The Indian Dharma

In the previous episode, we had witnessed Bhagawan Krishna and Sudhaama sitting together and recalling all their childhood memories of their Gokula days, their “Gurukula” days, etc. and in due course, Bhagawan Krishna stuns Sudhaama by making an assertive statement that it is only because of the blessings and the grace of Guru Sandipani, are “both of them” living happily without any problems! This was a deliberate statement that Bhagawan Krishna made, because as a “Paramatma” He knew what Sudhaama was undergoing. He realized that during the course of the conversation, Sudhaama is not going to reveal any of his personal problems to Him. However, Bhagawan wanted to make Sudhaama talk about his personal issues. He tried to put words in Sudhaama’s mouth, but still, Sudhaama was steadfast in his character and learnings from Guru Sandipani, that “happy and prosperous life” does not mean materialistically comfortable life, but “spiritually happy” life. Ultimately the “Atman” should be happy at the end of the day. This is what is more important than the “Deham” (Physical body) being happy. Sudhaama knows this very well, and is tight-lipped on his problems, even as Bhagawan Krishna tries to tempt him to open up.

Afterall, Sudhaama came with a savage resolution that he is only going to visit Krishna to get His divine darshan. He is happy with whatever he has got. In fact, he has got enough and more of what he was supposed to get. He did not have any regret. Thus, as time passes by, Sudhaama realizes that he has to return back, and he didn’t want to waste Bhagawan Krishna’s time more and more by talking about the useless past! So he says to Bhagawan Krishna thus, “Oh my dear friend! I think it’s getting late and I do not want to waste your time any further! You’re a king and you would have many tasks to execute. I’m not going to be a disturbance or a hindrance for you in anyway. I’ve obtained your divine darshan today, and with this sense of satisfaction, I’m starting back to my place!”

Upon hearing thus from Sudhaama, Bhagawan Krishna was a bit disturbed. He did not want Sudhaama to leave, however, He didn’t speak a second word at that time. Sudhaama too got up from the chair, and started walking towards the exit door and Bhagawan Krishna follows him all the way. As Sudhaama reaches the exit way, Bhagawan Krishna slowly asks him thus, “Oh Sudhaama! I forgot to ask you something! I’m sure that your wife would have given something to me as a token of gesture! What did you bring for me?” This question struck Sudhaama very hard! Amidst the excitement of seeing Bhagawan Krishna after so many years and the interesting conversation with Him, Sudhaama totally forgot that he has brought the “Aval” with him, tied into a torn cloth. Hence, his eyes automatically go down to his hip, where he had tied that cloth to. He now starts feeling shy and a touch nervous too because, by looking at the stature and luxury with which Bhagawan Krishna was living in, Sudhaama was skeptical whether He would accept this “Aval” from this poor man!

Unfazed by Sudhaama’s shyness and hesitant reaction, Bhagawan Krishna repeats His question and with that, Sudhaama takes the cloth, unfolds it and hands over the handful of “Aval” into Bhagawan Krishna’s divine hands. He says to Bhagawan Krishna thus, “Oh Krishna! This is what I managed to bring for you. I remembered that in your childhood days you liked this Aval so much and hence, I brought it to offer you!” With tears dripping from his eyes, Sudhaama gives the small pack of Aval to Krishna! Upon receiving this, Bhagawan Krishna was overwhelmed with joy! He immediately hugged Sudhaama tightly with Him and exclaimed thus, “Oh Sudhaama! Today you’ve proved yourself to be at the epitome level of friendship! You know exactly what your friend likes, and you are bringing that to him with all your effort. I wholeheartedly accept your offering!”

As Bhagawan Krishna accepts it gleefully, Sudhaama again could not believe himself! Initially he felt shy because he thought that Bhagawan Krishna would make fun of him for bringing him this small quantity of Aval! But on the contrary, Bhagawan Krishna’s joy upon seeing the Aval surprised him to bits! Obtaining it from Sudhaama thus, Bhagawan Krishna puts few pieces of Aval into His mouth and exclaims further thus, “Oh wow! What tasty Aval is this! How long had I been waiting to taste Aval, and that too, this tasty an Aval from my best friend, Sudhaama!”

It is to be remembered that Bhagawan Krishna is everyday consuming food of the highest quality, since He’s the king of Dwaaraka! However, these are some dried pieces of Aval! Saying thus, Bhagawan Krishna happily consumed one mouthful! The message that Bhagawan Krishna is conveying to Sudhaama indirectly is that, “Oh Sudhaama! I’m not carried away by the Aval! What I like best in you is that, even though you were amidst the clutches of extreme poverty and starvation, you had a firm resolve that you wouldn’t beg for your personal needs from Bhagawan! This Bhakti of yours is what is making this Aval more and more tasty!”

Thus, this is an important message for all of us as well – It is not important as to what we’re offering to Bhagawan. The paramount thing here is that, whether are we offering the things with our heart and devotion towards Him or not. This is what Bhagawan checks in all of us and we should remember this. So for today, let us take this learning very seriously and let us put this into practice. We shall wait till the next episode to witness what happened to Sudhaama thereafter. Is he still going to continue suffering the way he was previously? Or, is the situation going to change? Let’s wait eagerly till tomorrow to find out! Stay tuned! 🙂

 

In the previous episode, we were at the midst of a beautiful event, wherein the two childhood friends, Bhagawan Krishna and Sudhaama (Kuchela) met after so many years. As Sudhaama hesitatingly sets out on his journey to meet his friend Krishna, it was as if Bhagawan Krishna was expecting Sudhaama’s arrival more eagerly than Sudhaama himself! As Bhagawan Krishna sees Sudhaama coming down the far end of the lane, He runs out of the palace, greets Sudhaama with a beaming smile and a friendly hug, and welcomes him with all the formalities. Upon seeing this, Sudhaama shed tears of joy and guilt – Both at the same time. He shed tears of joy because he was very happy that he has finally got the divine darshan of Bhagawan Krishna after so many years, and he was longing for it all this time. On the other hand, he shed tears of sorrow and guilt because, he had missed seeing Bhagawan Krishna for so many years, and more than that, instead of he washing Bhagawan’s feet, the reverse is happening – Bhagawan Krishna is washing Sudhaama’s feet as a token gesture of welcoming him! Sudhaama couldn’t take that and he broke down!

