*Shared by Swami Mitranandaji in his talk this morning - 22nd Feb.*
*Kamsa’s Strategy: How to extinguish the hope of deliverance in People*
[An excerpt from K.M.Munshi's Krishnavatara - Book 1 of 7: The Magic Flute
Context:
Krishna is born as the eighth child of Devaki, but was switched with the girl born of Yashoda in nearby Gokul. As soon as Kamsa knows of the eighth child's birth, he rushes to the palace where Devaki & Vasudeva were imprisoned, to kill the child. He lifts the child to dash it to the ground.
... Suddenly, Kamsa felt unsure of himself. His hands began to tremble. The hand, which held the child and was raised to dash it to the ground, grew numb, and the child slipped out of his hand. A shriek followed, poignant and terrifying. The child flew out of the window!
The room swam before him. Everything grew dark. Kamsa tottered out of the room as he heard a supernatural voice saying: 'Your destroyer is elsewhere, already born.'
...
The next day Kamsa called a council of the men who were loyal to him, among whom was Pralamba, his chief adviser. Pradyota and his wife Putana were also there and there was Bahuka, the old Magadhan warrior, whom Jarasandha had sent to Mathura to look after the interests of his daughters [to whom Kamsa was married].
Kamsa told them of what had happened, of the strange shriek, of the flying child, and even of the words that he had heard: 'Your destroyer is elsewhere, already born.'
Pralamba, Kamsa's principal adviser, respectfully asked: 'Lord, have I your permission to speak the truth?'
Kamsa nodded assent.
Mighty prince, I fear the words you heard were a warning given to you by the gods,' said Pralamba. 'The people fear you and dare not speak out. But they all await the deliverer.'
'Lord, I also heard a voice. I cannot say where it came from, but it did say the words: 'Your destroyer is elsewhere, already born,' said Putana.
Kamsa thought for a little while. Then he knit his brows and said, 'I cannot leave anything to chance. Kill all the children born during the last ten days. Why, even those born within the past month. What do you say to that, venerable Bahuka?' And Kamsa turned to the old Magadhan warrior.
Then Bahuka, once the minister of Jarasandha, said slowly, 'Mighty Prince, you may kill as many children as you are able, but you will not prevent people waiting for the deliverer, and so long as they wait for deliverance, you will be in danger.'
'How can we prevent people waiting for the deliverer?' asked Kamsa.
'Lord, people are cowards. They will accept you as the master if you treat them with great hardness. But you will not break their spirit so long as they hope that a deliverer will come,' replied Bahuka.
'How can I avoid their thinking of a deliverer?' 'My master,' said Bahuka, 'their hopes are kept alive by the sages and ascetics and by Brahmans who talk of dharma.'
'You are right. Whatever I do, they call adharma. Bahuka, you are wise. You have been trained under our glorious father-in-law, Jarasandha. You must have had sufficient experience. Let us know what we can do.'
'Lord, the first duty of a powerful ruler is to extinguish the hope of deliverance in his people. This hope, as I said, is kept alive, first, by the ascetics.'
'How shall I deal with them?'
'Mighty Prince, you cannot deal with them easily. They do not covet, nor fear, nor hate. They want nothing for themselves. That is why they are so powerful. But that is not all. There are Brahmans, the men of self-discipline, who have faith in the Sacred Word - the Vedas - and who invoke the gods and teach dharma as something above the might of kings. They will not accept your dictates cheerfully. They judge everyone by the canons of what they call dharma.'
'I have been trying to win them over by lavish grants,' said Kamsa.
'You cannot bribe the sages; nothing will corrupt them. And if you give grants to the Brahmans, I know, they will fatten on them. But in their hearts the thirst for knowledge will remain and they will only take the advice of those who refuse to live in riches.'
'I can kill them surely.'
'Mighty Prince, if you kill them, the people will turn in wrath against you. If you drive them away from Mathura, they will raise enemies for you wherever they go.'
