My commentary on Gajendra Moksham

My Understanding of Epic Gajendra Moksham.

I have said umpteen times that I’m an Agnostic. The reason for repeating the same is my below write-up, it  shud not be viewed/understood as my changed views.  I wrote the below lines keeping my Agnostic philosophy at bay. So, my write-up shud be seen as mere narration of characters and shud not attributed to my views wholly or partially. This time, I desist writing something nasty on GOD .  Last time when I did it on Facebook, it hurt my cousin Sis’ . So vowed not to repeat it.

Gajendra Moksham , It always  makes me emotional . The desperate plea of Elephant and Lord Vishnu descending to protect his devotee has always attracted my attention . There are many morals to this story. One of the moral of Gajendra Moksham is that, there is no disaster from which Lord Vishnu wud not protect . Thus, he is often called as Lord Of Protection.  This story is all about telling the Vishnu devotees that when all other Dharma’s (means) fails then go for  his “ Sharanagatha” (Total surrender to Bhagawan) .  It is widely believed  that if one chants  the Gajendra Moksha stotram, one gets the liberation from Birth & Death cycle. The following story of Gajendra Moksha which I’ am going to narrate is from Srimad Bhagavatham .

The whole story of Gajendra Moksham is  about surrendering to Lord Vishnu . It tell us that Lord Vishnu is not just the forgiver but also protector of those in distress. In simple, One who surrenders to Lord Vishnu in turn HE surrenders to you.  This story also tells us that Lord Vishnu’s love for his devotees is not undermined by Race, Creed or Economic status.  His Love is same towards all the Jeeva (living things) on this planet.

The Story begins with Gajendra the most ferocious Elephant in the forest moves with his wives and cubs uprooting trees, bamboos and what ever came in its path with glowing pride.  Gajendra along with his wives and cubs on hot humid day marches to the lake to cool off in its fresh waters. The elephant was so powerful that all animals were scared and ran away from its path to hid until the herd moved out . The cruelest tigers, lions, rhinos, jackals all feared looking at the might of Gajendra . This has made the Elephant proud to see other species running away from its sight and taking shelter in bushes.

This arrogance of Gajendra has halted its thought process. It steps into water as its thirsty and also want to bath, so that it can collect Lotus flowers to be offered to Lord Vishnu as its Prayer. The pond was full of beautiful Lotus and Lilly Flowers , which made the Gajendra happy , thinking each of the herd can collect the flowers and offer to his Lord Vishnu . Gajendra powered with brute strength has totally ignored the fact that the pond is a natural habitat of mighty crocodiles and they rarely spare any trespassers.

Here the moral of Gajendra Moksham depicts  the strength and power of the elephants while moving in herds. This is exactly how a Human behaves when he is surrounded with his relatives and friends during the ones hay days. Proud , ferocious , ruthless , not caring for anyone as long he has numbers behind him . This is where our arrogance sways away from realising the immediate threat’s . In these situations we can not expect Elephant to know, where we humans have failed to conquer our senses.

As it nears the beautiful pond decorated with all kinds of Lotus, Lilly  flowers , Gajendra,  lordly leads his family  towards the pond and takes a plunge into the water . The sweet and flower flavoured water makes him happy and drank as much as it can and quenches his thirst and throws away the remaining. Gajendra was so pre-occupied with his self importance and was showering the plucked Lotus and Lilly flowers all over his female elephants and cubs . This self importance of Gajendra has undermined the impending danger to its own life .

Well , the Moral of Gajendra Moksham tells us that, We just like Gajendra in our happy playful days are so arrogant that we fail to see anything outside the materialistic  world in which we live in . Here the Gajendra who had come to Pond with his Wives and Cubs shud have quenched his thirst and left . Instead he displays his brute strength plucking all the flowers and showering on his wives . Wasting the water by sucking it with his trunk and throwing it away . This is exactly what we Humans do , we showcase our riches by wasting the money on all not so needed  materialistic things .

The lordly Gajendra’s luck fell short . It felt its mighty leg got stuck to something in water . Neither it was  weeds , nor the flowers where his leg got caught. Its something as strong as himself. It was very painful , mighty Gajendra was not able to bear it any more . It took not much of time for Gajendra to understand that dreaded crocodile has caught his huge leg between its sharp teeth’s .

