The Priceless Value of Satsaunga or Good Company Or Dharma Chakra or Magnetic touch of the Great Sat+Saunga: Sat means Good, Saunga means association..Das The great devotee Narada asked Krsna, "What is the value of satsaunga?"
Krsna replied: "Go to the forest, find a particular tree, and in the
tree there is an insect. Ask that insect." So Narada went to the forest and found the tree. And in the hollow of the branch, found an insect. He asked: "What is the value of satsuanga?"
But instead of answering, the insect suddenly died. So Narada went back to Krsna, asking the same question. This time Krsna Said, "Near that tree is a lizard. Ask the lizard." Narada found the lizard sunning itself on a rock. He sat down next to it and asked, "What is the value of satsuanga?" But to his dismay, the lizard’s eyes rolled back in his head, his body shuddered,
and the lizard died.
Narada told Krsna his misfortune and again asked his question. Krsna
said, "At the edge of the forest is a pasture, and in the pasture is
a cow. Go ask the cow." Narada said, "Oh I can’t possibly do that.
To add to my sins of killing an insect and a lizard, it would be even
more serious to kill a cow. Please don’t ask that!" But Krsna
insisted that this was the only way to find the answer to
Narada’s question, so obediently Narada set off.
When he got to the pasture he found a lovely white cow. Coming close
he stroked her head and looked in her large brown eyes. And then he
asked, "What is the value of satsuanga?" To Narada’s dismay, the
cow looked back at him, then her eyes rolled back in her head, her body
shuddered, and she died.
Narada went back to Krsna saying, "Now I have killed three creatures,
and I still don’t know the answer to my question!" Krsna said, "If
you really want to know the answer to your question, there is only
one way to find out. The pasture is at the edge of a kingdom. That
kingdom now is having a grand celebration and the palace is in the
midst of great festivities. They are celebrating because after twenty
years of sadness, the childless queen has finally given birth to a
son. The wise people say that this son is especially spiritual and
wise and everyone is rejoicing at their great fortune. You must go to
the palace and ask this question to the newborn baby."
Narada was shocked at this idea! "If I kill their baby, the entire
town will attack me! Surely I can’t do this!" Still he was ever
obedient to his Lord. He came to the palace and was invited in with
open arms by the King and Queen. They were honored that such a
special guest had come to welcome their new son. They washed his feet
and fed him a sumptuous dinner. Then Narada asked if he might spend
time alone with the new baby. The King and Queen showed him to the
baby’s room.
Narada held the tiny child in his arms and stroked its head. The
child looked back at him with large eyes. Narada tenderly
asked, "What is the value of satsuanga?" Suddenly the child’s eyes
turned back in his head, and he shuddered and died in Narada’s arms.
Narada ran from the palace narrowly escaping the palace guards and
hoards of furious townspeople. Finally safe with Krsna, he
implored, "Lord, how could you ask me to do such a vile act! What a
cruel thing I ‘ve done! And I still don’t know the answer to my
question!"
Krsna replied, " Now you have seen the value of satsaunga. When you
visited the insect, your spiritual vibration was so strong; the
insect lost physico-psychic parallelism, and took a higher life to
become the lizard. When you visited the lizard, you also elevated its
mind to such an extent, that it right away took rebirth as a cow. And
when you visited the cow, again just the vibration of your devotional
presence so affected the cow, that it right away took birth in a
human body. And when you visited that tiny baby, it attained
Final enlightenment right there in your arms!"
Namaskar
BABA NAM KEVALAM
Ragavan
