Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Enviousness and its end!

Verse 1.17.9 (Srinivas Acharya Prji):

* "O son of Surabhi, you need lament no longer now. There is no need to fear this low-class śūdra. And, O mother cow, as long as I am living as the ruler and subduer of all envious men, there is no cause for you to cry. Everything will be good for you."
* 3 points that Maharaj Parikshit is mentioning here
- Surabhi as mother
- One who is hurting the mother is a low class sudra
- Identifying himself as the ruler and subduer of all enviousmen
* For all the enviousmen, Krishna creates this material world and also gives the Varnashrama dharma.
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* We have history from Ramayana and other scriptures as to how some people born of Brahmanas were themselves actually so envious of the Lord and causing trouble to cows and brahmanas.
* Eg: Ravana
* Goal of Varnashrama dharma is to please vishnu.
* One who attacks such an dharma will immediately become a demon. Same with Ravana.
* Another Eg: Hiranyakasipu was the son of a brahmana, Sage Kasyapu. He also killed cows and trouble brahmanas, in the end was killed by Lord Vishnu
* Another eg: Lavanasura, cousin of Ravana, finally killed by Shatrugna
* So as Krishna Himself says that this Varnashrama dharma has been made on guna and karma, not on janma, so if someone exhibits specific qualities, he will fall in the such and such varna's. Birth does not give one right to any specific varna.
* Here, Maharaj PArikshit is assuring mother cow that he will protect her as long as he was living on this planet.
* SP: In order to please Krishna, one has to please cows and brahmanas.
* Cows give milk, which SP mentions to be "MIRACLE FOOD"
* In order to advance this vedic culture, Krishna Consciousness has been put forward by SP and is open to all irrespective of caste, creed, sex, nationality or anything else.
* Chanting the Holy name is at the center of the Varnashrama Dharma in this Kali Yuga.

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