God - The Creator

God - The Creator

Wednesday 12 November, 2008

Shishyasteaham(I am your Student, my Lord)

One precious moment in Arjun's life was when he surrendered to Lord Krishna and said "shishyasteaham, Shadimam" He said "I am your student, Oh Lord! Rule on me, guide me.Show me the direction"
He was a warrior, a fighter, a very proficient arrow shooter. He had never given up in any war. He was a prince, highly egoistic. First time in his life he bowed, he surrendered to Lord Krishna, a true friend.

In such a big universe do we have somebody to whom we can surrender. We can have trust and agree to lead life as per his instructions. Man is filled with Ego which does not allow him to bend.
Parikshit, a king, grandson of Arjun, surrendered to Saint Sukhdev and asked him to give direction.
That was valuable time in his life. The same way King Janak bowed to Ashtavakar.
Sant Kabir took directions from his Guru Ramanand and that became a golden moment for him.
Swami Vivekanand became Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans's disciple. He gained his knowledge in Swami Paramhans's feet.
There are many true saints who would always guide you when in need. They can atleast tell you that what are you and why are you here on this earth? Don't hesitate to quench your thirst, your willingness to know about Almighty from a true saint.

If the saint is not able to answer your wish, your queries about God then He is not an honest saint. He will misguide you. We know we are all highly educated, we have enough of knowledge about religious books. But knowledge alone is not suffcient. There should be true guide to help us bring that knowledge in practice, help us to preach and be under right direction.

If your desire is genuine and the thirst is real, the Lord knows, He will find a true guide for you. Wait for his blessings and have full faith in him.
As with the blessing of Lord Krishna, Arjun attained the true knowledge and his Ego, Moha all desires vanished. He became pure and said "My moha is gone and it is all because of you, your blessings this could happen. It is your prasad(Tuva Prasadh)

Lord Krishna told Arjun " if you cannot do japa, tapa,path, pooja, dhyan, samadhi, cannot do fast, cannot go to temples or pilgrimage, cannot believe in dharma, arth but atleast you can have shradha(Faith) in me. You only do naman to me. Naman means Na(no) man(mind). You give your mind to me and rest I will take care of." Can we surrender our mind to the Lord which is all the time wandering from end to another. It is never stable.

Amongst Pandavas why God chose to guide Arjun. There was Yudhisthir, who was called dharamraj, highly religious, who would always speak truth. There was Bheem who was very powerful. Even Nakul and Shadev were very kind. But Lord Krishna gave knowledge of Gita to only Arjun because he was very simple(saral) and easy(sahaj) and spontaneous. Whatever was in his mind he would straight away tell or agree, a straight forward. No double mind.

Lord abides in the minds of those who are easy, simple, there is no double thinking in them. They do whatever is in their mind. There is nothing hidden from the lord. Lord knows us very well. He can judge and select only those who agree with him.

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