| Discourses On Gita By Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
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| Discourses On Gita |
| THE TWO ASPECTS OF AKARMA - YOGA AND SANNYASA |
| 25. Vyasa said to Suka, "Suka, my
son, you have, no doubt, attained wisdom, but no guru has yet set his
seal on you. Go therefore to Janaka." Sukadeva went. Janaka was sitting on the third floor of his
great palace. Suka was a forest-dweller. His eyes drank in the sights of the city as he went along. Janaka asked him, "Why have you come here?" Suka answered, "To get knowledge." "Who sent you?" "Vyasadeva." "Where do you come from?" "From the ashram." "What did you see in the market on the way?" "I saw rows upon rows of sweets piled up on all sides." "And what else did you see?" "I saw sugar-dolls walking and talking." "And what else?" "For my coming up here, there were solid sugar steps." "What else did you find?" "Here too, I see sugar pictures everywhere." "What do you see now?" "One sugar doll talking to another." Then Janaka said, "Now you may go. You have attained all wisdom." Suka had secured what he wanted, a signed certificate from Janaka. The point is that the karma-yogi had accepted as disciple the sannyasi Suka. Suka no doubt, remained a sannyasi, but how delightful the situation is! Parikshit was under a curse - he was to die in seven days. He had to get ready for his death. He needed a guru who could teach him how to die. He sent for Sukacharya, who came and sat cross-legged for 24 x 7 = 168 hours, narrating the Bhagavata. He did not once change his position, and went on with his story without a break. |
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