Narada : one of the Prajāpatis, Nārada Muni, is depicted as carrying a Veena & singing the glories of Vishnu in his forms of Nārāyaṇa & Hari. He is welcome & revered as much by the Devas as by the Asūras for his divine wisdom & powers as well as a sense of mischief which often creates humorous situations but always bringing about events according to the Divine Will. He “stands for the expression of the Divine Love & Knowledge.” [SABCL 22:392]
... pages. And then she comes back to her home and Narada is sitting there, as in the old legend also. In the symbol they are trying to persuade the King to look at mankind and do something for it. And as Narada sings the song of man's perfection, she walks in. And Narada asks, "Who is this girl who has come?" She is introduced to Narada and Narada feels that this is a great spirit - not only the King's... or perversion of delight. So, Narada answers the Queen saying: "Oh, was then the sun a dream because there is night?" That is how Narada begins to answer: "Was then the sun a dream because there is night?" Could you reduce the sun to an unreality because now you are passing through darkness? "Was then the sun a dream because there is night?" And Narada answers: "Ultimately leave her to her... And when she came back, Narada, the great divine sage, was sitting with the King and Queen. They were talking when Savitri came. When the King asked her about her choice, she declared her choice and said that Satyavan living in the forest was the person whom she had selected. The King thought it was quite right because it was her choice. But he asked the divine sage Narada: "Cast this horoscope and ...
... Chhandogya Upanishad, we have a dialogue between Narada and Sanatkumara. When Narada approaches Sanatkumara, Sanatkumara says; "Tell me what you already know; then I will impart to you what lies outside it." Narada replies enumerating a large number of disciplines of knowledge that he has already learned. Sanatkumara points out that what Narada knows is only name and that there is something greater... Part IV Learning and the Knowledge of the Self "Teach me, venerable Sir!" With these words Narada approached Sanatkumara. He (Sanatkumara) said to him: "Tell me what you already know; then I will impart to you what lies outside it." And the other (Narada) said, "I have, 0 venerable Sir, learnt the Rigveda, Page 51 Yajurveda, Samaveda, the Atharvaveda... good teacher is to Page 58 help the pupil liberate himself from the cobwebs of learning and to lead him to the luminosity of true knowledge. In connection with the story of Narada and Sanatkumara, it may be worth noting that ancient India had developed a wide variety of disciplines of the sciences and arts. It is difficult to say whether these disciplines developed during the ...
... him she had found the young man she wished to marry. At that time, sage Narada was present in the court. He was horrified at her choice. Ashvapati wondered if there were any shortcomings in the young man's character. "No", Narada assured him, "He has all the virtues a young man should have " What was the objection then? Narada revealed that Satyavan had only one year more to live. One can imagine ... And when she came back, Narada the great divine sage, was sitting with the King and Queen. They were talking when Savitri came. When the King asked her about her choice, she declared her choice and said that Satyavan living in the forest was the person whom she had selected. The King thought that it was quite right because it was her choice. But he asked the divine sage Narada: 'Cast this horoscope and... created. Savitri, daughter of Asvapati, king of Madra, chooses as her husband Satyavan, the handsome and noble son of a blind and exiled king, who dwells in a forest hermitage. Though warned by the sage Narada that the prince is fated to live but a single year, she persists in her choice, and after the wedding departs with her husband to his father's forest retreat. Here she lives happily till she begins ...
... Narada - Sanatkumara (Chhandogya Upanishad) RISHI Sanatkumara was once approached by Narada (evidently not yet become a Rishi), who said, "Lord, I desire to be taught by you. Please teach me." The Rishi replied, "Very well, but first tell me how much you know; then I shall tell you if you need more." Narada thereupon made out an inventory of his... to Narada. At the beginning of the series is the physical mind, at the end is the spiritual mind. The physical mind is the slave of sense) the spiritual mind is to become centred in God. The first series ends with Knowledge, Knowledge again begins the last series. It seems that the first is the knowledge of particulars, Page 150 the last is that of the Vastness. Narada started... 'Name', no more than words. You have reached as far as 'Name' can take you, giving you as fruit the power to roam at will, that is, you can go unimpeded where you will. But that is about all." Then Narada asked, "Is there anything superior to Name?" "Of course, there is," replied Sanatkumara. "Then tell me about it." "Superior to Name is Speech, that is, Name with form and meaning." Thus he went on ...