Kamsa listened to Bahuka's words in silence and the old minister continued:
'Mighty Prince, there is only one way to destroy the sages and the Brahmans. Open your purse-strings to the people; teach them to eat, drink and enjoy themselves; break up their families; teach women that chastity is not worth having at the cost of pleasure; bring up children to look upon their parents as old and useless. Once the people begin to believe in unrestrained pleasures as the goal of life, they will look upon the ascetics as deranged and the Brahmans as selfish; they will laugh at those who talk of duty, tapas, love and compassion. When wine flows, self-restraint will disappear; men will be like well-fed cattle at the mercy of their cowherds. Whatever you do they will bear as patiently as uncomplaining beasts, and obey your lash as if it were a favour from you.'
'That is a long path to follow that you have shown us, Bahuka. We shall try to follow it. In the meantime, Putana, find out how many children were born during the last few days and see that none of them survives.'
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
डाळिंबाचे दाणे
हे डाळिंबाचे दाणे वेड्या घात तुझा करिती ॥ ध्रु० ॥
कवटी तूं कवठावरली फोडिलीस एका काळीं ती चोंच आज बोथटली
करितोस गुजारा धनी टाकितो त्या तुकड्यांवरती ॥ १ ॥
मालक तव हौशी फार करि माया जरि अनिवार कुरवाळी वारंवार तूं पाळिंव पोपट त्याचा म्हणुनी तुच्छ तुला गणिती ॥ २॥
चैनीत घेत गिरक्यांसी स्वच्छंदें वनि फिरलासी गगनांत स्वैर उडलासी ते स्वातंत्र्याचे दिन सोन्याचे आठव तू चित्तीं ॥ ३ ॥
चाहिल ते झाड बाघावें त्यावरी स्वैर उतरावें फळ दिसेल ते फोडावें मग उडुनी जावें खुशाल असली तेव्हांची रीती ॥ ४ ॥
कितितरी फळे पाडाची चोचीनें फोडायाचीं हि लीला तव नित्याची पिंजऱ्यात अडकुनि आयुष्याची झाली तव
माती ॥ ५ ॥
पूर्वीची हिंमत गेली स्वत्वाची ओळख नुरली नादान वृत्ति तव झाली
करितोस धन्याची 'हांजी हांजी' तूं पोटासाठीं ॥ ६ ॥
येतांच धनी नाचायें नाचत त्या सत्कारावें तो वदेल तें बोलावें
तेव्हांच टाकितो मालक दाणे असले
तुजपुढतीं ॥ ७ ॥
हे दाणे दिसती छान जरि लाल आणि रसपूर्ण त्याज्य ते विषासम जाण
पिंजयात मिळती म्हणुनि तयांची मुळिं नाही
महती ॥ ८ ॥
हा अध:पात तव झाला डाळिंबच कारण याला
भुलुनिया अशा तुकड्याला
पिंजयांत मेले किती अभागी पोपट या
जगतीं ॥ ९ ॥
- काव्यविहारी (धोंडो वासुदेव गद्रे)
Sunday, September 10, 2023
आई असते श्रावण
आई असते श्रावण अविरत रिमझिणारा
तप्त जिवाची तगमग सारी थांबविणारा
ऊन व्यथांचे चहूबाजूंनी रणरणता आला
आई बनते वृक्ष सावली अंथरणारा
रडून जेंव्हा जेंव्हा माझे डोळे थकले
कानी आला शब्द तिचा मन शांतवणारा
आईविण या जगात साऱ्या दुसरा नाही
माझ्यावरती हृदयच अपुले पांघरणारा
आई म्हणजे काय मला इतकेच उमगले
एक दिवा जळणारा आणिक तळमळणारा
- दिलीप पांढरपट्टे
Monday, August 28, 2023
Relationship between ITT, Safety, PP and mITT datasets
As this information is required many a times, sharing this very useful Venn diagram on my blog. It is copied from this link.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
NMN Springboard……….
