.

> When both of them

> reached the banks of the river, I saw remarkable

> changes in their

> behaviour. I was stunned when the sheep started

> speaking to the

> tiger – " You please eat me, you must be hungry " ,

> the tiger replied –

> " No I have only love and compassion towards you,

> I'll not eat you "

>

> I reached beside them and asked – " What is the

> reason behind your

> affection for each other " . None among us knew the

> answer. Suddenly

> I heard a voice " I know the reason " . I turned back

> and saw a monkey

> laughing at us from the branches of the tree. We

> three approached

> the monkey and told it " Please tell us the reason "

>

> The monkey started telling us – " See the rocks over

> there, there

> lived a great soul named Sukarma. He treated his

> guests like God and

> was famous for his hospitality. Once a holy guest

> who was mighty

> pleased with Sukarma offered him a boon. Sukarma

> asked him for a

> boon – " I always desire to give peace to others " .

> The holy man was

> pleased on the truly selfless request of Sukarma.

>

> The monkey continued – " See what the holy man has

> given to Sukarma.

> On the rocks over there, he has inscribed the Second

> Chapter of the

> Bhagavad Gita. Due to it's powerful effect, all

> beings living here

> are unaffected by hunger, thirst, greed, lust, anger

> and enmity. It

> is because of the blessings of Sukarma, the tiger

> and sheep have

> compassion for each other. Though the tiger was born

> to take revenge

> on the sheep because of the vasanas of his past

> birth, this place has

> reformed them. "

>

> After hearing the words of the monkey, we started

> walking towards the

> rocks and started reading the Second Chapter of

> Bhagavad Gita

> inscribed in it. The sheep and the tiger have

> already attained

> liberation and I am patiently awaiting for it. If

> you want peace of

> mind, Dear Devasharma , start reading the second

> chapter of Bhagavad

> Gita. "

>

> On hearing the noble words of Mithravan, Devasharma

> started reading

> the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita.

>

> HARE KRISHNA,

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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