... reply he told me the following story of Narada: Two devotees were doing their sadhana in a forest for many years. Once when Narada passed by, one of them asked him, “Bhagavan [a form of addressing holy and venerable souls], you are regularly visiting the Lord. Would you kindly ask Him on my behalf when I shall be able to get His darshan?” A little further Narada met the second devotee. He too entreated... entreated him to ask the Lord the same question. On his return Narada told the first devotee, “You will see the Lord after as many births as there are leaves on the tree under which you are doing your tapasya.” The devotee was utterly disappointed and gave up his sadhana. When Narada met the second devotee and told him the same thing, he felt unbounded joy and began to dance in delight: “Oh, after all I ...
... be for her to comment on. Satprem answers that it is the story of Narada and of Janaka who practiced yoga while leading the ordinary human life. 1 ) That's odd! Very recently, a few days ago, after you came last time, again while I was walking for my japa, this whole story of Narada came to me! Sri Aurobindo said that Narada himself was deceived and didn't recognize in Janaka a true spiritual... agreement: the story of Janaka and the other that come at the exact time.... It's very interesting. Page 184 × Narada was a demigod, immortal like the gods, who had the power to appear on earth whenever he wished. Janaka, Mithila's king at the time of the Upanishads was famed for his spiritual knowledge and divine... life] has a formal garb and outer tokens; therefore men think they can easily recognise it; but the freedom of a Janaka does not proclaim itself and it wears the garb of the world; to its presence even Narada was blinded." ...
... answer to this problem. Savitri was to become a widow according to the prophecy of Narada, who came at the time when she selected Satyavan as her husband. She said she was going to marry Satyavan. Then the King and the Queen asked Narada, the divine sage, to cast a horoscope, find out the astrological position, and Narada, after casting the horoscope, said that Satyavan is a good man, but he will die... and make a change? Is it a mechanical determinism set at work so as to bring about inevitable results which can be foreseen if you know the forces at work. That is what Narada's prediction comes to. Narada saw the forces that are at work in the life of Satyavan and said that after one year Satyavan, the young man selected by Savitri, the princess, will die; so then the problem is, is the working of the... another force is acting that way, so you know that the resultant most probably will be this way, it won't go this way or that way: the result will be this way. Now that is the resultant of forces. Narada says that now universal forces are working and the result is that Satyavan must die. Is it an equation which you cannot change? Savitri says you can change it. There is no inevitability about this ...
... this to you?'' "Revered sir," moaned one youth, "our woes are due to one named Narada." Narada was flabbergasted. "What did he do to "You see, sir, he fancies himself a great singer. But he always sings the notes wrong," murmured a weak voice. "But what has his singing to do with your condition?" Narada asked in a strangled voice. "Well, sir, you may not know us, but we are the thirty-six... thirty-six Ragas and Raginis. It is the constant wrong singing of notes by Narada that has maimed us." "All these beautiful young people maimed by me!" thought Narada with distress. With tears in his eyes, he said, "You do not know me. I am that Narada. Please, please, pardon me. And do tell me if there Page 164 is a way to make all of you whole again." Thirty-six pairs... Mount Kailash sped Narada. Shiva was seated on a tiger skin. His face was grand and still. A mountain of matted hair was coiled on that deathless head. A sickle moon, blue and pale, stretched afar its finger of still light. Narada tremulously asked him, "Will you, Lord, sing?" "I can, but only ..." Shiva paused. "Only if there is someone who can appreciate true music." Narada winced, more and ...
... headaches. So, it is no wonder that once, when Narada called on him in Dwaraka, he found Krishna lying with his eyes closed and a face dulled by pain. Narada, who was more accustomed to seeing a scintillating Krishna, was worried. "What ails thee, Lord?" he inquired. "I have a bad headache, Narada," answered Sri Krishna. "Lord," asked Narada, "what can be done to cure thy headache?" ... some dust from the feet of a human or a god, and apply it on my head, then only will my headache get cured," informed Narayana. "I shall try, my Lord," said Narada, "and see whether I can succeed or not." It did not occur to Narada, who always boasted of his own devotion to Krishna, to there and then take some dust from his own feet and apply it on the head of his worshipped One. No. At... among them was ready to comply with his request. The gods were scandalized. "How can it be, Narada?" said all the denizens of heaven. "Dust from our feet on Narayana's head? What a great sin! Why, it will mean eternal sojourn in hell! Don't you know it?" One and all, the gods declined. So then the demigod Narada descended from gods' heaven to men's earth. He landed in Brindaban, for he knew the genuine ...
