Mandodari’s lament 1 – How to be empowered in disempowering situations – Hindi
[Bhagavatam class at Radha Kunjabihari Mandir, ISKCON, Pune, India]
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Hare Krishna I come to Pune once in a year, so I look forward to it. I come to Pune every year. I have spent many years here, 10-11 years, 12-13 years here.
I am happy to be here among all of you. Many of my relatives are watching this and I salute them. So today we will discuss how to find power in a powerless situation.
When we are in such a situation, when we are powerless, then how can we work? The shloka that I have read, Mandodari is talking about Ravana's death. She is saying that the feelings of this shloka are very mysterious. First of all, she says that Ravana had a great war.
Ravana is his name. So what is the great war? In reality, our fortune is determined by two things. What we have and what we do with what we have.
What we have and what we do with what we have. So Ravana was very fortunate that he had a lot of power, a lot of capability. If a person wants to rule a kingdom, even if it is a person from an asura family, if he wants to rule a kingdom, then he needs to be able to plan, he needs to be able to fight wars, he needs to be able to do penance.
So what we have is one type of fortune. And what we do with what we have is another type of fortune. So, Ravana has been called a Mahabhaga because he had a lot of power, a lot of capability, a lot of talent.
When Hanumanji sees Ravana for the first time in the court of Ravana, he thinks how powerful he is. If he was religious, he would have been able to protect the deities. So, this is how he has been called a Mahabhaga.
So now, we all have a few things in our lives and many things are not like this. I feel that maybe I am not that smart, I cannot do this, I cannot do that. I can do this, I can do that.
So, we all have different types of fortune with our birth, with our body, according to our prarabdha karmas. But what we bring with us, what we do is more important than that. Here it is said, O Ravana, you have not understood the power of Sita.
And now I am telling you, because you have not understood the power of Sita, because of that, you are in the state of Imaam. What is happening now? Ravana has fallen down. Here, we usually say that we have to become a guide for God.
तस्मात्मुत्तिष्टेशो लवस्म चित्वाशक्रण्मुश्वराचन् समृद्धम् मयैवैतेन्निथापूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रम् भावसाव्यसाचि तनिमित्तमात्रम् भावसाव्यसाचि Bhagwan says to Arjun, that you become a guide for me. तुम मेरे लिए युद्ध करो. Usually, we become a guide for God.
But here, Nandodani is saying that you did not understand the power of Ravana and Sita. That is why you were saved. So, in this Shloka, there is no mention of Rama.
But, Rama has saved you. But, He has also saved Rama. In a way, he is saying that Rama has become a guide to get you the curse of Sita.
We think that we have to become an instrument for God. But here, God has become an instrument for us. To become a guide for someone, to become a guide for God, here Bhagwan has become a guide.
And, we see that at that time, Sita and Sita were in a very strange situation. She was kidnapped. And, Nandodani was also in a strange situation.
She was a queen. She was kidnapped. But, Nandodani knew Dharma.
And, he was trying to guide Ravana. He was trying to guide him. But, Ravana did not listen to him.
So, in a way, both of them were in a helpless or powerless situation. We see that something that should not happen is happening. And, we think that it should not happen.
If it happens, it should not happen. we do not have the power to stop it. So, in such a helpless situation, we see that something that should not happen is happening.
But, we do not have the power to stop it. Has anyone ever been in such a situation? In your life? When you see that something should not happen? No one? We all see that some people do such things. There is a car which is going to fall down the hill.
But, it is not listening to us. So, what can we do in such a situation? So, this is a situation in which when we are powerless, then there is a reaction with words. Sometimes, there is a revolution.
So, what is the reason for the revolution? I just came from America. I was in a conference there. So, there was a person from France.
We were talking about the French revolution. There was a revolution in France. So, there were many revolutions.
But, people used to think that religion has a lot of blind faith. A lot of bad things are happening in the name of religion. So, what did they do? So, they killed thousands and thousands of people mercilessly.
So, they killed everyone. And, what happened after that? It kept on increasing and kept on getting destroyed. Today, many people say that there is a lot of terrorism in the name of religion.
There is a lot of violence. But, in reality, because of the atheistic movement, if you look at the history of the world, you will see that if there was an atheistic state, there would be China and Soviet Russia. And, in China and Soviet Russia, 100 million, meaning, 10 crore people were killed.
