Journey of the soul - Jada Bharath - Bhagavatham
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Now, the King of that country
was going in a palanquin by that way. One of the palanquin-bearers fell ill and
King asked them to look for a substitute.
It was then that they saw
‘Jada’ – an able bodied youth sleeping under the tree. They woke him and
demanded him to carry King’s palanquin. He did
accordingly. As he was carrying the palanquin, his steps did not match
the other bearers and the King irritated because of that discomfort asked him
to rest a while if he felt tired. For the first time in this life Jada opened
his mouth and replied “who is that you are addressing? Can the soul get
tired....?” and went on to talk about ‘soul’. King was taken aback, fell at his
feet and sought his forgiveness and asked ‘Jada’ to give him knowledge of Self.
Right there under a tree ‘Jada’ accepted that King as pupil and what followed
was a beautiful discourse of ‘Soul’ and its’ attributes etc. This beautiful
‘dialogue’ is found in Srimad Bhagavatham.
Now do you understand how even
a person who has been in rigorous practise for years can get ‘attached’ to a
beautiful fawn and how ‘that attachment’ pushes his enlightenement by couple of
janmas. He even had to take birth in ‘lower yoni’ – that of an animal.
The act of saving ‘that fawn’
was no doubt a noble act and yet that noble act too reaped bad
results.
Now imagine how many emotions,
attachments we have. We are also neck-deep in anger, lust, envy and greed. So
imagine the outcome of such a life led! How can we complain about our life and
life situations when we had led a life full of above said ‘vices’?
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