SRIMAD BHAGAVADGITA
sanskrit:
Bhavanbhismasca karnasca krpasca samitinjayah
Asvatthama vikarnasca saumadattistathaiva ca
englis:
Yourself and Bhisma and Karna and Krpa,who is ever victorious in battle; and even so Asvatthama, Vikarna and Bhurisrava
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came. All the help that has come was from within yourselves.
Vainly= uselessly, proudly.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA STORY
HOW ONE CAN ENTER THE MANTION OF GOD
IT is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of door of God’s mansion lies the stamp of Ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stamp.
There was once a man who had acquired the power to tame ghosts. One day, at his summons, a ghost appeared. The ghost said, “Now tell me what you want me to do. The moment you cannot give me any work I shall break your neck. “The man had many things to accomplish and he had the ghost to do them all, one by one, At last he could find nothing more for the ghost to do. “Now”, said the ghost, “ I am going to break your neck.” “Wait a minute”, said the man. “I shall return presently.” He ran to his teacher and said, “Revered sir, I am in great danger. This is my trouble.” And he told his teacher his trouble and asked, “What shall I do now?” The teacher said, “Do this. Tell the ghost to straighten the kinky hair.” The ghost devoted itself day and night to straightening the hair. But how could it make a kinky hair straight? The hair remained kinky.
Likewise, the ego seems to vanish this moment, but it reappears next. Unless one renounces the ego, one does not receive the grace of God.
Mansion=a large dwelling (=living place) house
Tame=docile, gentle.
Summons=an authoritative order to appear in court.
Accomplish=fulfill, complete, finish entirely.
Revered=respect.
Reappears=appear once again.
Renounces=give up,surrender,forsake.
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