This is the famous verse from Shrimad Bhagvad Gita,
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भव- ति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थान- मधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्- ॥४-७॥
परित्राणाय- साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्- ।
धर्मसंस्था- पनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥
which means:-
“Whenever, O descendant of Bharata, there is decline of Dharma, and rise of Adharma, then I body Myself forth. For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of Dharma I come into being in every age.”
These were spoken by LORD KRISHNA himself. It was more like a SOLEMN PROMISE to the ENTIRE WORLD. A promise that has been kept since time eternity.
Read on to find how.
If you would have seen THE “MAHABHARAT”, you would remember the following scene, where LORD KRISHNA is sleeping on the bed when DURYODHANA & ARJUNA come to him asking for help in the upcoming WAR. Arjun stands near KRISHNA’s feet whereas DURYODHANA sits beside KRISHNA’s head.
Arjuna asks for KRISHNA’s presence on his side whereas DURYODHANA asks for KRISHNA’S ARMY. Have you ever thought why?
Duryodhana never considered Krishna to be anything more than a COWHERD, an ordinary human being. In fact many people who supported Duryodhana in the MAHABHARATA war also thought of KRISHNA to be an ordinary human being.
Even among the PANDAVAS, DHARMARAJ YUDHISHTHIRA (the eldest PANDAVA) considered KRISHNA a true friend and a well wisher. It required BHISHMAPITAMAH (on a bed of arrows) to recite the entire VISHNU SAHASRANAMA for YUDHISTHIRA to understand that his dear friend was not a NORMAL HUMAN BEING, he was the DIVINE himself – Vishnu Sahasranama – Wikipedia
What I am trying to say even when KRISHNA LIVED, there were only a few who realized he was the DIVINE FORCE himself. It was only ARJUNA, KUNTI, VIDUR & UDDHAVA (Uddhava – Wikipedia) who was KRISHNA’s minister who realized that KRISHNA is THE DIVINE himself.
If you are looking for a BLUE BODIED SUPER NATURAL BEING CLAD IN BRIGHT UELLOW DHOTI WITH SHANKHA IN ONE HAND AND SUDARSHANA CHAKRA IN THE OTHER, you are NOT GOING TO FIND it.
These DIVINE FORCES will be in the SAME SHAPE & FORM as us (normal human beings), but what will separate/highlight them is the sudden increase in their CLOUT & PROMINENCE to INFLUENCE THE SOCIETY for the GREATER GOOD Of humanity.
You need to have some basic knowledge of THE BHAGAVAD GITA to digest what I wrote. To give you a very brief overview – GITA talks about ADVAITA PHILOSOPHY, which basically says that there’s just ONE TRUTH and that the DIVINE and every living being – tress, insects, animals, people are a projection (like sun rays from the sun) of that DIVINE self. So essentially every living being (you and me too) have THE SAME DIVINE ELEMENT inside. Only humans have the intelligence & the intellect to attain this REALIZATION. But most of the human beings get entwined in MAYA (materialistic thoughts), there are always a few who attain THE REALIZATION & rise above MAYA and provide direction to the society & alleviate humanity from its miseries. THAT’S HOW DHARMA IS ESTABLISHED. Its not by forming rules, its by galvanizing the society.
A few examples
- Adi Shankara – Wikipedia – 8th century (maybe older) saint who revived hinduism, he traveled across India twice (on foot) and established many mutt’s and spread ADVAITA VEDANTA. All within the age of 32.
- Bhoja – Wikipedia – Raja Bhoja – I wish to call him KALKI. Cause he was the single biggest reason to scare the living life out of MAHMUD OF GHAZNI so much so that he or his successors never thought of returning back to pillage the SOMNATH temlpe for the next 180 years . Why did Muhamad of Ghazni didn’t venture into Southern India? Is it because of Great Chola King Rajendra’s presence?