NMN Springboard……….
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Address of Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora (Anandwan) - Pune office
I was very happy to learn that Anandwan has an office in Pune! Yesterday, I was trying to search the address of the office but I did not find it on internet. Hence, sharing below address of the same (postal address and Google Maps location) along with contact number of the person who looks after the office there.
Name: Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora (Anandwan) - Pune office
Address: c/o Mr. Ramesh V. Kulkarni, A-9, Ravishashi Banglow, Madhavbaug Hou. Society, Shivtirth Nagar, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune - 411038
Google Maps location link: Link
Mr. Bhaskar Gokhale - 8788549340, 9970382277
Monday, May 30, 2022
Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?
The hero of the movie 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' asks this question to the teacher (Anupam Kher) this question - Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Number of calories per 100 grams of different food items (cooked)
Dear All,
Greetings!
The information about number of calories in isolated food items is available easily on internet. So it is not duplication of that information. However, I did not find number of calories of cooked food items easily on internet. So below I am creating a list of number of calories per 100 grams of different food items when they are cooked. This helps in getting the information readily available and based on this one can decide if they should eat a particular item or not and if yes in what quantity so that the daily calorie limit will not exceed. This is just compilation of information from different sources on internet hence there is possibility of errors in it. If you find any major error in it, please let me know. Primarily, I have created this list for my own reference and not some research purpose hence there is possibility of some minimal error in this list but that is acceptable to me. Though the list if for my own personal purpose, others reading this blog can definitely use this list if they find it useful.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Information about Anandwan - Hemalkasa - Somnath Tour by Anandwan Mitramandal, Chinchwad
Friday, March 5, 2021
Talk by Naidu sir on the topic of - Vivekanand's Thoughts For Youth
Sunday, December 13, 2020
जब मासूम आंखों में ख़ौफ़ नज़र आने लगे....
जब बचपन तुम्हारी गोद में आने से कतराने लगे,
जब माँ की कोख से झाँकती ज़िन्दगी,
बाहर आने से घबराने लगे,
समझो कुछ ग़लत है ।
जब तलवारें फूलों पर ज़ोर आज़माने लगें,
जब मासूम आँखों में ख़ौफ़ नज़र आने लगे,
समझो कुछ ग़लत है
जब ओस की बूँदों को हथेलियों पे नहीं,
हथियारों की नोंक पर थमना हो,
जब नन्हें-नन्हें तलुवों को आग से गुज़रना हो,
समझो कुछ ग़लत है
जब किलकारियाँ सहम जायें
जब तोतली बोलियाँ ख़ामोश हो जाएँ
समझो कुछ ग़लत है
कुछ नहीं बहुत कुछ ग़लत है
क्योंकि ज़ोर से बारिश होनी चाहिये थी
पूरी दुनिया में
हर जगह टपकने चाहिये थे आँसू
रोना चाहिये था ऊपरवाले को
आसमान से
फूट-फूट कर
शर्म से झुकनी चाहिये थीं इंसानी सभ्यता की गर्दनें
शोक नहीं सोच का वक़्त है
मातम नहीं सवालों का वक़्त है ।
अगर इसके बाद भी सर उठा कर खड़ा हो सकता है इंसान
तो समझो कुछ ग़लत है l
- Prasoon Joshi
Saturday, December 12, 2020
कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा - प्रसून जोशी
ज़ाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा
यह युग है सबकुछ कहने का प्रत्यक्ष सामने रहने का
पूरा पूरा साबुत सच्चा नहीं सत्य अधूरा सहने का
चलो उस कमरे में चलते है जंहा सुलग रहे है अंगारे
चलो धुल हटाने चलते है पूरे मनसे मिलकर सारे
मंशा लेकर बाहर आओ बारिश है सब धूल जाएगा
हम चाहेंगे तो एक रास्ता इन रास्तों से खुल जाएगा
लेकिन पूरा बहना होगा
ज़ाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा
जो घाव छुपाए जाते है वो और गहरे हो जाते है
तुम बार बार पट्टी बांधो पर दर्द छलक ही आते है
बस अपनी शर्तो पर रिश्ते यूँ कबतक ये चल पाएगा
बस अपना दर्द ही दर्द लगे तो पीड़ा कौन सुनाएगा
जिद छोड़के सामने आओगे तो उसे सामने पाओगे
जाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा
तुम्हे हैरत है वो बदल गया जिससे पहचान पुरानी थी
उसकी तो हर एक धुन तुमको बरसों से याद जुबानी थी
ईमानदार होकर सोचो, क्या उसका सच जाना तुमने?