However, Bhagawan Krishna comforts him, makes him sit on a beautiful throne-like chair, and starts conversing with him! The conversation goes on and on for a long time, without a break! On one hand, Bhagawan Krishna was excited upon seeing Sudhaama, and on the other hand, Sudhaama was spellbound that Bhagawan Krishna had so much of time and things to talk to him about! We’ve seen yesterday that as he was approaching Dwaaraka city, Sudhaama was even thinking within himself whether Bhagawan Krishna is going to identify him or not, isn’t it? However, what he’s seeing now was in total contrary to what he thought! All this made Sudhaama a touch nervous! He started to sweat in anticipation and disbelief! As Sudhaama was sweating, Bhagawan Krishna comes closer to him, takes a hand-fan and starts to oscillate it, so that Sudhaama stops sweating! Moreover, Bhagawan Krishna asks Rukmini Devi to stand at the other side of Sudhaama and requests her to operate another hand-fan, so that Sudhaama is feeling extremely comfortable! This gesture shell-shocked Sudhaama to a great extent! He was wondering what was happening! For a moment, Sudhaama thought whether he was dreaming or is it reality!

As Sudhaama eases out gradually, Bhagawan Krishna asks Sudhaama thus, “Oh Sudhaama! How long has it been that I had to wait for you! Why didn’t you come before? Anyway, do you remember our childhood days – How we played pranks on the Gokula people? How all of us stole butter from each house in Gokula? Subsequently, how we got caught while stealing, and how I was taken to task by the women in the Gokula society? How both of us went to the “Gurukula” at Avantika? Do you remember our “Guru”, Saantipani? Do you have any news as to how he and his family are? After we finished our Gurukula, where did you go? What all happened after that? Please tell me everything in detail!”

We can see here, how much of emphasis Bhagawan Krishna is giving to His childhood memories and school days. Even today, we give so much of emphasis to our childhood memories, more than our college / university days, our work days, etc. Why is that so? The main reason behind it is that, our school days are extremely special, as compared to our subsequent phases of our life. This specialty is because, during our school days, we were innocent, without any sense of pride, greed, rivalry, etc. Our friendship with our peers were so pure and was devoid from all of these bad qualities. However, as we moved on with our lives, all these bad qualities started to dominate us in many spheres of our professional and personal lives. This is why we do not give much emphasis to our college and work life, as much as we give for our school memories. Here too, Bhagawan Krishna is doing the same – The moment He meets Sudhaama, all His childhood memories flash back in His mind – The days when He used to play with Sudhaama and the other kids!

As the conversation proceeds further, Bhagawan Krishna says to Sudhaama thus, “Oh Sudhaama! Do you remember? One day when we were at our Gurukula, Guru Saandipani had asked us to go and collect some vegetablesm fruits, etc. for the “Shraadha Karma” for his parents. As we set out into the woods to collect them, it suddenly started raining! We were searching for a shelter, but couldn’t find any! Thus, both of us were standing under a big banyan tree, trembling with cold! The rain did not abate at all for that entire evening / night! Finally, next day morning, Guru Saandipani himself came in search of us and found both of us in this pitiable state, isn’t it? Do you remember Sudhaama? Upon seeing both of us like this, Guru Saandipani took us safely to his place again and blessed us thus, “Oh kids! You’ve gone the extra mile to bring me the required vegetables and fruits, despite the rough weather! Hereby, I’m satisfied totally with your “Guru-Bhakti” and I’m blessing you thus – Both of you would lead a happy and a prosperous life henceforth!””

As Bhagawan Krishna recalls this incident, He covertly says to Sudhaama thus, “Oh Sudhaama! Isn’t it only because of the blessings and the divine grace of our Guru Saandipani, both of us are leading a happy and a prosperous life?” Upon hearing this statement from Bhagawan Krishna, Sudhaama did not know what to reply! Was Sudhaama leading a happy and a prosperous life? The real answer was a “NO”! However, now if he reveals his personal poverty situation to Bhagawan Krishna, he would end up negating the Guru’s blessings, isn’t it? So, this gave more mileage for Sudhaama, NOT to reveal any of his personal difficulties to Bhagawan Krishna!

Moreover, Sudhaama also knows within himself that when Guru Saandipani blessed them thus, it was not in terms of money and luxuries, but was in terms of excellent character and heart – Not even once till now, Sudhaama had an iota of thought that he should go and ask Bhagawan Krishna for luxuries and money, isn’t it? Even now, he had only come to meet Bhagawan Krishna only to review his friendship! This is what we’ve to understand when the Guru blesses His disciples with a happy and prosperous life – The real meaning here is not money and luxuries, but a prosperous character and a noble heart! This is what set Sudhaama apart from others! Bhagawan Krishna also knows this well and yet, He’s trying to pull words from Sudhaama’s mouth!

As Bhagawan Krishna “tempts” Sudhaama to disclose his poverty thus, although all of us including Bhagawan Krishna knows him well, is Sudhaama going to relent and give in to Bhagawan’s tempting words? What is Sudhaama’s reply going to be? An important message awaits us in the next episode! Stay tuned! 🙂

 

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed the commencement of one of the most beautiful and interesting “Charitras” of Shrimad Bhaagawatha Puraana – The “Kuchela-Upaakhyaanam”. Kuchela, as we’ve seen was none other than Sudhaama, Bhagawan Krishna’s childhood friend. Eventually, as years rolled by, both friends parted ways and started leading their own lives in different corners. On one hand, we’ve witnessed Bhagawan Krishna being coronated as the king of Dwaaraka and is living a luxurious life. On the other hand, Kuchela is amidst the clutches of extreme poverty, unable to meet the demands of three meals a day for himself and for his family. It is at this time, is Kuchela’s wife suggesting an idea that he should go and meet his friend, Krishna at Dwaaraka, explain their situation to Him and check if He remembers them and can help them in some way. However, Kuchela didn’t concede with this idea of his wife and initially discared it because this might create a rift in his friendship with Bhagawan Krishna. If at all there’s something to ask from Him, it should be “Moksha”, and not workdly things.

However, his wife coaxed him so much and beyond a point, Kuchela couldn’t argue much, as he too knew the pathetic condition of his family. He knew that his wife isn’t a person who is behind worldly affairs and that, she’s requesting for a desperate cause. Hence, if not for anything else, Kuchela took this as an opportunity to have the divine darshan of Bhagawan Krishna and sets out on his long journey to meet him. He carries some “Aval” (Poha) with him, as a token of respect to his friend. That too, the quantity of “Aval” was extremely less, which was just a handful left at their home, due to extreme poverty. Hence, Kuchela’s wife runs here and there amidst the neighborhood, to beg for some “Aval”, to give it to Bhagawan Krishna. Such was the devotion of the Kuchela couple for Bhagawan Krishna – They were ready to go the extra mile in collecting some “Aval” for Him, with lot of love and devotion, forgetting the very fact that they’re amidst poverty.

