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Special Grace of God in Miseries
Swami Ramsukhdas
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Special Grace of God in Miseries
tvameva mata cha pita tvameva
tvameva bandhuscha sakha tvameva |
tvameva vidyaa dravinam tvameva
tvameva sarvam mama devadeva ||
Swami Ramsukhdas
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Special Grace of God in Miseries
A man wants favourableness, but does not want unfavourableness
this is his cowardice. The desire for favourable situations is the main
bondage for a man. Besides this there is no bondage. In order to eliminate
this desire (for favorableness), God lovingly sends unfavorable situations, for
the devotee’s betterment. In the unfavorable situations, our attachment to
the alien elements (this world) is broken away. If unfavourableness comes in
one’s life, then one should understand that it is a very special grace from
God. It is indescribable, the amount of bliss, peace and happiness that is
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there in unfavourableness. These unfavourable circumstances are like God
Realization.
God has said
‘nityam cha samachittattvamisthopapattitshu’ (Gita 8/9).
‘Constant balance of mind both in favourable and unfavourable
circumstances.’
To remain happy on arrival of unfavorable situations, is the mother of
equanimity. Lord Vishnu became the greatest among all the deities because
when He was kicked in His chest by Bhriguji, He did not get angry. He
started pressing the legs (feet) of Bhriguji and spoke, ‘Bhriguji, my chest is
very hard and your feet are very soft, therefore your feet might be hurt on
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contact with my chest.’ We are part of God
‘Mamaivaansho jeevaloke’ (Gita 15/7),
‘The Jivatma (soul) is an eternal portion of Myself.’
If we are portion of God, and cannot heartily respect, he who kicks our
chest, then how are we the devotees of God ? We should presume the
arrival of unfavourable situation as a golden opportunity and we should dance
with joy that God has showered his special grace on us. I am hesitating to
say that every man does not recognize such a golden opportunity. If we tell
someone, that he does not recognize this golden opportunity, then this gives
disrespect to that person. If we get such an opportunity and we recognize
that God has showered His special grace on us, then this is something very
beneficial.
There is a description in Gita that one who has control over his internal
instrument (antahkaran), such a person free from attachment and aversion
by using senseobjects with senses attains placidity of mind and on attaining
that placidity, his entire sufferings come to an end and his intellect very
quickly gets firmly established in God (Gita 2/6465). He who remains happy
in most unfavorable circumstances, his intellect gets established in God very
quickly. The reason is that the happiness arising during the unfavorable
situation is the mother of equanimity. If such happiness (placidity) is attained,
then the person should think that he has attained the mother of equanimity
and the grandmother of Godrealization.
There is a very special grace of God in the unfavourable circumstances
but this does not mean that you should desire unfavourable situation. We
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should not desire for favourable or unfavourable situations but we should
remain pleased with the situation which God sends to us. Our relationship
stands with God, not with any circumstance. If God sends an unfavourable
situation, then we should understand that it is a great favor. God has sent
the unfavourable situation for removing our attachment to favourable
circumstances. In ValmikiRamayan, Aranyakanda, it has been said
Sulabha purusha raajan satatam priyavaadinah |
Apriyasya cha pathyasya vakta shrota cha durlabh || (37/2)
‘O’ king, there are so many people who continuously go on speaking
sweet words but there is dearth of speakers as wells as listeners of
unfavourable but useful words’.
There is a Marwari proverb
‘sati deve santoshi pave; jaaki vaasana teen lok mein jaave.’
If the giver of alms (food) is a chaste woman and he who receives it is
contented, the fragrance of such alms (food) spreads in the three worlds.’
Similarly if the giver is God and the receiver is His devotee i.e., if by
making special favors; He sends unfavourable situation and the devotee
becomes joyful by accepting it, then its effect shall be experienced by the
entire world.
There is nothing more helpful than pain but difficulty lies in the fact that
we cannot return the good done to us by pain. We shall ever remain indebted
to the pain since the poor pain is not immortal. The poor pain does not
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survive eternally, it dies soon after doing favor to us. We cannot perform last
rites of pain nor can we offer it obsequial oblation, we’ll ever remain indebted
to it. Therefore when we suffer pain, we should feel that God has showered
His grace on us. Big or small, whatever form of pain comes then we should
dance and think well of it. There have been very few people in this world who
could understand this type of God’s grace. Mother Kunti understood it,
therefore she demanded a boon from God.
‘Vipadah santu nah shashvattra tatra jagaduro |
Bhavato darshanam yatsyaadapunarbhavdarsharnam ||
(Srimad Bhagavata I/8/25)
‘O’ great teacher of the world ! the miseries should come at every step
in our life so that we may be able to have Your vision (darshana) which
enables us not to come to this mortal world again’.
Mother Kunti understood misery as her dear relative, because through
this one gets the vision of God. Therefore the misery has been proved as the
mother of God’s vision. Thus, the coming of misery is a joyful occasion for
an aspirant. To experience happiness on the arrival of misery is a very high
spiritual means for an aspirant.
If an aspirant wants to achieve Godrealization, then he should
transcend pleasure and pain
‘sukhadukhe same krtva’ (Gita 2/38).
Establish equality in pleasure and pain.
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One desires happiness but it is not obtained and does not desire misery
but without invitation it comes. Therefore the misery does not come if one
desires it, it comes only through the grace of God. There is our acceptance
in pleasure, but our acceptance is not there at the time when pain comes to
us. The thing in which there is our desire or acceptance, that thing becomes
impure. The thing in which there is neither our desire, nor our acceptance,
that thing is obtained only by the pure grace of God. One who keeps enmity
with us, gives us pain, we cannot provide any benefit (return) to him. He will
not accept our help. He becomes happy by giving us pain. If a person
becomes joyful without any effort from our side, then how nice such a thing is
! Therefore, in future we should determine firmly that we have to remain
joyful and happy in every type of situation. Favorable situation may come or
unfavorable situation may come, we have to remain joyful because it is
God’s gracious gift to us.
From Kalyan Kalpatru by Swami Ramsukhdasji available at Gita
Press, Gorakhpur
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