क्या पूरी पूरी कोशिश की, क्या उसको पहचाना तुमने?
शायद आधी पहचान थे तुम उससे बिलकुल अनजान थे तुम
ये रातोंरात नहीं होता पैदा जज्बात नहीं होता
चलो खुद से नजर मिलाते है हर पक्ष सामने लाते है
जो उधड़ा है सीना होगा
जाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा
- प्रसून जोशी
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Available treatments for COVID-19
Dear All,
Greetings!
It is a blog post of loud thinking. I want to remind myself that treatment (drugs) are available for the COVID-19. Analyzing the evidence of the drugs is not an easy job and the field of clinical research is created for testing of the drugs and analyzing its evidence. It is so difficult job and I do not claim that I am an expert in it but I am a medical doctor who is trained and has experience of working in the field of clinical research. So I will share whatever I know about drugs briefly below. I accept that I maybe wrong in which case I stand corrected. Kindly feel free to let me know (only if you have more qualifications than me in the field) if any corrections are needed in the information below. I wish to give information in tabular form. I have no financial gain while giving this information and the only reason I am giving this information is I want to reduce fear in the minds of patients. Because the confidence that some drugs are available helps in reducing fear.
The evidence present is according my opinion based on my understanding at this time.
Name of the drug (Evidence)
- Steroids -Dexamethasone and Prednisolone (Very strong)
- Vitamin D (Very strong)
- Aspirin (Very strong)
- Vitamin C (Strong)
- Remdesevir (Good)
- Favipiravir (Good)
- Hydroxychloroquine (Weak)
- Vitamin B12 (Weak)
It is needless to say that do not take any of these medicines on your
own unless and until some doctor will prescribe it to you. I do not take
any responsibility of any side effects (or missing of opportunities of
giving other drugs) arising out of use of any of the drugs above. However, you can discuss the evidence about these drugs with your doctor. Feel free to ask to your doctor if any of the drugs mentioned above are needed in your particular case. These are kind of pointers / leads to study more about it. I am not making any claim here that I have found something new. I have seen these drugs being used to treat patients.
Thanks Dr. Nachiket Potdar for telling the correction that some of the above mentioned drugs are for the treatment of virus and some of the drugs are treatment of complications and also some are used prophylactically.
Thank you.
- Dr. Abhijeet Safai (5 October 2020)
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Friday, September 18, 2020
Do not hesitate to call me for any doubt regarding COVID-19
Dear All, because of COVID-19, many things are happening around so I am writing this post. I want to share with you all that kindly do not hesitate to call me (and any healthcare professional in fact) if any information is required. I do not know how much information I can give but I will share whatever I know. One feels hesitant sometimes about how to call and why to trouble but please note that it is no trouble for me and it is happiness in fact. If I will not be able to respond to your queries on phone, surely I will try to respond in messages out of office hours. Calling some health professional when in need is a natural thing we all do so there is no need to share this but sharing it explicitly because I know many people hesitate. Thank you.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Dr. Dharav Shah, a psychiatrist is telling about the scientific research about COVID-19
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbZ-SyOcuU