A
mother knows only one thing i.e. Nishkama Karma. Her entire day is filled with selfless action.
Her morning prayers are for her family’s well-being. Her activities throughout
the day are for her family. Her worries, her concerns, her cries, her joys ..Everything
rotates and revolves around her family. Why do you think she is able to do
this? It is only because she is wired to permeate love, pure pristine
love. Her day starts with love, is filled with love and ends with love. Do I,
her child deserve it? If I could only replicate and spread even an iota of that
Love to my surroundings, to my fellow beings!!!
A
story from the Mahabharatha portrays the concept of Nishkama karma succinctly.
On an
occasion, during the Sankranti festival celebrations , Krishna was partaking of
the freshly harvested sugarcane offered to Him by the Gopis. Fortunately or
unfortunately, there were no machines then to squeeze the juice. Hence, Krishna
had to cut it. While doing so, He inadvertently cut his little finger. Seeing
blood on His finger, Sathyabhama, in her characteristic ego, ordered the Gopis
to go inside the house and fetch some cloth to bandage the finger. Draupadi who
was also there, however, out of her love and concern for Krishna, immediately
tore off a piece of cloth from the end of her sari and bandaged the Lord’s
finger. Now, that was Nishakama Seva. Years later, when Dussasana brought
Droupadi to the court of the Kauravas with the intention of humiliating her in
public, she appealed to Krishna for help and Lo & behold, the Lord was
there to protect her. What an example for the world to follow!!
The
other day, while talking to my fiancée over the phone, she mentioned that her goal in life is to bring smiles
in maximum people’s lives!!! I was flabbergasted!! Yes, such pure souls do
exist…It is these souls that will bring back Rama Rajya.. will revive the Golden
Days
In these
difficult times, can I replicate Draupadi and serve the Krishna present in all
living beings? Something to ponder and act upon!!!
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