Sri Ramacharitha Manas – Sri Tulsidas Maharaj – Uththara Kanda –Garuda appeals to Sage Kakabhusundi to name the superior birth, nature of wicked and noble souls, grave sin and highest of the piety, and the causes for mental and physical illnesses

 

Chapter - 121- Sri Ramacharitha Manas – Sri Tulsidas Maharaj –Garuda appeals to Sage Kakabhusundi to name the superior birth, nature of wicked and noble souls, grave sin and highest of the piety, and the causes for mental and physical illnesses 

Sage Kakabhusundi speaks “Oh! Garuda, the Veda, Nigamagamashasthras represent the bottomless ocean, the spiritual knowledge is Mount Mandhara, and the Santh, Mahathma, noble souls are the deities who churn the ocean to extract the elixir of nectar-like the legends of Lord Rama. The sweetness of the nectar/legends of Rama symbolizes pure love and devotion. Oh! Garuda, the fruitfulness of devotion at the lotus feet of Rama is achieved with the dispassion/Vairagya, as the protective shield, the sharpness of the sword represents wisdom to cut off the enemies like interest in worldly matters, and the impurities of lust, desire, ego, anger, pride, jealousy, ignorance, etc. Oh! King of birds, the devotion at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari is a powerful instrument to cut off the sufferings of  Samsarasagara, hence contemplate upon the supreme Lord Sri Hari.”

 

Garuda reverentially prostrated before Sage Kakabhusundi and addressed in a soft tone “Oh! Prabho,  Oh! Gracious Master, kindly consider me as your sincere servant and shower your compassionate grace upon me, and kindly clear my qualms about the following subjects. Oh! Prabho, 1) which is the difficult form to obtain? 2) Which is the greatest misery and which is the greatest pleasure? What are the characteristics of the wicked and noble souls? 3) Which is the grave sin and which is the highest meritorious rewards as prescribed in the Veda? 4) What is the terrible illness of mind or body? Oh! Prabho, you are intelligent, you have deep insight on various knowledge, kindly answer my queries briefly.” Sage Kakabhusundi began to speak affectionately “Oh! Thatha, I shall answer all your queries in detail, listen to me carefully with utmost devotion. 1) The rarest form to achieve fruitfulness of life is the human body, all the animate and inanimate things yearn to achieve the form of humans in order to achieve liberation from the cycles of birth, it is the bestower of wisdom, dispassion, and devotion. If the Jeeva does not strive to practice devotion at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari, even after achieving the rarest birth as a human, would hurl into repeated cycles of births. The unfortunate get attached to worldly matters, possession, fame, wealth, richness, money, wife, children, relatives and companion, etc.. and chases after sensual pleasure that has fleeting nature, hence they undergo constant sufferings and grief, and it would be like abandoning the Parasamani and chasing after the glass pieces. 2) There is no suffering greater than poverty, and there is no piety superior to the association with the Santh, Mahathma, and noble souls. 3) The innate disposition of the Mahathma, Santh, noble souls are kindness and compassion, by word, mind, and deed. The saints, Mahathma gets easily distressed watching others’ sufferings, and they do not think of their struggle. The wicked seek every opportunity to torment others, the Mahatmas are tender-hearted and self-sacrificing natured, resemble birch of the tree and the wicked are like the creeper that seeks opportunity to thrive on the trees.  The wicked people are like the rat and serpent, they harm others for pleasure, they destroy the fortune of others, and perish themselves like the hail storm that destroys the crops and disappears, Oh! Garuda, the wicked people are like comets, that cause mass destruction. The noble souls, Santh, Mahatmas are like rising sun that removes the darkness of ignorance and brings delight in the Universe  3) The highest of the religious merit described in the Veda is Ahimsa/Ahimsa Paramodharma:/non-violence, and there is no grievous sin as spreading rumors. Whoever disregards Lord Hari, Lord Hara and preceptors would take birth as frogs thousands of times. Whoever disrespects Bhramin would undergo hellish torture in several hells, and finally, take birth as a crow. Whoever disrespects Veda and deities would suffer in the hell named Raurava for several Kalpa. Whoever take pleasure in spreading rumors about preceptors, saint, Mahathma and noble souls would take birth as an owl, that love the darkness and hate wisdom like sunlight. The fools who criticize everyone would take birth as bats. 4) The disease of the mind is more grievous than the body, ignorance, and arrogance cause suffering from mental illness. The Sannipatha/ the variation of the water, air, phlegm, content in the body causes excessive lust, greed, and anger. The interest in worldly matters, Shabdha/Sound, Sparsha/touch, Rasa/taste, Roopa/forms and Gandha/smell, Ahamkara/pride, and Mamakara/arrogance, are the impurities that cause various illnesses in the body and mind as well, the ignorance causes troubles from ringworms, resentment causes skin irritation, the joy and grief cause throat irritation due to the enlargement of glands. The grudges and jealousy on others’ welfare would cause excess appetite, the wickedness and perversity cause leprosy, Egoism causes due to gout, and arrogance, pride, hypocrisy, deceitfulness, cause due to the existence of a parasite called guinea worm in the body. The excessive thirst for pleasure is caused by edema, the craving for virtuous progeny, richness and fame/Thrishna, Thrividha Eshana, are grave illnesses, fever is caused by jealousy and ignorance, Oh! Garuda, there are several types of illness of body and mind, which is beyond description.”

 

Bhrama Payonidhi Mandhara  Gyana Santh Sura Aahi | Katha Sudha  Mathi Kadahi Bhagathi Madhuratha Jahi || Birathi Charma Asi Gyana Madha Lobha Moha Ripu Mari | Jaya  Payia So Haribhagathi Dhekhu Khagesa  Bichari ||

 

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