And, the first world war, the second world war, along with the killing of these people, more than that Most of the killings have happened only in atheistic countries where they have tried to destroy religion and progress according to atheism. So, in many situations it is possible that a lot of things are going wrong. So, when a mistake is happening, some people think that all this is their fault, that all this is bad.
One European thought was that when will Europe be happy? When… What is a priest? A Christian priest? Padre. So, from the inside of the Padre, when we kick the ass of the last king, then… So, did I not? When the intestines of the last priest are used to strangle the last king, last nobility, then Europe will know peace. Tradition is like a tree we are sitting on.
Tradition is like a tree we are sitting on. When we break it, when we sit on the tree, we do not even know how high it is. When it breaks and falls, we do not even know how low it will fall.
When I travel to a foreign country, many people say that there is a lot of feminism. They say that for a long time, men have been oppressing women. So, now women should get equal opportunities.
This is okay. No one should be oppressed. Everyone should get equal opportunities.
This is not wrong in a certain way. But some people do this… I was in Los Angeles. When I went for a walk, I went to a park.
So, in that park… Normally, when you go to a park, there are some children playing there. Some mothers and fathers are sitting there and talking. In this old park, there are no children.
There are only dogs. Only dogs. In fact, according to statistics, there are more dogs in the families of Caucasian white people than children.
What else is there? There are only dogs. But they want to do everything with their dogs. When I do western programs, for example, in Yoga Studio, there was a program in Yoga Studio.
So, they asked me, what is Doga? So, what is Doga? Yoga with Dog. Yoga with Dog. So, I said, there is not only Doga, there is also Koga.
What is Koga? Yoga with your cat. So, I said, my cat, my dog, what is Koga? Why is this happening now? There can be many reasons. But, when every person has a place in the society, and when all the men are running after their careers, then the children become a burden.
I went to an NDA conference, to talk about Garbhapad. There, the ferocity, the way people treat Garbhapad with ferocity, Prabhupada used to say, that if men are treated, then women become Garbhapad. If men are treated, if there is no culture, then women become Garbhapad.
So, now, the radical feminists, they say, what is this? Misogyny has done injustice to women. Pregnancy is biological slavery. And abortion is technological liberation.
So, what is this? Misogyny has done injustice to women. And abortion is technological liberation. This is such a bad claim.
So, I said, if your mother had thought that being pregnant is slavery, then what would have happened to you? You wouldn't have been born. You wouldn't have been born. So, what I mean to say here is, anything we say is wrong, it is easy to break it.
And the king has said, that this is a fact, like I said in Surah, that many times, misogyny has been done to women. But it is not that only women have been misogynized. Misogyny has been done to women.
And in reality, most of the dangerous jobs in the world, are done by men. Because there are dangerous jobs. What is a mine? When you go inside and dig, it is a very difficult job.
A devotee from Russia, he used to work in a coal mine. So, he had to work for 8 hours. And the coal mine was so small, that he had to crawl through it.
And to reach there, he had to crawl for 1.5 hours. He had to crawl. And he had to crawl for 1.5 hours.
And those who crawled, didn't get any money. So, this is a very difficult job. For everyone, for everyone, it is a difficult job.
And, the family structure, the structure of the family, in the states, there is a lot of division. I was in New Zealand, and I was saying that the divorce rate in some states has increased a lot. They said, no, the divorce rate in New Zealand is not high.
I said, really? Why? I said, it is not like that. If you get married and live together, and if you don't get married, then there is no question of divorce. But, what happens in that? In that, either the children are born, and when the children are born, they are given a burden.
And, research has shown that, if there is a family So, there the child's upbringing starts. If he is only a mother or father, then it does not happen at all. Both are very important.
So, any situation, any system, any method, it is bad to call it. Because it is wrong, it is good. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.
The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. Now, this is not always true. Sometimes the situation is bad.
But our mind, especially in today's society, what is there in the western culture? If the situation is favorable, then don't try to change yourself. Change the situation. What else does it mean to change the situation? If the relationship is not good, then leave it.
When I was in Canada, I met a devotee there. She told me that her husband is a yajna practitioner. And her mother-in-law is a family lawyer.