Mighty Gajendra can feel the sharp teeth’s of crocodile deeply piercing his flesh and bones . As it does the pain multiplies and  becomes much unbearable for Gajendra . He  does gather all his strength to pull away from the  crocodile . Knowing crocodile is stronger in water he does try to drag it off to bank , but all his efforts seem to be futile . As Gajendra battling with mighty crocodile , the herd consisting of wives and cubs were helpless, they moved away leaving Gajendra to its fate .

The Moral of Gajendra Moksham, tells us that arrogant’s  luck is always short lived. The narration here deals very sensitively about the worldly relationships we get into and in time of need how they are helpless . He tells us that in death and distress only Bhagwan can protect us and no one else including our kith and kin for whom we devout all our life, will abandon us.  Gajendra sees everyone else has abandoned him midway and goes into oblivion .

Gajendra had a fat body and a fat MIND to match it. All  his life he lived along with his brute strength . Now suddenly finds his strength and power is being challenged . The teeth of crocodile were cracking the bones and tearing apart the living tissues . The pain has accumulated into burning sensation . He lost lot of blood and comes to his senses that he won’t survive , unless someone comes to his rescue. Gajendra discovers the hopeless situation he is in . Then he suddenly remembers , The Protector of All, Sri Vishnu .

When everything fails , a HOPE arises . That is the HOPE of Almighty God .  Man is always surrounded  by ‘Maya’( illusions) and he becomes egoistic . In despair when  he comes face to face with hardships and everything else  fails then he remembers the Bhagawan.  Until then Man doesn’t even acknowledges the existence of GOD.

 

Gajendra now starts praying for Lord Vishnu . Calls him, The Protector, and does “sharanagatha” (Total Surrender) takes shelter in HIM . Elephant  pleads Lord Vishnu  to save him and praises him as All Merciful. He begs Lord Vishnu to save him from Death and grant MUKTHI (salvation) from yet another cycle of Life & death .  Gajendra realises that he is not the Body , but the SOUL and pleads Lord Vishnu to give him eternal MOKSHA.

The Moral of the Gajendra Moksham is, Just  like elephant , we humans too  remember Bhagawan only  when we face the most impossible situation . It tells us that in need of help from him do “ sharangathi” , surrender to him totally . He alone can save you from the clutches of Life & Death .

As an when Lord Vishnu hears the cry of Gajendra , he rushes to rescue the elephant . He himself comes without wasting any time than necessary. Lord Vishnu was in such a hurry to save his devotee Gajendra that his upper garment was not even in its right place . He seated on ‘Garuda’ wastes no time  to descend at lake . Decorated with his lethal weapon , Sudarshan Chakra (Discus) dawns the avatar of Protector of his devotee .  He sent his Sudarshan Chakra to kill Crocodile and thus saved his devotee Gajendra . Elephant and Crocodile both were cursed in their last birth, now attains their original form and thus attained Moksha.

The Moral of the Gajendra Moksha is , Bhagawan wastes no time when his devotees need help . He himself descends from “Sri Vaikuntam” to protect his loved ones . To kill crocodile, he cud have sent his Sudarshan Chakra from his abode. But Lord Vishnu is so passionate about the welfare of his devotees that he himself personally take care of them. He protects those who surrender to him totally and never differentiate his devotees .

Gajendra Moksham in KALIYUGA

The below ferocious fight between Gajendra and crocodile was pictured at Luangwa River in the South Luangwa National Park, ZAMBIA (Africa). 

Did Divine Lord Vishnu descended again by the lake to save the Gajendra ? Otherwise it is impossible for elephant to come out of the grip of Crocodile.

TDP Ranabheri in Telangana turned up to be a damp squib

TDP Ranabheri was an open WAR on Telanganaite's.

Telugu Desam’s Telangana Ranabheri turned up to be a damp squib . Even after putting all its effort  only 3000 people have turned up for the meeting . Out of it hundreds were bought from Hyderabad . It has produced more negative impact than expected . Its Rana Bheri was over even before it started, Two eyed policy of TDP on Telangana has failed to impress the masses  .

 TDP MLA’s were so scared to travel to Karinagar that they ganged up to march in a huge convoy . According to media reports 25 MLA’s were escorted by around 800 private army of TDP in 200 strong Vehicle convoy . Nearly 500 youth who belong to Seemandhra region who were  settled in Hyderabad were exclusively pooled to escort the MLAs convoy from NTR Bhavan to Karinagar Ranabheri Venue . This is nothing but shameless display of Goondaism. Instead of winning over the hearts of Telangana people, TDP is thriving on muscle power.

