Hari Om Parents,
In today's class we continued Jada Bharathar's story. King Bharata was a very pious king, and he had retired to the forest to immerse in lord. But he got diverted and got attached to a deer as a result of which he was born as a deer. But as a result of his past deeds, he was able to remember the Lord and he took another birth as a son in a brahmana family.
But the elder brothers and their wives did not treat Bharata well. But Bharata bore everything in silence without uttering even a single word. But after some time, he was chased away from his house, and he wandered alone in the streets and in the forest.
One day a fierce tribal group caught hold of him and took him to sacrifice him to the Goddess Kali. Goddess Kali protected Bharata and set him free.
Then he came across King Rahuguna being carried in his palanquin and since one man who carried the palanquin was very tired Bharata was ordered to carry the palanquin. Since there were lots of insects crawling on the ground, Bharata not wishing to hurt them walked in a bumpy manner and King Rahuguna was not comfortable in his palanquin.
He shouted at Bharata and called him abusive words.
And at last, for the first time in this life Bharata opened his mouth and talked to the king. "WHO DO YOU CALL AS AN IDIOT? WHO DO YOU SAY IS STRONG AND WEAK? IS IT THE SOUL OR THE BODY?" Rahuguna was taken aback. This man seems to be a yogi. He had insulted a saintly person unknowingly. He fell at the feet of Bharata and begged his pardon.
Bharata taught him about the six sharks in one's life which will pull him down and devour man.
The first shark is LUST. There was a king who loved to receive gifts, and he wanted to have more and more gifts. He was never satisfied with what he had. He craved for more and more. One day he learnt that a lady was weaving a very beautiful blanket, and he wanted to have it for himself. But the lady told him that if he wanted the blanket then he must give away all that he has and then only he can have the blanket. So, the king for the first time started giving away all his wealth and he was able to find more satisfaction than he felt when he was receiving them. At the end, he did not even want the blanket for which he started this journey.
MORAL: Lust will keep on growing when we keep on wanting material things. But real happiness lies in giving and sharing. Like our mission, " Giving more than what we take".
The remaining sharks we will see in the next class.
Malathy Balasubramanian
Saratha Arthanari
