Sutra 80. Sa keertyamaanah seeghramevaavirbha- vatyanubhaavayati bhaktaan.
[Being thus invoked
or glorified. He (the Lord) manifests Himself, and blesses His devotees with realization.]
Sa: Me
Keertyjimaanah: being invoked, being glorified
seeghram: speedily
eva: surely
aavirbhavati Bhaktaan: reveals himself (to the)
devotees
anubhavayati: makes realize.
Lord Hari came out of the
pillar in the form of Narasimha when Prahlada prayed with his full heart,
Prahlada said to his father: “My Narayan is in your heart. He is in my heart.
He is in this straw. He is in this pillar also”.
Prahlada pointed out four
places. But why did Lord Narayan come out of the pillar?
Because Prahlada had his full
concentration with full feeling, “Sarva-bhavena”, in the pillar alone. He
wished the Lord Hari should come out of the pillar. This was his sat-sankalpa.
When one worships the Lord,
invoking Him with our whole personality, our mind is turned towards the Higher,
through our earnest identification with His glories, the TRUTH (GOD) within
unveils itself and reveals itself.
The Lord then, out of His
compassion, makes the devotee experience HIM.
He indeed reveals Himself
We find proof
of this in our Puranas. Dhruva stands on one leg doing tapas. Sree Narayana comes
and stands in front of him but Dhruva refuses to open his eyes.
The Lord blows His conch and
tells Dhruva, “I have come”.
Still, Dhruva refuses to open
His eyes and says, “Many times, You have come and when I have opened my eyes, You have deceived me and I am distracting to something else. O Lord, Though art
within and without. So, You Yourself come within and reveal Yourself in my very
heart”.
It is said that a saint named
Saint Teresa existed in west once upon a time and once she sees a vision of
Jesus and in that vision, Jesus asks her, “Who are you”. The Saint replies, “I
am Teresa of Jesus”.
Jesus replies and says, “I am
Jesus of Teresa”!! This is what God does to a sincere devotee!!!
That is how Lord reveals Himself to those who seek Him sincerely.