We were awe stuck to see visuals on TV channels , when one of TDP MLA Revanth Reddy publicly displayed his Rifle and carried it to Public meeting . Usually Pamphlets and literature are carried to meetings for distribution . But TDP goondas were armed with Rifles , Daggers and Lathis . And it’s unfortunate that such divisive politics are taking place under the eyes state police. This incident has put the entire region today in the cross fire of  natives and seemandhra goondas . The goonda  politics has to be dealt strongly  and this is a warning for the days to come. With these Goonda acts of TDP , it is evident that a party founded on the ideology of hatred towards one particular region will always be violent.

Telangana people has lost confidence in TDP long time back . Last year by election results  are quite evident of the fact. Foxy Chandra Babu not able to win the hearts of masses has now resorted to Divide & Rule policy . Foxy Chandra Babu was not in favour of formation of Telangana state , it is now evident from the act of Volte-Face he did on Dec 10 . Since then he was using all the tricks he learned to gag the voice of Telanganite’s inside & outside .  The flop TDP Telangana forum meeting  at Karinagar showed the weakness of the TDP - it had no powerful regional leaders with enough grass roots support to carry the day.

Masses watched in shock how Chandra Babu collided with Seemandhra Plutocrats to scuttle the formation of telangana . He made his Seemandhra MLAs to enact the Drama of resignation and tailored the fake Samaikyandhra agitation . It is proven fact that he gave all the Logistic support to that Fake SA agitation . We all were observers how Rajkumari of TDP and Lagadapati of Congress kept their flags away and Kissed each other in public. If Rajkumari and other TDP leaders in Seemandhra drop their party flags for a fake agitation , then why it is not allowed in Telangana as demanded by Nagam Janardhan Reddy ??

 Foxy Chandra Babu’s divide &rule policy and instigating his goondas will not go well with 4 crore telangana people. Hearing Chandra Babu’s Two eye strategy , natives of Telanganite’s have abandoned him long time back . They have buried TDP very deep , now its resurrection is impossible. Unless CBN takes a clear stand on Telangana , he nor his party has any future in the region. With the Flop show of Ranabheri in Karinagar , Foxy Babus plans to re-energise the party has failed miserably again . The writing on the wall is clear , Chandra Babu Naidu has been permanently erased from the hearts of 4 Crore Telanganite’s.

నక్క జిత్తుల చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు ఇప్పటికైనా తన రెండు కళ్ళ సిద్దాంతం వదులుకుంటే మంచిది , లేదంటే తెలంగాణా ప్రజలు తమ మూడో కన్ను తెరుస్తారు .

Confused Conflicts of Belief and Agnosticism.

Confused Conflicts of Belief and Agnosticism .

Today a colleague in office has bought Peddamma Gudi (Durga Mata, Temple) Prasadam (eatables offered to God) to distribute on the floor. Though I’am an Agnostic, I never was averse to taking Prasadam’s. When my colleague has extended the Kumkum ( Red Vermillion Powder) packet , I was bit confused to accept it or politely deny it . All these year’s , I desisted from applying Tilak on my forehead. It aroused from my disinterest and some kind of my protest against rituals . But today for unknown reasons something in me have pushed my hand towards Kumkum , took it and applied  it on my forehead . I'am now surprised, that how come I did it after so many years, what made me to do ? . Anyways No-Regrets , rather felt good ,  for what ever I did . This made me to think again about my Agnostic views and validate it.

Though I’am an Agnostic, I take lot of pride in my Hindu roots and I owe this life to Hindu Dharma . Sometimes it becomes more harder for people who know me very well,  to see my divergent views on God/Religion and get confused.

Not believing in God (or considering myself as an Agnostic) and at the same time living a life as an staunch Hindu has never been a problem for me. For saying that , unlike other religions I am not discarded from its fold . That’s the beauty of Hindu Dharma .The USP of Hindu Dharma is that it has many schools of thoughts. One can practice idol worship, non-idol worship and even atheism, all with in Hindu Panth . I think this is what makes Hindu’s more tolerant and peace loving people.

Though I’am still an strong Hindu Dharma follower , I always had problems with some of the protocols that being followed . I never believed when scriptures said that God made universe . As I hear it , I always shouted back asking them ‘who made God ???’  I never got an answers  either from ‘ faith believers or from science followers’ . Religion says God made ‘saptarishis’ and worked in evolvement of universe and human kind , where as science blah-blah's of Big-Bang theory , and both the theories  are not fool proof.  I had no means to validate the above theories , and I left them only to be ready for any true education on the above subject.

