Narada's birth (uttaradi math Swami's discourse)
Narada narrated this
In my previous birth I was born to a dasi. My mother and myself were doing service to the Yathis. During Chathurmasa vrata I heard the discourses and upadesas of the Yathis sitting in a corner outside. Then myself and my mother cleaned the leaf in which the Yathis and others took their food. I developed bhakti by hearing the upadesas. The bhakti increased two folds and three folds.On the final day of the Chatur Masa vrata Yathi called me and keeping his hand on my head instructed me to keep the upadesas in mind and do sadhana to realise the sakshatkara the God. For that my mother was a hindrace. My mother died by the snake bite. I thought that it was the sankalpa of the God to help me to do sadhana for the realisation by doing dhyana.So I was not worried. I thought that by these upadesas vairagya was developed. After roaming from one place to another and forests I sat down under Aswatha tree and did dhyana. I had the dahrshan of sakshatkara which lasted for a short time. I felt very sorry. Paramatma told me that I gave you this darshan to make me to understand what is ananda I enjoy by my darshan of the sakshatkara. The Almighty has advised me to do sadhana further. You will get my darshan and and big position. You will have the memory of the smarana of the previous birth. Then I took birth from the lap of Bramhan as Narada. I became virakthi sigamani. Paramahamsa sanyasi. I am able to narrate the various avathara of the Almighty. This Bhagya I got because of the seva done by me for the sathpurushas.
So the seva has to he done for the sathpurushas.
Anna Suddha
We must eat food prepared by the people who are having good and pure thoughts. We should not eat food prepared by persons having evil thoughts.
Bhishma preached dharma while he was lying on the bed of arrows awaiting for his death. At that time Draupadi asked him why he was keeping quiet when her vasthra was removed in the open court in front of all. Bhishma replied that it was due to the blood running in him by partaking the food prepared and served from the palace of Duryodhana who had evil thoughts and demonic feelings and hatred.
Then Draupadi questioned the reason for the preaching dharma now.
Bhishma replied " the blood which was in my body has oozed out by the arrows of your husband Arjuna which pierced my body. When I was thirsty, Arjuna gave me water by piercing the land with his arrow which was Ganga water and purified me. These are the reasons for my state."
So we have to partake food prepared by people with good thoughts and intentions and also offering the food to the almighty chanting Krishnarpanam. Even, when we drink water we should offer to God chanting Krishnarpanam.
Whatever we partake food or water must taken as prasadam.
Poothani the demon came to feed poisonous milk to Lord Krishna.
Who is this Poothani? Poothani was the demon Thataki who was killed by Lord Rama. She took birth as Poothani in her next birth and wanted to take revenge by feeding poisonous milk, as Krishna was a child.
Once Oorvasi Angel in heaven in the palace of Indra, mated with one Gandhrva Danduri in front of Kubera without his consent. Kubera cursed for her bad behviour in front of him without any respect, to take birth as a demon who will have ugly appearance loosing her beauty as she was proud of her beauty and did not behave properly in front of the person like Kubera.
Poothani came to Gokulam as a very charming and beautiful lady. Many gopikas gave their children to her for feeding milk. But all the children died. When she came to feed Lord Krishna she was killed. Here both Oorvasi and Poothani were in the same body. Oorvasi a devotee of Vishnu wanted to feed milk but Poothani wanted to add poison. So Krishna sent Oorvasi to her abode in heaven and sent Poothani to Naraka.
We have to learn that we should not be proud of our appearance or any other qualities and also behave properly with respect in front of elders. The Lord gives his blessings and excuse if we have good thoughts.
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