... were unfit and not meant for the realisation. At any rate Ramakrishna told the story of Narada and the ascetic Yogi and the Vaishnava Bhakta with approval of its moral. I put it in my own language but keep the substance. Narada on his way to Vaikuntha met a Yogi practising hard tapasya on the hills. "O Narada," cried the Yogi, "you are going to Vaikuntha and will see Vishnu. I have been practising... have not even now attained to Him. Ask Him at least for me when I shall reach Him." Then Narada met a Vaishnava, a Bhakta who was singing songs to Hari and dancing to his own singing, and he cried also, "O Narada, you will see my Lord, Hari. Ask my Lord when I shall reach Him and see His face." On his way back Narada came first to the Yogi. "I have asked Vishnu; you will realise Him after six more lives... Lord Vishnu." Next Narada met again the Bhakta and said to him, "I have no good news for you. You will see the Lord, but only after a lakh of lives." But the Bhakta leapt up with a great cry of rapture, "Oh, I shall see my Lord Hari! after a lakh of lives I shall see my Lord Hari! How great is the grace of the Lord." And he began dancing and singing in a renewed ecstasy. Then Narada said, "Thou hast ...
... of the Raga or Ragini concerned received a blow. Over the long passage of time, repeated blows had caused them the harm Narada witnessed. The sage now realised why they were so reluctant to speak. The truth could embarrass Narada who was a musician himself! Narada extracted from them the panacea for their plight. Only if they got a chance to listen to the perfect musician, they would... behind the modes of music - the Ragas and the Raginis . On a closer look Narada detected that each one of those beings, extremely charming though, had been maimed. If one had lost one limb, another had been bereft of another. A third one carried a visible wound. Page 291 Intrigued, Narada probed into its cause. Once again unwilling to satisfy him, the beings had to come... music - Lord Shiva again. Narada approached the great God and requested Him for a performance for the benefit of the Candharvas and Gandharvis in distress. Shiva agreed, but on condition that He must have in His audience at least one perfect listener! Who were the perfect listeners? There were only two -Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. Narada met the two who were but too willing ...
... the Chhandogya Upanishad we have a dialogue between Narada and Sanatkumara. When Narada approaches Sanatkumara, Sanatkumara says: Tell me what you already know; then I will impart to you what lies outside, it.' Narada replies enumerating a large number of disciplines of knowledge that he has already learned. Sanatkumara points out that what Narada knows is only name and that there is something greater... 81 IV٭ Learning and the Knowledge of the Self 1 Teach me, venerable Sir!' With these words Narada approached Sanatkumara. He (Sanatkumara) said to him: Tell me what you already know; then I will impart to you what lies outside it.' 2. And the other (Narada) said, 'I have, O venerable Sir, learnt the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, the Atharvaveda as the fourth, the epic and... of the good teacher is to help the pupil liberate himself from the Page 68 cobwebs of learning and to lead him to the luminosity of true knowledge. In connection with the story of Narada and Sanatkumara, it may be worth noting that ancient India had developed a wide variety of disciplines of the sciences and arts. It is difficult to say whether these disciplines developed during the ...
... persuaded it to fall from bliss? Perhaps the soul we feel is only a dream, Eternal self a fiction sensed in trance. Savitri's mother is asking Narada, "Why is there this will to live? Is there at all a soul?" And Narada replies to her with a counter question and then explains why pain exists: Was then the sun a dream because there is night? Hidden in the mortal's heart... cosmos, why is there any place for pain and suffering in life? Savitri has chosen Satyavan for her husband, and he is fated to die one year after. So the mother of Savitri is putting this question to Narada, the great divine sage, as to why the arrangement of the world is such that the most innocent person is subject to unmerited suffering. The problem arises as to why there is pain and who created this... processes are a blind man's bluff. You simply go and hit in the dark and you say that this is the solution. What was the utility and need of pain in the cosmic scheme of things? This is how Narada looked at the problem and he gives the answer to it as a divine representative of knowledge. He makes, first of all, an impersonal statement about pain because he is not subject to pain and he sees ...