Thus, with whatever little “Aval” they obtained from here and there, Kuchela looks around for a small handbag to take it. However, neither he nor his wife weren’t able to find any! So, Kuchela’s wife tore a piece of her sari, puts the “Aval” in that, rolls it, packs it and gives it to her husband. Giving thus, Kuchela’s wife said thus, “Oh Kuchela! Please give this to Bhagawan Krishna as a token of our rememberance of Him, of our devotion towards Him!” Receiving thus, Kuchela sets off for a long journey. He crosses through all the mountains, rivers, forests, cities, etc. that came along in his way, and finally reaches Dwaaraka.

As Kuchela enters into Dwaaraka city, he’s able to see tall buildings, beautifully constructed palaces everywhere! Upon seeing all of it, Kuchela thought to himself, “Oh my goodness! Upon seeing all of this, my hands and legs are trembling! Do I even fit into such a place? Will Krishna even identify me? Anyways, let me try once. If he’s not going to recognize me, so be it. Who am I afterall? I should be prepared for the worst!” Thinking thus, Kuchela makes his way towards Bhagawan Krishna’s palace.

It is at this time, Bhagawan Krishna was sitting with Rukmini Devi at one of the most beautiful places of His palace, and He sees Kuchela approaching the palace. The moment, Bhagawan Krishna sees Kuchela from a far off distance, He immediately jumps up with joy! He runs towards the direction from which Kuchela was approaching. Upon seeing Bhagawan Krishna jumping up and running like this, Rukmini Devi was surprised, and so were the servants in the palace! Bhagawan Krishna thus, runs all the way to the street corner and he was overjoyed upon seeing Sudhaama! His excitement knew no bounds. He reaches the vicinity of Sudhaama, holds his hands lovingly and exclaims thus, “Oh!!! Sudhaama!!!! It’s been such a long time since we saw each other! Did you forget me totally during all these years? Anyways, now that you’ve come, welcome to our Dwaaraka! Let me take you to our palace and make you comfortable!”

Upon hearing this from Bhagawan Krishna, Sudhaama was shell-shocked! As he was making his way through, he was thinking whether or not, Bhagawan Krishna would even remember him, but here is Bhagawan, who has come all the way running down to the street corner to welcome him with open arms! Sudhaama never expected such a gesture from Bhagawan Krishna and he was in for a great surprise thus! As Bhagawan Krishna takes him to the palace, He offers Sudhaama a nice comfortable chair to sit. He washes Sudhaama’s feet with water, gives him some water to drink, makes him comfortable and welcomes him formally! This gesture moved Sudhaama into tears! He did not come for all of this! Rather, it should have been Sudhaama who should have washed Bhagawan’s feet! But the reverse is happening here!

As the formalities are over thus, Bhagawan Krishna sits near to Sudhaama, wipes his tears off, and starts talking to him. Both of them now start recollecting all their old childhood memories of playing amidst the Yamuna river banks, going to the “Gurukula”, etc. Of course, they have years of togetherness to talk about, isn’t it? Time flies off, as both the friends are talking and enjoying each other’s company! Both the friends mentally travel back so many years and are enjoying their talks!

So for today, let us also enjoy the company along with Bhagawan Krishna and Sudhaama and let us wait till the next episode to witness what happened next! Stay tuned! 🙂

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed Bhagawan Krishna killing Sishupaala. This was a landmark event, as Sishupaala was famous for abusing Bhagawan Krishna a hundred times continuously, before being killed. He did not attack Bhagawan Krishna like other Raakshasaas did. All he did was to attack Bhagawan Krishna verbally, thereby provoking Bhagawan’s anger. Finally, as the hundredth abuse came from Sishupaala’s mouth, Bhagawan Krishna decided that enough is enough. He had indeed given a word to Sishupaala’s mother that He would be extremely patient with Sishupaala until the ninety-ninth abuse. But once that threshold was crossed, Bhagawan Krishna employs the “Chakra-Aayudha” and finishes Sishupaala on the spot! All this was happening in the midst of the grand “Raaja-sooya-Yagnya” that was being organized by Yudishtra.

It should be remembered that Sishupaala was one of Bhagawan Krishna’s cousins. Same is the relationship between Bhagawan Krishna and Arjuna too. We’ve already seen before that Arjuna was the son of Prutha, who is none other than Kunthi Devi. This Prutha too was one of Vasudeva’s sisters. Sishupaala’s mother too was one of Vasudeva’s sisters as well. It is very interesting to witness here that one of Bhagawan’s cousins, Arjuna was so devoted to Him and respected Him a lot, whereas the other cousin called Sishupaala was entirely opposite.

Also, we should remember here that this Sishupaala was none other than Vijaya who had taken birth along with Kamsa during the “Dvaapara Yuga”. We’ve already witnessed this story in the past – Jaya and Vijaya are the two important security guards outside of Vaikunta. Once, Sage Sanaka and Sage Sanatkumaara wanted to worship Bhagawan Vishnu at Vaikunta. But they were stopped at the gate by Jaya and Vijaya. Because of this, the sages cursed both Jaya and Vijaya that they would be born thrice in this world as Raakshasas and Bhagawan Vishnu would incarnate each time to liberate them back to Vaikunta. In the Krita Yuga, we’ve seen the twin brothers of Hiranyaaksha and Hiranya-Kashibu. In the Tretha Yuga we had witnessed the brothers of Ravana and Kumbhakarna. Now in this Dvaapara Yuga, we’re witnessing Kamsa and this Sishupaala. Thus, we should remember that Sishupaala was none other than Vijaya, who had to be liberated back to Vaikunta, and Bhagawan Krishna just aided the cause!

