Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Hai bol , We are planning to make a play on janmasatmi . Does any body has script ready of that story. I have the story from Krishna book. If any body has it written in script form, kindly post it here . hari krishna dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pankaja_Dasa Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 FOLIO INFOBASE PLAYS The Story Of Sudama Brahmana from Krishna Book, Chapters 80-81 * * * * * CAST: Narrator, Sudama, Sudama's wife, Lord Krishna, Rukmini, 2 Servants. SCENE ONE In Sudama's thatched hut SCENE ONE In Sudama's thatched hut Narrator: Sudama was a very nice brahmana friend of Lord Krishna. As a perfect brahmana, he was elevated in transcendental knowledge. Because of his advanced knowledge, he was not at all attached to material enjoyment. His wife was not very anxious for her personal comfort, but felt concern for her husband. Thus she spoke as follows: Wife: My dear lord, I know that Sri Krishna is your personal friend. Even though you are thinking that you do not render any devotional service to Him, still you are surrendered, and Krishna is the protector of the surrendered soul. He is always ready to help His devotee. He is your only shelter. Please, go to Him. He will understand your impoverished condition. I'm sure He will not hesitate to award you some material benefit. Sudama: I don't want any material benefit from Krishna. Wife: He knows perfectly well how much you are fixed in devotional service… Sudama: But Krishna is only interested in pure devotional service. Besides, I am perfectly satisfied with what Krishna has provided for us. Are we not living peacefully? Do we not have shelter? Are we not eating… Wife: Not sufficiently, my lord. Sometimes you are even too weak to stand. Sudama: I am not this body. Wife: But He would want you to have the bare necessities of life… My dear lord, please go to Him. I beg you. I cannot bear to see you in this condition any longer! Sudama: Alright, alright-I'll go! Besides, if I do go, I shall be able to see Krishna face to face. Wife: Yes, it would be wonderful for you. Sudama: But I can't ask Him for anything. Rather, I'll bring Him a gift. What can we offer Him? Wife: We have nothing. Sudama: Well, then…? Wife: I'll find something. (exits and returns with small bundle) Here, this is all I could find. Sudama: This is all we have-some dry, chipped rice? Wife: I'm afraid so. Please be careful on your journey. Jai Sri Krishna! Sudama: Jai Sri Krishna! (exits) SCENE TWO In Dwaraka, residential palace of Krishna and Rukmini SCENE TWO In Dwaraka, residential palace of Krishna and Rukmini Krishna: Sudama, My dear friend! Sudama: Krishna, my Lord! Krishna: It's so nice to see you! Please sit here and relieve your fatigue. (Krishna proceeds to worship His brahmana friend by bringing fruits and drinks, washing his feet and offering incense and lamps. Srimati Rukmini fans Sudama) It is my great fortune that you have come to Dwaraka! Servant 1: I can't understand why Krishna is worshiping this poor brahmana. Servant 2: He's poorly dressed and is not very clean. Obviously this brahmana is not an ordinary person. He must have performed great pious activities; otherwise why would Lord Krishna take so much care for him? Servant 1: But he's sitting on Rukmini's bedstead! Servant 2: Yes, and Krishna, whose embraces are reserved only for Rukmini, has embraced this brahmana to His own chest! Krishna: My dear Sudama, remember those school days when you and I were living together at the Gurukula? Do you remember the time we lost our way when we went out to collect wood from the forest? Sudama: Yes. And while collecting the dried wood, we entered deeper and deeper into the forest until it became dark. Krishna: There was an unexpected dust storm, dark clouds, lightning in the sky, and the explosive sound of thunder. Then, there was a severe rainfall! Sudama: The whole ground was flooded, and we could not find our way back to our guru's ashram. We felt greatly pained, and in whichever direction we turned, we became bewildered. Krishna: In that distressed condition, we took each other's hand and tried to find our way out. We passed the whole night in that way. Sudama: Early the next morning, when our absence was noticed, our Gurudeva along with some of his disciples came to search us out and found us in this distressed condition. Krishna: Our Gurudeva, with great compassion said, "My dear boys, everyone likes to take care of his body as his first consideration, but you are so faithful that without caring for bodily comforts you have taken so much trouble for me. This is the way for a bonafide disciple to become free from his debt to the spiritual master. It is the duty of the disciple to dedicate his life to the service of his spiritual master." Sudama: And then he blessed us by saying, "May all your desires and ambitions be fulfilled. May your understanding of the Vedas always remain within your memory so you can always quote their instructions without