What does family lawyer mean? It is an old word. It is basically a divorce lawyer. So, she was joking that her husband is a complete faggot.
So, she told me to get a divorce lawyer. So, she told me that people break their relationships for beautiful things. Some people say that they cannot take this case.
Because even if you want to divorce, you have to fill the entire case. So, she told me that she wants to divorce me. Why? I went to the bathroom this morning.
And I saw that my husband had put my toothbrush behind my back. I told her that I don't want to do this. I want to get separated.
She told me that I am dead serious. Now, every relationship can have a story. But our mind makes small things big.
So, in general, whenever I am counselling someone, I tell them to never take irreversible decisions based on reversible motions. We know that something bad is going to happen. But when we make a decision, it can be irreversibly changed.
So, based on momentary emotions, make permanent decisions. Sometimes you feel that something is bad. And it can be bad.
But there are many things in the world. Something is bad. Something is good.
Something is bad. And it keeps coming. But when people don't have patience, When people don't have patience, Then what happens? Then they make a lot of changes on small things.
I was giving a lecture in Stanford University. I was giving a lecture and after that I met an American woman, her daughter. I told her that Stanford is a list of IITs in America.
It is a very busy place. She told me that her daughter has been in Stanford for the last 12 years. Really? No, in the first year of 12 years.
I told her that for 12 years she is trying to discover her calling. It means that she has not failed. She has changed her major in the first year of 12 years.
First she told me that psychology is boring. Can I do physics? No, physics is boring. I told her that I want to do history.
But I don't know anything about history. So, 12 years have passed. All her friends are in their careers.
They are married and have kids. And she is still in the first year. So, why? I told her that I want to find the subject which is perfect.
The world is not perfect. What do you want to find perfect? What do you want to find? I told her that if she thinks that she wants to find the perfect thing in her life. Sometimes it happens that some people come to a religious community.
Yes, they see that this is not good. But this community is not good. This is not good.
So, I want a community which is perfect. I want a community where everything is perfect. So, I told her that actually there is no perfect community in this world.
And if by mistake there is a perfect community somewhere. Then you will not get any ambition. Because you are not perfect.
So, what is this? We can change our situation. Sometimes it is necessary to change it. So, we can change it.
But God is bad. You can change it. But God is bad.
You can destroy it. But God is bad. So, whatever is the situation, I can change this situation.
But what can I change in this situation? If I cannot change the situation, I can still change something in the situation. Parasthiti nahin badal jata, par parasthiti mein main kya badal sikta hoon? Aur sabse pehle main kya badal sikta hoon? Main khud ki chetna badal sikta hoon. Krishna bhavana jo hai, vastu mein parasthiti badal, kabhi kabhi parasthiti badal bhaat zaruri hoon jata hai.
Par, adhikari samay mein, parasthiti badal ne se, jada farak hoga, ye zaruri nahin hai. Abhi ho sakta hai, matlab kona kya hai, that wo, that should not be the first course of action. Theek hai, ye chalne jaye, kuch aur kar lete hain.
Jo parasthiti hai, uske andar hum kaise badal kar sakte hain. Usmein main khud ko kaise badal sakte hain. Aur jab hum aise karege, tumse kya hota hai, bhale hi, wo parasthiti mein hum badlavan la sakte hain, hum khud mein badlavan la sakte hain.
Hum khud aur paripakwa ho sakte hain. Hum khud aur prakritishin ho sakte hain. Hum khud bhagwan ke aur karne jaa sakte hain.
To ye, har parasthiti, jab ye parasthiti aise hoti hai, jisme hum kuch nahin kar para, to ki hum kya kar sakte hain. Vaastu mein, teen cheezein hamesha humaari shakti mein hoti hain. Iske baad, English mein, poora seminar I said, but I called English as a tab.
We can always open a new tab in our life. Tab, matlab, agar aap computer pe kuch browse kar rahe hain, to ek naya window khol sakte hain, tab. To tab kya hai? T-A-B.
Thoughts, Attitude and Behaviour. Aap, kis kar se jaad, hum kis kar se jaad karte hain, hum kis prakaar ka bhaav rakte hain, aur hum kis prakaar se kaare karte hain. Ye teen cheezein jo hai, hamesha humaari shakti mein.