Moving on thus, after few more years, a childhood friend of Bhagawan Krishna wanted to meet Him after a long time. This friend was none other than Sudhaama or Kuchela. When Bhagawan Krishna was at Gokula, Sudhaama was one of His important companions during childhood. Also, Sudhaama accompanied Bhagawan Krishna to the “Paatashaala” or the “Gurukula” and both of them did all their education together. Thus, we can say that Sudhaama and Bhagawan Krishna were “classmates”! 🙂 However, once Bhagawan Krishna left Gokula for Mathura and Dwaaraka, He completely lost touch with all His childhood friends. However, His friends were yearning to meet Bhagawan Krishna through some means again. One of them was this Kuchela. We’re going to now witness a very important and an interesting “Charitra” here, as to how Kuchela came all the way to Dwaaraka to meet Bhagawan Krishna and what kind of a hospitality Sudhaama received! This “Charitra” is an epitome of how Bhagawan Krishna honours His devotees’ innocent and pure love and affection towards Him!

As days, months and years rolled by, Sudhaama gets married, obtains children, etc., however, he is totally stuck up with extreme poverty. He and his wife were not able to meet the daily requirement of three meals a day too. However, on the other hand, Bhagawan Krishna became the king of the grand Dwaaraka city and is leading a luxurious life. As days were progressing, Sudhaama’s family was being pushed into more and more poverty and his children were starving even without milk, curd, or anything. It is at this grief-stricken time, Sudhaama’s wife suggests an idea thus, “Oh Sudhaama! Do you remember your childhood friend Krishna? You even did your education together under Saandipani at Avantika. I heard from some sources that He’s now the king of Dwaaraka city. So, why don’t you get in touch with Him again and seek His help to alleviate ourselves from this extreme poverty? If Krishna sees you, I’m sure He would lend a helping hand in some way or the other!”

As his wife suggests thus, Sudhaama initially becomes angry. He’s replying back to his wife thus, “Oh! How can you have the heart to degrade my friendship with Bhagawan Krishna to this extent? How can I use my friendship to seek personal favors? Isn’t it a wrong practice to do such things? Won’t it deteriorate our level of friendship and bonding? What if Krishna thinks that I’m an opportunistic person and I’m coming to Him only to ask for favors and nothing else? Of course, I can ask Bhagawan Krishna for something else – “Moksha”. But not worldly things like these!”

Hearing thus from her husband, Sudhaama’s wife replies thus, “Oh Sudhaama! I understand what you’re saying. But think this way – Isn’t it an insult to Bhagawan Krishna if He’s letting His close friend and classmate suffer like this amidst poverty? If His devotees are starving in hunger, how can Bhagawan eat food happily? Won’t it be a wrong thing on His part to do? Atleast, if we’re not asking for any favour or anything, let us put a word to Him that we’re suffering badly!”

These words from his wife, are not very convincing for Sudhaama. However, he decides to take a chance – If not for asking a favor, atleast this would serve as an opportunity to have the divine darshan of Bhagawan Krishna after a long long time! Anyways, Sudhaama was adamant that he’s not going to ask anything to Bhagawan. With this heavy heart, he decided to commence his journey towards Dwaaraka. As Sudhaama gets ready to start, he thinks that he has to take something with him to meet Bhagawan. It is always a norm that whenever we’re going to visit an elderly person, we should not go empty-handed. We should always take something with us. Thus, Sudhaama takes a handful of “Aval” (Poha) with him, because, he knows that Bhagawan Krishna liked it so much during His childhood days. He now sets off to Dwaaraka, eager to meet Bhagawan Krishna!

So for today, let us also eagerly wait along with Sudhaama to meet Bhagawan Krishna. We shall witness in the next episode, the important events that conspired after this! Stay tuned! 🙂

 

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed the significance as to why should we make it a point to perform the “Shraadha-Karma” and the “Tharpana” for our parents and ancestors. More than doing all of it for aiding our parents and ancestors to attain “Moksha”, it is for us to attain “Moksha”. By doing all of these important duties correctly, we’re making Bhagawan to “tick all the boxes” so that He can take us with Him to Vaikunta. If we do everything correctly, it pleases Bhagawan’s heart that as His child born in this world, we’re doing what He has ordered us to do. With this, Bhagawan also gets the opportunity to uplift us and take us to the highest “Moksha”. We should remember this point clearly as we move forward.

Moving on thus, as Sage Naarada finishes his accord, Bhagawan Krishna feels that He should take part in Yudishtra’s “Raaja-Suya-Yagnya”. All of us know who Yudhistra is – he’s the eldest amongst the five “Paandava” brothers, and the sons of Kunthi Devi, who was the sister of Bhagawan Krishna’s father, Vasudeva. Thus, Yudishtra comes and invites Bhagawan Krishna to be his important guest for the grand Yagnya that he is performing. Accordingly, Bhagawan Krishna too accepts that invitation and He starts for the same, to Indraprastha. It is at this time, Sishupaala tries to stop Yudishtra from inviting Bhagawan Krishna.

We should understand here that Sishupaala was Bhagawan Krishna’s cousin, just like how the Paandavas were. Sishupaala was the son of another sister of Vasudeva and Bhagawan Krishna was his cousin brother. However, since Sishupaala did not get to marry Rukmini Devi, as planned earlier, (We’re going to witness during the last episodes as to how Bhagawan Krishna “eloped” Rukmini Devi along with Him. It’s a very interesting Charitra) he was enraged with Bhagawan Krishna! So he was looking for an opportunity to malign Bhagawan Krishna for His “atrocious” act. Thus, here he gets one! Sishupaala was also part of the “Raaja-Suya Yagnya” and he was sitting right at the midst of all the happenings. When Bhagawan Krishna enters into the place where the Yagnya was being conducted, Yudishtra runs to the entrance to give all the respects and welcome Him on board.

As Bhagawan Krishna enters inside, Sishupaala stops Him then and there! He turns towards Yudishtra and asks angrily thus, “Oh Yudishtra! Why are you calling a person who is so unruly in nature? Who is He to attend such an important and an auspicious event? What qualification does He have to attend this event? Why is he being called? It is like insulting me!” Upon hearing this sudden blast from Sishupaala, Yudishtra replies back, “Oh Sishupaala! Please do not underestimate Bhagawan Krishna! He’s the epitome of all “Dharma” put together in this world. He is my guest and it is my bound duty to welcome such an esteemed person to this event! So please do not stop this from happening!”

Upon hearing thus, Sishupaala is now raging with anger and frustration! He now recollects all the insult that Bhaagwan Krishna had inflicted upon him in the past! He thus stands up and starts abusing Bhagawan Krishna verbally! Bhagawan Krishna, on his part, is observing all of this calmly without any hiccup! He knows what is going to conspire at the end of all this! He’s waiting patiently with a smile! Meanwhile, Sishupaala starts his accord of abusive words! Iin fact, he had a huge dictionary of all sort of verbal abuses in his kitty! Thus, he unleashes word after word and Bhagawan Krishna is patiently hearing out all of this.

