Hinduism
believe
in the immortal
of the four Vedas, these primordial hymns are God's word and the basic
principle
of Sanatana Dharma, the eternal religion.
It has grown
based on its vast sources of ancient Vedas, 108 Upanishats, Epics,
Puranas and other
religious texts. Understanding Vedas are
a tough task unless
one is a genius; hence all Puranic
scriptures came
for easy understanding to a common
people, which
are fully essence of Vedas.
This
story is from
Sri Vishnu Puranam.
2Nd
Amsam
Bharata
was born in the Solar Dynasty, in the line of Svayambhuva Manu , the
eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by the name of
Rishabhaswar who ruled over the earth. When Rishabhaswar became old
he entrusted the rule of his kingdom to Bharata and retired to the
forest to perform austerity.
Bharata
married a girl named Panchajani and five sons were born to them.
Bharata ruled the earth for a long time in a just manner. He
performed a number of yagas, worshipped God in the prescribed manner
and did many dharmic acts. Thus, he earned much merit. Whenever
time permits he use to go to the forest and
stay in the hermitage of the Rishi Pulaha on the banks of river
Gandaki and by means of his austerities he
became a great sage. When Bharata became old,
he divided his kingdom among his five sons and, following his father,
went to the forest to perform austerity.
One day as usual he went to
river to have bath, also there was a deer came to drink water to
the same river it
was full term pregnant when it was drinking water
heard the roaring
sound of
a line it fearfully
ran and climb a near
by hill but unexpectedly it delivered, the baby fawn fall in the
river but the mother deer died on shock. The sage
Bharatha saw this
and pity on the baby fawn he took to his hermitage and he brought up
with affection, in the due course he was so attached with
it and always his
thinking, passion, love only with the deer, he forgot all his
asceticism all the time he was after the deer. At last he fall sick
and died. Consequently he re-born as a deer. However because
of his previous
virtues austerity he has complete memory of his previous birth,(The
Vedas
Puranas say that a
man will be born in his next birth as that thing about which he was
thinking most at the time of his death. Therefore wise men advise
people to think of Supreme Personality of Parabrahmam
Sri Krishna,
Sri Rama
so that it will become a habit and thus after death achieve God's
abode.)
As a result of his austerity
and merits having
almost reached perfection but
cause
of attachment on the
deer he held up yet
Bharata (born as deer
) could remember its
past by the Lord's grace. It
regretted: "How foolish of me to have forgotten my austerity
and become attached
to an animal? And now I suffer for it, being born an animal. I shall
not repeat the mistake." thinking
this the deer left
its mother and began living in the vicinity of a sages
hermitages spending
all its time thinking of God. One day it
died near the hermitage and again he born to a Brahmin family, and
he born with previous virtues knowledge and he
also learnt Vedas
sastras he became as genius so
he attained atma gyanam (self realization) so he did not have any of
customs or formalities. His father was regretfully worried about
him one day
because of his worry on his son he fall sick and died. After his
father all his elder brothers use to insult him and their wives were
giving the stale food
to him at last his brothers put him to watch their fields like a
scarecrow. He never hesitate to eat any
kind of food or to
work. he looks strong and all his hair completely became Curling
Locks so people use to call him as 'Jadabharathar' though
he is an
Atma gyani he was leading his life like an
ignorant. One day
there was a
group of Kapalikas
(introduction:
The Kapalikas
are so arrogant and
the quality of nature being impure
and are
against Vedic laws.)
