Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 129
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
121
We discussed that once, during the days the yajna was in progress, the king got very thirsty. Unable to bear the thirst, he drank the water that was kept in a pot right there. The next morning, the priests saw the empty pot. When they realized that the king drank all the water, there was an uproar among the priests.
The king was working so hard so he could have a son, but look what he did now. The priests had saved that water because the process of sanctifying the water with the mantras was not yet complete; the priests wanted to complete the process and offer the water to the queen the next day.
The king had committed great sins in the past. The priests were putting in all efforts into the Yajna because it is only after the sins are removed that he could have a good son. But, in the meanwhile, before the water could be completely sanctified, the king drank the water.
As a result, the king assumed pregnancy. Because the king drank the water that was meant for the queen, the king assumed pregnancy, what to do?
After 9 months, a little boy came into the world tearing open the king’s stomach. Tearing open the stomach was the only way he could come into the world. That son was Nemi. The priests, with the power of the mantras, revived the king who died when his stomach was tore open.
Nemi grew up into a young man. But, because the process of sanctification hadn’t completed, Nemi grew up into an extremely wicked man. A lot of experts on Upanishads and story tellers use this story as a great example.
In due course, Nemi became king. His wicked acts had no limits. He was already wicked, and after he became king, he felt he was god. All demons are like that. As soon as they get absolute power, they believe they are god . If they see Brahma in front of them, they ask for immortality. Those with these two qualities – desire for immortality and belief they are God – are demons.
Nemi announced he was God. He ordered everyone to stop doing Yajnas and rituals and serve and worship him instead. But, he had the complete grace of his mother. She had done great penance. Due to her protection, he was saved from all dangers.
Gradually, people in the kingdom reached the point where they could not take his atrocities anymore. All the sages came together and decided to sever both his legs. But, due to his mother’s grace, not only did he escape death, a lot of demons were born out of his legs. The sages were surprised that there was so much evil coming out of his legs. The sages killed all the demons.
They thought about what happened and decided this time to sever Nemi’s arms. When they severed his legs, several demons were born out of them. Let’s see what kinds of things are born when the arms are severed.
Continues....
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21 Nov 2020