[FONT=comic sans ms,sans-serif]# 143. Narada's previous birth.
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Narada was the son of a poor woman who made her living by serving a few sAdhUs in an Ashram. During the rainy season, the ascetics stay put in a place for four months, as they can't travel freely during those months.
The mother and son took very good care of them. The boy would eat the left over food as a prasAdam. He would sit and listen to their talks on the greatness of God and the miracles He had performed.
He developed sradhdhA and bhakti even as a child, just five year old.The sAdhUs were pleased with him and taught the child the greatness of bhakti and the secrets of spiritual sAdanA.
On day, his mother got bitten by a snake, when she went to milk the cow and died.The boy became an orphan and started wandering wherever his legs would carry him. He would sit and meditate for long hours.
One day he got the glimpse of a divine figure in his mind's vision. He yearned to see it again and again.
Then he heard a voice tell him, "Child! you are not yet ready to see me and be with me. You have had satsang developed bhakti. In your next birth you will become my supreme bhakta and be with me for ever".
When the boy cast of his body, his jEvAtmA rose high into the heavens and entered Vishnu through the air He breathed, along with Brahman. After the long night, when the creation was started again, he was born as the mAnasa puthrA of Barhma and became the thrilOka sanchAri...the great VishnU bhaktA NAradA.
What is the secret behind his transformation from being the son of an illiterate servant woman to a dEva rishi?
It is nothing but his sincere and staunch devotion to Lord nArAyanA. [/FONT]
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Narada was the son of a poor woman who made her living by serving a few sAdhUs in an Ashram. During the rainy season, the ascetics stay put in a place for four months, as they can't travel freely during those months.
The mother and son took very good care of them. The boy would eat the left over food as a prasAdam. He would sit and listen to their talks on the greatness of God and the miracles He had performed.
He developed sradhdhA and bhakti even as a child, just five year old.The sAdhUs were pleased with him and taught the child the greatness of bhakti and the secrets of spiritual sAdanA.
On day, his mother got bitten by a snake, when she went to milk the cow and died.The boy became an orphan and started wandering wherever his legs would carry him. He would sit and meditate for long hours.
One day he got the glimpse of a divine figure in his mind's vision. He yearned to see it again and again.
Then he heard a voice tell him, "Child! you are not yet ready to see me and be with me. You have had satsang developed bhakti. In your next birth you will become my supreme bhakta and be with me for ever".
When the boy cast of his body, his jEvAtmA rose high into the heavens and entered Vishnu through the air He breathed, along with Brahman. After the long night, when the creation was started again, he was born as the mAnasa puthrA of Barhma and became the thrilOka sanchAri...the great VishnU bhaktA NAradA.
What is the secret behind his transformation from being the son of an illiterate servant woman to a dEva rishi?
It is nothing but his sincere and staunch devotion to Lord nArAyanA. [/FONT]