'Avatara Dina' - Greatness of Tirupati Part-12 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

A true Bhakta may give up all his wealth but never the service given to him by

his Guru. It is only through 'krupa'(Grace) that one attains Moksha. 'krupa'can

be earned only from one who has earned it ('krupa') from the Lord. One cannot

earn the Grace of the Lord by himself; through his own efforts.

 

Once, I visited a devotee's home. There were two boys in that home. The younger

one was hardly five years old. It was just a few days before Diwali and the

children were engaged in bursting crackers and burning sparklers. The younger

boy was trying to light a sparkler but it would not light up. So he sought the

help of his elder brother whose sparkler was already lit. When his elder brother

brought his burning sparkler close to the younger one's it immediately caught up

and began to sparkle. At once the little one remarked, " Hey, brother, See! Only

your burning sparkler could light up mine immediately. Has not Guruji said that

only Mahans who have the Grace of God can bless us with it? "

 

I was amazed to find how deep the words had gone into a child that he was able

to draw a parallel even in lighting a sparkler!

 

It is indeed rare to earn the Grace through one's own efforts. Grace is not an

act. One should not complain that he has not been blessed with the Lord’s

grace. God/Guru is never partial to anyone. If you hurt a Mahan it does not

augur well for you. On the other hand if you make him happy it is verily

invoking his grace. Act in a way that would invoke his pleasure and thus earn

his grace. Keep exerting effort towards this end. The day he is pleased with you

the Lord would pour His grace on you. This is verily 'krupa' and it is not an

act.

 

Ananthazhwar was determined to earn the grace of his Guru Sri Ramanuja. He,

therefore, would not share the work ordained by the Guru with anyone else. The

Lord, however, could not stand the devoted couple toil hard. Since Anathazhwar

was not willing to accept his help he snatched the shovel from Ananthazhwar's

hand. Angry, Ananthazhwar hit the young boy on the chin. The boy went away with

his chin bleeding. At the same time, in the Temple the priests were shocked to

see the Lord's chin bleeding. The Lord spoke to them through one of the priests.

 

The Lord does speak to us. He desires to speak to us. Let us say that a man from

China visits us. He is able to converse only in his language and does not know

ours. However, he nurtures the desire to convey something to us. He speaks to us

in his language and tries hard to make us understand what he wishes to convey.

Yet, we are not able to understand. So, he gets the services of an interpreter.

In the same way, the interpreter whose services the Lord takes to convey His

messages to us is verily the Sadhus. Therefore, the words of Sadhus are verily

the words of God. It is through the Sadhus that God passes on His messages to

the world. We should never be indifferent to the words of Sadhus. We cannot

afford to ignore them, for, they are verily the Lord's words.

 

Lord Venkateswara informed through a priest that when He went to lend a helping

hand to Ananthazhwar and his wife the former hit him and thus his chin was cut.

The Lord also told them to bring the soil touched by the feet of Ananthazhwar

and apply it to his chin to stop the bleeding and to heal the wound! Even to

this day a paste of 'karpoor' is applied to the Lord's chin, in memory of this

incident. It is called 'Sri Paadarenu'. 'Paadarenu' means dust from the feet.

Whose feet? Verily 'Sri's'. Well! Who is Sri? Here, service ('kainkaryam') is

verily the Sri. How did service turn into 'Sri'? This is not a service rendered

by us (directly) but the Service ordained by the Guru. Such Guru ordained

service turns into eternal 'Sri'. Service rendered though the Sadguru transforms

into everlasting 'Sri'. ('Sri' is the Consort of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth

– translator.)

 

We should always try to discern the philosophy. We call Hanuman a 'chiranjeevi'

(one who lives eternally). Well! Do not Rama and Krishna live eternally? Why is

this term accredited to Hanuman only? All those who serve the Lord are verily

Hanuman. Thus, we find that there is no dearth of people in the world to serve

the Lord. People, one after another, keep coming to serve the Lord. So, Hanuman

is 'chiranjeevi' – lives here eternally.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

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Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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