difficulty. Therefore you will never be disappointed in this life or the next." Krishna: Sudama, we can both realize that without the blessings of the spiritual master, no one can be happy. Only by the mercy of the spiritual master can one achieve peace and prosperity and be able to fulfill the mission of human life. Sudama: My dear Krishna, You are the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Spiritual Master of everyone. All the different processes of life are ultimately meant for the understanding of Your Supreme Personality. And yet You played the role of a student and lived with us like an ordinary boy. But, I can understand that You adopted all of these pastimes for Your pleasure only; otherwise there is no need for Your playing the role of a human being. Krishna: Oh, what have you brought for Me? Has your wife sent some nice eatables for Me? Sudama, you must have brought some offering for Me! Certainly I am not in need of anything, but if My devotee gives Me something as an offering of love, even though it may be very insignificant, I accept it with great satisfaction. On the other hand, if a person is not a devotee, although he may offer Me the most valuable thing, I do not like to accept it. I only accept those things which are offered to Me in devotion and love. I not only accept them, but I take them with great pleasure. (Sudama is very hesitant to give Lord Krishna the humble gift, but Lord Krishna snatches it and opens it) Chipped rice! My favorite! I consider that this quantity of chipped rice will not only satisfy Me but will satisfy the whole creation. (Lord Krishna eats one palmfull of chipped rice. Rukmini stops Him from eating more) Rukmini: My dear Lord, You are so kind to Your devotee that even this one morsel of chipped rice pleases You greatly; and Your pleasure assures the devotee great opulence eternally. Krishna: Sudama, it is late. Let Me show you to your quarters. Tell Me, how was your journey… (both exit) Narrator: Sudama Brahmana passed the night in the palace of Lord Krishna. The next morning he started for his home, thinking continuously about his grand reception by Krishna. Thus he became merged in transcendental bliss. He was feeling very happy to have seen the Lord. SCENE THREE Sudama on his way back home SCENE THREE Sudama on his way back home Sudama: Seeing Krishna is so wonderful! It is like drinking nectar through the eyes! How great a lover He is of brahminical culture. He is the Supreme Brahman Himself, yet He embraced me to His own chest with heartfelt pleasure. He was so kind to me that He allowed me to sit on same bedstead where the Goddess of Fortune lies down. Krishna considered me His real brother. How can I appreciate my obligation to Him? Seeing me tired, Srimati Rukmini Devi began to fan me with her own hand. She never considered her exalted position. Krishna was so merciful that He did not give me a farthing, knowing very well that I am a poverty-stricken man who, if I did get some money, might become proud and mad after material opulence and thereby forget Him. Narrator: Thinking in this way, the learned brahmana, Sudama, gradually reached his own home. Upon reaching there, he saw that everything was wonderfully changed. An opulent palace stood where his rustic hut had once been. Sudama: What are all these changes? Does this place belong to me or someone else? If this is the same place I used to live, how has it changed so wonderfully? (Wife enters) My dear wife, how have these incredible changes come about? Wife: I do not know, my lord! Sudama: I have always been a poor man. I do not find any cause for this, other than the all-merciful glance of my friend, Lord Krishna. When Krishna receives a little thing in love and affection from His devotee, He considers it a great and valuable gift. I simply offered Him a morsel of chipped rice, and in exchange He has given me opulences greater then those of the king of heaven, Lord Indra. I pray that I never forget the devotional service to His lotus feet, the unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. Wife: Shall we enter, my lord? Sudama: Yes, it is Krishna's mercy upon us. Narrator: Sudama realized that although Lord Krishna is unconquerable, He nevertheless agrees to be conquered by His devotees. Sudama did not change in his devotional practices; he continued to study and preach the glories of Lord Krishna. By constant meditation on Lord Krishna, whatever darkness of material contamination that still remained within his heart was completely cleared away, and very shortly Sudama was transferred to the spiritual kingdom, which is the goal of all saintly persons. Shukadeva Goswami has stated that anyone who hears this history of Sudama Brahmana and Lord Krishna will know how affectionate Lord Krishna is to the devotees like Sudama; and the listener will gradually become as qualified as Sudama and will thus be transferred to the spiritual kingdom of Lord Krishna. The End Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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