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The Knower of everything, our inner divine self, the merciful Lord Śiva, is the protector. He knew that Nārada was very proud of his victory, and it is this ego that could defeat him again. Therefore, we always repeat one mantra, and we should say it from the heart, not just superficially. Success may be achieved, but if that success becomes infected with ego, it can be lost again. Generally, in life, there are waves going up and down. When we climb a mountain and reach the summit, we must eventually come down again. When we climb the mountain of success or the mountain of spirituality, we should pray to God to help us become liberated there, so we do not fall down again. In the past, present, and future, God Śiva told Nārada, "Don't tell anybody this, especially to God Viṣṇu." Nārada afterward said praṇām to Lord Śiva and went away. But Nārada couldn't digest the stone of his success in his stomach. He thought, "How soon, how quickly, I shall go to Viṣṇu and tell how successful I am." Sometimes we speak without thinking. Out of some emotion or complex, we are in too much of a hurry to tell. Words which are spoken do not come back. When the soul leaves the body, it does not return. When a bullet leaves the gun, it does not return. Similarly, the word spoken from your mouth will not come back. What damage that bullet will cause, you will know afterward, not at the moment of pressing the trigger. It doesn't matter if it's a personal or impersonal matter; you must think carefully. We can destroy many beautiful things. Nārada was so restless inside. His ego was expanding. Since it was expanding so much, to such a quantity, it would explode. And how it would explode, we cannot help anymore. There was a child who got a big ball of ice cream. He ran towards his friends, saying, "Look, I got a big ice cream ball!" Parents tell the child, "Don't run too quickly, take care." The child was running, came near a dirty water channel, fell down, and the ice cream fell into the channel. Hari Om. Even the poor fish couldn't eat it because it was too cold. Therefore, proceed slowly, step by step. There is one stomach which is healthy, one which can digest ego—and that is the stomach of wisdom. The wise one can digest. But ego is sometimes so big it makes us completely blind. We finally say it was our destiny. Perhaps God wants something different. That's why we say: man proposes, but God disposes. And why is He disposing? Because God knows why He is doing it. We don't. Well, it will be so as God wills. Happy Nārada! Ek bar kar talbar bina, Gavat Hari gun gaana prabhīṇa. One day, Nārada, a great singer and musician, with his kartāla in one hand and his Dhanpura in the other, singing the name of God: "Nārāyaṇa Lakṣmī, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa,... Lakṣmī, Dīpā, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa,... Deepa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Deepa, Nārāyaṇa, Bhagavānakī," while singing this kīrtan, came to the Śhīkṣhāgara, the ocean of nectar, where Lord Viṣṇu resides—Lord Śiva, Viṣṇu, the Lord of Lakṣmī, Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa. Nārada came there. Viṣṇu was happy, and with great joy welcomed him. He made Nārada sit on the same āsana where he was sitting. Āsana means here your yoga mat, your sitting place. Āsana means the mat or blanket on which you sit. Āsana does not only mean physical postures; it depends on the context. If someone asks you to bring an āsana, what will you do? Bring the Yoga and Daily Life book and say, "Look, here is āsana"? You cannot sit on that, so it depends on what we are talking about. The subject is very important; according to the subject, you can decide the object. Lord Viṣṇu sat beside Nārada, smiled with happiness, and said, "O saint, after so long a time you were gracious enough to come again. Your kṛpā was not so long. It is your great kṛpā that you came today. After a long time, you were merciful to come." When God says such words, what to say? Nārada's ego was pumping up. Nārada was happy, the Lord was happy. Nārada is the god of what? God is God of what? Nārada is God of what? God is God of what? Nārada couldn't keep back. He could not restrain himself. He couldn't wait, though Lord Śiva had warned him, "Do not tell this to Viṣṇu." And though Viṣṇu knows—whether he knows or doesn't know is his affair—from your side, why should you tell? We should not tell from our side. Nārada smiled and began to tell the whole story about Kāmadeva: how, what happened with Kāmadeva? Kāmadeva went back with so little face, with a sad face. Well, as the Raghunātha jī, as Rāma's māyā, it will be like that. The will of God is the greatest. Who in this world is born and is not affected by the māyā of God? We are all living here in the māyā of God. God may protect us, God may help us to come out of this māyā successfully. May Param Bokh Pomoghne Dashtopare Izadyano Izave Maan Rukha Badana Kari Bachana Mrudu Bole Shri Bhagwan Tumare Sumiranate Mithahi Mohomar Madman Siavar Ramachandra Ki Jai Pavan Sudhanuman Ki Jai. The merciful Lord, with a little sadness or surprise on His face, with deep thinking but with very humble, kind, sweet words, said to Nārada: "If anyone meditates on you and remembers you, they will become free from moha, mada, and abhimāna, from kāma. They will get out of ignorance, free from passion, free from pride, and free from ego. Your name and your memory are the destroyers of all these things: moha, kāma, mada, abhimāna. Then what to say about yourself? You are free from all this. Their mind, in whose heart is no vairāgya and no jñāna, you are on the anuṣṭhāna of brahmacarya. You are very great and intelligent. How can Kāmadeva trouble you?" Nārada was sitting there and expanding. How does he expand? You know how? When you put beans in water, they soak and begin to expand. Well, that's it. Too much compliment... feeding our ego. Rare are they who understand and can digest a compliment also. Nārada was sitting more straight, proudly, very proud, and said to God Viṣṇu: "Lord, this is all your mercy. All is through your mercy, oh source of the ocean of mercy, Bhagavān. All is your kṛpā." The merciful Lord began to think. He sees everything. Viṣṇu is thinking. The mighty tree of ego was beginning to sprout in the mind of Nārada. This tree must be rooted out; otherwise, it would destroy Nārada completely. So when some doubts appear, or some ego appears, or pride appears, immediately you should solve this problem. Otherwise, the seeds will spread everywhere, and it will become a big jungle, hard to remove. God knows how to do it; we don't know. Now, the māyā of God is about to take place. God thinks, "Now I should pull these roots out as quickly as possible, this tree." Because my saṅkalpa and my being here are for helping the bhaktas. For the sake of devotees, the Lord is here. The doctor is here to treat and get rid of all illnesses. The doctor knows what to operate on, how to kill all the bacteria, and how to make us free of infections. He knows what he is going to do. We don't know, and that's why we go to the doctor. So our Lord knows how to protect His devotees. Not only one, but all. Whatever God is doing remains as an example for all, as a teaching for all. Therefore, God knows what He is doing. The Lord was thinking, "I will definitely do this to liberate Nārada from this suffering." It is beneficial for the sages and my māyā, my playing. Yāte khaṁ khyādvayatiṣṭha. That is the Zārādhā-dobravīt mudrāsā. Now let's listen to the Mahārāja. Nārada, with folded hands, bowed down to the Lord and left. In his heart was a lot of pride. "Viṣṇu was happy to hear, and how he welcomed me, and what great words he was talking about. I don't understand why Śiva said this to me. Perhaps Śiva doesn't like me, or he is jealous of Viṣṇu." These are our own vṛttis. It is you who is doing all. You are standing in front of the altar, praying, wishing something, asking the question, formulating the answer, and saying, "Thank you, God." God is sitting there in a very beautiful mudrā. Mudrā means the posture of the body, smiling. The smiling picture will always be smiling. Sometimes we are unhappy and crying, and we look to God, and God is smiling. You become angry again. "I am unhappy, and you are smiling." He again smiles continuously, and you become angry. It is you who are creating your world. It's you who is creating the thoughts. It is you who is making yourself unhappy. If someone loves you or not, that is your thinking. When you are successful, then you are happy. And when we are not successful, we are unhappy. How we are thinking, that's important. Therefore, mano mātra jagataḥ—this whole world is just created out of the mind. Mano mātra jagataḥ—all is coming out of your mind, that's all. Nārada went proudly, happily. The merciful Lord, the Lord of Lakṣmī, now activated His māyā, and now this will get very hard. Ṛṣi, listen to what is happening. On Nārada's way, 800 km long, Lord Viṣṇu created a beautiful city. A big, beautiful city, like heaven had come to earth. It is said it was similar to where God Viṣṇu lives, Kuṇḍa. It seems it was more beautiful than Vaikuṇṭha. In that city, people were so beautiful, as if millions of Kāmadevas were living there. Kāmadeva is the most beautiful one. It seems Kāmadeva and all of Kāmadeva's wives all incarnated there. The king of that city was known as Śilnidhi; his name was King Śilnidhi. He had many horses, elephants, and everything. The wealth of that king, and the beauty of his palace, was like the heaven of Indra—as if many hundreds of Indras couldn't create such beauty. Beauty, light, and power. That was a house of beauty, light, and power. He had one daughter. Her name was Viśvā Mohinī. She could attract the whole universe. Tulsidāsjī said she was so beautiful that even when Lakṣmī sees her, Lakṣmī is also a little bit jealous—the beautiful daughter of that king. But that was all the māyā of the Lord. When the Lord creates some māyā purposely, it is indescribable. Everything is His māyā. But if He creates something particularly, with a specific aim, then it must be something beautiful. That girl, the princess, wanted to marry and choose her husband. She had the freedom to choose. Therefore, many kings and princes came there, with makeup and made up their minds, hoping she would choose them as a husband. It is her choice. She is not forced to marry anyone. If she does not like someone, it is her decision. And when she likes someone, it is her decision. At that time in Vedic culture, it was called Svayaṃvara. Svayaṃvara means she has to choose her husband. To whom she will give the flower garland, that will be her husband. They were not so stupid. They were thinking it over. The great player Nārada, a tricky Nārada, entered that city and began to ask the people, "How are you? What's going on here? Is there something new?" They told him, "Yes, we have something new. The king is going to marry his daughter, and she has to choose her own husband." Nārada listened carefully and went directly to the palace. The king was very happy. He welcomed the sage and gave him a nice, beautiful āsana. Which āsana? Padmāsana or satsāsana? Now, you know what āsana means? When I tell you, "Bring my āsana," then you should know what to bring. The king gave him a beautiful āsana and, with a lot of adoration, performed the pūjā and welcomed him. Then the king brought his daughter to Nārada and said, "O sage, please tell me what her good qualities are, how her future will be, and what her destiny is. Please tell me both sides, the positive and the negative." When the sage Nārada saw the beauty of that girl, for a while Nārada forgot his vairāgya and began to make tratāk. He was gazing. He gazed for a long time on her. The ṛṣi Nārada had forgotten his mind. In his heart, he became so happy, but he couldn't express his feelings. He looked happy, but to those who could see inside, I would say not happy but a little confused. A little confused. Now Nārada is thinking something. He is going to say something. He must decide something... what he saw in her, good or bad, this we will hear tomorrow.