Auspicious Shravan at Sandipani – Day 21
Why is Ramayan, Bhagavat and Gita for humanity at large?
Man has learnt how to fly, reach the moon and travel on water. However, man has still not learnt how to walk on land. He/she keeps colliding at every step taken. In such a situation, Ram Katha is a guide for the whole world.
Ramayan, Bhagavat and Gita do not belong to Hindus only, they belong to humanity at large. You will not find the word Hindu written in the whole of the Bhagavad Gita. This means that Gita is not for Hindus only. Another reason why Gita is for humanity at large is that the singer of Gita is not the Guru of Hindus only, he is the Guru of the whole universe – Krishnam vande jagatgurum. What Shri Krishna has said is a message for the whole world.
In the Gita, the words ‘Krishna said’ have never been written. Instead, ‘Bhagavan said’ has been written.
Gita wasn’t sung by the son of Devaki and Vasudev, but by the Godliness present in Shri Krishna; and when Godliness speaks, he does not talk about the welfare of a particular religious sect only, he talks about the welfare of the whole world.
Krishna is the Guru of the universe. Ramayan, Bhagavat and Gita are the huts of religion which are not bound by religious sects. Whoever is thirsty can come to these scriptures and their thirst will be quenched. Does a water hut, where water is distributed free to anyone, look at one’s religious sect? A person distributing water at such a water hut will not question those coming for water whether the person is a Muslim, Sikh, Hindu or Christian. Similarly, Ram katha, Bhagavat and Gita are scriptures irrespective of cast, colour and creed. Whoever wants to know the Supreme Truth is all welcome to listen to this katha.