Namasthe- Swan and mosquito

May 14, 2008

Dear All,

Swan and mosquito.

You might be wondering what is the relation between these two? Really

there is no relation or similarity between them, but there is

something to learn from them.

According to the imagination of ancient Indian poets (kavi sankalpam),

a swan can separate the water in a mixture of water and milk and drink

only the milk leaving the water behind. We do not know whether anybody

has done research and proved otherwise. So let us take this capability

of swan as real. Now what we have to learn from the swan is to take

what is good or " sat " from this world in front of us and leave behind

the " asat " . In a mixture of milk and water milk represents the " sat "

and water used to adulterate the milk is the " asat " .

All three gunaas (satwa, rajo and thamogunam) are present in everybody

even though percentages of these gunaas are different in different

persons. Depending on the percentage of the gunaas predominant in a

person, he/she becomes satwaguna pradhaani, (Predominantly satwa guna)

rajoguna pradhaani, or thamoguna pradhaani.

Ancient scriptures tell us to be like swan only assimilating the good

from around us. How is it possible? Krishna says that the best way to

accept the good is to be with sajjanaas or good people. So there will

be very little to reject because sajjanaas are made up predominantly

of satwa gunaas. Saatwikaas or sajjanaas are those who lead us to the

Sat-chit-anandam. Swan likes the company of saatwic lotuses because in

spite of being born in muddy water, lotus always likes Vishnupaadam

and prays Sun from morning till evening to give her petals a chance to

adorn the the feet of the Lord! As we can see, lot of the lucky lotus

petals reach the feet of Vishnu or Devi or Siva in different temples.

Now what about the mosquitoes?

Let us watch a mosquito near the full udder of a cow. A calf is

drinking the milk and milk is overflowing. Mosquito looks at it and

flies around the cow, calf, and the fresh milk, humming a tune to

himself for some time. Then he thinks of the great taste of the blood

under the skin of the cow and without a moment of hesitation bites

through the cow's skin to suck off the blood. This shows that,in spite

of the abundant availability of rich milk, mosquito likes only blood.

For getting the blood, he was ready to hurt the cow when milk was

readily available. So ancient scriptures tell us that some people are

like mosquitoes rejecting the good and going after undesirable things

and cause suffering to others.

In Malayaalam there is a verse

ksheeramullorakitin chuvattilum

chorathanne kothukinnu kauthukam

means even near the udder filled with rich milk, mosquito likes only the blood.

May Guruvayurappan bless all us to be like a swan with the power of

discrimination and not like a mosquito.

Regards and prayers

Savitri

May 20, 2008

Hari Om !

Dear Savithriji

What a super comparison..eh? I just liked it because, it is very much relevant now in the kind of life we are leading as i am reading this mail while i am a bit depressed about someone in my office ....probably a similar issue. Even at work place, people are just concentrating in how to 1. keep away from work.. ...2. how to hurt other team mates.. 3. how to back stamp so that one can get a promotion.....it goes on.....No one thanks God for the kind of life he has given to us... All such people should bear in mind and look at those who do not have anything what we have... then we will not forget to thank the God 24 hours....365 days....till we lose our conciousness.......

Please keep reminding us through this site, so that less mistakes can happen from one's activities...

Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya .........

Best regards,

Jayasree Menon

2008/5/14 Savitri Puram <savitriopuram:

Dear All,Swan and mosquito.You might be wondering what is the relation between these two? Reallythere is no relation or similarity between them, but there issomething to learn from them.

According to the imagination of ancient Indian poets (kavi sankalpam),a swan can separate the water in a mixture of water and milk and drinkonly the milk leaving the water behind. We do not know whether anybody

has done research and proved otherwise. So let us take this capabilityof swan as real. Now what we have to learn from the swan is to takewhat is good or " sat " from this world in front of us and leave behind

the " asat " . In a mixture of milk and water milk represents the " sat " and water used to adulterate the milk is the " asat " .All three gunaas (satwa, rajo and thamogunam) are present in everybody

even though percentages of these gunaas are different in differentpersons. Depending on the percentage of the gunaas predominant in aperson, he/she becomes satwaguna pradhaani, (Predominantly satwa guna)rajoguna pradhaani, or thamoguna pradhaani.

Ancient scriptures tell us to be like swan only assimilating the goodfrom around us. How is it possible? Krishna says that the best way toaccept the good is to be with sajjanaas or good people. So there will

be very little to reject because sajjanaas are made up predominantlyof satwa gunaas. Saatwikaas or sajjanaas are those who lead us to theSat-chit-anandam. Swan likes the company of saatwic lotuses because inspite of being born in muddy water, lotus always likes Vishnupaadam

and prays Sun from morning till evening to give her petals a chance toadorn the the feet of the Lord! As we can see, lot of the lucky lotuspetals reach the feet of Vishnu or Devi or Siva in different temples.

Now what about the mosquitoes?Let us watch a mosquito near the full udder of a cow. A calf isdrinking the milk and milk is overflowing. Mosquito looks at it andflies around the cow, calf, and the fresh milk, humming a tune to

himself for some time. Then he thinks of the great taste of the bloodunder the skin of the cow and without a moment of hesitation bitesthrough the cow's skin to suck off the blood. This shows that,in spite

of the abundant availability of rich milk, mosquito likes only blood.For getting the blood, he was ready to hurt the cow when milk wasreadily available. So ancient scriptures tell us that some people arelike mosquitoes rejecting the good and going after undesirable things

and cause suffering to others.In Malayaalam there is a verseksheeramullorakitin chuvattilumchorathanne kothukinnu kauthukammeans even near the udder filled with rich milk, mosquito likes only the blood.

May Guruvayurappan bless all us to be like a swan with the power ofdiscrimination and not like a mosquito.Regards and prayersSavitri -- Best regardsJayasree Menon

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