GOD the saviour

SYNOPSIS: GOD is always ready to save us from the divine ocean. Therefore we must prepare ourselves during our lifetime to sail through the divine ocean by undertaking devotion. READ THE FULL ARTICLE BELOW -

We sail through the divine ocean when GOD sails us and we are drowned when GOD leaves us.

An illustration from Shri RamCharitManasji is interpreted by saints. When stones were hurled in the ocean to make a bridge, they drowned. Then the ardent devotee GOD Shree Hanumanji wrote the name of ShreeRam on the stones. Then they were hurled in the ocean and they sailed. What does this citation tell us ? When GOD’s name was not there the stones drowned and when there was GOD’s name inscribed on them they sailed contrary to their nature.

The same thing holds true for humans. If we do not have the substance of GOD’s name we are sure to be drowned in the divine ocean and if we have the substance of GOD’s name we are sure to sail through the divine ocean and be saved from drowning.

The stones are very hard and heavy. We, humans, are also very hard due to desire, anger, arrogance, greed and are very heavy due to the weight of deadly sins committed by us. We are sure to be drowned in the divine ocean. The only way to escape it is by following the way which is shown by GOD Shree Hanumanji. The name of ShreeRam was written on the heavy stones. If we also write the name of GOD in our heart we will also sail through the divine ocean just like the stones sailed during the making of the bridge.

It is impossible to curtail the hardness of desire, anger, arrogance and greed. To become light by repelling sins is also not possible. In Kaliyug (modern era) it is not possible at all. However noble life we may lead, still, desire, anger, arrogance and greed will get the better of us. For example, if we lead a noble life, which very few may lead, we will still have arrogance for leading such a life. Likewise, it is also not possible to stay away from indulging in some sins.

If we want to sail through the divine ocean, there are two means. The first means is to save ourselves from desire, anger, arrogance and greed and to save ourselves from sins. We should not be hard and heavy like stones but be soft and light like a flower to sail through the divine ocean. To achieve this devotion is necessary because it is the only way to save us from the wrongs and sins. As the love and devotion grow towards GOD the wrongs settled in us disperse. Goodness overtakes evil. Demerits are overtaken by merits. With the advent of devotion, the sins subside and the virtues increase within us. This is not possible to achieve this by any other means apart from devotion. For attaining purity the biggest source is the devotion that dispels the evils and saves the soul from committing sins.

The second means to sail from the divine ocean is to have desire, anger, arrogance and greed and also have sins and still write the name of GOD inside us thereby saving us from drowning. There is such supreme power in the name of GOD that it destroys the biggest evils and biggest sins within us. We cannot accumulate such quantities of evils and sins in our numerous life spans which could be destroyed by the mere citation of the name of GOD. The name of GOD destroys the evil and sins of the past and saves us from generating new evils and sins. Thus, it purifies us in two ways, the old is cleaned and the new is not generated.

There is a citation that is not found in Shri RamCharitManasji but is found elsewhere. The saints have interpreted that during the time of the foundation of the bridge, GOD Shree Ramji saw that the stones were sailing with His name inscribed on it, then GOD went ahead and dropped a stone in the ocean by His own Holy hands. It did not have the name of GOD inscribed on it and it was dropped by GOD and so it drowned. GOD Shree Ramji asked the reason for drowning from GOD Shree Hanumanji. The ardent devotee GOD Shree Hanumanji gave a fitting explanation to the episode by saying that he who has not taken recourse in the name of GOD and he who is dropped by GOD is sure to drown.

GOD does not leave anybody. The unfortunate human leaves the company of GOD and forgets GOD. What a rightful explanation that whosoever forgets GOD is sure to drown.

The explanation is very clear that the stone dropped by the Holy hands of GOD is sure to drown and the stone inscribed with the name of GOD is sure to sail.

GOD Shree Hanumanji is an ardent devotee and with devotion, He inscribed the name of GOD on the stones. What is the message of this pastime ? The meaning of the pastime is that GOD Shree Hanumanji reminds us to write the name of GOD in our hearts with devotion. By doing so we will be satisfied in our human life and will also surely sail through the divine ocean.

But see the misfortune of humans that we have filled our heart with useless things, we have soiled it and hardened it so much that it is not fit for GOD to reside. To cleanse and to purify it, devotion is the only means. After purification by devotion, GOD is sure to come and reside therein.

It is a curse that after receiving human life, we have shackled ourselves with evils and are burdened with sins. We have made all provisions for drowning ourselves in the divine ocean. Even then we do not care for it and merrily live our life. This merriness is just like the merriness of alcohol. Alcohol spoils our health to a great extent and still, we are unaware of it and we merrily keep enjoying it. Likewise, the evils and sins hamper us to such a great extent and still, we are unaware of it and we merrily keep enjoying it.

It is earnestly solicited that in this human life, without any delay, by undertaking devotion we must dispel our evil and sins and inscribe the name of GOD in our heart to sail peacefully in the divine ocean so that we do not have to repent in our end.

English Translation vetted by Sheelnidhi Gupta