Saturday, 18 January 2020

Kubera

  1. Kubera, whose minion killed his half-brother, came down to Dhruva and thanked him for stopping the killing of the Yaksas upon objection from Manu. 
  2. Kubera: It was not the Yaksa who killed Uttana and it was not you who killed the Yaksas in retaliation; it is the Time-Spirit that wrought the hands of death. 
  3. Kubera conferred a boon on Dhruva that the Lord would be in his remembrance at all times.

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

lessons

Some lessons:

  1. Dhruva did not hate his step-mother for rejecting him and causing him to run away from the palace.
  2. He did not hate his half-brother, who stood to gain the throne and the kingdom.
  3. He went to war with the Yaksas (demigods) because one of their kind killed his brother, who went hunting in their hunting grounds.
  4. Though he was the king, his heart's desire was not for material wealth but to keep the remembrance of Vishnu in his heart, mind, and soul all the time.
  5. When he was taken to Vishnu's abode by invitation, he did not forget his mother and wanted to take her with him.