The Following is taken from a Few of Swami's talks in Venkatagiri in
Andhra Pradesh in the late 1950's :
NOTHING HAPPENS TO SWAMI, NOTHING CAN TOUCH YOUR SWAMI, SWAMI IS ALL
RIGHT ALL THE TIME, IT IS ONLY YOUR BRAMA (ILLUSION) THAT I WAS HURT
AND NOT WELL. FOR SWAMI THIS PHYSICAL BODY IS ONLY A MEANS TO TEACH YOU
GOOD THINGS. YOU HAVE PRAYED WHOLE HEARTEDLY THAT I SHOULD COME AND GIVE YOU
DARSHAN, SEE HERE IAM,YOUR PRAYERS HAVE MADE ME TO COME, THERE WAS NEVER AN
INJURY TO SWAMI, SWAMI NEVER GET INJURED, AS ALL ARE MY CREATIONS CAN MY OWN
CREATIONS HARM ME ?,SWAMI ACTS IN MANY WAYS TO TEACH YOU LESSONS OF LOVE.
SWAMI NEVER FEELS PAIN, WHY SHOULD SWAMI FEEL PAIN?, IAM THE CAUSE FOR
EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD,EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS WORLD IS BECAUSE OF ME.
GOD BEHAVES HUMANLY TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND HIM TO LEARN LESSONS AND EVEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL AND WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD BECOME HIS ARDENT DEVOTEES.
IN THE RAMAYANA , MARICHA WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF
RAVANA, HE WAS THE MOST EVIL MAN AFTER RAVANA, BUT ULTIMATELY HE
ADVISED RAVANA NOT TO EVEN TOUCH OR LOOK AT SITA, ALL OF YOU WILL NOT
KNOW THAT IT WAS MARICHA WHO TOLD THE GREAT WORDS "RAMO VIGRAHA VAN
DHARMAHA", HE TOLD RAVANA WHO HAD COME TO HIM FOR ASSISTANCE TO KIDNAP SITA
THAT " RAMA IS DIVINE, GOD HIMSELF", HE TOLD RAVANA THAT
WHEN HE HAD GONE TO DISRUPT THE YAGNA OF THE RISHIS IN THE FOREST,
RAMA SHOT AN ARROW AT HIM AND IT HAD CHASED HIM WHEREVER IT WENT.IT
WOULD NOT LEAVE HIM, IT CHASED HIM EVERWHERE, IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE
JUMPED INTO THE SEA THAT RAMA CALLED BACK HIS ARROW DUE TO REVERENCE TO
THE GOD OF THE SEAS, HOW DID THE EVIL INCARNATE MARICHA BECOME LORD RAMA'S
GREAT DEVOTEES AND ENDED HIS LIFE AT RAMA'S DIVINE HANDS, IT WAS BECAUSE HE
UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE OF THE LORD, THE DIVINITY OF THE LORD.
IN THE MAHABARATA ALSO, DURING BHEESHMA PARVA AFTER THE BATTLE HAD
ENDED FOR THE DAY, DURYODHANA APPROACHED BHEESHMACHARYA AND ASKED HIM
"OH, GREAT GRANDFATHER, IN SPITE OF YOUR GREAT POWER AND YOUR SKILLS IN THE
BATTLEFIELD, NOT EVEN A SINGLE MAJOR WARRIOR IN THE
WHOLE PANDAVA ARMY HAS DIED, BUT MANY OF OUR GREAT WARRIORS HAVE DIED A
SORRY DEATH, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO US, INSPITE OF US HAVING
GREAT WARRIORS LIKE YOURSELF, DRONACHARYA, KARNA AND SHALYA, WHY ARE WE
FAILING IN THE WAR", TO WHICH BHEESHMACHARYA REPLIED "MY DEAR SON, IT WILL NOT
TAKE ME A MINUTE TO LINE UP ALL THE FIVE PANDAVAS AND ALL THEIR OTHER GREAT
WARRIORS AND KILL THEM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE AWAY ONE
PERSON FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, AS LONG AS HE IS IN THE WAR ZONE, I CANNOT TOUCH
THEM, ALL MY WEAPONS, MY KNOWLEDGE ARE NOTHING BEFORE HIM, HE IS KRISHNA, TAKE
HIM AWAY AND
YOU WILL WIN THE WAR ", DURYODHANA HUNG HIS HEAD AND RECOLLECTED HOW HE
WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN WHEN ARJUNA HAD CHOSEN ONLY KRISHNA AND NOTHING ELSE AND
HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT HE HAD TAKEN A HUGE PORTION OF THE ARMY OF KRISHNA. THIS
IS THE GREATNESS OF THE LORD, ALL HIS ACTIONS HAVE MEANING, NOT ONE OF HIS
ACTIONS ARE MEANT TO WASTED.
HOW TRUE ARE THESE WORDS OF BHAGAWAN, HOW RELEVANT ARE THEY TODAY FOR ALL
OF US.
OM SAI RAM
