Post by jksivan on Aug 14, 2013 20:16:11 GMT 5.5
VITOBA,THE NECTAR-7
Dear Children!
7. DIVINITY AND CHILDREN
For a change, let this story commence with a comment on the famous tamil film song "kuzhandhaiyum dheivamum gunaththaal ondru. Kutrangalai marandhuvidum manaththaal ondru". Have you heard this melodious song and can you sing? Learning to sing is an excellent hobby. It will relieve of you of tension. I can sing about 500-600 songs!
The meaning of the above song is, children are comparable to god because just like Him they also forget others' shortcomings, very quickly. In other words, god is always very kind to his devotees and forgiving.
In our story today, we are concerned about a small girl. She lived for Vittal in the Pandaripuram temple. She was a very young girl. Who was she? Where did she come from? No one knew the answers to these questions. Only thing people noted was that she was living in Pandarinathan Sannadhi all the time. She would sing bhajans and dance for the bhajans. Many days passed but no one seemed to take note of this little girl.
Naamadevar used to go to Pandaripuram temple and after praying to Vittalan, he would do the Naama Sankeerthanam. Whenever he was there, people used to gather in great numbers to listen to his abhangams and immerse themselves in the divine environment.
That day, Naamadevar's bhajan went on for hours and the little girl was dancing and singing with so much devotion. Her devotion to Vittal impressed Naamadevar. After the bhajans, he gave the prasadam to her and asked
"child! who are you? Where do you come from?
"I do not have any particular place. Wherever Pandurangan is, that place is mine".
"Where are your parents?"
"Pandurangan is everything for me. He lives here".
"Where is your house? Whom do you stay with?"
"This temple is my house. I live here with Pandurangan".
"What is your name child?"
"Pandurangan calls me Jana Bai".
Naamadevar was stunned by her replies. He wondered how a little girl like her can be so devoted at such tender age. He decided to take her with him. He asked her "would you like to come with me? I will teach you Naamasankeerthanam". The girl was very happy to go with him. Since then Naamadevar brought her up as his pet daughter.
She did puja with Naamadevar. She sang with him and danced for his bhajans. She followed him wherever he went and served him. Jana Bai's mind was always on Pandurangan. Appreciating her sincere devotion, Naamadevar taught her abangams and bhajans. Vittal treated both Naamadevar and Jana Bai as his two eyes.
One day it was raining continuously and Namadevar's mud house was almost drowning and collapsing in the heavy rain. Will Vittal keep quiet if his true devotees are in trouble? Certainly not. He went to Namadevar's house. Even in that rain, Namadevar was happily reading Srimad Bhagavatam and Jana Bai was happily listening to it while grinding flour for making rotis. That was the roti they would offer to Vittalan and then eat.
As Vittal went into the house, the house got saved. Namadevar had an interesting conversation with Pandurangan. "Come in Panduranga! Why did you come in this heavy rain? Look at yourself. You are completely wet".
"I just wanted to come and see you both. So the rain did not bother me" replied Pandurangan.
Namadevar had only one towel. He gave it to Vittalan. After wiping himself, Vittalan was looking around to see for change of clothes. All he could see was Jana Bai's dress. After changing the dress, Vittalan and Namadevar were talking for a long time. Jana Bai was longing to talk to Vittal. Vittal guessed her wish. He went near the grinding stone and asked Jana Bai to move away. He prepared the flour grinding the huge stone while talking to her. Then they prepared the rotis and Pandurangan was very happy to eat the rotis with them.
After this, Vittal visited their house quite often. Jana Bai wrote a lot of devotional songs called abangams. Her mind was always with Pandurangan and with Namadevar's training, she wrote excellent hymns, and slokas and other devotional songs on Vittal, some of which were written by Vittal himself as Jana Bai dictated extempore
Now what do we learn from Jana Bai's life?
She had a firm faith in Him that he is everything and there is nothing in the world which would move without his knowledge. She completely surrendered herself to Vittal. Following her footsteps, let us learn to completely surrender ourselves to GOD and do our duties as directed by HIM. HE would happily guide us.
