ANBENUM PIDIKULL AKAPADUM MALAI

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From a discourse by Shri Needamangalam Subburaman at Samratchana ,

Neelangarai :

 

 

Lord Krishna went to Hasthinapur on behalf of Pandavas to talk with

the Kauravas .He did not stay at Duryodana's palace .Instead He went

to the hut where Vidura was staying . Vidura had left the palace and

was living in a small house because Pandavas were at that time

roaming in the forests . Vidura did not want to enjoy the luxuries

that Pandavas lacked .

 

When Lord Krishna went to Vidura's house ,he was not there .Only

Vidura's wife was there .On seeing Lord Krishna ,she was very happy

..Her joy knew no bounds .She greeted Him with great respect .

 

When Krishna was waiting for Vidura ,He told that He was feeling

hungry and that He would have something to eat .In the simple life

that these couple were leading ,Vidura's wife did not know what to

give Krishna .But she rushed to the garden in the backside to bring

some bananas .But actually at that time they were not ripe enough to

eat .But she did not seem to have noticed that .She was completely

filled with Bhakthi that see plucked a handful of bananas which were

not ripe .The outer peel was still greenish . Anyway she was bringing

them for Krishna .When she was on her way the unripe bananas thought

" are we going to the Lord's mouth like this way in a bitter taste "

.. So they thought to themselves to become ripe fully before reaching

the Lord .As a result they ripened fully inside when the outer cover

was still greenish ( these are the green bananas that we see today

which will be ripe inside but having a green peel - PACHAI VAZHAI )

..Vidura's wife did not notice anything .She went to the Lord and

offered the bananas one by one .She was completely lost in devotion

that she was giving only the green peels ( outer skin ) to Krishna

and was throwing away the fruit portion . This was going on and what

the Lord did - He was happily eating all the peels that Vidura's wife

gave Him . This scene is a beautiful example as to how Bhakthi can

make a person lost in themselves and also how the Lord values the

love shown to Him .The Lord never minded what was given to Him .He

values only the devotion shown to Him - because He is bhaktavatsalan

,the bhakta is very dear to Him .Lord Krishna in the Gita says " IF

YOU OFFER TO ME WITH BHAKTHI EVEN A SMALL TULSI LEAF OR A HANDFUL

OF WATER I ACCEPT IT WITH GREAT JOY " .

 

The next part :

 

When Krishna was eating all the peels that Vidura's wife was giving

Him , Vidura was just entering .On seeing all this ,he was very shocked

- what a great mistake that His wife had made .So he wanted to

tally it .Lord krishna was sitting on a carpet spread on the ground

which was only mud and was not levelled .Vidura asked His wife to

bring Payasam made from Dhall ( PAYATHAM PARUPPU PAYASAM ) .He spread a

green leaf before Krishna and poured Payasam on it .Since it was very

liquid and the ground had up's and downs the payasam was running

from one end of the leaf to the other end .Krishna used His one

hand to prevent the payasam flowing out of the leaf ,it was again

flowing in the opposite direction , He used the second hand -again it

was running in other direction ,a third hand appears and holds the

leaf - again the flow was not controlled - a fourth hand appears from

the Lord's body .Even then the payasam was running and hand after

hand appeared from the lord's body till there were ten hands ! The

lord with His ten hands bent the leaf like a cup and drank the

payasam offered .

 

Lord Krishna told Vidura " oh Vidura ,I needed only two hands to kill

Hyranya ,two hands for killing the ten -headed Ravana even .But to

drink your payasam I needed Ten hands " .

This is the extent to which Bhakthi can penetrate .The Lord cannot be

possessed by wordly riches .It is impossible .But He is easily

conquered by Love and Bhakthi .

 

Baba says " This is Annamalai of course, this is Palani malai

,Venkatamalai but this is a Malai ( mountain ) easily trapped within a

handful of LOVE .

 

KADAVUL ANBENUM PIDIKKUL AKAPADUM MALAI .

 

SSS

 

A .SELVAKUMAR