For me,  being Agnostic is not accusing the believers, neither to wander as an 'Doubter' .  I’am Agnostic because I have an inherited habit of questioning everything before accepting it on face value . For me, its an philosophy where in one is open to all the views over existence of GOD or against HIM . This philosophy is not an new one. It existed even during Vedic period, followers of "Charuvaka" (Carvaka) are one such example of Agnostic philosophy . Hindu Puranas are full of such examples where Rishi’s/Muni’s questioned the influence of GOD’s and rituals . This proves that Hindu Dharma have place for diverse philosophies.

Somehow I strongly believe that GOD has been Invented by Humans to create some kind of order/discipline in the society . It made us to believe that any SIN committed will be punished  by the the ‘Super Power’, whom we labelled as GOD and he is always watchful . To make him supreme we glorified him in texts, attributing  some 'super powers' to him and this in turn made us believe that if we are nice to him he will shower his divine blessing unto us. And any SIN will not go unpunished . This has created a fear among Natives and resulted in death of human WISDOM .

What I strongly feel is GOD or No GOD, they are  irrelevant to upliftment of the real life of  mankind and should be left to individual's to choose.  I’am neither against GOD nor blind believer . I'am simply  open to all the WISDOM that comes in whichever direction and form .

Kadapa voters commit mass suicide, as they vote enmasse for corrupt YS Jagan

 

Christian Fanatic and India's most corrupt politician YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had won the Kadapa elections with a  thumping majority . If a hungry man steals a bread to eat , public & police thrash him till he bleed . When people like YS Jagan loot 1-lakh crores of  public money, we get him elected as MP . While entire nation was debating and fighting against corruption under Anna hazare and Baba Ramdev , here we have voters who have shamelessly voted for India’s most corrupt politician. Well, majority of Kadapa voters are dumb. It's not polite to say this out, but it's quite true.  Kadapa people  deserve him, they need this corrupt , ruthless Jagan .

Kadapa was once infamous for senseless faction killing in the name of Seema Pourusham, now they have taken their Seema Pourusham to new heights. These people were infamous for faction killings  just to hold their hegemony, and thus registered in history pages as ‘rakshasa jati’ .  How can this Rakshasa Jati elect Noble men as their leader, for sure it has to be Narakasura, Mahisasura or Jagan-Asura. "As you Sow, so do you shall reap". When we see candidates like YS Jagan Mohan Reddy who is corrupt and criminal getting elected , it reminds us  that this is definitely  KALIYUGA , where Adharma wins and Dharma goes for a toss.

Bad politician are usually chosen by people who fail to vote , but this Kadapa elections is otherwise , nearly 80% people turned up to vote the most ruthless & corrupt leader YS Jagan . This is a strange case of mass  suicide by Kadapa electorate. Guys like YS Jagan should indeed be muted literally… they are causing a nuisance around… unless they themselves understand what they are speaking and unless they make sense why they are yelling around…there mouths should be stitched .

Perhaps YS Jagan’s YSR Congress party(YCP) is first land grabbers party that had won elections hands down , may be this is the beginning of an new corrupt revolution . With this win it is now a proven fact that ‘Money & Muscle Power’ rule the world.  The shameless Loot of 1 Lakh Crores by YS Jagan thru embezzlement and cronyism  seems to have bought quite a few smiles among Kadapa electorate .  Kadapa By-elections might have lifted the spirits of Kadapa people knowing very well that Jagan will share the LOOT with them in return of their vote . Jagan has acknowledged the greedy Kadapa voters and said to have spent almost Rs 120 Crore’s during the campaign period , thus it has guaranteed him a landslide victory.  This is an obnoxious twist in Indian elections arena ,  where Low-Quality leader becomes darling of the masses

He had amassed lot of money using his fathers patronage , and now was not averse to sharing a good portion of the looted BOOTY with his native people. This WIN has showcased that LOOT done by politicians  is redistributed among the masses during the elections, thus peoples money come back to people. This elections has given rise to new phenomena that Candidate and Electorate did not go by their conscience but by choice of corrupt means .  Either both have Won or both failed miserably . its just matter of time , nation will know its outcome. Now we can only wait and wish Kadapa people come clean from the mistake they made and become little bit smarter .