It is when Sishupaala abuses Bhagawan Krishna for the 100’th time, Bhagawan Krishna loses His calm and composure. He now decides that He has had enough from Sishupaala! Bhagawan Krishna thus gets up from his chair angrily, employs His “Chakra” on Sishupaala! The very fact that the “Chakra” is coming towards him with a great speed and intensity, stuns Sishupaala to bits! He did not expect this to happen!

As Sishupaala does not know how to escape from it, the “Chakra” attacks him and burns him to death on the spot! Sishupaala is burnt to ashes! Thus, Bhagawan Krishna finishes Sishupaala with this “Leela”. He was patient till Sishupaala abused him for 99 times, because He had given a word to Sishupaala’s mother that He would not kill Sishupaala so easily. Thus, Bhagawan kept His promise, but when the 100’th abuse came from Sishupaala’s mouth, Bhagawan Krishna had no other option but to kill him!

So for today, let us understand this experience of the “Sishupaala-Vadam” and let us wait till the next episode to continue things further! Stay tuned! J

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed the continuation of the important discussion between Sage Naarada and Bhagawan Krishna, in terms of executing all important aspects of “Dharma” meticulously. Here, Sage Naarada explains that Bhagawan Krishna is meticulously following all procedures that are involved in respecting elderly people and guests who come to see Him. Whenever a guest comes to meet Him, Bhagawan runs forward towards them, washes their feet with water, offers eight pieces of sesame, holds their hands and takes them inside His dwelling place. As an offshoot discussion, we had also witnessed why we should stand up and prostrate fully in front of elderly people, inclusive of our parents, “Guru”, etc. We witnessed the science behind it as well. As such, our “Sanaatana Dharma” is more scientific than any other religion in this world, we clearly see here that every principle or aspect of Dharma that it talks about, has both the “respect” and the “Scientific” factors attached to it. Thus, we should understand here that whatever we’re doing as part of our everyday life routine as per our “Sanaatana Dharma” principles, has enormous scientific meanings, which many scientists and researchers today are acknowledging across the world.

Subsequently, we also witnessed yesterday, the importance of performing our “Shraadha Karma” perfectly and regularly. Sage Naarada is adding a point here that Bhagawan Krishna is an epitome for doing this meticulously as well. We might wonder here as to why should Bhagawan do all of these! Again, as I had mentioned earlier, only if Bhagawan performs all the duties correctly, will we be able to follow His footsteps. Having said thus, we’ve to now witness why is it important for us to perform our “Shraadha Karma” properly. As the name itself suggests – “Shraadha” means, “Perfection” or “Shraddha”. It simply means “Performing our actions with utmost “Shraddha” or Perfection”. This “Shraadha Karma” is normally performed for our parents when they depart from this world and reach Vaikunta. Of course, as we do it for our parents, we also offer the “Shraadha” for three previous generations before our parents – Our grandfathers and great grandfathers. By doing so, we are releasing them from the clutches of this “Samsaara” (Worldly materialistic life) completely and sending them off to “Moksha”.

Many of us might have some of these questions lingering in our minds for a while now:

1. Why at all should I perform this “Shraadha Karma”?

2. How important is this? Will my parents attain “Moksha” only if I perform the “Shraadha Karma” for them?

3. Will my grandfathers and parents curse me if I don’t do the “Shraadha Karma” properly?

Let us witness the answers for these questions one by one. Let’s go in the reverse order. For the question whether our parents and grandparents might curse us if we don’t perform the “Shraadha Karma” – No parent or grandparent would ever curse us for anything. Afterall they’re the people who love us a lot and who’ve given us all possible things in our lives, isn’t it? If that’s the case, why should they curse us? Of course, they would forgive us even if we fail to do our “Karma”. But, the point here is that, if we’re not performing the “Shraadha Karma” regularly, their hearts would start weeping and eventually they would feel sad thinking thus, “Oh! I had dedicated my life for the upliftment for this child, but after my departure, my child has completely forgotten me and all the sacrifices that I did for him!” This “heavy feeling” of our parents and grandparents is what is going to impact us a lot! This is what we call as “Pitru-Shaapa” or “Curse of the Pitru Devatas”. This is what all astrologers would tell us when we go to them with all our life problems. They would advice us to restart our “Shraadha karma” and to continue it without a break.

Secondly, for the question – Will my parents / grandparents attain “Moksha” only if I do the “Shraadha Karma” – The answer is “No”! Each person attains “Moksha” on account of his / her “Paapa” (Sins) and “Punya” (Good deeds) accounts. It is not going to be with the “Shraadha Karma” that we do. But then, the first question assumes lot of significance here – If our parents and grandparents are going to attain “Moksha” through their “Paapa” and “Punya”, why at all should we take so much of pains to do all of these? The important answer here is that, we perform the “Shraadha Karma” properly today so that, we would qualify ourselves tomorrow to attain “Moksha”! If we’re performing our “Shraadha Karma” properly, Bhagawan gets pleased with our actions. He puts the “tick mark” at the correct places, saying that we’ve fulfilled the duties that we’re supposed to perform as a human being. Eventually Bhagawan gets happy with us thus, “Oh! This child is meticulously performing all the duties and responsibilities as a human being, despite so many hiccups that he undergoes. Hence, I should grant him “Moksha” for sure!” This is what we’ve to understand from this entire discussion.

Thus, the point here is that, when Sage Naarada explains that Bhagawan Krishna is performing all the “Shraadha Karma” properly, it is a way to indicate to all of us that we too should perform all of it inn the proper prescribed way. If we do it meticulously, we are making a clear case for both ourselves and our parents / grandparents to attain “Moksha” by pleasing Bhagawan’s heart! So for today, let us understand this important point, and let us wait for the next episode to witness further! Stay tuned! 🙂

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed a very important point as part of the discussion wherein Bhagawan Krishna is uncompromising on all the various aspects of “Dharma” that a common man in this world should follow. We spoke about the importance of getting up from our chair and respecting elders when they come in front of us. We’ve eventually witnessed the science behind it as well, wherein the “Praana-Vayu” moves up automatically from our chest towards our head, as an elderly person comes near us. If we’re standing up as per the direction of the “Praana-Vayu”, it means that we’re going along with the flow of energy. Whereas, if we’re not standing up, the “Praana-Vayu” continues to flow upwards, and thereby exits through our porous openings of our hair strands, our skin, etc., which leaves us dull, tired, and almost to a state wherein we’re totally dead! Thus, in order to make sure that our “Praana-Vayu” sustains in our chest and to prevent it from moving out of our body, we should go with the flow and stand up in respect for people who are elderly to us.

