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KATHA SRAVANTHI (BEDTIME STORY 30/2/2022):
Once Narada Muni visited Krishna in his Dwaraka. In the course of his conversation with Krishna, about Maya, Narada says as he is always indulged in Hari Nama Sankeertana, he is immune to Maya, and he says he feels pity for those who get

Entangled in Maya, and calls them imbeciles with a sarcastic smile. Krishna nods, and after some time, asks Narada if they could take a walk together. Narada becomes elated that sakshat Paramatma treats him like a friend and all this is because of his bhakti. They both keep

Talking and walking and loose track of time, and come far away from the palace. Krishna suddenly sits down, and tells Narada he is extremely fatigued by thirst and can't walk and urgently needs water. Narada panics and runs to see if he can find some water and soon finds himself

In a desert. There he finds a well and a lady drawing water from it. He runs to the lady, and he also being thirsty asks the lady for some water . The lady then pours him water from her pot and while drinking Narada gets enchanted by her beauty and falls in love with her, and

Asks her to marry him. She says she would happily marry him if her father agrees. Narada then goes along with her to her father, who is the chief of the nearby village. Her father agrees but on the condition that he stays back with them, as she is his

Only daughter. Narada happily agrees and they both get married. Days pass happily and soon Narada is blessed with 4 beautiful children. His father- in-law passes away, making him the chief of the village, and with all love and care for his people, he rules over them . One day,

Suddenly, a horrible storm strikes , and soon everything is inundated, with fierce flood destroying the village. Narada takes his wife and 4 children and reaches the top of his house, where he sees all the houses of his village submerged and destroyed, and all his friends,

Relatives and villagers drowned and dead .With complete fear he holds on to his children and wife, but soon the water rises and reaches his home and his two elder children get washed away in the deluge, with heart wrenching screams he cries only to see that his other 2 children

Along with his most beloved wife being washed away and drowning in front of his eyes. He shouts in pain with tears, and in helplessness with all his might he screams KRISHNA. After a while he listens to a whisper in his right ear" Narada, I am thirsty", and he immediately sees

Krishna besides him, and crying uncontrollably, he begs Krishna to save his wife and children and he cannot live without them. Then Krishna with a smile touches Narada and soon he finds himself in Dwaraka, next to Krishna. Terrified with what he experienced Narada asks Krishna

What actually happened, and Krishna says, you just experienced Maya. With his pride broken, Narada asks though he is always chanting bhagawan's name, how he could experience Maya. Krishna then says, Pride is a sword that makes a hole in the most invincible. As his punya karma was

Exuberant, he didn't fall into the endless cycle of birth and death and pride was punished just with the experience of Maya 🙏 Narada bows to Krishna in gratitude terrified but more enlightened. This story is a beautiful ALLEGORY. While Narada is the Advaita roopa of Aatma and

Paramatma, Pride is the tool which distances aatma from Paramatma. Once this happens it soon gets engulfed in material realm which is Maya, and Maya brings in Ego or I, me , mine. With this comes attachment, which begets expectations and sorrow. After indulging in senses, when

Disappointment and pain strikes, paramatma then comes into mind. When you hold on to Paramatma, then is when he gets you rid of Maya and guides you to the realm of ultimate truth where in due course you become one with him.
Allegory existed in our scriptures from time

Immemorial. Tight slap to western plagiarists who stole from our scriptures and propagated it as their own creation in 14th century.
Take Pride on our culture, tradition 🙏
Take pride in being born as a Hindu in this Sanatana Dharma and in this Veda Bhoomi 🙏
Jayatu Sanatana 🙏

30/1/22* typo. Aplologies