Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Kaala Mahima is great. Kaalam is unavoidable, unbreachable and un-surpassable. Only the Supreme Personality Krsna has control of it. Adi Sesha, the bearer of the worlds, is the Kaala swarupam and if you notice Lakshmana and Balarama who have expanded as Sankarshana were always with the Supreme Lord accompanying Him in the form of Raama and Krishna respectively. Under the influence of Kaalam, even great mightly warrior like Arjuna was not able to defeat mere thieves. Krishna’s brother Saathyaki and Krutaverma were one of the greatest yaadavas. Yet in the end they had to obey the result of their karma (because of muni shaapam for their arrogance, die in a petty fight amongst each other).
Arjuna arrives after the end of the avatar of Lord Krishna to Dwaaraka. He asks the residents of Dwaaraka to vacate the island as it would sink. He guards queens on their way to indraprastha. There the most distressing thing happens. He fails to ward of some thieves who kidnap and loot the ladies, the mighty Gaandiva fails to fire a single arrow. Later it is explained by bhagavaan Vyaasa about the power of time and its effects on everybody.
Garuda, the vaahana of Lord Vishnu, is one of the strongest. A slight fanning of His wings would make the waters of the ocean spill out, showing the ocean’s bed. However, He too had to obey the rules of Kaalam and had to do daasyam for his cousins. The Naagas, the strong children of Kadruva, cousins of Garuda, ultimately had to go into the fires of the Sarpayaagam of Janamejaya, the prathama shrota of MahaaBhaarata. Their strength could not stop them from being burnt.
In order to imagine the enormous extent of Kaalam, consider the following:
One Mahaayugam is – 4.32 million years
One Manu rules a Manvantaram composed of 71 Mahaayugams. (Current manu is Vaivasvata, the son of the Sun, Vivasva)
14 Manvantaraas is one day for Brahma and known as Kalpam. Other 14 will be nights.
For such 100 years, one Brahma is the shruti-karta. Next Brahma is Shri Hanuman and Bali chakravarti will be Indra in Saavarni Manvantaram. And such thousands and thousands of Brahmas have passed, so many that people no more have count of them. Imagine how tiny is the life of a human being in this! Yet a human has ahankaar that surpasses everyone’s.
Morals in the Story:
- Many great people, however strong they are, could not surpass kaalam. So being a mere human being, one needs to shed all his ahankaar and be very happy with the fortune he has and stop lamenting for the things he does not posses.
- There are a few instances in the past, where time was controlled by Krsna for upholding Dharma or for Bhaktas. So a true devotion in Him only will help us survive the ravages of time….
Note:
Aswardhama (son of Dronacharya ) will become Veda Vyas
Bali Chakravathi who was granted the boon by Vishnu that he can have his desire fulfilled of being the next Indra. He had captured the Indra Loka unlawfully and the Lord favored the demigods and restored the Indraloka from Bali Chakravarthy and returned it to Indra. The Bhakta Vatsala Lord became a begger for His devotee and also since the Lord is considered all auspicious He bestows His benediction to Bali Chakravathy to become the next Indra Lawfully.
Next Brahma is Shri Hanuman
Ravana secures a boon that if at all he should be killed he should be slayed by a human being and not by anyone, hoping that he human are always weaker than the demons. Therefore Lord Vishnu had to incarnate as the Prince of Ayodhya. Throughout Lord Rama never exhibited the divinity except on one occasion which is as follows:
When Sugriva, the Monkey Chief sends different teams in search of Sita in different directions, Hanuman was included in the team heading to South and before the departure, Lord Rama calls Hanuman to his side and giving his royal ring, says, ”Hanuman, I am sure you will be able to find out Sita. Show this ring to her and she will be able to recognise you as my messenger.” Accordingly, Hanuman was successful in locating Sita and also in handing over the ring, to Sita who in turn gave her crest jewel to be carried back to Lord Rama.
After the successful mission of Lanka when Hanuman gave it to Lord Rama, he was so overjoyed that he embraced Hanuman and announced, ”Hanuman you will be the next Brahma.” This was in a rare recognition of his services. The creator Brahma too has an end and Lord Vishnu alone decides who would be the next creator.
We are already dying every day as Kala is approaching us our life span is being reduced and we are further reducing our life span by doing Sins and leading a life as a Vikarmi. This not enough that we are attacking devotees who are engaged in universal welfare activity. Threfore aour life span of 100 yrs is getting minimized and we get to see people dying very young. The proof is seen that Today the world most ancient culture Bharat Varsha is seen as Young India as there are hardly any old people living that long who could portray wisdom. Fire of ignorance can be subdued only in the compassion of Knowledge.
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