WHAT IS NECTAR?
The Little One of five and half yrs+ was too expressive, too attentive, oft questioning and very much learning every bit in the process.. The grandma decided to instill certain Cultural Values in the Little One's mind by narrating some of the epic stories to him..
That evening, she decided upon to tell the boy the story of Samudra Manthan carried out by the Devas and the Asuras.. She said,
The boy asked with all curiosity.
The grandma picked up the tempo of the story seeing the boy's interest. She continued..
The Little One asked again wide eyed.
Grandma searched a min for the answer and said diplomatically..
The grandma by that time was totally lost to her story seeing the boy's interest..
The boy repeated what all the grandma said keeping his hands together fully closing his eyes.. The grandma became too emotional, hugged the Little One and blessed him in her heart saying..
The jar of brown sugar neatly stocked on the Top Rack of the kitchen cup board with 'Amrit' written on top of it in a corner!
Keyword: Nectar
The Little One of five and half yrs+ was too expressive, too attentive, oft questioning and very much learning every bit in the process.. The grandma decided to instill certain Cultural Values in the Little One's mind by narrating some of the epic stories to him..
That evening, she decided upon to tell the boy the story of Samudra Manthan carried out by the Devas and the Asuras.. She said,
- "Dear! Once you know what had happened? Due to a curse from a Great Sage, the Devas lost all their strength!"
The boy asked with all curiosity.
- "They are the Celestial Gods who do good to the world!"
The grandma picked up the tempo of the story seeing the boy's interest. She continued..
- "Lord Vishnu wanted to help Devas and so He asked them to churn the Ocean of Milk along with Asuras and get Nectar!"
The Little One asked again wide eyed.
- "They are like demons.. Do bad to world!"
Grandma searched a min for the answer and said diplomatically..
- "Dear! Asuras had great strength and Devas lost that.. So without Asura's help, Devas can't churn the Ocean!"
- "They brought a huge Mountain called Mandara and a big snake called Vasuki and started churning the Ocean of Milk.. The Devas one side and the Asuras on the other side.. A big job you know!"
- "Many things came in the process, all were taken away by different people for their use and for good of the world!"
- "A huge fire of Poison came up.. Lord Shiva swallowed it, kept in His throat and saved the world!"
- "Oh! You remember that.. Great! And they went on churning for many days.. Finally the Nectar came up in a Pot and the next moment, the Asuras took away the Pot for them!"
- "Yes.. They are bad and if they take the Nectar, they become still strong and trouble the world more!"
- "The Devas became sad and went to Lord Vishnu and asked for help. Lord Vishnu slowly mesmerized the Asuras and gave away all the Nectar to Devas and Devas again became strong!"
- "They became angry.. But by that time Devas became equally stronger and they could do nothing!"
The grandma by that time was totally lost to her story seeing the boy's interest..
- "Yes dear.. Lord Vishnu is a Great God. He always helps those who are good and pray to him.. You can also pray to Him daily.. Now say with me..
'shaanta kaaram bhujaga shayanam padma naabham suresham
viswaa dharam gagana sadrisham megha varnam subhaangam
lakshi kaantam kamala nayanam yogi bhi dhyaana agamyam
vande vishnum bhava bhaya haram sarva lokaika naatham'"
The boy repeated what all the grandma said keeping his hands together fully closing his eyes.. The grandma became too emotional, hugged the Little One and blessed him in her heart saying..
- "And if you do good, God Vishnu gives you too whatever you want!"
- "Dear! It's one food when taken a person becomes strong and best.. But no one will get it easily.. It's called Amrit in our Books!"
- "What? Amrit is available in our shop?"
- "What are you saying? Show me that!"
- "It's there!"
The jar of brown sugar neatly stocked on the Top Rack of the kitchen cup board with 'Amrit' written on top of it in a corner!
Keyword: Nectar
Ha ha ha ...ending is superb. Enjoyed reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jyotirmoy.. Love the comment.. It really happened!
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