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________________ Vol. II/No. 2. Eternal Wisdom 11 Being greatly puzzled, the Maharaja, exclaimed: "O Sire! All these happenings are fantastic and beyond my comprehension; be gracious and kind, O Lord, and please explain to me the mystery of it all." Then the compassionate Bhagawan said: "O king, when you were coming towards me, your soldiers were talking amongst themselves; and this talk fell on the ears of Rajarshi Prasannachandra; and there was a break in his Dhyana. He started thinking: "Oh! the very men on whom I put all my trust, have now become ungrateful and turned traitorous. So much so, that they are prepared to even kill my infant-child, and usurp the kingdom. Oh! if I were only there, I would have done away with these treacherous ministers!" So thinking, there was profuse anger in his mind and this went on gathering strength. So he forgot the life-long vow (aa - Wrat) of Samayika (ATATIEF/AHT) that he had taken at the time of his initiation into the life of an ascetic. He visualized the ministers all arrayed infront of him, and he further saw himself giving battle to them. He fought a most gruesome battle......all in his own mind......and used a numerous weapons in the process! So doing, he found he had no more weapons left and he thought: "Upon my head is the iron helmet; let me throw it and so kill the enemy!" In such a state of profound anger, he put his hand on his head -- and this was the moment, Shrenika, when you did your salutations to the Rajarshi; and had he passed away then, he would have gone to the seventh hell." " As soon as his hand touched his head, he remembered that his head was hairless (for all Sadhus, at the time of initiation have their hair completely removed), and at once, his anger subsided. Not only that, but he started thinking. "Oh! I have taken a life-long vow of Samayika and so have renounced doing any violence whatever through either the mind, or the speech or the body. Oh! What have I done! Oh Lord! I have broken my Dharma Dhyana (i.e. the holy Dhyana) and instead was envellopped in the clutches of Raudra Dhyana (the most impure of
| SR No. | 269301 |
| Book Title | Rajarshi Prasannachandra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
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| Total Pages | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article |
| File Size | 300 KB |