Sarvamoola Sandesha Nov-Dec 2020
layēvāpyathavā sruśṭhau antarālēpi sa kvacit | prakrutyā rahitam brahma kadācidapi tiśṭati ||
layēvāpyathavā sruśṭhau antarālēpi sa kvacit | prakrutyā rahitam brahma kadācidapi tiśṭati ||
Jeeva is eternally under the control of Narayana, the devatas and Gurus; One who realizes this shall be relieved from the bondage of those who are lower than him.
विष्णुना विष्णुभक्तैश्च ब्रह्मशापोsनुवर्त्यते | ब्राह्मणानां अपीडायै बलभिः क्षत्रियादिभिः || viṣṇunā viṣṇubhaktaiṣcha brahmaṣāpōnuvartyatē | brāhmaṇānām apīdāyai balabhih kshatriyādibhih || – || bhāgavata tātparya 10-16-10 || In… Read More »Do devatas accept brahma-shapa?
इति भक्त्या चिन्तयतां शुभकारी भवत्यलम् | तत्राsपि कुर्वतां द्वेषं तमःप्राप्त्यै तथा भवेत् || – भा.ता 10-15-34 || iti bhaktyA chintayatAM shubhakArI bhavatyalaM | tatra api… Read More »Punishment given by the Lord is good.
His true and intrinsic form is the very personification of bliss, and has eternal and infinite attributes.
Whenever paramAtma gives punishment, if one still thinks of it with devotion as a blessing (to improve) then only good accrues. There too, if one were to hate paramAtma, the same punishment leads to andhantamas (Eternal darkness).