Similarly, there is a science behind why we prostrate in front of elderly people, including our parents, our “Guru” (Teacher), and others. We call this as “Shaashtaanga-Pranaama” or “Shaashtaanga-Namaskaara”. While we’re prostrating in front of elders, our eight different body parts should touch the ground. Our two hands should come forward, clubbed together as we do worship. Similarly, our legs too should come together. Also, our chest, stomach, knees, etc. also should touch the ground. The act of bringing our legs together while prostrating conveys the message to the elderly person that, “Oh! I’m worshipping you with all my respect. I do not have anybody else in this world to surrender to!”  Similarly, the act of bringing our hands together while prostrating should convey the message to that elderly person thus, “Oh! I’m holding on to you tightly with all my surrender and heart. Please do not let me slip away from your clutch!” Thus, prostrating in front of an elderly person conveys several important messages like these, and as per our “Sanaatana Dharma”, both the gestures of standing up and prostrating assume lot of significance in terms of shaping up our value system. We should realize and remember this for our lifetime.

Thus, as Sage Naarada explains all of this, he is saying that Bhagawan Krishna is doing all of these to all the elderly people whoever is coming in search of Him. Normally it should be the other way round – All of us, irrespective of our age, should get up and prostrate in front of Bhagawan Krishna, but here, the reverse is happening. Again, we should understand here that Bhagawan Krishna is demonstrating to the world as to how to respect elders. We should take it in this sense as we move on. Moreover, Sage Naarada explains that Bhagawan Krishna is also offering water and sesame (“Thila” in Sanskrit or “Ellu” in Tamil) to those people who come to meet Him, as a token of respect. Why should we offer this sesame to our guests, along with water? In our Sanaatana Dharma it is mentioned that if we give eight pieces of sesame to someone, it is equivalent of performing the “Shraadha” for our ancestors and forefathers.

Of course, having said this, we should never leave the routine practice of performing our “Shraadha-Karma” for our parents when they depart. Either it is on the “Amaavaasya” (No Moon day), or the starting day of a month, or during an eclipse time, or during the “Uttharaayana Punya-Kaala” or “Dakshinaayana Punya-Kaala”, or whatever it might be – We should make sure that we’re offering the “Tharpana” or “Shraadha” to our departed parents and to our ancestors. If at all we fail to fulfill these fundamental obligations for whatsoever reasons, the ill effects of this would start hitting back at our family, three generations after ours. If for instance, we’re facing many problems and difficulties in our lives, we would immediately go to the astrologer to find out the reasons for our sufferings, isn’t it? What would the astrologer say? He might say that it is all because of the “Pitru-Dosha” – This means that some of our great grandfathers, three generations ago, would have failed to perform their “Shraadha-Karma” properly. This is why we are suffering today!

Thus, we witness here that there are dire consequences if we fail to perform our “Shraadha-Karma”. I’ve spoken about this multiple times in the past episodes as well. Here thus, Bhagawan Krishna is explaining to us through actions, that if we offer eight pieces of sesame to an elderly guest, it is equivalent of performing the “Shraadha-Karma”. So for today, let us understand this much, and we shall continue this important discussion in the next episode, wherein I shall once again highlight the importance of performing our “Shraadha-Karma” meticulously. Stay tuned! 😊

 

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed the continuation of an important discussion as to why is Bhagawan taking all the pains to perform all the vital tasks and “Dharma” that a normal human being should perform in this world. As an overwhelmed Sage Naarada asks Bhagawan Krishna for the reason behind this, Bhagawan clearly states that if He’s not going to perform any of these, people in the world are going to start taking cues from His actions only. People would start arguing thus, “Oh! Bhagawan Krishna Himself did not do anything, yet He was very happy and contented. Why should we do?” In order to avoid this, Bhagawan Krishna makes sure that He performs all what is prescribed in the Vedas and Upanishads and serves as a role-model for people like us to follow.

Upon seeing all this, Sage Naarada exclaims further! He’s more and more overwhelmed with what he’s seeing. He is summarizing here as to what all he is seeing. He says that apart from the “Pancha-Maha-Yagnyas”, Bhagawan Krishna is regularly performing the “Sandhyavandana”, chanting the Gayatri Mantra, performing the “Argya-Pradhaana”, etc. as part of the daily routine spiritual practices. Moreover, He’s also performing “Goo-Puja” (Spiritual offerings given to the holy cow), “Vipra-Puja” (Performing all respects for Brahmins who are scholarly in the Vedas and Upanishads), “Devata-Puja” (Performing all respects for the various “Devatas” or “celestial beings), “Vriddha-Puja” (Performing all respects for people who are aged), “Guru-Puja” (Performing all respects for the “Guru” or the “Teacher”) and “Bhoota-Puja” (Performing all respects to all sorts of living beings in this world).

We can see here that Sage Naarada here stresses upon the “Bhoota-Yagnya” and “Bhoota-Puja” repeatedly because, it is extremely important for us to take care of all living beings equally, without harming them. Even if it is a small fly or a dog or a cat or a hen or any bird or animal, etc. we should make sure that we exhibit our love and affection towards them at all times, and not to harm them in any way. If we happen to harm them, Sage Naarada emphasizes that Bhagawan is never going to like us for the “Himsa” that we do. Afterall they are poor animals who cannot talk and express themselves like us. Moreover, we do not have any right to take away another living being’s life. It is only Bhagawan who has the right to do so. If we’re involving ourselves in what Bhagawan has to do, He’s obviously going to get angry upon us, isn’t it? Hence, as far as possible, we should try and avoid hurting or killing other animals and living beings around us. Rather, we should take good care of them and ensure that they’re well fed and happy.

