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Post by Sumi on Mar 6, 2012 8:37:48 GMT 5.5
Author: BrahmashrI KRShNa shAstri Joshi, shrI Shankara MaTham, SatAra Compiler: T.S. Kothandarama Sarma Source: Maha PeriyavaL - Darisana AnubhavangaL vol.2 Publisher: VAnathi Padhippaham (May 2005 Edition)
In the place where SriCharaNargaL was staying, bedbugs had multiplied in large numbers. Where one placed his foot on the floor, the bedbugs were seen. On PeriyavA's sharIram--body, they would stick themselves in patches like the bees from a beehive, at times.
An anbar--devotee brought an insecticide to kill the bugs. PeriyavAL had come to know of this. He called the anbar.
"We eat food for our own sharIra-poShaNam--nourishment of body. Food for the bedbugs is the blood of the manuShya sharIram. The bedbugs themselves take their food! Without their food, how could they live? Right?
"There should be no jIva-hiMsa--injury to living beings. If we are in priyam--attached to one who does some upakAram--favour to us, it would not be a surprise; our elders would say that one who is in priyam even towards a person who does apakAram--wrong, to him is the virtuous man..."
After listening to this talk, would that Anbar have the heart to sprinkle the insecticide in PeriyavA's room?
But this is not a surprise. Within a day or two of this conversation taking place, the bedbugs themselves vanished--that is a wonder!
Perhaps the bedbugs had understood PeriyavA's bAShA--speech/language, or bhAvam--mental frame?
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Post by krsiyer on Mar 6, 2012 11:01:37 GMT 5.5
His Greatness ! Thanks for sharing. Jaya Jaya Sankara, Hara Hara Sankara !
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