Monday, May 3, 2010

Parvati's Doubts

Only a learned few can understand how the Lord of the Universe operates. It is not easy to understand his divine grace with little knowledge. They might get emotional and misconstrue the fact that he is openly shedding tears for his wife even though he has no attachment or detachment.
This is the precise time that Shiva saw Ram, but thinking that it was not the right time to address him, he quietly went on his way along with Parvati. Parvati saw the gleam in his eye and how joyous he was. Shiva just proclaimed "Victory to the Supreme Omnipotent God, Jai Ho!
When Parvati saw how entranced he had become, she got worried. This doubt suddenly enveloped her. She started thinking to herself that her husband is God himself and all the smaller gods and human beings pay obeisance to him and this same Shiva sees this handsome prince and he is so awed by him that the love and devotion in his eye does not seem to go away. That Bramhan which is omnipresent, that who was never born and who never dies, who is selfless and is only love, even the Vedas do not know him fully, can He take a human form? Just like Vishnu, who is the husband of Laksmi, took a human form? He, like Shiva is also omnipresent and both are great. How is that Ram, who is the enemy of demons and a wealth of knowledge go out and cry for his wife so openly? Further, Shiva cannot address anyone as Sachidanand just like that. Who is that prince?
Shiva being omniscient, realized what was going on in Parvati's mind, how doubt-ridden and restless she was. So he told her that she had a woman's mind, and she should never keep such kinds of doubt. He is my Ishtdev (family God) whose praises August Rishi sang and seeing his devotion I told him how to do bhakti. Learned Munis and sages do his meditation and the Vedas and Shastras say "Neti Neti" and sing his praises. That is the Master of this Universe who is my guru and who took human form for the sake of his devotees.
Shiva tried many times to explain and clear her doubt but to no avail. Then he realized that may be it is the will of God. He smiled to himself and told Parvati to go and take a test and find out the truth for herself while he sat and waited under a tree.
As we already know the results of the test we are not waiting to bring Ram Rajya, Jai Ho!

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