Apart from all of these, Sage Naarada explains one more important point here – If a guest (Atithi) is coming to pay a visit to Bhagawan Krishna at Dwaaraka, even if he / she is walking towards Him a mile apart, He would immediately stand up, run towards the guest, greet him / her with a beaming smile, wash his / her feet with clean water, pay all the respects to him / her, hold their hands and take them inside His palace! Such was the respect that Bhagawan Krishna gave to His guests, who had come to visit Him all the way. Bhagawan Krishna understands the amount of pain that people are taking to come all the way to visit Him. Hence, He honors them with all possible respect and comfort.

In this context, we’ve to learn and understand a very important point – If for instance, an elderly person is walking towards us, we should stand up from our seat and give respect to that person. This is an extremely important practice that our “Sanaatana Dharma” preaches. Many of us might know about it, and might be doing it as well. But there is a science behind this gesture. If an elderly person is walking towards us, our “Praana-Vaayu” (Inhaling oxygen) would rise up and urge us automatically to stand up and pay our respects to that person. If we’re getting up along with the push and the flow of our “Praana-Vaayu”, it would stay up at the level of our chest and heart and would not move further upwards towards our face and head. If on the contrary, we’re not getting up and paying respect to the elderly person, the urge of the “Praana-Vayu” would take it above our neck, to our face and head and exits out of our body through the porous openings at the top of our head. As a result of this, we become totally tired and energy-less! We would lose all our strength completely.

This is why we emphasize that if we see an elderly person in front of us, we’ve to stand up and give respect to him / her. The reason behind this practice is that, if we’re moving towards the direction of our “Praana-Vaayu”, it is going to sustain and establish normalcy in our body functioning. If we’re going against the direction of our “Praana-Vayu”, it is going to affect our physical and mental well-being. This is why we see many people who are disrespecting elders, suffering from various forms of physical and mental problems and diseases. Hence, we should understand this important point here, and make sure that we stand up from our seats and respect elders when they’re walking in front of us. Of course, this is a form of respect that we pay to them, but at the same time, we’re taking care of our own health too.

So for today, let us focus on this point and let us make sure that we put it in practice. In the next episode, we shall discuss why we prostrate in front of elders. This is also an extremely important discussion. Stay tuned! 🙂

In the previous episode, we had witnessed yet another important event, wherein Sage Naarada pays a surprise visit to Bhagawan Krishna and family. As Sage Naarada observes Bhagawan Krishna and His wives, he is amazed to see how meticulously Bhagawan Krishna follows all the aspects of “Dharma” without any single blemish. Notwithstanding, Sage Naarada asks Bhagawan Krishna as to why is He following all the aspects of “Dharma” and isn’t He an exception from all of it? Of course, Sage Naarada’s question was very apt because, Bhagawan Krishna Himself declares in His Bhagawad Gita that He’s apart from all sorts of “Karma” that normal people like us in this world have to go through. He is truly an exception from all what we’ve to undergo in this human birth, and no “Karma” can ever attack Him in any way. Moreover, Bhagawan’s incarnation is not because of His past deeds, but it is He who voluntarily incarnates Himself for the betterment of the world. If this is the case, how is “Karma” even relevant in Bhagawan Krishna’s life? This is why Sage Naarada is posing this important question to Bhagawan Krishna – If “Karma” is not going to have any effect on Him, why should He follow all the procedures of a normal human being?

The important answer to this, as we witnessed in yesterday’s episode is that, although Bhagawan is not going to get affected by “Karma”, He performs all duties as a normal human being because, He wants to set Himself as a role model to all of us, that we too should perform all our “Karma” like how He does. He voluntarily takes it up on Him to follow all the procedures of education, obeying parents’ words, respecting the “Guru”, etc. This is what we’ve to learn from Sage Naarada’s interaction with Bhagawan Krishna.

Moving on with the interaction thus, Bhagawan Krishna performs the “Pancha-Maha-Yagnya” every single day. This “Pancha-Maha-Yagnya” should be performed by every male member of the household. They are, “Brahma-Yagnya”, “Deva-Yagnya”, “Pitru-Yagnya”, “Bhoota-Yagnya” and “Manushya-Yagnya”. Apart from this, some other important principles of “Dharma” like serving food to the needy, taking care of all living beings equally without blemish, performing our “Sandyavandana” and “Tharpana” for our forefathers and ancestors regularly, reciting the Vedas regularly, etc. should be performed without fail by any person who is leading a “Grihasta” lifestyle. Sage Naarada explains here that Bhagawan Krishna is doing all of these without fail and with utmost perfection.

We might have a question here – Why should we perform all of this? What are we going to gain by doing all of this every passing day? The answer is very important for all of us to understand here – While we’re in our “Grihasta” lifestyle, we are extremely vulnerable to commit a huge number of sins every single day. Even though we might be extremely careful in many regards, we might still commit one or two sins here and there without our knowledge too – For instance, we might kill a mosquito or an ant or a fly, etc. just because they would have bitten us during our sleep. This might have been an involuntary action of ours, but the sin remains, isn’t it? Whether we kill a mosquito voluntarily or involuntarily doesn’t matter – We might still be ending up on the wrong side. Similarly, when we lit our gas stove everyday for cooking, we might be killing thousands of germs that might be invisible to our eyes, isn’t it? If we’re sweeping our floor everyday with water and soap, again we’re killing thousands of germs. While we’re taking bath every morning, again we’re killing several thousands of germs that might be sticking to various parts of our body.

But having said all this, we might ask a counter question here – “Oh! If that’s the case, shouldn’t we cook? Shouldn’t we take a shower every day? Shouldn’t we mop our floor and keep our house clean? If we’re not doing all of these, how do we live our life?” Here is where we’re performing the “Pancha-Maha-Yagnya”. We’re performing this ritual to eliminate all the sins that we’re committing without our knowledge and because we do not have another option to prevent it. Thus, all of these are extremely important for us to eliminate then and there, because, if we let these sins accumulate, we’re only going to add to our “Paapa-Karma”. For eliminating all of these, we might have to take several births in the future too, which we never know! This is the reason why Bhagawan Krishna Himself illustrates to all of us that if we’re performing all these duties properly, we can escape the wrath of our “Bad Karma” accumulating. For instance, if we feed the left over food to the dogs, cats and other animals in our locality, this satisfies the “Bhoota-Yagnya”. If we regularly chant the Vedas and perform our spiritual routine every day, we’re satisfying the “Brahma-Yagnya”. If we’re fasting on the “Ekaadashi” day and serving a detailed breakfast or lunch to a guest (Atithi) who visits us on the “Dvaadashi” day, we’re satisfying the “Manushya-Yagnya”. Thus, we see here that these “Pancha-Maha-Yagnyas” are not really complex ones for us to implement – These are just part of our regular lives and if we’re consciously doing all of these properly, we can be rest-assured that Bhagawan is going to wash off all our sins that we’re committing unknowingly or without an option.

