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Dear all,

I have heard of a story of Arjunacharya,a brahmana
who, when writing his commentary on the Gita,saw this
verse and thought it a mistake to believe that the
Lord would personally carry whatever was needed to
each devotee. So, he therefore scratched out vahAmi(I
personally Carry) and inserted karomi(I have it done)
as he thought, "what is the need for Bhagavan doing it
Himself? Being all powerful,He will get it done." He
was exteremely poor. After making the change in the
text he went for Unjavrithi.while he was gone, his
wife heard a knock at the door. Two beautiful boys
fearfully insisted that she quickly accept the food
that her husband had forced them to bring. These
beautiful boys were anxious to get away from her
house, because, They told her, the great brahmana
scholar Arjunacharya, would probably beat them again.
When Arjunacharya's wife expressed disbelief that her
husband would beat such boys, the dark boy said,
"see?" and turned to show her the marks on His back
where He had been struck. Then they both dashed away. 

Arjunacharya's wife was bewildered, and she began to
cook and eat the food the boys had brought. Upon
Arjunacharya's arrival, he was shocked to to see his
wife eating, as it was against the Vedic custom. When
he challenged her, she replied, Acharya, why have you
acted so inappropriately and become so cruel? she then
told him that two boys had come and left a bountiful
supply of food and after the dark boy had showed her
the marks on His back, He rushed away and They asked
her to cook and have her food and so she was doing so.
The acharya thought for a few moments and asked what
the boys looked like. Upon hearing that one was of a
beautiful darkish complexion and the other was white,
he could understand that his fortunate wife had been
blessed with the darshana of Krishna and Balarama. The
beating marks were the result of his having scratched
out the word vahAmi. Krishna had been forced to come
personally to prove the truth of His words, "I carry
what they lack with my own hands."


We must not forget that the Lord is called "Bhagavan
bhakta bhaktiman"- The lord who is a devotee of His
own devotees.(SB 10.86.59)

He also says :

ye yathA mAm prapadyante tAms tathaiva bhajAmyaham

BG 4.12

He really serves (bhajAmy) those who surrender!

Ramanuja Dasi
Vedavalli Ranganathan

 > Dear Swamin Vananam
> I do not know the episode of a Brahmana who
> disbelived lords words of Gita.I will be glad if
> subject dealt in detail
> Dasan
> Krishnamachary ,Vedantham
> 
> Deepak Vinod <deepak.vinod@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Namo Narayana, 
> 
> "ananyaschintayanta mam ye janah paryupasate
> tesham nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyaham" 
> 
> 
> Does anyone remember the true story of a brahmana
> who was once crossed out this verse from Shri Gita
> because he believed in it all his life and in the
> end thought it was NOT true.
> 
> Dasanudas 
> Deepak 
> 
> 
> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
> 
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