Abhi, jab hum parasthiti, humaara vichar ke hai, agar ye parasthiti aise hai, jisme main abhi, ye pratikram parasthiti hai, par, ye badarna pehle nahin sambhawan nahin hai. To se main, khud ko kisne badar sakta hu? Mera vichar. Main kis kheed ka vichar karna hain? Abhi, krishna bhaavna, hum Bharat abhi jab ho rahe hain, to uska bhaav, uska utdesh, uska matlab ye hai, ki vaastav mein hume, Bhagwan Krishna ka sangat.
Hum saab ke jeevam mein sansiya hai. Aur, few things make us as unhappy, as the idea that everyone else is happy. Ki hume, is kis se bada dukh hota hai, kyunki hum lagta hai, ki baap se log sukhi hai.
Main akhil dukh hai, khela dukh hai. To koi bhi begati se, agar aap thoda baachit kar rahe lagta hai, aur sunte hai, aur koi begati bahaar se bada hai, ye se lagta hai, just thoda se aur surface ke bhine jaba, everybody is working through their own tragedy. Aayi ek ki jeevam mein, koi badi uddhakti aa rahi hai.
To, abhi ki jab humare jamee sansiya hai, agar hum sansiyaon ke baare nahin vichar karte rahe the, to phir wo sansiya aur bach jati hai. To krishan bahu raha wo uddesh kya hai, jab sansiya hai, to uska vichar karna zaroor hai. Par, haminsha uska vichar karna zaroor hai.
Main, ek baat se mila America mein, wo pata rahe the ki kaise, humke do bachit hai, aur dono ko, achalak, ek auto-human disease ho raha hai. Matlab kya hai, unke shahid kaam karna bandhi hai. Aur abhi tabhi, ek bachay ko ho raha hai, dono ko ho raha hai, to kaise karna hai.
To phir, hum se baat karte, to humne pehle ki, humne paisla kiya, ki abhi jo sansiyaan hai, hum din mein, uske baare mein, jo karna hai, wo din baare mein karna padhe hai, iske nahin khayal karna hai, iske nahin dawaai din nahin, iske nahin hapa khayal karna hai. Par, uske baare mein, agar baat karni hai, to hum din mein, aadha dhikta dikha karte hai. Aur baaki samay, just get busy in doing work.
Aur, yeh samasya hai, yeh samasya hai, humne kya karne hai. Yeh aadha ghanta hai, usse samay, hum baachit karke, uske baad dekhi kya karne hai. To kaise, hai, usse kya hota hai? To phir, mein sada usse ucha bhi kar raha tha, to kaise, humara mann jo hai, ek bachay ke samaan hai.
Aur, the anxious mind, is more anxious, that there is a plan, then what is the plan? Matlab kya hai, agar bachay hai, aur, maa, maa, maa, maa pe aadha dhikha karne hai. Maa bhi, main dekha raha tha, kya dekha raha tha, kaise dekha raha tha, bachay nahi dekha raha tha, dekha bhi dekha raha tha. To kya hota hai, hum, jab, mann humare bachay ke samaan hai, to theek hai, yeh samasya hai, meri jeem mein, uska ucha karna hai, aur, wo samay mein, nikal ke rakha ho raha hai, uss samay, main, uska ucha karna hai, aur, uss samay, usko dekha raha hai.
Agar, humare samasyaon ke baare mein, hum, hameeesha ucha karte raha hai, to, our, problems will bury us, humko, hamare samasyaon, zameen mein, karna dekha raha hai. To kya hai, krishna bhavna se, yeh vidhi rivaaz nahi hai, ki, koi, mandir mein aao, jaap karo, ya, pooja karo, iske, kya hona chahiye, iske, humara mann, bhagwan ke baare mein, aasak toh hoon raha hai. Aur, humare samasyaon ke baare mein, vichar karne ke jalo pe, hum, saadha rante humare, hum, bhagwan ke baare mein, vichar karte raha hai.
Bhagwan iske, bhagwan ka smaran hai. Iska matla nahi hai, hum samasyaon se, daud rahe hai. Par, samasya ke liye, samay hum lete hai.
Par, uss samay, hum, poora dhyaan, kya kar sakta hoon, us samasya ke baare mein. Par, humesha uske baare mein, vichar nahi karna hai. Par, kaise vichar nahi karna hai, vichar aata hai.
