Vanara Gita 06: Sugriva’s hymn; importance of charitable activities
Sri Sugriva uvaca- Suvarṇa sailasya gavām ca koṭi satasya koṭeschya satasya yacchaDānasya nai vāsti samaṃphalancha druvam ca tanmāruti darśanena.
Sri Sugriva uvaca- Suvarṇa sailasya gavām ca koṭi satasya koṭeschya satasya yacchaDānasya nai vāsti samaṃphalancha druvam ca tanmāruti darśanena.
Among all actions, charitable activities are the most supreme! They pave the way for increase in devotion, supreme knowledge and dispassion in the person.
All Vedas and Scriptures declare that among all the forms of life birth as human being is the best!
The merit that is earned by giving away billions of mountains of gold and that which is earned through gifting away billions of cows can be achieved merely by having the darshan of Lord Hanuman, says Sugriva, the King of Vānaras!
Just because Gandhamādana states that reciting ‘Hanuman’ itself is a sacred bath, it does not imply that a person should skip his daily mandatory bath just because he performs nama japa.
In Maharashtra the quote- ‘dhanya dhanya o pradakshina’- is often heard.
While bathing in River Ganga if the person is doubtful as to whether really it will wash away his sins or not, then take it for granted that the bathing is a sheer waste.
To summarize yesterday’s teachings- Chanting divine names should be with concentration i.
All the stories contained in our epics and Puranas such as Ramayana, Mahabharata etc.