" Every name of God has power. But that power should be utilized properly and
do bhajans. Each name has a power.
Once upon a time, a king told his parrot to go and chant the name of Rama to
the crow and make it too repeat the name. The parrot dutifully went to the crow
and said, "You may be black, O crow! But listen and chant Rama's name. It will
make you bright." Doing so, the crow fell down dead. The parrot felt very sad
at this and reported to the king as to what happened. But the king told the
parrot to do the same task to the peacock this time. "Oh peacock! You are
beautiful and grand. Chant Rama's name and your glory will grow." The parrot
told the peacock. The same thing happened there also. The parrot was now
worried. Both birds had died. Now the king told the parrot to tell the same to
a new born calf. (emotionally) "Oh King! Let me not get an additional sin now.
I will not kill a baby," said the parrot but to no avail. With trepidation, the
parrot requested the calf to chant Rama's name. Doing so, the calf too breathed
its last. Finally, it came to be known that the prince was born. What was the
reason for the human form that the prince had. The Lord's name liberated the
soul from different bodies, of the crow, the peacock and the calf to finally
gift it a human birth. This news spread all over the kingdom. Rama's name made
the crow a beautiful peacock. The peacock evolved into the calf and the calf in
turn got a human birth.
- taken from Swami's Akanda Bhajan Discourse in 2007..
Sai Ram
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