BHAGVAT  GOD SOMETIMES PUTS A DEVOTEE TO SEVERE TESTS THAT ARE ALMOST UNBEARABLE, THE LORD CERTAINLY APPRECIATES THE DEVOTEE'S FORBEARANCE, AND IT IS RECORDED FOR THE FUTURE GLORIFICATION OF THE DEVOTEE,  30TH JULY

TRANSLATION

Although bereft of his riches, fallen from his original position, defeated and arrested by his enemies, rebuked and deserted by his relatives and friends, although suffering the pain of being bound and although rebuked and cursed by his spiritual master, Bali Maharaja, being fixed in his vow, did not give up his truthfulness. It was certainly with pretension that I spoke about religious principles, but he did not give up religious principles, for he is true to his word.

PURPORT

BALI MAHARAJA PASSED THE SEVERE TEST PUT BEFORE HIM BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. THIS IS FURTHER PROOF OF THE LORD'S MERCY TOWARD HIS DEVOTEE. 

THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD SOMETIMES PUTS A DEVOTEE TO SEVERE TESTS THAT ARE ALMOST UNBEARABLE. ONE COULD HARDLY EVEN LIVE UNDER THE CONDITIONS FORCED UPON BALI MAHARAJA. THAT BALI MAHARAJA ENDURED ALL THESE SEVERE TESTS AND AUSTERITIES IS THE MERCY OF THE SUPREME LORD. THE LORD CERTAINLY APPRECIATES THE DEVOTEE'S FORBEARANCE, AND IT IS RECORDED FOR THE FUTURE GLORIFICATION OF THE DEVOTEE. 

THIS WAS NOT AN ORDINARY TEST. AS DESCRIBED IN THIS VERSE, HARDLY ANYONE COULD SURVIVE SUCH A TEST, BUT FOR THE FUTURE GLORIFICATION OF BALI MAHARAJA, ONE OF THE MAHAJANAS, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD NOT ONLY TESTED HIM BUT ALSO GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH TO TOLERATE SUCH ADVERSITY. THE LORD IS SO KIND TO HIS DEVOTEE THAT WHEN SEVERELY TESTING HIM THE LORD GIVES HIM THE NECESSARY STRENGTH TO BE TOLERANT AND CONTINUE TO REMAIN A GLORIOUS DEVOTEE.

TRANSLATION

THE LORD CONTINUED: BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT TOLERANCE, I HAVE GIVEN HIM A PLACE NOT OBTAINABLE EVEN BY THE DEMIGODS. HE WILL BECOME KING OF THE HEAVENLY PLANETS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE MANU KNOWN AS SAVARNI.

PURPORT

THIS IS THE MERCY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. EVEN IF THE LORD TAKES AWAY A DEVOTEE'S MATERIAL OPULENCES, THE LORD IMMEDIATELY OFFERS HIM A POSITION OF WHICH THE DEMIGODS CANNOT EVEN DREAM. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS IN THE HISTORY OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. ONE OF THEM IS THE OPULENCE OF SUDAMA VIPRA. SUDAMA VIPRA SUFFERED SEVERE MATERIAL SCARCITY, BUT HE WAS NOT DISTURBED AND DID NOT DEVIATE FROM DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. 

THUS HE WAS ULTIMATELY GIVEN AN EXALTED POSITION BY THE MERCY OF LORD KRSHNA. Here the word mad-ashrayam is very significant. Because the Lord wanted to give Bali Maharaja the exalted position of Indra, the demigods might naturally have been envious of him and might have fought to disturb his position. BUT THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD ASSURED BALI MAHARAJA THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN UNDER THE LORD'S PROTECTION (mad-ashrayam).

दो बातें दिल की सुन जाओ, हमारे यार मन मोहन Vinod Agarwal Bhajan lyrics - do batein dil ki san jao, hamare yar Man Mohan

दो बातें दिल की सुन जाओ, हमारे यार मनमोहन

https://youtu.be/aBh50bmJsEg?t=165

दो बातें दिल की सुन जाओ हमारे यार मन मोहन          

जरा हंस के इधर देखो मेरे दिलदार मनमोहन 

लगा है इश्क अब तुमसे अब तो मगरूर (proud) क्यों हमसे 

ना रख दिल में कपट नटखट 

मिलो, कर प्यार मनमोहन 

निहारा (seen) जब से तूं जानी 

हुई छवी देख दीवानी 

गुमानी (proud) बोल कुछ मुख से 

मेरे सरकार मनमोहन 

परेशान हुआ हूं भारी 

बिहारी बेरहम मत बन 

भटक भारी फिरी बन बन 

हुई लाचार मनमोहन 

रही नहीं खाक की, घर की 

कसम मुझको मेरे सर की 

रहूँ नित इंतजारी में 

मेरे सरदार मनमोहन 

भई जब से तेरी चेरी 

हुए सब आशना (all acquaintances) बैरी 

मेरे घर आ, ना कर देरी 

दे दीदार मनमोहन 

कहां जाऊं किधर ढूँढू 

मिलो तुम किस जगह मुझसे 

बता दो कुछ पता अपना 

तजो इसरार (obstinacy) मनमोहन 

भई बेकल बड़ी भारी 

कलेजा थाम के बैठी हूं 

लबों पर आ रहा है दम 

मरी मतवार मनमोहन 

फंसी हूँ आज घर बेढब (ugly) 

