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Dear sri
Devanathan,
I like toknow the
difference in speed at which the Lord protected different devotees
:
Dhruva : 6
months
Prahlada:several
years ( since as you mentioned: when he got tortured in different ways the Lord
did not appear)
Draupadi:probably
in a kshanam due to distress call. I am not sure about draupadi's prior
efforts or bhakti yogam
arjuna: dont
know?
the elephant
gajendra : several yugas - since the devotee in the past janma, who became an
elephant due to curse, fought with the crocodile for several yugas according to
srimadbhagatam and then got the purva janma jnanam and cried :"
adimoolame".
others can cry
adimoolame even knowing this issue, but I think it depends on the karma of
each individual and the real bhakti in that person for the lord to answer right
away. Sri krishnapremi maharaj mentions this in his bhagavatam lectures -
that it is really the amount of bhakti people have which will make the
difference. we say "narayana" even while eating or sitting down. we could
even be doing nama sankirtham with all bhakti we have with tears in our eyes ( I
mean real feeling in our hearts too) . Though, I am sure there may be a
glimpse of assurance provided internally by the Lord by some kind of peace of
mind or even some internal revelation of some sort to some lucky devotees,
direct pratyaksham of perumal like that of Prahladan or Dhruvan etc. is really a
gift for the bhakti yogis of the highest order. No wonder that bhakti
margam is so difficult to many and probably easy to the folks who have the
realization from purva janma samkaras. Unless one has completely burned
all the karmas vision of God will not be continuous.
One thingcommon to
all these devotees is that they probably are closer to bhakti yogis rather than
prapannas. for example sri Prahlada was asked to meditate for 12000 years
more after he experienced the nrisimhavataram, which probably indicates the
amount of prarabhdham or some thing which might have been left out. THis
brings another question as to what happens to statements such as " bhidyate
hridaya granthih chiddhyante sarva samsayah.... tasmin driste paravare" - ie.
all knots of doubts are cut asunder when he is seen". I guess Prahladan
had no doubts from that point though he lived for 12000 years after seeing
Nrisimhar.
adiyen
Krishna
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