Those were the days when King Parikshit is the ruler of the state. Its nearly 36 years after King Yudhistara left the kingdom to his grandson Parikshit to heavenly abode. Kali Purusha, who is the lead man for Kali Yuga did not dare to start his influences when Yudhistara was the king. Such was the power of the satvik and dharmic king.
A case was brought to King’s court for justice. Ramu and Somu were the parties to the case. Ramu sold his farm land to Somu few days and while ploughing the land Somu found a pot full of gold. Somu felt that the gold is legal propriety of Ramu as he merely paid for the land and not for the wealth underneath. Similarly Ramu felt that as the farm land is no longer his, the legal owner of the gold must be Somu. Both Ramu and Somu refused to lay hands on gold. King was pleasantly surprised at the Dharmic life his people are leading. He, how ever, wanted to give the case profound thought before delivering justice and so asked Ramu and Somu to assemble next morning in the court. Little did he know that the night would bring up new surprise at that point.
Kali purusha who was silent till that point sensed his time to exercise influence influence over people has finally come. He has got into minds of the people and started making them deviate from Dharmic life. Deviation from Dharmic life is first trait of Kali.
Next morning when the King appeared the case was completely different. Now both Ramu and Somu are fighting to become legal owners of the gold. King sensed something wrong as previous day they were relinquishing gold for same of Dharma. Serious contemplation and discussion with pundits gave him hint that Kali Yuga has started. He then ordered the gold to be handed over to king’s treasury, as any disputed property goes as per Dharma. He also put necessary steps in place to keep Kali in check. But all have gone in drain as Kali grew stronger and stronger.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
I Hate Luv Stories
Disclaimer:This is not a movie review
There is no denying that I hate the concept of boy-girl love in the first place. Time and again I am reminded of this hatred in my subconscious mind through day to day experiences. This time a latest movie has reminded me of it. I just wanted to inspect why I hate love concept and this is what i came up with.
Platonic Love rarely exist:
Every time I hear love my eyes filter the content and transmit it to my brain as lust. It is not with out reason. Every love story we see begins with a good looking girl. People say love is something connected to heart. Surprisingly, most people fall in love with god looking girls only. So it says something that love is not merely heart oriented, it has substantial weightage to physical appearance.
Cheating of parents:
In the name of love the boy and girl invent multitude of excuses with parents to conceal the affair. They invent stories to be with lover and make poor parents buy those insane excuses. A boy who does not have an ounce of concern for parents declares he has an ocean of love for the girl he loves.
Decline in studies:
Studies usually take a huge hit due to juvenile love affairs. As the period during which love and study coincide, the youth pursue love rigorously than studies.
Nasty deeds: in name of love
Sad but unfortunate truth is that under the cover of love boys and girls are indulging in some nasty deeds that are inappropriate for their age and relation. Its painful to any decent human to elaborate on this and so closing it here.
Inter community:
As lovers pay more attention to physical and behavioral aspects only, most love affairs happen to start between people who belong to different communities. Conservative parents in India find it difficult to approve such love affairs and subsequent step of marriage outside their community.
Deception of Love:
Youth when in love trust the partner wholeheartedly. If one person in the couple has crooked intention then the life of the other would be at jeopardy. Mostly girls are at receiving end of this (through premarriage pregnancy or physical attacks by boys).
There is no denying that I hate the concept of boy-girl love in the first place. Time and again I am reminded of this hatred in my subconscious mind through day to day experiences. This time a latest movie has reminded me of it. I just wanted to inspect why I hate love concept and this is what i came up with.
Platonic Love rarely exist:
Every time I hear love my eyes filter the content and transmit it to my brain as lust. It is not with out reason. Every love story we see begins with a good looking girl. People say love is something connected to heart. Surprisingly, most people fall in love with god looking girls only. So it says something that love is not merely heart oriented, it has substantial weightage to physical appearance.
Cheating of parents:
In the name of love the boy and girl invent multitude of excuses with parents to conceal the affair. They invent stories to be with lover and make poor parents buy those insane excuses. A boy who does not have an ounce of concern for parents declares he has an ocean of love for the girl he loves.
Decline in studies:
Studies usually take a huge hit due to juvenile love affairs. As the period during which love and study coincide, the youth pursue love rigorously than studies.
Nasty deeds: in name of love
Sad but unfortunate truth is that under the cover of love boys and girls are indulging in some nasty deeds that are inappropriate for their age and relation. Its painful to any decent human to elaborate on this and so closing it here.
Inter community:
As lovers pay more attention to physical and behavioral aspects only, most love affairs happen to start between people who belong to different communities. Conservative parents in India find it difficult to approve such love affairs and subsequent step of marriage outside their community.
Deception of Love:
Youth when in love trust the partner wholeheartedly. If one person in the couple has crooked intention then the life of the other would be at jeopardy. Mostly girls are at receiving end of this (through premarriage pregnancy or physical attacks by boys).
Friday, November 12, 2010
Is being good same as never been caught doing wrong?
This is one of the lines of thought I had been thinking for last couple of months. Some of us pamper saying "I am a good person". People agree to what we say if they never found us doing any wrong deed and people disagree if we are caught doing something wrong in the past. Question here is, just because no one caught doing wrong in past, do we become good person. Is the nature of good defined by the society or the people surrounding us? Not very difficult to answer this question. Nevertheless I would like to grab this first chance to drive point home.
