मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिं ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्द माधवम् ॥
MOOKAM KAROTI VAACHAALAM PANGGUM LANGGHAYATE GIRIM |
YATKRUPAA TAMAHAM VANDE PARAMAANANDA MAADHAVAM ||
MEANING: Salutations to Lord Maadhava, the ever blissful Lord by whose grace the dumb can also become well versed in speech and oratory skills, the lame can cross mountains.
Kalidas, the great poet who wrote great epics like Abhijnanana Shakuntala, Kumaara Sambhavam was a foolish and lazy person in his childhood and used to sleep in the nearby Kaali temple.He was foolish enough to cut the same branch of the tree he was sitting. A passer by told him that he may fall down and get hurt by this foolish act of his. Such a person became a very intelligent person by the grace of Goddess Kaali.
Ratnaakar, a dacoit was turned into a great soul by the grace of God and became Valmiki and wrote Ramaayana, the great epic. If you go through history many a person rising to great heights with the help of divine blessing. Nothing is possible or impossible without God’s helping hand. God in his infinite generosity stands by the devotee who has immense faith and trust. If we achieve something in life, one should always remember that it is not by one’s intelligence, but the grace of God that has made him rise to this height.
In our day today life we have seen many people who were highly respected in yesteryears suddenly fall from grace by their misdeeds and even get imprisoned. In Mahabharata Vidhura says, O my wealth coveting foolish soul, when will you succeed in emancipating yourself from the desire for wealth?. It can never bring happiness but only miseries.