यहाँ अब ग़ैर जन (amongst unknown people) सों में 

पकड़ सिर खूब रोती हूं 

दया उर धार (have a heart) मनमोहन 

जुदाई फिर ना हो जानी 

करो इतनी मेहरबानी 

जिऊँ तुमको निरख निश दिन 

करूँ उर हार (taken you in heart) मनमोहन 

लगा लो हंस के सीने से 

लबों का दीजिए बोसा  (kiss)

सरस की अर्ज़ है तुमसे 

ये बारंबार मनमोहन   

(Vinod Agarwal Bhajan Lyrics)

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LIFE IS NOT HAPPENING BY CHANCE, LIFE IS HAPPENING BY YOUR CHOICE #Blog0024

LIFE IS NOT HAPPENING BY CHANCE, LIFE IS HAPPENING BY YOUR CHOICE

आपके जीवन में जो भी कुछ आया है  

जो व्यक्ति जो वस्तु या जो परिस्थिति है  

ना तो वह व्यक्ति है ना वह वस्तु है ना परिस्थिति है  

वह आपका कर्म आकार लेकर आपके सामने आया है,    

Whatever you are facing at any time in life, be it a person, a thing or a circumstance, it is all caused by your own karma and due to nothing else. 

It is wrong to blame anyone else for your fate  which you have written yourself.

यह सब किसी के भेजे नहीं आया है  

Life is not happening by chance, Life is happening by your choice  

कुछ भी अकारण नहीं होता कुछ भी बेवजह नहीं होता,  कोई भी परिस्थिति बिना कारण नहीं आती 

There is nothing happening without a reason

आप ही का संकल्प है यह, यह आप ही के विचार हैं 

This was all bred by your own thoughts, determinations and actions

और आप यदि आज अभी इसी समय अपने प्रति सजग (aware) नहीं होते, तो इसकी क्षति (loss / harm) भी आप ही को है   

and if you have not awaken yourself up to this fact, then the loss is only yours

जो आज सुधार नहीं कर सकता,  वह कभी नहीं सुधर सकता 

One who cannot improve today,  can never improve 

गीता में श्रीकृष्ण अर्जुन को भी यही बता रहे हैं, समझा रहे हैं कि “अर्जुन, तेरा अभी आज इस समय क्या कर्तव्य है, तू वह कर”

In Gita, Krishna is advising Arjuna “This is your duty and you must do it”

DIFFERENCE BETWEN FATE & DESTINY < click to read

BHAGVAT: GOD CREATED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR PERSONAL PASTIMES, BUT FOOLISH, UNINTELLIGENT MEN WITH DEMONIAC NATURE HAVE CLAIMED PROPRIETORSHIP FOR MATERIAL ENJOYMENT, 27TH JULY

TRANSLATION

Shrimati Vindhyavali said: O MY LORD, YOU HAVE CREATED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR PERSONAL PASTIMES, BUT FOOLISH, UNINTELLIGENT MEN HAVE CLAIMED PROPRIETORSHIP FOR MATERIAL ENJOYMENT. CERTAINLY THEY ARE SHAMELESS AGNOSTICS. FALSELY CLAIMING PROPRIETORSHIP, THEY THINK THEY CAN GIVE CHARITY AND ENJOY. IN SUCH A CONDITION, WHAT GOOD CAN THEY DO FOR YOU, WHO ARE THE INDEPENDENT CREATOR, MAINTAINER AND ANNIHILATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE?

PURPORT

BALI MAHARAJA'S WIFE, WHO WAS MOST INTELLIGENT, SUPPORTED THE ARREST OF HER HUSBAND AND ACCUSED HIM OF HAVING NO INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE HE HAD CLAIMED PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OF THE LORD. SUCH A CLAIM IS A SIGN OF DEMONIAC LIFE. ALTHOUGH THE DEMIGODS, WHO ARE OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE LORD FOR MANAGEMENT, ARE ATTACHED TO MATERIALISTIC ENJOYMENT, THEY NEVER CLAIM TO BE PROPRIETORS OF THE UNIVERSE, FOR THEY KNOW THAT THE ACTUAL PROPRIETOR OF EVERYTHING IS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. THIS IS THE QUALIFICATION OF THE DEMIGODS. 