where searching a
person to give Narabali to
their deity, so when
they were searching
they saw
Jada Bharathar and
immediately ran to their chief and told that they have found a person
sitting alone in
the field. The
chief happily ordered them
to bring him so they
came and took him to the chief, Jadabharathar
did not hesitate just he followed them. the
chief saw him
and asked his men to do the preparation to give offer
to their deity. They
took him to near a water source, made him to sit on a rock and poured
water on him, dressed him with a wild flower garland brought and
made him to sit in front of the sacrificial pit. The
chief was chanting the hymn loudly the flame rose
very high all of
sudden Devi Kali ferociously emerged from the fire she killed all the
Kapalikas blessed
Jadabharathar
and disappeared. Jadabharathar came out of the cave
walked for few yards found a road side
rock he came and sitting
there. In the mean
time the king
Rahugana of Sauvira Kingdom were looking for a man to help them to
carry
the king's palanquin. The soldiers
took Jadabharathar and made him one of the four to carry the
palanquin. The king was going to Sage Kapila's hermitage on the banks
of the river Ikshumati to gain spiritual knowledge,
('though Jadabharathar was a scholar
he has to deprive his past deeds so he was carrying the palanquin')
Whenever Jadabharathar saw insects on the
ground he jumped above them and that made the palanquin jerk
violently. The king who was riding bumped his head as a result, also
the
king felt the
palanquin's movement was
very slow. The
king got very annoyed and ordered
them to walk fast,
but there is no change but the king more irritated and
shouted them so all
other bearers told to king that “your majesty we are going fast but
this new man is moving very slow” as
soon as the king saw
Jadabharathar asked
him "What is
wrong?" "Haven’t you borne the palanquin only for a
little while? How is it that you are tired? Can’t you bear a little
burden? You look quite strong to me.?"
Jadabharathar
saw the king and replied “O king I am neither bearing the
palanquin nor strong, moreover I am either tired or feeling sorrow”
heard this the King without understanding the meaning of the words
said” Yes indeed you look strong, you are bearing my palanquin on
your shoulders in this mean any of the man or animal will feel
tired why are you bluffing to me?
Jadabharathar
replied that “O king you said that you have seen some thing tell me
first about that thing then we can discourse about strong,
furthermore you said that I am
bearing the palanquin, that statement
is absolutely lie; I
tell you something
two feet on the ground two legs on the feet then thighs
the part of the leg
between the hip and the knee
then stomach,
and it is supporting
the
chest
two
hands shoulders. the palanquin is on the shoulders wherefore
how I feel heavy?”.
in addition
your
body is sitting in the palanquin in the same way my body part is
bearing the palanquin in
the this
way 'you'
are in your body 'I'
am also in my body O king realize you, me and others are bearing on
five elements,(Pancha
bootham) even this
five elements also
sunk into nature as
ocean acting
according to its
order, the
Philosophy is based
on nature, and the nature controls the deeds, the deeds earns by
ignorance, yet 'Atman' is ever pure, it would not destroyed, grow or
no death, it is
always same and greater
than any thing in the world.
Hence
how did you tell me as I am corpulent? Besides
If I feel heavy you and others also have the same feeling, not only
the palanquin even this forest, mountain, home every thing is weight
to a mankind however
the atman is different from the body so there is no question that I
am bearing this palanquin". Saying this he proceed
further bearing the palanquin.
The king
was struck by the reply. He asked
to stop the palanquin and stepped
down and falling at the feet of Jadabharathar
asked him to forgive him for his ignorance and said
“O
swamy who are you I request
you
to teach the sacred
knowledge”. Then Jadabharathar
sat on near by a
rock and said “O
king you asked me that who am
I, explain you I
am
enable to answer that
who am I, all
(jevatma)
the living
souls taken
the body according to their pious or sin deeds, moreover why
did you come
and what is a cause, for these inquisitions the
replay is ones
ultimate past
experiences are
the reason
to involving
the present deeds.”
The king
said to Jadabharathar that “Swamy you said that taking the body the
root cause according to ones pious or sin deeds. Fine
I understood but
entirely absent lacking a thing is 'Atman'
there is no crime to
use by particular name, wherefore
how did
you tell
I enable
to answer who am I.?
