” ‘गुरु’ का प्रेम अपने भक्तों के लिए अतुलनीय है …”

Swami ji said…

In the epic – ‘Mahabharata’ – there is the story of Lord Krishna , showing Arjun , how he had used Arjun’s chariot – to absorb numerous celestial weapons – which had been used against them by the likes of Karna , Drona and Bhishma Pitama. The Lord told Arjun that he had done this to protect him and ensure his victory in the war – while also not disrespecting the creators of the celestial weapons.

Some say that this revelation had left Arjun humbled – as he realised that the sense of pride that had grown within him – with each victory in the war – was misplaced. The realization that all his skills and knowledge of warfare would have amounted to naught – had it not been for Lord Krishna’s protection ; made him see how powerful he was ‘with’ – and how truly helpless he was ‘without’ the Lord by his side.

More often than not, we too behave like Arjun – while immersed in the day to day grind and struggles of life ; waging small personal battles of our own – we too forget about ‘who’ is looking over us – all the time ; ensuring that we emerge unscathed from the worst of scrapes and falls in life. What is our mental state when we find ourselves tethering precariously at the edge of a precipice and feel that our fall is imminent ?Nothing and no one – according to us – can stop our downward, steep plummet – we cry out in fear – when all of a sudden, out of the blue, in the most unexpected manner – some unseen , invisible force – literally plucks us from the point of danger and places us in a secure and safe zone – and we are left wondering – as to ‘who’ had turned the tide in our favour at the last moment. ‘Who’ is responsible for all the good things that happen to us, even when we sometimes feel we don’t truly deserve them?

Such moments of fear, anxiety and pain – leave us feeling so stressed and fatigued – that they obliterate the deep significance of words of great import – that were said to us by our ‘sadguru’ to us – ” मैं हर पल अपने भक्तों के साथ हूं …” Remembering these words and playing them out in our mind should most definitely enable us to remember the number of times His invisible presence – has successfully bailed us out from troubled waters.

But , so weak is our memory – that rather than drawing strength from the sincerity of His powerful words – and placing complete faith in the reassuring words of our ‘गुरु’ – we continue to remain restless and uncertain about the future. Doubtful and suspicious that we are – we, at times, try foolishly , to gauge the powers of our ‘सद्गुरु’ – by assessing His ability to rescue us from the most dire situations – which at times are created by us – ourselves. We tend to forget that we are no one to test the might and unparalleled powers of a ‘सच्चा संत’. How can we think for even a minute that our ‘guru’ could have said words – filled with such sincerity and promise – lightly ?

What needs to be etched in our memory is that – a ‘sadguru’ doesn’t make any false promises and neither is He here to please any of us by saying things that are meant just to make us happy. Every word said by Him to His devotees is a commitment that He intends to keep. knowing that the divine connection , the spiritual bond that is formed between a ‘sadguru’ and His ‘sadhaks’ is not confined to the realms of the physical world, but , rather transcends barriers of every kind – and remains ‘alive’ between them – even when the ‘sadguru’ has relinquished His physical being – at His will and taken ‘महासमाधी’. The impact and effect of a ‘saccha sant’s’ words – said to His devotees – does not decrease or lessen – once He has discarded His physical form. What was said maybe ten years back by Him – materialises in the shape of a reality – at the time considered appropriate and right by Him. He will not allow any development to take place in our lives – which is not deemed suitable for us by Him.

Once He accepts us as His own – His love for us doesn’t let Him turn away from us – although some of His devotees could turn away from Him – on not receiving all that was desired by them…’परन्तु हमारे ‘गुरु’ हम से सदा प्रेम करते हैं – जैसे श्री कृष्ण अपने प्रिय अर्जुन से करते थे…”