October, Thursday 24th., 2019
Today's Thought for the Day
24 Oct 2019
Most of us believe we are humble and don’t have ego. Is that always consistent? Bhagawan lovingly describes a beautiful divine drama from Krishnavatara and reminds us to introspect today.
Today's Thought for the Day
24 Oct 2019
Most of us believe we are humble and don’t have ego. Is that always consistent? Bhagawan lovingly describes a beautiful divine drama from Krishnavatara and reminds us to introspect today.
Once
Krishna pretended to suffer from an unbearable headache. With warm
clothes wound around His head and red eyes, He rolled restlessly in bed.
Queens Rukmini and Satyabhama tried many remedies that proved
ineffective. Along with Narada, when they consulted Lord Krishna, He
directed to bring the dust of the feet of a true devotee! In a trice,
Narada manifested himself in the presence of some celebrated devotees,
but they were too humble to offer dust of their feet to be used for
their Lord as a drug! Narada returned disappointed. Krishna asked, “Did
you ask Gopis?” Narada hurried with disbelief! When the Gopis heard
this, without a second thought, they shook the dust off their feet and
filled his hands! Even before Narada reached Dwaraka, Krishna’s headache
had disappeared! The Lord enacted this five-day drama to teach that
self-condemnation is also egoism and when ego goes, you feel neither
superior nor inferior, and a devotee must obey the Lord’s command
without demur.
- Divine Discourse, Jul 07, 1963.