Ki, vichar aata hai, wo toh aata hai, usko hum yatra nahi karte hai. Par, jab vichar aata hai, usko hum kitna chaitan karte hai. Ki, vichar aata hai, usko hum kitna chaitan karte hai.
vichar aata hai, usko hum kitna chaitan karte hai. Ki, vichar aata hai, usko hum kitna chaitan karte hai. Toh yeh baar sabse pehla hai, thought.
Yeh hum kis ka, kis cheez ka vichara karte hai, iski shakti humeinsha humare paas hai. Yeh dusra hai, attitude. Vichar dhara, ya bhavna.
Toh abhi hum kahe sakte hai, ki yeh jo paristiti hai, yeh hum toh kharao hai. Ki, duniya hi, bahot kharao hai. Aur, mera jeev, mera kismati pooti nahi hai.
Hamisha mera jeev nahi hai, toh hi hote raha hai. Yeh bhav rakhte hai hum, yaha hum sochh sakte hai hum, ki yeh jo samasya hai hum, yeh kisi, yeh kisi, kis kya ko imtes hai. This, yeh jo paristiti hai, yeh mere vikas ke liye hai.
Yeh mere muddi ke liye hai. Yeh mere evolution, utkranti ke liye hai. Agar, hum yeh bhav rakhte hai, toh jisse, koi, panchi hota hai, sab, budhich ke, pehle jab hota hai, uska, hai ka, what is the shell? Bird's hole? What's the nest? Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Anda, Shell, Kavach, Kavach, haan, wo uske liye kavach ke saman hota hai wo, par usko kavach, dekha hai, aap humaj gaye hai, jo, anda ke antar, uska dipna hota hai, usse pehle.
Usko, uska jo, anda ke bahar ke, todna partha hai. Aur wo asan nahin hai. Aur todne, bada asan nahin hota hai.
Agar wo, wo, dhak jata hai, haath jata hai, toh main isme basa ho, kaise isme tight hai, kitna is tight hai, toh wo antar hi basa dekha. Sangharsh karta hai, aur wo sangharsh se dharm hota hai. Aur uska kutdesh hai, uska kutdesh hai, ki, uske shakti badh rahe ho, uske pancha aur shakti badh rahe ho.
Toh bahar mein, ek bada asman hai, yahaan pe wo, aur kutdesh karta hai. Toh hum sabko bhi, hum jab aise parasati mein hote hain, ki main parishani aa rahi hai, toh hum sochhte hai, yeh parishani aise hi aa gayi hai, aur, kya aise parishani aa rahi hai, hum sochhte hai, ki yeh jo hai, yeh mere nikaaz ke liye. Parishani se baar nikalna, isko sahin karna, isne aage karna, aasaal nahi hai.
Par, agar hum so shrikhaar karte hain, toh usse humare mukti hote hain. Prabhupada ji hum dekhte hai, ki kya karte hai, kitne saare, humko, samasiyan nahi, kabhi humka, usse parasati se, aage nahi badh raha hai. Aage nahi badh raha hai, matlab, 30-40 saal toh, kuchhaan kar rahi hai, kuchh bhi nahi ho raha tha.
Koi bhi, bhakti mein, bhakti bhi kar raha tha, prabhupada, hatanash nahi hai, ki prabhupada, bhagwan kasam kar rahi hai. Aur bhaav kya tha, humka, wo Amerika aa gaye the, aur jib Amerika aa gaye the, humka bhaav tha, ki, bhagwan, aapke kuchh awashna ho gaye, aamne nacha jo nahi tha, wo aamare nacha ho gaye, bhagwan, agar aapne nacha ke liye aa raha tha, toh, humaare apne bhi parasthiti aati hai, agar hum yeh bhaav rakhte hai, yeh kyu hai, yeh kyu hai energy mein, yeh kyu hai yeh parasthiti aati hai, waise bhaav bhi rahe hai, isse, mera kuchh vikas ho sakte hai, main kaise yeh parasthiti mein, kuchhka, mundi, kuchhka vikas, kuchhka utkarni kar sakte hain, yeh bho bhaav rakhte hai, toh hum, us parasthiti mein, bhaat sakte hai, aur aakhari hai, yeh karya, har parasthiti mein, hum kis tarah se, karya karte hai, yeh, humaarein, shahita mein, matlab kya, karya, kaise kar sakte hai, ki, jaa humaarein yeh parasthiti, bhohot kharab ho jati hai, toh uss samay, toh yeh bhaav bhi bata raha the, ki, kaise, us karitam mein, yeh humein, kuchh langda sochte hai, 10 saal ke baad kya hoga, 5 saal ke baad kya hoga, waise, door ke yojana karna bhi zarur hi hai, par, jab, bhaot vikat parasthiti aayi hai, So, that's when a lot of variables, a lot of situations are wrong. A lot of situations, a lot of such things happen, you don't know what's going to happen.