... and not meant for the realisation. At any rate Ramakrishna told the story of Narada and the ascetic Yogi and the Vaishnava bhakta with approval of its moral. I put it in my own language but keep the substance. Narada on his way to Vaikuntha met a Yogi practising hard tapasya on the hills. “O Narada,” cried the Yogi, “you are going to Vaikuntha and will see Vishnu. I have been practising... not even now attained to Him. Ask him at least for me when I shall reach Him?” Then Narada met a Vaishnava, a bhakta who was singing songs to Hari and dancing to his own singing, and he cried also, “O Narada, you will see my Lord, Hari. Ask my Lord when I shall reach Him and see His face.” On his way back Narada came first to the Yogi. “I have asked Vishnu; Page 33 you will... lives.” The Yogi raised a cry of loud lamentation, “What, so many austerities! Such gigantic endeavours! And my reward is realisation after six long lives! O how hard to me is the Lord Vishnu.” Next Narada met again the Bhakta and said to him, “I have no good news for you. You will see the Lord, but only after a lakh of lives.” But the bhakta leapt up with a great cry of rapture, “Oh, I shall see ...
... him she had found the young man she wished to marry. At that time, sage Narada was present in the court. He was horrified at her choice. Ashvapati wondered if there were any shortcomings in the young man's character. 'No,' Narada assured him, 'he has all the virtues a young man should have.' What was the objection then? Narada revealed that Satyavan had only one year more to live. One can imagine... when she came back, Narada, the great divine sage, was sitting with the King and Queen. They were talking when Savitri came. When the King asked her about her choice, she declared her choice and said that Satyavan living in the forest was the person whom she had selected. The King thought that it was quite right because it was her choice. But he asked the divine sage Narada: 'Cast this horoscope... Savitri, daughter of Asvapati, king of Madra, chooses as her husband Satyavan, the handsome and noble son of a blind and exiled king, who dwells in a forest hermitage. Though warned by the sage Narada that the prince is fated to live but a single year, she persists in her choice, and after the wedding departs with her husband to his father's forest retreat. Here she lives happily till she begins ...
... A great and glorious example of man becoming a god is that of Narada, therefore he is called Devarshi, that is to say, a rishi, a spiritually perfect man developing, that is, metamorphosing himself into a god coming down and inhabiting, possessing, becoming a human being. The function or role of a god-man or Devarshi like Narada has been described beautifully in Savitri. He is an immortal still... moving about in the ethereal spheres, often he comes down into the earthly atmosphere and takes part in the terrestrial movements by throwing into them his guiding light and loving solicitude. And yet Narada is not the last word of the human evolution. Because he is still in the end of the subtle world, he has not undergone the material bodily transformation, he has not yet arrived at the golden body of ...
... is there always. That is the thing I wanted to tell you… In the Upanishads there is a story. Once Narada - I suppose it is Narada - went to a Rishi to get initiation. The Rishi asked him: 'What have you learnt? What have you learnt in your life of a student now that you come to me?' Narada began to narrate all the vidyas that he had learnt during his education as a brahmachari,– all the shastras ...
... total self-giving; and her faith in the Supreme's presence in her husband gave her a much greater power than that of all the gods. The story narrated in the film went like this: Narada, as usual, was having fun. (Narada is a demigod with a divine position—that is, he can communicate with man and with the gods as he pleases, and he serves as an intermediary, but then he likes to have fun!) So he was... Devi?' ( laughter ) She answered, 'I burned my foot!' Then Narada said, 'Aren't you ashamed of what you have done?—to make Shiva come out of his meditation simply because you have a little burn on your foot, which cannot even hurt you since you are immortal!' She became furious and snapped at him, 'Show me that it can be otherwise!' Narada replied, 'I am going to show you what it is to really love... story, but anyway, the goddesses, the three wives of the Trimurti—that is, the consort of Brahma, the consort of Vishnu and the consort of Shiva—joined forces (!) and tried all kinds of things to foil Narada. I no longer recall the details of the story ... Oh yes, the story begins like this: one of the three—I believe it was Shiva's consort, Parvati (she was the worst one, by the way!)—was doing her puja ...