- Shivaji – Wikipedia – Chattrapati Shivaji grew up listening to stories of VISHNU AVATARAS. He was quite influenced by the Narasimha avatar. Which I am told inspired him to invent the TIGER CLAW – Bagh nakh which he used to kill Afzal Khan (general). He was also a great disciple of SANT Tukaram. Shivaji welcoming Sant Tukaram arriving to perform Kirtana (c. 1548 A.D.) There are a lot of stories, although our history books don’t talk much about him, he’s one of the reason why HINDUISM managed to survive in INDIA in spite of 500 years of ISLAMIC rule. What is the 27-year war that saved Hinduism? Conflict between Shivaji and Aurangzeb
- Ramakrishna – Wikipedia – RAMAKRISHNA PARAMHAMSA was born in 1836 in FEB 1836. Those were the days when BENGAL WAS THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL OF INDIA. By virtue of which it became the nerve centre of the ARYA SAMAJ and BRAHMA SAMAJ movements which started looking down upon idol worship and other Hindu practices. His charm was so strong that all the intellectual elites of Bengal became his disciples. He was the GURU OF THE GREAT SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. He was in a way indirectly the reason for the INDIAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT
- Swami Vivekananda – Wikipedia – he was the guy who put INDIA BACK ON THE WORLD MAP and for the right reasons – spirituality and yoga which he introduced to the west. This part is straight from Wikipedia – He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission
So if you see there’s a pattern, whenever society deteriorates, there’s someone who rises up against all the evils and establishes righteousness by galvanising the people with his ideas and selflessness. Thus eradicating the social and societal evils. There was RAJA BHOJA who scared the life out of GHAZNI, there was SHIVAJI (mentored by SANT TUKARAM) who made Aurangzeb’s life miserable, then it was SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ( mentored by RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA) who galvanised the INDIAN society to fight for their freedom.
So, you may now ask, is there someone like that now in the current day and time.
I have given below some pointers to spot such DIVINE FORCES
- Sudden meteoric rise
- Galvanises the society through his/her ideas which are for making a better society and making the world a better place.
- Is epitome of SELFLESSNESS , NON DISCRIMINATION. It’s always OTHERS BEFORE SELF.
- He / she will be the guiding light for the entire world. The entire world would suddenly be looking up to him/her.
- Last, he / she should have some conditioning / influence from the BHAGAVADGITA GITA or/and ADVAITA vedanta.
Any guesses of who this person could be ?
I personally think ITS NONE OTHER THAN WAIT FOR IT
Incidentally he hails from the same state as LORD KRISHNA – GUJARAT.
- His rise was Meteoric by any standards – from ABJECT POVERTY to THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY OF THE WORLD, TWICE
- He galvanised the INDIAN society with things like SWACH BHARAT ABHYAN, TRIPLE TALAQ , ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370. He instilled a sense of pride among INDIANS in INDIA & internationally
- We know about his single minded dedication to the upliftment of the country and it’s people.
- He made INDIA THE WORLD LEADER because of projects like THE SOLAR ALLIANCE, climate change, electric vehicle adoption.
- Lastly, he spent his formative years in THE RAMAKRISHNA MUTH – Know about the monk who put Narendra Modi on path to become PM. Yes the MUTH that was started by SWAMI VIVEKANANDA and named after his GURU RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA.
- If you would have seen the BEAR GRYLLIS’s MAN vs WILD show with PM MODI, and if you had an iota of an idea of Advaita Vedanta, you would have realised that PM MODI referees to it when he was answering BEAR GRYLLIS’s query on whether the jungle / wild animals scare him. His reply was that he held a thought process which respected each and every sort of life whether a wild animal or a tree and that he would not harm any animal. The IS ABSOLUTE ADVAITA VEDANTA –
All I WISH TO SAY IS INDIA IS IN GOOD HANDS.
There will still be a lot of DURYODHANS AND KAURAVAS who would not agree to this divine force.
But here’s your cue to realise it, be THE ARJUNA or THE KUNTI OR THE BHISHMA OR THE UDDHAVA and enjoy the show.
JAI BHARAT.