Have you ever wondered what would be the one boon you would ask God if he appeared before you? But first, lets be clear on a couple of things.....if God appeared before everyone so easily then he would not be God, he would be a genie! Then I need to understand that I am not a very evolved human being....I still have all those "bad" qualities and a busy mind!
But what would I ask? I wish.... No not this, its too low....may be this.....naah! too little for God to give....and soon I find myself testing God's giving power. Then this story comes to mind...the story of young Dhruva...and interesting one...may be it will teach me what to ask for???
There was a prince named Dhruva, he was the son of King Uttanapada and his wife Suniti. The king had another wife Suruchi and a son Uttama through her. Suruchi and Uttama were the king's "favorites". One day, while playing the two princes raced towards their father to sit on his lap. Suruchi chided Dhruva and told him he had no place on his father's lap. She further told him to seek Lord Vishnu and ask him the boon of being born as her son in the next birth.
Dhruva started crying and went to his mother. Suniti consoled young Dhruva and asked him to pray to Lord Vishnu to end his misery. Dhruva then undertook a severe penance as directed by Sage Narada.
After several hundreds of years of penance, Lord Narayana appeared before Dhurva to grant a boon. By this time Dhruva had forgotten the reason for his penance. So, he asked Lord for a life dedicated to singing praises of the Lord. Dhurva could have asked for anything including moksha. But Dhurva had no personal desires. This made the Lord very happy and gave him the highest seat in heaven...a seat that will never move. To this day you can see it in the sky...its the Pole Star or the "Dhruva-tara".
Ok so the highest place in the Universe is taken...what do I ask for....well I still dont have an answer...sorry God! I wish... you could give me a hint. Oooops!!
5 comments:
oye, yeh wala achcha tha.... achchca laga mere ko! btw....tere saamne god aaye they kya? agar haan, tho tera no. gaya!
Hi
You told me that Maya would be philosophical; but you seem to be the front runner for RK's legacy.
I remember the story of Dhuruva...Ammalu Athai told me this story sitting at the steps behind our kitchen at Pettavaithalai, showing me the moon and the stars, giving me thayir sadam with vellam. I was eight years old then and was eagerly waiting for her "next" sentence with open mouth. She was a great story teller. I think the present day children miss this opportunity. You seem to fill the gap...in a modern way...keep it Jan.
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Appa
Nice blog..
firstly, ask for 3 more such wishes..use one of them to figure out what u want the most, second to get it and the third to have 3 more !!
As your appa says, its very nice that you pick up such stories and relate it to our lives.
I asked Maya if she would read such stories and tell our (future)kid and she says your blog is there..
So continue writing!!
-Ashwin
The scientist that Stimit is, he would completely forget about the wishes and start making a binary tree for the number of wishes.
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