Words from the Master

A small story:

Brahma Sutra is a book - the greatest book available to humanity.
It is the unabridged edition of world philosophy, from which all other philosophies originated; it is the book of books.
It was written by Veda Vyasa, the greatest Indian scholar ever.

An enlightened Master gave this book to one of his disciples, Vachaspati Mishra, and asked him to write a commentary on this book.
The Master also gave his daughter, Bamati, in marriage to him and died soon afterwards.
Vachaspati Mishra started out on his task earnestly.
He was continuously engaged in writing. It became an intense and transforming meditation for him.
He wrote for months; soon months became years and years became decades.
He saw nothing else, thought about nothing else and heard nothing else during that time.
Finally, he finished the great work. Only the title of the book remained to be given. He looked up from his work.
He saw an old lady, lighting the lamp next to him.
Vachaspati Mishra was surprised. He asked her, “Who are you?”
The lady replied, “Never mind about me. Continue with your work.”
He said, “The book is complete. Tell me who you are.”
The lady said, “I am your wife.”
Vachaspati Mishra was shocked.
He was simply shocked at what had happened.
For thirty years he had written the book without a thought about his wife! He could not believe himself.
“Why didn’t you remind me all these years!” He cried.
“What for? You were immersed in the book. I felt no need to disturb you,” she replied quietly.
Vachaspati Mishra continued, “You have sacrificed your entire life for the sake of humanity! What can I do to make up for it?”
Bamati replied, “It has been a joy to serve you. I feel privileged that I was able to serve you while you wrote this great book. Nothing more is needed.”
Vachaspati Mishra shed tears of joy.
He paid his wife the greatest tribute: He named his life’s work after her: Bamati.

Even today, the most outstanding commentary on humanity’s most precious book, carries her name: Bamati.

Bamati has become immortal, because of her selfless devotion and love. She was so enough unto herself. It is not that she did not want to disturb her husband. She did not need to! There is a big difference between the two. Most of the time we want attention but keep quiet thinking that we should not disturb the other or we should not be a nuisance to them.

But here we are talking of a person who did not need attention – that is the difference. She did not feel that her youth was being wasted; she was not making any compromise. She was being her natural self, that’s all. And that was enough for her. She did not have to exercise any difficult choice in not disturbing her husband. She was so centered in her inner Energy that it did not matter to her at all.

Bamati lives even after she died. We are all dying every minute when we live. That is the difference.

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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.