| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| BHAKTI : SAGUNA AND NIRGUNA |
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belongs to the owner, to manage it alone is my duty." Bharata could not feel as
Lakshmana. This is Bharata's position. Devotion to Rama means carrying out the work of Rama; else
what good is devotion? After making all arrangements for the care of the State, he goes to the
forest to meet Rama. He says to Rama, "Dear brother, this is your kingdom. It is for you ... ... ..." but
before he could complete the sentence, Rama intervenes, "No Bharata, please look after the
kingdom yourself."
Bharata stands still, shrinking from a refusal. He says, "I shall faithfully obey your command." Whatever Rama says, he has to accept. All that was his, he had already surrendered to Rama. 22. He went back and performed the duties of the state. But he did this, not from Ayodhya, but from a place two miles away, where he lived and did penance. As an ascetic he ruled the kingdom. When Rama and Bharata meet again, it is difficult to make out which of them was the ascetic who had performed penance in the forest. The two faces are alike, they are of the same age, they bear the same marks of tapasya on their faces - it is impossible to say which is Rama and which is Bharata. If someone could paint this situation, how noble it would |
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