Society driven:
Society or other people can declare a person good or bad. I cant agree to the point that society can alone decide what is good and what is not. My gut feeling is with the way things are transitioning now-a-days we are not far away from the day when wrong would be declared by society as good and vice versa. I am reminded of a small story in this context
An old brahmin is taking home a goat as dakhsina for performing puja. Three thieves saw the poor fellow and wanted to have the goat from him for dinner. When the brahmin is on his way back home with goat, first thief stops him and asks why he is carrying a dog home. Brahmin dismissed his claim saying it is a goat. A while later, second thief encounters him and asks why he is taking a donkey home. Brahmin evidently taken aback by such comments, dismissed for second time such remark. Sometime later third thief stops the brahmin and asks what he is going to do with the mule he is carrying home. Brahmin was aghast by such remark and begins thinking that he is taking home a ghost which is appearing like goat, dog, mule and donkey to different people and discards the goat. Thieves make merry with goat meat for dinner.
Individual driven:
If society cant be trusted, can we rely on individual for deciding what is good and what is not? Not completely. A learned man who does not contradict with what is mentioned in dharma shatras can be trusted for deciding what is good and what is not. Even the learned sages like Gautama and Manu who have drafted Dharma shastras, clearly stated in them that if they by mistake contradict anywhere with Veda then the Veda takes overriding precedence. Problem with relying fully on individual's decision on what is good and what is not is, people have innate tendency to justify the wrong deeds with some emotional or logical reasoning to make them look good. Just the way it is shown in movies, hero turns into thief and it would be justified by circumstances or hero marries heroin against will of parents in the name of sacred love. But the justification does not make a wrong deed right.
Then what is good:
Vedas form the basis for the acts individuals have to perform as per the context they are in (varna as well as ashrama) and deeds which are banished. How ever as Vedas are not easily accessible to everyone, great sages who have digested gist of the Vedas came up with Dharma Shashtras. These are easily accessible information for every one to know what is right and what is not. These deeds when followed to the spirit can be termed as good acts.
Final word:
I wud like to conclude this article with a small story, which I probably repeatedly told to some of you folks.
A teacher has imparted all the knowledge required to his pupil and while sending them back home he wanted to understand how many understood the content clearly. He called his students and gave each of them a banana to eat with a precondition that it should be eaten when no one is watching. One student went into a closed room and sat under the bed while eating it. Other student went into a forest and ate it sitting on a branch of tree. Other student went into pond and ate it while swimming. But the best student did not eat the banana and came to the guru. When questioned abt it, he replied that he could not eat it as no matter how far he has gone, there is God Almighty watching what he is doing. Guru felt proud and declared thats the gist of the education he imparted and so he is extremely confident that his student will not perform any wrong deed anytime as he knows clearly that God i watching him all the time.
Society driven:
Society or other people can declare a person good or bad. I cant agree to the point that society can alone decide what is good and what is not. My gut feeling is with the way things are transitioning now-a-days we are not far away from the day when wrong would be declared by society as good and vice versa. I am reminded of a small story in this context
An old brahmin is taking home a goat as dakhsina for performing puja. Three thieves saw the poor fellow and wanted to have the goat from him for dinner. When the brahmin is on his way back home with goat, first thief stops him and asks why he is carrying a dog home. Brahmin dismissed his claim saying it is a goat. A while later, second thief encounters him and asks why he is taking a donkey home. Brahmin evidently taken aback by such comments, dismissed for second time such remark. Sometime later third thief stops the brahmin and asks what he is going to do with the mule he is carrying home. Brahmin was aghast by such remark and begins thinking that he is taking home a ghost which is appearing like goat, dog, mule and donkey to different people and discards the goat. Thieves make merry with goat meat for dinner.
Individual driven:
If society cant be trusted, can we rely on individual for deciding what is good and what is not? Not completely. A learned man who does not contradict with what is mentioned in dharma shatras can be trusted for deciding what is good and what is not. Even the learned sages like Gautama and Manu who have drafted Dharma shastras, clearly stated in them that if they by mistake contradict anywhere with Veda then the Veda takes overriding precedence. Problem with relying fully on individual's decision on what is good and what is not is, people have innate tendency to justify the wrong deeds with some emotional or logical reasoning to make them look good. Just the way it is shown in movies, hero turns into thief and it would be justified by circumstances or hero marries heroin against will of parents in the name of sacred love. But the justification does not make a wrong deed right.
Then what is good:
Vedas form the basis for the acts individuals have to perform as per the context they are in (varna as well as ashrama) and deeds which are banished. How ever as Vedas are not easily accessible to everyone, great sages who have digested gist of the Vedas came up with Dharma Shashtras. These are easily accessible information for every one to know what is right and what is not. These deeds when followed to the spirit can be termed as good acts.
Final word:
I wud like to conclude this article with a small story, which I probably repeatedly told to some of you folks.
A teacher has imparted all the knowledge required to his pupil and while sending them back home he wanted to understand how many understood the content clearly. He called his students and gave each of them a banana to eat with a precondition that it should be eaten when no one is watching. One student went into a closed room and sat under the bed while eating it. Other student went into a forest and ate it sitting on a branch of tree. Other student went into pond and ate it while swimming. But the best student did not eat the banana and came to the guru. When questioned abt it, he replied that he could not eat it as no matter how far he has gone, there is God Almighty watching what he is doing. Guru felt proud and declared thats the gist of the education he imparted and so he is extremely confident that his student will not perform any wrong deed anytime as he knows clearly that God i watching him all the time.
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