Dear Children!
7. DIVINITY AND CHILDREN
For a change, let this story commence with a comment on the famous tamil film song "kuzhandhaiyum dheivamum gunaththaal ondru. Kutrangalai marandhuvidum manaththaal ondru". Have you heard this melodious song and can you sing? Learning to sing is an excellent hobby. It will relieve of you of tension. I can sing about 500-600 songs!
The meaning of the above song is, children are comparable to god because just like Him they also forget others' shortcomings, very quickly. In other words, god is always very kind to his devotees and forgiving.
In our story today, we are concerned about a small girl. She lived for Vittal in the Pandaripuram temple. She was a very young girl. Who was she? Where did she come from? No one knew the answers to these questions. Only thing people noted was that she was living in Pandarinathan Sannadhi all the time. She would sing bhajans and dance for the bhajans. Many days passed but no one seemed to take note of this little girl.
Naamadevar used to go to Pandaripuram temple and after praying to Vittalan, he would do the Naama Sankeerthanam. Whenever he was there, people used to gather in great numbers to listen to his abhangams and immerse themselves in the divine environment.
That day, Naamadevar's bhajan went on for hours and the little girl was dancing and singing with so much devotion. Her devotion to Vittal impressed Naamadevar. After the bhajans, he gave the prasadam to her and asked
"child! who are you? Where do you come from?
"I do not have any particular place. Wherever Pandurangan is, that place is mine".
"Where are your parents?"
"Pandurangan is everything for me. He lives here".
"Where is your house? Whom do you stay with?"
"This temple is my house. I live here with Pandurangan".
"What is your name child?"
"Pandurangan calls me Jana Bai".
Naamadevar was stunned by her replies. He wondered how a little girl like her can be so devoted at such tender age. He decided to take her with him. He asked her "would you like to come with me? I will teach you Naamasankeerthanam". The girl was very happy to go with him. Since then Naamadevar brought her up as his pet daughter.
She did puja with Naamadevar. She sang with him and danced for his bhajans. She followed him wherever he went and served him. Jana Bai's mind was always on Pandurangan. Appreciating her sincere devotion, Naamadevar taught her abangams and bhajans. Vittal treated both Naamadevar and Jana Bai as his two eyes.
One day it was raining continuously and Namadevar's mud house was almost drowning and collapsing in the heavy rain. Will Vittal keep quiet if his true devotees are in trouble? Certainly not. He went to Namadevar's house. Even in that rain, Namadevar was happily reading Srimad Bhagavatam and Jana Bai was happily listening to it while grinding flour for making rotis. That was the roti they would offer to Vittalan and then eat.
As Vittal went into the house, the house got saved. Namadevar had an interesting conversation with Pandurangan. "Come in Panduranga! Why did you come in this heavy rain? Look at yourself. You are completely wet".
"I just wanted to come and see you both. So the rain did not bother me" replied Pandurangan.
Namadevar had only one towel. He gave it to Vittalan. After wiping himself, Vittalan was looking around to see for change of clothes. All he could see was Jana Bai's dress. After changing the dress, Vittalan and Namadevar were talking for a long time. Jana Bai was longing to talk to Vittal. Vittal guessed her wish. He went near the grinding stone and asked Jana Bai to move away. He prepared the flour grinding the huge stone while talking to her. Then they prepared the rotis and Pandurangan was very happy to eat the rotis with them.
After this, Vittal visited their house quite often. Jana Bai wrote a lot of devotional songs called abangams. Her mind was always with Pandurangan and with Namadevar's training, she wrote excellent hymns, and slokas and other devotional songs on Vittal, some of which were written by Vittal himself as Jana Bai dictated extempore
Now what do we learn from Jana Bai's life?
She had a firm faith in Him that he is everything and there is nothing in the world which would move without his knowledge. She completely surrendered herself to Vittal. Following her footsteps, let us learn to completely surrender ourselves to GOD and do our duties as directed by HIM. HE would happily guide us.