... Narada - Sanatkumara (Chhandogya Upanishad) Rishi Sanatkumara was once approached by Narada (evidently not yet become a Rishi), who said, "Lord, I desire to be taught by you. Please teach me." The Rishi replied, "Very well, but first tell me how much you know; then I shall tell you if you need more." Narada thereupon made out an inventory of... to Narada. At the beginning of the series is the physical mind, at the end is the spiritual mind. The physical mind is the slave of sense, the spiritual mind is to become centred in God. The first series ends with Knowledge, Knowledge again begins the last series. It seems that the first is the knowledge of particulars, Page 36 the last is that of the Vastness. Narada started... 'Name', no more than words. You have reached as far as 'Name' can take you, giving you as fruit the power to roam at will, that is, you can go unimpeded where you will. But that is about all." Then Narada asked, "Is there anything superior to Name?" "Of course, there is," replied Sanatkumara. "Then tell me about it." "Superior to Name is Speech, that is, Name with form and meaning." Thus he went on ...
... 108—When he watched the actions of Janaka, 3 even Narada the divine sage 4 thought him a luxurious worldling and libertine. Unless thou canst see the soul, how shalt thou say that a man is free or bound? This raises all sorts of questions. For instance, how is it that Narada was unable to see the soul? To me, it's very simple. Narada was a demigod, as we know, and he belonged to the ... earth is ready for supramental life, he will come. And almost all those beings will manifest—they are waiting for that moment, they do not want the present struggle and darkness. And, certainly, Narada was among those who used to come here.... After all, it was fun! He would play a lot with circumstances. But he didn't have the knowledge of the psychic being and that must have prevented him from... for his spiritual knowledge and divine realization, though he led the ordinary worldly life. × Narada : a wandering sage who goes about playing the vina . Immortal like the gods, he appears on earth whenever he wishes. He is mentioned as far back as the Upanishads. ...
... 108—When he watched the actions of Janaka, even Narada the divine sage thought him a luxurious worldling and libertine. Unless thou canst see the soul, how shalt thou say that a man is free or bound? This raises all sorts of questions. For example, how is it that Narada could not see the soul? For me, it is very simple. Narada was a demi-god, he belonged to the overmind world and he... ready for the supramental life, he will come. And almost all these beings will manifest—they are waiting for that moment, they do not want any of the present struggle and the obscurity. Certainly Narada was one of those who came here.... In fact, it was for fun! He liked to play with circumstances. But he had no knowledge of the psychic being and that must have prevented him from recognising the psychic ...
... wisdom which one must hear from the seers who have seen the face of this Truth, have heard its word and have become one with it in self and spirit. "All the Rishis say this of thee and the divine seer Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa." Or else one must receive it from within by revelation and inspiration from the inner Godhead who lifts in us the blazing lamp of knowledge. Svayañcaiva bravīṣi me , "and thou... serpent Ananta among the Nagas, Agni among the Vasus, Chitraratha among the Gandharvas, Kandarpa the love-God among the progenitors, Varuna among the peoples of the sea, Aryaman among the Fathers, Narada among the divine sages, Yama lord of the Law among those who maintain rule and law, among the powers of storm the Wind-God. At the other end of the scale I am the radiant sun among lights and splendours ...
... the lovely daughter of King Aswapati, wants to marry Satyavan, the son of King Dyumatsen, who having lost his kingdom has been forced to live in a forest, a blind exile. But the Sage Narada tells her that Satyavan is fated to expire within a year, whereupon Savitri reaffirms her pledge to Satyavan saying that her die is cast since she can choose no other for her consort. So the marriage... Aurobindo brings out forcefully this dramatic situation: Savitri is resolved to stake everything for her ideal; her mother, the queen, is afraid of disaster, fear making her pessimistic in the extreme; Narada admonishes the queen and, siding with Savitri, counsels her parents to let her marry Satyavan and, lastly, winds up with a revealing prophecy. But as all that is impossible to cite in full, I shall ...
... deals with architecture and various arts. That the Upanishadic system of education was fairly comprehensive is evidenced in a dialogue between Narada, the pupil and Sanatkumar, the teacher in Chāndogaya Upanishad, where Narada points out that in spite of his having knowledge of a number of sciences and texts related to vedas, vedangas, upavedas and several other systems of knowledge ...
... That is the thing I wanted to tell you. In the Upanishads there is a story. Once Narada—I suppose it is Narada—went to a Rishi to get initiation. The Page 73 Rishi asked him, "What have you learned? What have you learned in your lite as a student now that you come to me?" Narada began to narrate all the Vidyas that he had learned during his education as a Brahmachari—all ...
