UP_TUV-21_VARANASI_MAHAKUMB_SHANKARACHARY_16-07-14

ETVBHARAT

1/6/2025

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00:00So, here there is no tradition of invitation, it is a tradition of going without being invited.

00:07But why do people go without being invited?

00:09So, this description is found in the Kota Yudhra Samhita of the Shiva Purana.

00:14There is a description that once some fault was made by Gautam Rishi.

00:19So, Gautam Rishi asked the scholars, brother, tell us the method of resolving this fault.

00:25People said, yes, nothing can be done here.

00:27Only when you dive into the Ganges, can your fault be resolved.

00:32So, they did the bhakti, the penance of Gangaji.

00:35To resolve their fault, Gangaji came down from heaven.

00:39He came and sat down, then they did the kota, and their fault was resolved.

00:43Gangaji said, O Mastu, your work is done, now we are going back.

00:47So, they joined their hands and stood up.

00:49Don't go there.

00:50Why not go?

00:51We had come for a purpose.

00:52When that purpose was fulfilled, why not go?

00:55So, they said, there are other sinners like me.

01:00They should also get this benefit.

01:02So, mother said, get up, it's okay.

01:04Whatever you will bathe in us, your sins will be removed.

01:07But there is one problem.

01:08What is the problem?

01:09The problem is that our nature is a bit of a lover of respect.

01:13Where we have even a little disrespect, even a little contempt,

01:17then we feel very sad.

01:19We cannot live.

01:21Therefore, we will go.

01:24Because if we stay here permanently,

01:26right now you all are standing to welcome us.

01:29The palanquins have been placed.

01:30But if we continue to stay here permanently,

01:32then we will become the root of the house.

01:35You will forget us.

01:37So, in such a situation, we will go.

01:40So, there is a description there that

01:42Gautam Rishi and along with him,

01:44our ancestors came from different directions,

01:46joined hands and prayed to Gangaji,

01:48that no Gangaji,

01:49we promise you that

01:50we will always give you the best respect.

01:53We will never lack in your respect.

01:55So, Gangaji said, okay,

01:57we will stop if this is the case.

01:59But there is one more thing.

02:01Every twelve years,

02:02by coming to our side,

02:03you will have to prove that

02:05you still remember the promise given to us.

02:09So, people said, yes, we will do this.

02:12So, you see,

02:13after every twelve years,

02:15people gather on the banks of the Ganga without being called.

02:18By doing this,

02:19it is as if they are renewing their promise,

02:22that Hema Ganga,

02:24we had told you that

02:25we will always give you the best respect.

02:27Even today, we remember our promise

02:29and we are giving you respect.

02:31Can there be any personal reason behind the invitation?

02:36No, the meaning of the invitation is that there are two things.

02:38One is the promise given to the Ganga here.

02:41The second is a feeling of liberation from our sins.

02:45That we will go to the banks of the Ganga,

02:47and if we do this,

02:48our sins will be erased,

02:49and good deeds will be attained.

02:51So, this is a spiritual matter.

02:53There is no need for an invitation in this.

02:55People are going without an invitation.

02:57But,

02:59the second part of the invitation,

03:03we have to say that,

03:04for example,

03:05there is a Chief Minister.

03:07Now, he has made preparations for the time of the Mahakumbakar mountain.

03:12He has made the road,

03:13he has made this,

03:14he has made that.

03:15He has done a lot.

03:16He does not want people to come and see his work.

03:19So, he is inviting people to see his work.

03:22So, understand the intention of his invitation.

03:25He wants people to come and see the good deeds that have been done by me,

03:29especially people who are related to me,

03:31people who are superior to me.

03:33They should come and see,

03:34and pat my back a little,

03:36that you have done a good thing.

03:38So, he is inviting for that.

03:39So, there is no obstacle in inviting for that.

03:41But, there is no need to invite for the spiritual matter.

03:45Akhilesh Yadav is also inviting the Chief Minister.

03:48He is saying that,

03:49you people should come,

03:50even though he is not the Chief Minister.

03:51The thing is that,

03:52he is not the Chief Minister.

03:53So, he is inviting people to come and see our good deeds.

03:57He is inviting people to come and see the mistakes,

03:59and then show those mistakes,

04:01so that we can criticize him.

04:04When Akhilesh Yadav was the Chief Minister himself,

04:07where did he invite people at that time?

04:09And who did he invite?

04:11And if someone else is inviting,

04:13if someone else is inviting,

04:14then what is the obstacle?

04:15So, in reality,

04:16the purpose behind inviting people is different.

04:19But, for Ganga,

04:21the religious people are going without inviting.

04:24They will keep going.

04:25And the second thing that I wanted to say is that,

04:28this is usually accused,

04:31on us Hindus,

04:33on Sanatan Dharmis,

04:34that these people are divided in caste and creed.

04:37They are divided into pieces.

04:38There is nothing anywhere.

04:40That is why there are many such attempts

04:42to separate caste and creed.

04:45So, this thing that is said,

04:47that Hinduism is divided in caste and creed,

04:50this is the slap on the face of those who say this.

04:55We have been doing this for 12 years,

04:57with tradition.

04:58I don't know how long we have been doing this,

05:00and we are still doing it.

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