Why Nama Sankirtan Apt path in this yuga? Part-5 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

What should one worry about?

Every passing moment of one's life that passes without seeing God

 

What is it that is truly amazing?

The tendency of the mind to keep going back into worldly affairs despite facing

many hardships

 

----- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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                        Why Nama Sankirtan Apt path in this yuga?

 

Bhagavan is easily entranced by music ('Gana'). There is none in the world who

is not attracted to music. People speak of 'Trivedi', 'Chaturvedi'. A mother

sings lullaby to her little baby in the cradle. She sings, " nee yaro! nan yaro! "

(Who are you? Who am I?) Our religion is one, which teaches Vedanta even to a

just born baby! The mother does not even stop to think if it can understand!

Vedanta even in a 'lullaby' that is just the beginning of life. The crying baby

calms down and the mother goes to attend to her household chores. Immediately

the baby sobs because the baby had not gone to sleep; the singing of the mother

had calmed down the baby. The innocent baby is bound by music ('gana'). A snake,

which stores poison in its fangs, also sways its hood in rhythm to the playing

of 'magudi' (the instrument of the snake charmer). If an innocent infant and a

venomous snake are both enamored by music, then, will not the omnipotent

Bhagavan be captivated by

music? The whole world is fascinated by music.

 

'Gana'-music is the easiest way to attain Bhagavan. All the Vedas are pure. It

cannot be said that one is greater than the other. Be it Yajur or Sama or Rig,

all the Vedas are pure. Even though all the Vedas enjoy the same status, the

Azhwars or the Nayanmars or the other Bhaktas sing, " Chandiran thalayil aninda

Sankaran Samavedi! " Sankara (Lord Siva) who wears the crescent on His head is a

Sama Vedi. In Gita, Bhagavan says, " Amongst the Vedas I am Sama Veda " . The

Bhaktas address the Lord as, " Hey! Sama gana priya! Samagana lola! " Why is

Bhagavan called as 'Sama gana priya?' Why not Rig Veda priya or Yajur Veda priya

or Adarvana Veda priya? Does He not like the other Vedas? Are these Vedas not

pure? Since Sama Veda is in musical form Bhagavan loves it. Music attracts

Bhagavan.

 

How did we acquire Ramayana? In Ayodhya, having sacrificed Sita, Ramachandra

Prabhu is in silence and solitude. He, therefore, appears majestic. After

attending to His royal duties he gets back to His room. He shows a deaf ear to

anyone who speaks about Sita to Him. He behaves as if he is in no way connected

to Sita! But in the solitude of His room he sheds tears thinking of Sita. Filled

with love ('prema') within He sports a rough exterior. Therefore, nobody is able

to approach Rama. It is at this time that two young children sing the life of

Rama on the streets of Ayodhya. In Ramayana, Valmiki says that Rama was an adept

in Sangeetha Shastra (Music shastra). Valmiki explains that Rama knew the

intricacies of music. These two children who went about singing the life of Rama

on the streets of Ayodhya were very fine looking. Valmiki writes, " If Rama were

to look at His own reflection in the mirror and call out to it and the

reflection took a young form

and came out how would that be? These two children seemed to possess such a

form! "

 

Their melodious rendering of Ramayana was heard and enjoyed by Lakshmana,

Bharata, Shatruguna and all the others. All of them desired Rama to hear this

since it was the story of Rama. But none of them had the courage to approach Him

with this request.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Let¢s Chant

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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