If someone is ill, this illness is going to get better in a month, in a week, in a year. Then what are you going to do, what are they going to do, what are they going to do. So, what you have to do at that time is, what is behavior? Reduce your working time.
That whatever work you are doing, what will happen after a year? Don't think, can I do a good job for a day? We all know that if I do this, the situation will get worse. If I do this, the situation will get better. So, if the right thing is, can I do it for a day? Can I do it for an hour? You have to do small things.
And, like this, S-S-S Small, simple steps. When in adversity, don't think of the big picture. Think of small, simple steps.
S-S-S S-S-S S-S-S S-S-S S-S-S S-S-S S-S-S What will happen in 6 minutes? If I write for 6 minutes, I can write 100-200 words. And, if I write for a month, I can write 3000-4000 words. 3000 words.
But, it increases. Sometimes, I find it difficult to write for 6 minutes. Like writing a book.
If you have to do anything, you have to run. If you want to become a bhagavata, if you get time, you have to become a bhagavata. If you don't have time, you say, I can read one page.
It's very difficult to read one page. What will happen if you read one page? Thousands of pages of bhagavata. If you read one page, nothing will happen.
But something will happen. Our mind is the creator of habit. I will add this point.
If you read your mind once in a week for 6 hours, and read it once a week for 10 minutes. If you read it once a month for 6 hours, and read it once a week for 10 minutes, then what happens is that your mind has a culture. And that becomes a habit.
Then later, because of that habit, you read it again. But if you get time, you read it for 6 hours. It is good to read the whole chapter.
But read it for 10 minutes. One purport. No, no, no.
No purport for 10 pages. Ok. You just pick up the first part and read one line.
What will you get from one line? No. From one line. Even if you don't get any knowledge from one line.
But remember the mind. The purpose of doing something regularly is not just to get it done but also to discipline ourselves. The purpose of doing something regularly is not just to do it.
It is to discipline And if the mind has that samskara, then what is there in it? To have that samskara in the mind, you have to give the right amount. You have to give the right amount. It is important.
It is not necessary to read the whole chapter. It is not necessary. But when the amount is not possible, then also, regularly, in less quantity, it is possible.
Nobody can say, I am so busy that I can't pick up the first part. You don't have to pick up the first part. Your phone is not working.
Your phone is always switched off. So, open one page, one word, one page, and read it. And if you do this, then what happens? Yes, you don't have time.
Yes, everyone has the voice of time. But is life going to change dramatically? In America, we say many times that we will come to India. We have a job in America.
We will come to India. And we will do Bhakti here and there. So, we are used to it.
But what will we do? We are used to it. We have studied the whole day. How can we do Bhakti day by day? Because, we all need time.
I am concluding from the point that I made earlier. We are fortunate in two ways. One is, what we get.
And the other is, what we do. So, if someone is fortunate that he has a lot of time. It is a good thing.
But, how much time do you have? Or you don't have that much time? So, we are studying with the time we have. And if we can read it in two minutes. Okay, read it in two minutes.
He will not remember anything. And he will remember. And we are using that much time.
So, what do we get from it? We are giving ourselves power in that powerful state. We are using as much power as we have. And Madhubani is saying, we are showing it to God.
So, we can become stronger with our power. And God can become stronger with his power. And when God becomes stronger with his power, he can become a miraculous prodigy.
That is why, whatever incremental small changes we can make we will see that we can move ahead in that situation also. And we will see that we will move ahead one step at a time. And this was the tradition.
This was the tradition there. From there we will move ahead. Maybe God will give us 100 steps in one step.
