Age!

 

Bhima even though exerted his full strength, he couldn’t move Vānara’s tail the least bit. He felt humiliated & with great bashfulness approached Hanumān, bowed down & begged for forgiveness with folded hands. Bhima submitted himself as a surrendered disciple & once again asked the identity of Vānara

 

I’m Hanumān, son of wind-god Vāyu, begotten thro’ wife of Vānara chief Kesari. I’ve been benedicted to live for as long as Sri Rām’s glories are sung on earth. Ever since Rām’s disappearance, I’ve been residing here & by the mercy of Sitā, all enjoyable objects have been amply supplied to me. Apsarās & Gandharvās daily sing glories of Rām for my pleasure & I take great pleasure in passing my time this way

 

Dear Bhima-I’ve obstructed your path for your own good, because the lake you’re searching for is inaccessible to mortals. Bhima affectionately bowed to his elder brother & said-I’m so fortunate to see you. As I’ve this opportunity, can you show me your gigantic form you assumed to jump over the ocean to Lankā

 

Hanumān said-In Treta yuga, in which Sri Rām appeared, state of affairs were quite different from what they’re now. Everything has diminished greatly with passage of time & so I can’t exhibit colossal form. In each of 4 yugas conditions are radically different. The land, trees, demigods & sages all conform to characteristic of particular age. Bhima asked specifics of each Yuga

 

During Satya-Yuga, everyone was 100% religious. At that time there were no demigods, demons, Yaksās etc. There was no buying or selling & none engaged in manual labor, as all necessities of life were produced simply by being thought of. There was no greed, malice, pride, envy, fear or hypocrisy & hence no disputes. All worshipped Nārayana as He appeared in White incarnation

 

In Treta Yuga, the Lord in his reddish incarnation introduced process of sacrifice, as virtue diminished by 1/4th. In this age people began to devise means for obtaining their objective, as necessities of life were not automatically produced as before

 

In Dvāpar Yuga, Lord incarnated as your relative Krsna. This appearance is very special for He has come in His original form, which is the source of all other expansions. In this age piety has decreased by ½ & thus lust, disease & natural calamities have increased

 

In upcoming age, Kali Yuga. Humans will gradually exhibit all bad qualities & hence there will be a great fear of scarcity. Sri Krsna will once again appear at the beginning of this age although he’ll cover His original feature by assuming form of a devotee. He’ll take golden form of extreme beauty & will personally demonstrate path of pure devotional service. One would purify himself just by chanting the holy names of the Lord

 

In Kali-Yuga, the age of quarrel & hypocrisy, all are inflicted with 6 anarthas of lust, anger, greed, envy, false pride and illusion. The root cause of this affliction is our forgetfulness of real self (soul) & its relationship with Super soul (Supreme Lord). We think that by exploiting mother nature more & more, we can be happy & blissful but in fact we are progressively getting entangled in the material world & away from spiritual

 

Let’s get back to our roots

 

Thoughts? #gameoflife

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