SB 01.09.13 – Don’t point fingers at others or oneself; move the fingers along the beads to take shelter

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Thank you After the death Atirathe pandav Atirathe is the designation of a great general like a maharathi Maharaj pandu had also conquered over all the kings when he was the all the kings of the world when he was the emperor of the kuru dynasty So from that situation of great prosperity and glory where her husband was The emperor practically the emperor of the whole world What happened to pritha? She not only became a widow, but she became a widow with many children So vishaputama is remembering the sufferings of his loved ones and as he’s observing the pandavas He’s contemplating on how? Their suffering went over to even their loved ones all of them had to suffer together and There were many many other sufferings also On your count In spite of having grown up children She suffered repeatedly Now here vishma is not blaming them When he’s a ushmat kutte because of you But just a fact He’s stating The durodhana would not have harmed Kunti she was she was not a threat to him For him. He wanted the kingdom and The pandavas were competitors pandavas were threats to him so He tried to kill the pandavas and along with that Now he committed atrocities against kunti also in varanavarta Kunti had also gone and she was also attempted to be burned alive And then she also had to first time stay in the forest When thereafter they went to the forest second time She because she was old.
So vidura said that you know Please don’t let her go to the forest when the pandavas were exiled and then kunti stayed with vidura at that time But even at that time You know She suffered terribly Because what greater suffering can be there for a mother? Than to think that her children are suffering and she can do nothing about it She was living In in a royal palace But her sons were living in the forest And living extreme very austerely Exposed to the elements of nature And she suffered terribly because of that and even when the war was going on everything was uncertain And when the ajnath was there, she didn’t even know whether the pandavas were alive or dead So it was immense miseries. He went through And it was all because durodhana evil-mindedly targeted the Pandavas so now the point here is that This is kunti would not consider that the pandavas are the cause of her suffering So Vishwapitamaha is trying to tell over here to yudhishthir maharaj that don’t Point the fingers at anyone don’t point the fingers in at yourself you know, sometimes Just by the arrangement of by by the will of destiny. Sometimes some adversities come and pointing fingers Doesn’t solve any problem So he is contemplating how kunti She repeatedly took shelter of the lord And whenever she was in whatever danger she was in It was the shelter of the lord that saved her and so much so that when the lord was about to depart from The assembly From the lord after the pandavas won the war and the lord was about to depart so Hmm after they won the kunti let all the calamities come again and again so that will enable us to remember Yudhishthir maharaj is thinking of going to the forest.
Although he has been coroneted still he is dual-minded he’s undecided whether He should become the king because he feels that he has been the cause of such a great massacre so The thread of thought that vishwapitamaha will be weaving is Eventually that you know take shelter of the lord and do his will and That’s how we will be able to make spiritual advancement and See the eventual good that krishna is bringing out through whatever bad is happening at present So even when we are We are taking shelter of krishna through the holy name often When sufferings come we want to point fingers You know, we want to point fingers at others or point fingers at ourselves Even pointing fingers at ourselves can be unhealthy and undesirable If it discourages us to take shelter of krishna Ultimately what we have to do is take shelter of krishna to transcend our suffering not that we Ultimately Imagine that we can get over the suffering just by pointing fingers so Yes, sometimes you may have to look at what is the cause of suffering but ultimately we do know that in the material existence Ultimately forgetfulness of krishna is the cause of suffering and it is only by remembering krishna taking shelter of krishna can we Go beyond Go beyond suffering and that opportunity presents us whenever we are practicing the core activities of devotional service like hearing and chanting and to let To let the analysis about pinpointing suffering deprive us Of the opportunity to take shelter of krishna is a great self-induced tragedy And we can avoid that by determinately taking shelter of the holy name. Thank you