We don't know when he will give us. But, the feeling of helplessness and helplessness will remain there. It will be an activity.
It will be a small activity. So, from that we will move ahead in our life. And in any situation, we can use as much power as we have and we can move ahead in our life.
So, the whole thing is how we can get power in a situation What is going on with that? For example, Mandodari and Sita were in a difficult situation. Sita was kidnapped and Mandodari being religious, saw Ravan being kidnapped and couldn't stop him. So, here, what did he do? He always followed that religion.
That is why, he is blaming Ravan for kidnapping Sita. But, the religious view is that Ravan didn't understand Sita's power. He committed a crime against Sita.
That is why Ravan kidnapped you. So, the religion according to which he was living, that religion didn't give him a chance to blame anyone. So, we will see how.
In any situation, there is a problem. And, these days, there is a tendency to break the tradition. But, the tradition is a tree on which we are sitting.
We don't know how high the tree is. But, if we break it, how much we fall, how much we get hurt, we can use it in our imagination. So, I gave an example of this.
If Surya thinks that he is being blamed for a crime, that is why we don't want to live in a family. We want to be independent. So, no one should be blamed.
And, everyone should get a chance. But, as we have seen, people consider children as a crime. They consider pregnancy as independence.
And, instead of children, they adopt dogs. And, what happens is, when children are born, they are separated. There is no mother.
So, children are left alone. So, the whole generation gets divided. And, the society can be destroyed.
So, that is why, sometimes it is necessary to change the situation. But, we should try to change ourselves. And, how can we do that? For that, we have seen three things.
No matter how impossible it is, we have three things. What are those three things? First, we have to think. What should we think about? If we have a problem, we should find time to solve it.
This is how we should think. Rest of the time, we should focus on something else. Mind is like a small child.
So, give hope to the child that there is a solution to this problem. So, what is the solution? Ask him. So, one day, half an hour, one hour, think about the problem.
Rest of the time, think about something else. If we keep thinking about the problem, then we will be buried in the problem. We will be alive.
So, what is the meaning of Krishna Bhavna? Our mind should give hope to Krishna so that we can think about Krishna and his services. Now, we are thinking about Krishna. Second was Vichal Dhara, Attitude.
In that, the situation is that my luck is bad, the world is bad, people are bad. But, if we face it, we can get rid of it. If we face it with this attitude, then we can get rid of it.
Like, a small bird is inside an egg. So, there is a conflict. But, it is not a problem, it is a conflict.
No situation is easy. It is not easy to get inside the egg and it is not easy to get out of the egg. But, it sticks and moves forward.
So, what happens? So, the situation we face is because of God's plan for us. And then, did you see? What was it? Our behavior is in our power. What does it mean? It means that, when there is a big problem, what will we do for the rest of our life? We don't know.
So, what was it? Small things. Small things. For the next one hour, can I work properly? For one day.
And, if I do this, then what will happen? I will get power in my powerlessness. So, I don't have time to do anything. So, how much time? One minute, two minutes, five minutes.
So, what will happen in five minutes? In five minutes, nothing will happen. But, our mind will get used to it. And, our destiny is one.
What do we get? Because, a lot of time is a big destiny. But, the other destiny is also one. What do we do with what we have? So, in this situation, if we are able to do as much good as we can, then God can change that situation in a moment.
And, even if it is not changed, still, if we keep our thoughts, thoughts and actions right, then no matter how different the situation is, we will progress in it. Thank you very much. Hare Krishna.
Is there any question? You made that point that whatever immediate emotions come, my question is in the Ramayana, Mandodari remains chaste. At the same time, Vibhishan changes to the other side. So, similarly, there are many instances in the Shastras.
There is Bhishma who remains you know, but Vidura remains. So, then my question was, could you share your thoughts on this? Because, in history, there have been instances of abuse of power and all that. Okay.
So, then, I saw that Mandodari changed his situation. But, Vibhishan changed his situation. He went towards Ram.
So, what was the difference? That in every situation, every person has his own religion. So, in different situations, there is a different kind of relationship. So, now, Mandodari stayed with Ram.
In that, Ram, who was doing Adharma, he did not do Adharma more than his limit. Once, Ram got very angry and he went towards Vibhishan. So, Mandodari stopped Vibhishan.