... they were waiting for some momentous event or for some important announcement. Narada, the divine sage, was sitting there, and he stood up and began singing a hymn of praise to the Lord, and then prayed, "Lord, the suffering earth is crying for Thee!" The Lord heard and kept quiet for a moment. And then, "Yes, Narada, I have heard the cry, the call," He replied in a slow, delicate speech, his face... down to the earth, to the East, and Lakshmi, your beloved queen, will go down to the West. You gods and goddesses who want to take part in our leela, 323 go down and prepare the field ..." Then Narada, very happily singing on his lyre, floated down, and the earth could hear his ecstatic music and lived in hope. Through its agony and distress, the world heard the divine song, and there was a mood ...
... around you or over you as an environing influence. Hanuman Hanuman stands for Bhakti. Hanuman = complete bhakti. Page 157 Hanuman is a symbol of Shakti and devotion. Narada Narada stands for the expression of the Divine Love and Knowledge. Mahakali and Kali Mahakali and Kali are not the same, Kali is a lesser form. Mahakali in the higher planes appears usually with ...
... Janaka does not proclaim itself and it wears the garb of the world; to its presence even Narada was blinded. 107) Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of ordinary men; but because it is hard, therefore it must be attempted and accomplished. 108) When he watched the actions of Janaka, even Narada the divine sage thought him a luxurious worldling and libertine. Unless thou canst see ...
... the case for the majority of Sadhakas whom Sri Ramakrishna would designate as j ī vako ṭis. But what about those rare great souls, the īś varako ṭ is of Ramakrishnian terminology, who, like Narada, Janaka, Prahlada and others of tradition and Chaitanya, Ramakrishna and others of historical times, are reputed to have ascended to the Nirvikalpa state of Samadhi and then descended' therefrom... Of course, this sort of ego-sense and these desires are not of 1 Cf. "Generally the body does not remain alive after the attainment of samadhi. The only exceptions are such sages as Narada, who keep their bodies alive in order to bring spiritual light to others. It is also true of divine Incarnations, like Chaitanya.... The great souls who retain their bodies after samadhi feel compassion ...
... eternal love. She goes out on her quest, and meets Satyavan and they fall in love. Book V ends here. When Savitri returns after her quest, she finds her father and mother in company of the great sage Narada who comes to knew about her choice of Satyavan and gives utterance to a warning—in the words of the author, he gives the word of 'fate',—declaring that Satyavan must die after one year. In spite of... and intensity in the treatment of love. Almost immediately after Savitri has declared her choice of Satyavan as her partner the dramatic anticlimax follows in the form of the word of Fate uttered by Narada. The situation leaves no room for a breathing interval of mere human happiness to the couple. They cannot afford to pass through the stage of attachment or the play of emotions and passions. Savitri ...
... owes not a little to the Vaisnavism practised in Bengal from Chaitanya's times. Bhakti of the Tagorean kind foregrounds Beauty and the aesthetic, and does have a link with texts as ancient as the Narada Bhakti Sutras, or Jayadeva's Gita Govinda . It celebrates the body and the world and takes delight in the plenitude and variety of nature. Bhakti itself is a democratising tendency and clearly broke ...
... when men live in and act from a deeper consciousness and talk to us of values which our superficial consciousness cannot appraise. Not for nothing did the First Creator, Brahma, warn the First Sage, Narada: The sages whose hearts and senses are delivered From the yoke of passions — know the Mystic Lore: But when the wordy storms again come surging The sensitive light of Truth withdraws ...
... has a formal garb and outer tokens; therefore men think they can easily recognise it; but the freedom of a Janaka does not proclaim itself and it wears the garb of the world; to its presence even Narada 4 was blinded. 107—Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of ordinary men; but because it is hard, therefore it must be attempted and accomplished. It seems so obvious ...
... has a formal garb and outer tokens; therefore men think they can easily recognise it; but the freedom of a Janaka does not proclaim itself and it wears the garb of the world; to its presence even Narada was blinded. 107—Hard is it to be in the world, free, yet living the life of ordinary men; but because it is hard, therefore it must be attempted and accomplished. It seems so obvious! ...
... not dressed in bark-garments, we could not differentiate between those two singers and the descendant of Raghu." (15) While the citizens and townsmen spoke in this way the first canto attributed to Narada was sung from the beginning. (16) From then on, they sang till the twenty cantos were completed. Then in the evening Śrī Rāma the descendant of Raghu affectionate to his brothers after hearing ...