Thus, from yesterday’s and today’s episodes, we should clearly understand that Bhagawan is performing all the “Nitya-Anushtaanas” and all the important “Karmas” that normal human beings should perform, because He wants to set Himself as a role model for all of us to follow. It is only when He does it properly with perfection, will people like us do! 😊 Else we would start “passing the buck” thus – “Oh! Bhagawan Himself didn’t do anything! So why should I do?” In order to avoid such a situation, Bhagawan takes it upon Himself to perform all of it and show. So let us understand this important point today and let us wait till the next episode to witness further. Stay tuned! 😊

 

In the previous episode, we had witnessed yet another important that Sage Sukhaachaarya narrates – This time it was about Balarama and how he entered into a fight with River Yamuna. Balarama had come to the river bank to perform his daily spiritual rituals, but was lazy enough to walk till the bank. He stopped few feet before that and demanded that River Yamuna should change her course and come near his feet. As Mother Yamuna refused, Balarama unleashed his muscle power and started to draw the river closer to where he was! Unable to bear the pressure at one stage, Mother Yamuna realizes her folly of getting into a duo with the powerful Balarama. She expresses her profound apologies for her arrogance and thus, changes her course a little bit, to suit Balarama’s requirement. This is why we would witness even today, some 15 miles north-northwest of Mathura city, at a place called “Ram-Ghat” or “Balram-Ghat”, the Yamuna river takes a unique deviation from its normal course of running. This is because, Balarama had pulled her towards him to exhibit his immense power and strength.

Moving on thus, we now go into the next narrative. This is going to be a very interesting event here. As Bhagawan Krishna had by now, killed Narakasura and had married all the 16,108 women whom he had imprisoned, He, along with Rukmini Devi, Satyabhama and Jaambhavati were all leading a happy and a peaceful life at Dwaaraka. It is at this point, Sage Naarada has an urge to pay a visit to Bhagawan Krishna and pay his respects to Him. He wanted to see how Bhagawan Krishna is following the “Grihastha Dharma”. Even today, we see in many television and realty shows isn’t it? People ask thus: “What if you become the prime minister of this country for a day? What if you become the chief minister of your state for a day? What all would you do, starting from morning till evening? What would be your daily routine?” These kinds of shows are catching up big time in the television screen today. It is with this same curiosity, is Sage Naarada coming too. He wanted to see how Bhagawan Krishna is enjoying His married life with all His wives, children and grandchildren. He comes and observes Bhagawan Krishna from a distance! He is seeing all the daily routines that Bhagawan Krishna performs from morning till evening. Similarly, Sage Naarada observes all of Bhagawan Krishna’s wives and witnesses the various aspects of the “Sthree-Dharma” (Important aspects of Dharma that a woman should adhere to).

As Sage Naarada observes all of these closely for a full day, he was amazed! He thought to himself thus, “Oh wow! Bhagawan Krishna, all though He might be the supreme and all-pervasive in this world, is following all the important aspects of “Dharma” that a man should follow in his life. He might have easily skipped few of the aspects, just because He’s Bhagawan, but He doesn’t do that. In fact, He does each and every duty as a normal person, more sincerely and orderly than even a normal person should do!” Upon seeing thus, Sage Naarada couldn’t hold back his urge. He straightaway goes to Bhagawan Krishna, pays his respects and asks Him thus, “Oh Bhagawan! I’ve been observing you for a day now. Both you and your wives have been executing all the possible aspects of Dharma correctly without any blemish. You’re Bhagawan, and there’s no requirement that you do everything whatever normal people should do. Yet, why are you taking so much pain and strain and doing all these?”

Bhagawan Krishna listens to Sage Naarada and laughs out loud! He replies to Sage Naarada thus, “Oh Naarada! If I do not perform all these tasks meticulously today, nobody would perform anything in this world! People would immediately start saying, “Oh! Bhagawan Himself did not do.. Hence, why should I?” I do not want to give rise to such a situation. Hence, I’m taking all efforts to perform all the duties, so that people can learn from my actions!”

We’ve seen this same narrative even during our Ramayana project too. When Sage Vishwamitra is taking Bhagawan Rama and Lakshmana towards Mithilapuri, he’s making the two children wake up early in the morning, and making them perform their daily “Sandhyavandana”. We might immediately ask thus: “Oh! Why should Bhagawan Rama do Sandyavandana? He doesn’t need to, since He Himself is Bhagawan!” We’ve witnessed the same answer during that discussion as well – If Bhagawan Rama is not performing the Sandyavandana, immediately what would we say? “Oh! Bhagawan Rama Himself skipped Sandyavandana! So can we! What is wrong in skipping Sandyavandana or what is wrong if we’re not doing it at all?” It is only to avoid all of this, Bhagawan Rama is taking it upon Himself to plug in all the “loopholes”.

Similarly, we might also see that both Bhagawan Rama and Bhagawan Krishna are obeying their “Guru”. In the case of Bhagawan Rama, we’ve seen how He obeyed each and every word of His Guru – Sage Vasishtaachaarya and Sage Vishwaamitra. Similarly here too, we’ve witnessed how Bhagawan Krishna obeyed His “Guru”. This is very important too. Bhagawan Krishna thus continues His reply to Sage Naarada thus, “Oh Naarada! Why do you think I went to a Guru formally to undergo the Gurukula-Vaasa? Don’t you think I know everything? I do! But, the world wouldn’t accept if I do not go to a Guru and if I loiter around just like that! People should realize that there is a methodology that needs to be followed when it comes to education! It is only to establish and re-establish these facts and “Dharma”, that I’m personally doing everything!”

This is a very important learning for all of us here – Bhagawan’s incarnations aren’t just to kill people who are evil and wicked. They are also meant to establish Dharma, to teach the Dharma to the world. Bhagawan Krishna clearly explains this to Arjuna too in the Bhagawad Gita by saying, “Dharma Samsthaabhanaarthaaya”, which means, He is incarnating every time to establish and re-establish Dharma in this world. One way of doing that is to set a role model of Himself performing all the aspects of Dharma. So for today, let us understand this important point! We shall wait till the next episode to continue this important discussion further! Stay tuned! 😊