True
devotee pines to reach God
http://www.hindu.com/stories/2002091000170900.htm CHENNAI Elucidating this theme and citing a verse from "Subhashitanivi", the Jeeyar Swami of the Ahobila Math, in a lecture, mentioned the details of the life of a sage, (who was named Markandeya). He saw a huge banyan tree at a distance. Though it had many branches, yet in one among the leaves he saw a child lying on it. There was an aura around it and this bewitching form filled his heart with joy. He treated the child as a manifestation of the Lord Himself and rushed to embrace it, but it vanished. His love for the Divine Child increased thousandfold and his entire attention was riveted to it and he pined to witness its dazzling form again. He was so enamoured of the child that he recalled how the Lord is described as reclining on the serpent couch (Adisesha). With the hope of witnessing the Lord in this posture, the sage continued to cherish and take care of every huge tree before him. His poignant feeling reveals how a true devotee will pine to reach the Divine Empire to serve the Lord permanently as against the thoughts of a man with base instincts awaiting to seek the company of the woman whom he noticed from a distance. This sloka reflects the intensity of devotion of all penitents as demonstrated by Nammazhwar and Markandeya. |
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