... club; in driving and elephant riding; in musical instruments, such as the lute, fife, drum, cymbal and pipe; in the laws of dancing laid down by Bharata and others and the science of music such as Narada; in the management of elephants, the knowledge of a horse's age and the marks of men; in painting, leaf-cutting, the use of books and writing; in all the arts of gambling, knowledge of the cries ...
... bestower of the desires of devotees and the remover of their distress. 57. If I am devoted to the bull-bannered lord, discarding all desires, may He be pleased with me. 58. If the mantra of the Narada Tantra, consisting of five syllables has been continuously repeated by me with great devotion may He be pleased with me. 59. If I am a devotee without aberrations of Siva, the lord of all, may ...
... any of my students here? Ah, there! 148Self-rule. The struggle for self-rule was part of the Indian Independence movement. 149When Princess Savitri chose Satyavan to be her husband, Narada the divine sage descended from heaven, visited Aswapati and his Queen, and broke the dreadful news of Satyavan's impending death (in exactly one yeat's time). The Queen remonstrated and pleaded ...
... 61. Knowledge of scanning or constructing verses; 62. Arithmetical recreations; 63. Making artificial flowers; 64. Making figures and images in clay. Vidyas as mentioned by Narada to Sanatkumar in Chhandogya Upanishad, Chapter VII. 1.2: 1. Grammar; 2. pitryam the rites for the manes; 3. Rashim-mathematics; 4. Daivam subject of natural disturbances; ...
... Dante. In Indian tradition too there were some fortunate people who could go to Heaven in their physical body – Yudhishthira with his dog (who was not really a dog but Dharma metamorphosed) was one; Narada, Bibhishana, Ashwatthama and Hanuman – these went up only in their subtle physical body, they had to give up the gross material form (immortal, cirañjivi). Then thinking of Virgil he moved along ...
... knowledge. It is said that Brahma had received the knowledge containing the Puranas from the Supreme Divine; Brahma transmitted it to his four mind-bom sons, one of whom Sanat Kumara transmitted it to Narada, who, in turn, transmitted it to Krishna Dwaipayana, Veda Vyasa. Veda Vyasa composed that knowledge in 18 books; each one of them is called Purana. There are also a number of Upapuranas. Puranas describe ...
... do. I was still more surprised to find that while in France she had already studied and translated a good number of Indian texts, like the Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga-sutras, the Bhakti-sutras of Narada. I mention all this merely to tell you that the Mother's capacity of making her mind a complete blank was as extraordinary as her enormous mental acquisitions. This was something unique. In the early ...
... was still more surprised to find that while in France she had already studied and translated a good number of Indian scriptures like the Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga-sutras, the Bhakti-sutras of Narada, etc. I mention all this merely to tell you that the Mother's capacity for making her mind a complete blank was as extraordinary as her enormous intellectual acquisitions. This was some- thing unique ...
... Hermes, Michael Angelo, Rudra, Pythagoras. Bijoy Child Krishna, St Jean, Kartikeya, child Vishnu Barin Nefdi. Apollo-Aryaman St Hilaire— Ramakrishna—(The Four) Kshitish Narada—Bach-Isaie Kanai Sukadeva—One of the Vital Four Tirupati One of the Vital Four Purani Trita. The Angel of Peace—One of the Vital Four Anilbaran Vivekananda—The "Fearless". ...
... ignorance which takes things as separately existent and not God, not caitanya , the illimitable for the really limited, the free for the bound. Do you remember the story of Sri Krishna and the Gopis, how Narada found him differently occupied in each house to which he went, present to each Gopi in a different body, yet always the same Sri Krishna? Apart from the Page 89 devotional meaning of the ...
... a formal garb and outer tokens; therefore men think they can easily recognise it; but the freedom of a Janaka does not proclaim itself and it wears the garb of the world; to its presence even Narada was blinded." This is what I have seen in Amal: All the big and little joys and vicissitudes of life over almost a quarter of a centuryoffered up to the Master and the Mother, sometimes ...
... from the Mother. I have never asked for a name because I have always felt that if some day all in me might be purified I could then perhaps ask the Mother for the one name that always occurs to me: "NARADA—He who sings Savitri ". Mother, his birthday is on the 29th of this month. Since he has wished for this particular name, I pray to you to give him this name if you find it proper. Indeed, Richard ...