He said, it is a sin to But, when he got angry, he was abused by Indrajit. So, he said, whoever abused my son, should be punished. So, sometimes, in a bad situation, if a person is abused, we cannot stop him.
But, if he is abused too much, we cannot stop him. So, his wife, according to that, he did Adharma there. Now, in Vibhishan, I have told you in Ramayana, Vibhishan is mentioned in that.
There is a note on it, that Vibhishan is not a betrayal, some people say. No. What happened in Vibhishan? When he tried his best to make Ravana understand, that if you fight with him, you will be destroyed.
He did not listen to his son. So, he had three options. One is, I cannot do anything to him.
So, I leave from here and The second option was, that he can stay in Lanka and fight against Ravana. And, Vibhishan, Vibhishan was not a family. In a way, we can say that his duty was to his brother.
But, he was not a family. He was a family. And, Vibhishan was thinking, that in reality, these demons, whose duty is to be a king, is our family.
How can we protect them? So, even among the demons, the civilians and combatants, most of them were soldiers. So, among the demons, most of them were not soldiers. They were ordinary people.
So, how can Vibhishan protect them? He said, that if I become a king, then I will return Sita to Ravana. And then we can fight. So, even the demons can be destroyed.
And the third method was that I will come to Ravana and tell him that your battle is not with the demons. Ravana is a demon and his ally. So, don't be afraid of all the demons.
Now, the first method was that Vibhishan called them and told them that it is important for me to protect this kingdom. It is my duty. And the second method was that Ravana was very powerful and it was easy to rebel against him.
And the second method was that when Ravana was ruling, Lanka was also powerful. So, Ravana was very powerful and Lanka was also powerful. So, when people rebelled, they were not happy.
So, it was difficult to rebel against them. So, the third method was to go to Ravana. And then we see that Lanka did not get destroyed nor did Ravana take Lanka as his kingdom.
So, Vibhishan took Lanka as his kingdom. So, in this way, we all have to see what is our religion and we have to act So, sometimes, it is necessary to change the situation. But, we have to decide based on our emotions.
You have a question? Yes. When we do bhakti, So, sometimes, bhakti is good. But, sometimes, the bhakti we do in the morning is mechanical.
So, we can change it based on our emotions. So, when bhakti becomes mechanical, what can we do? Bhakti is always mechanical. That is why, we have to see how our bhakti emotions are influenced by what? For example, in Ujjwal Neelam, when Swamiji wrote Bhakti Samudra, he used the word Deepan.
We all have deepan. When we have bhakti towards God, we have bhakti towards God, some people have bhakti towards deepan, some people have bhakti towards God, some people have bhakti towards a devotee, some people have bhakti some other service. So, the things that we have bhakti towards, we have to understand those things and get the bhakti towards For example, when you don't feel like dying, or you don't like anything other than God, you can keep a chicken with you, and at that time, you can bless that soul.
So, we have to see this in one way. Secondly, when even though mechanical bhakti is happening, but if we keep it intentional, I want to do this, I don't have feelings, but I want to do this. See, Krishna doesn't just see our feelings, he also sees our feelings about our feelings.
Krishna says, we see our feelings, what are our feelings about our feelings? What does it mean? I don't want to be lazy. So, when I feel lazy, I say, Krishna, I don't want to be lazy. I don't want to be lazy.
I don't want to be lazy. What does it mean? We don't welcome So, sometimes it happens that yes, we don't have those feelings. Still, if we do something, we don't have those feelings.
One questioner asks, do you write when you get inspiration or do you write everyday? I write everyday when I get inspiration. But I plan to get inspiration at 9 every day. How do you get inspiration? I don't know.
I get inspiration when I do magic. I get inspiration when I do magic. So, if we wait for inspiration, then we are not devotees, we are waiters.
And we keep waiting. So, if I get inspiration, it's good. If I don't get inspiration, it's okay.
Our dedication is defined by what we do when our inspiration departs. Dedication means Samarkand. Dedication and inspiration are two things we need to do in our life.
Samarkand means when all our feelings and inspirations depart, only then we can keep our Samarkand. And, if we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress. How will we progress? If we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress.
If we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress. If we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress. If we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress.
If we keep our Samarkand, then we can progress.