BUT THE DEMONS, INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING THE EXCLUSIVE PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, CLAIM THE PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSE FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH DEMARCATIONS OF NATIONALISM. "THIS PART IS MINE, AND THAT PART IS YOURS," THEY SAY. "THIS PART I CAN GIVE IN CHARITY, AND THIS PART I CAN KEEP FOR MY ENJOYMENT." 

THESE ARE ALL DEMONIAC CONCEPTIONS. 

THIS IS DESCRIBED IN BHAGAVAD-GITA (16.13): IDAM ADYA MAYA LABDHAM IMAM PRAPSYE MANORATHAM. "THUS FAR I HAVE ACQUIRED SO MUCH MONEY AND LAND. NOW I HAVE TO ADD MORE AND MORE. IN THIS WAY I SHALL BE THE GREATEST PROPRIETOR OF EVERYTHING. WHO CAN COMPETE WITH ME?" THESE ARE ALL DEMONIAC CONCEPTIONS.

Bali Maharaja's wife accused Bali Maharaja by saying that although the Supreme Personality of Godhead had arrested him, showing him extraordinary mercy, and although Bali Maharaja was offering his body to the Supreme Lord for the Lord's third step, he was still in the darkness of ignorance. Actually the body did not belong to him, but because of his long-standing demoniac mentality he could not understand this. He thought that since he had been defamed for his inability to fulfill his promise of charity, and since the body belonged to him, he would free himself from defamation by offering his body. Actually, however, the body does not belong to anyone but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whom the body is given. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (18.61):

The Lord is situated in the core of everyone's heart, and, according to the material desires of the living entity, the Lord offers a particular type of machine—the body—through the agency of the material energy. The body actually does not belong to the living entity; it belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Under the circumstances, how could Bali Maharaja claim that the body belonged to him?

Thus Vindhyavali, Bali Maharaja's intelligent wife, prayed that her husband be released, by the Lord's causeless mercy. OTHERWISE, BALI MAHARAJA WAS NOTHING BUT A SHAMELESS DEMON, SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS tyakta-hriyas tvad-avaropita-kartr-vadam, A FOOLISH PERSON CLAIMING PROPRIETORSHIP OVER THE PROPERTY OF THE SUPREME PERSON. 

IN THE PRESENT AGE, KALI-YUGA, THE NUMBER OF SUCH SHAMELESS MEN, WHO ARE AGNOSTICS DISBELIEVING IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, HAS INCREASED. TRYING TO DEFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, SO-CALLED SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS AND POLITICIANS MANUFACTURE PLANS AND SCHEMES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD. THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE WORLD, AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF KALI-YUGA, THEY HAVE PLUNGED THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD INTO MISMANAGEMENT. 

THUS THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING CARRIED AWAY BY PROPAGANDA OF SUCH DEMONS. IF THE PRESENT STATUS QUO IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, PEOPLE WILL CERTAINLY SUFFER MORE AND MORE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE DEMONIAC AGNOSTICS.

BHAGVAT MATERIAL OPULENCE IS SO BEWILDERING THAT IT MAKES EVEN A LEARNED, SELF-CONTROLLED MAN FORGET TO SEARCH FOR THE GOAL OF SELF-REALIZATION  26TH JULY

Extract from Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION

MATERIAL OPULENCE IS SO BEWILDERING THAT IT MAKES EVEN A LEARNED, SELF-CONTROLLED MAN FORGET TO SEARCH FOR THE GOAL OF SELF-REALIZATION. BUT THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, NARAYANA, THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE, CAN SEE EVERYTHING BY HIS WILL. THEREFORE I OFFER MY RESPECTFUL OBEISANCES UNTO HIM.

PURPORT

THE WORDS ko vicashthe gatim atmano yatha INDICATE THAT WHEN ONE IS PUFFED UP BY THE FALSE PRESTIGE OF POSSESSING MATERIAL OPULENCE, HE CERTAINLY NEGLECTS THE GOAL OF SELF-REALIZATION. THIS IS THE POSITION OF THE MODERN WORLD. BECAUSE OF SO-CALLED SCIENTIFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MATERIAL OPULENCE, PEOPLE HAVE ENTIRELY GIVEN UP THE PATH OF SELF-REALIZATION. 

PRACTICALLY NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN GOD, ONE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OR HOW ONE SHOULD ACT. MODERN MEN HAVE ALTOGETHER FORGOTTEN SUCH QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE MAD FOR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. IF THIS KIND OF CIVILIZATION CONTINUES, THE TIME WILL SOON COME WHEN THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD WILL TAKE AWAY ALL THE MATERIAL OPULENCES. THEN PEOPLE WILL COME TO THEIR SENSES.