... back to its heaven as soon as possible and be again God's menial. Therefore, as the shortest way, it hurled itself against God in a furious clasp of enmity. 511—The greatest of joys is to be, like Narada, the slave of God; the worst of Hells being abandoned of God, to be the world's master. That which seems nearest to the ignorant conception of God, is the farthest from him. 512—God's servant is ...
... composition is that of the Veda. It is said that Brahmā had received the knowledge containing the Purānas from the Supreme Divine; Brahmā transmitted it to his four mind-born sons, including Sanat Kumāra. Narada received this knowledge from Sanat Kumāra, and he transmitted it to Krishna Dwaipāyana Vedavyāsa, Vedavyāsa composed that knowledge in 18 books, each one of them is called Purāna. The names of ...
... Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism. New York: Verry, 1964. David-Neel, Alexandra. Buddhism : its Doctrines and its Methods. London: B.I. Publications, 1977. Dhammapada, The. Trs. Thera Narada. London: John Murray, 1972. Saddhatissa, H. Buddhist Ethics. London: Alien & Unwin, 1970. The Buddha s Way. London: Alien & Unwin, 1971 The Life of the Buddha. New York: Harper ...
... prominent names of Rishikas in the Rig Veda are: Romasha, Lopamudra, Apala, Kadru, Vishwavara. 2. The great names that we find in the Upanishads include: Uddalaka Aruni, Gargi Vachaknavi, Janaka, Narada, Pippalada, Prevahana Jairali, Mahidasa Aitareya, Maitreyi, Yajnavalkya, Raikwa, Saunaka, Satyakama Jabala, Sukeshin Bharadvaja. Page 30 learning, knowledge of all the best thought, openness ...
... 2 , to which readers may turn in Page 26 order to appreciate the beauty and the grandeur of the original epic. In the very first chapter, we find a dialogue between Valmiki and Narada, which provides not only a brief statement of the great qualities and virtues that single out Sri Rama as the foremost among the most illustrious personalities witnessed in the history of humankind ...
... Sri Rama Story of Ramayana in a Nutshell Canto I (Balakanda) T he sage Vālmīki put the following question direct to Narada, the heavenly sage, the foremost of those skilled in expression, who remains (ever) engaged in askesis and the study of the self (the study of the Vedas): — (1) "Who can possibly be full of virtues in this world at present ...
... surprised to find that while in France she had already Page 81 studied and translated a good number of Indian texts, like the Gita, the Upanishads, the Yoga-sutras, the Bhakti-sutras of Narada. I mention all this merely to tell you that the Mother's capacity of making her mind a complete blank was as extraordinary as her enormous mental acquisitions. This was something unique. In the ...
... rue du Val de Grace, where 1'Idee, her group of seekers, continues to meet. 1912-14 Translates (from English) parts of Buddhist texts, the Amritabindu, Kaivalya and Isha Vasya Upanishads, the Narada Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and some of the sayings of Sri Ramakrishna. 1912 May 7 Speaks of the work to be done: To become conscious of and unite with the Divine Presence; to realise the higher ...
... membership of only three or four, with others coming in as it suited them. Mirra had already engaged herself in the study and translation of the Gita, some of the Upanishads, the Bhakti Sutras of Narada, and other ancient texts. From the essays in Words of Long Ago, as also from some of her casual remarks of a later period, it is now possible to piece out an impression of the kind of discussions ...
... A strange new world swims to me in thy gaze Approaching like a star from unknown heavens;" "All with thy coming fills Air, Soil and Stream wear bridal raiment to be fit for thee." "Narada the heavenly sage from Paradise Came chanting through the large and lustrous Air." "Attracted by the golden summer-earth that lay beneath him like a glowing bowl Tilted upon a table of ...
... and asked her how distant their realisation was. She said to one three years and to the other as many years as there are leaves on a tree. The latter began to dance— SRI AUROBINDO: Oh, that is Narada's story of the Tapaswi and the Bhakta. CHAMPAKLAL: That story you told me when I asked you on my first visit, "Shall I have realisation?" SRI AUROBINDO: This is more pointed than the Jain story ...
... going to come now? I constantly hear the Sanskrit mantra: OM NAMO BHAGAVATEH 1 It is there, all around me; it takes hold of all the cells and at once they spring forth in an ascension. And Narada's mantra, too: Narayana, Narayana... (it is actually a Command which means: now you shall do as I wish), but it doesn't come from the heart. What will it be? It will simply spring forth ...
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