Jadabharathar
answered O king even though if one identify by names which is
pointing out of his body, I already told you body is different from
Atma. So calling by name is incorrect act. O king which one is
pronouncing I? either eyes, or the tongue? Nothing, they are only
instruments, the ultimate reality is 'I' any thing greater than
this? perhaps you know who am I and how did you call me? So Atma
is ever pure the rest of things are never pure. Your body ,this
palanquin or we bearers bodies are not lasting objects but (Jeeva)
energy is ever lasting one. I tell you some thing this palanquin
previously it was a tree, then it cut into pieces then made as a
palanquin at last it will break into pieces but it can not become a
tree. can any one call it tree, or wood pieces? People are calling it
as palanquin. But its reality is just a setup. In the same way you
were a son to your father, than you are a king to the kingdom, then
you are a husband to a girl, then you are a father to your son so
what is and who are you to this body? head, or nose, or hands how one
call you? once past deed bring into existence as a man, woman,
animal, tree etc. But as we pronouncing word 'you' or 'I' which has
no differences as a man,woman etc, it is called “Eternal Reality”
or “Self Reality”..(Jeevan Mukthi)
The king
heard Jadabharathar speech about Atma sakshatkaram and said “O
mahaprabo I was going to kabila Rishi to take initiation about atma
sakshatkaram but I bestowed from you, the worldly people will say
that kabila Rishi is Sakshat Sri Vishnu's aspect though I presume
that you are Sakshat kabila, Swami more I wish to know which one is
good to me, I am requesting you with full confidence in you kindly
let me know with your best wishes please explain to me” what is
more goodness to my life? Kindly explain to me.
Jadabharathar
asked “O king are you asking me about shreyas or Paramartham?
Because shreyas and Paramartham are not the same they are different. If
a man who worships
particular deity
for wealth and from
that wealth
performing pious
deed
is called shreyas. otherwise if one wish attainment for that
performing Yaga or Yagna that act is also
called shreyas,
perhaps
any one doing all yaga, yoga profound
religious meditation
and sticking with atma gyanam without any desires that is the
superior and attaining Paramapadham
which is the most
superior shreyas. Like
these there
are seven Interchangeable and
important subdivisions are
also there
even though all these are not paramartas. Because
wealth is spend for desires and deeds besides
deeds
through
earning all achievements will
not stay
so that is not paramartham. Even
according
to Vedas rules followed all
performing
yagya
yagas are also not paramartham. Those
above
mentioned are
without doubt all
are shreyas.
O
king you always remember that Meditation
gyana
yoga all that for jevatma to
mingle with paramatma that
kind of dyanam
is
not true,
because one thing will not join with another thing Jeevatma never mix
with Paramatma also jevatma never become paramatma, so
avoid that kind of austerity.
I
explain you briefly what is paramartham . listen Carefully only
power
of the mind to think, understand, that there is only one
object
it
is
invariably
pervading shining
brilliantly but different and
free
from three Gunas;
(means satva,rajas, and tamas natures) no
relativity with five elements(pancha bootham) stainless, it
is
the mind controlling knowledge,
and
more
knowledbly
avoiding
differentiate
policies
between
clans,
divinities and any
lives. It
is Stable
and the state of being equal to all,
firmly
believing all
other
mankind, birds, beasts, trees and the other things are also
having the same atma swaroopam this
kind of act is
called Paramartham.
Message:
It
is so important to learn a true tale of scholarly quality is a pious
deed, the ancient days people followed the
system of ethics absolute
truth personal discipline good
conduct, purification, pilgrimage, elf-inquiry, meditation and
surrender in God as guided by spiritual
preceptors. Now people's life style has been
changed 90% people are
not believing any
spiritual qualities,
if one think there is
a time to do later can
see that time never come,
if one is not ready to do or follow
our ancient scriptures right
now he can not do even
in feature hence
we have to alot some time to
follow our acharyas/gurus steps. "A man becomes liberated when he
severs all attachment through wisdom, keeps the company of great
souls and sings and listens to the praise of God!"
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