"He who endures is called a saint." -- What is the true meaning of this sentence? | Yagnesh Suthar's Blog 2024

"He who endures is called a saint." -- What is the true meaning of this sentence? 

It does not mean tolerating atrocities. 

But let me tell you that there is a hidden message within this sentence: 

Karma-Siddhanta says that any kind of action done by the human body will get the result of every action. 

Now consider that when an action is both good and bad (simultaneously), the result of that action depends on the intention of the human being. That means, depending on what is the main purpose of the action at the time of doing it, the fruit of that action will be obtained. 

The main reason why Karma Siddhant is not generally understood by people is that "Karma Siddhant allows both Prarabdha Karma and Kriyaman Karma to be done simultaneously". 

Lord Krishna has said a verse: 

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि||

That is, "Go on doing karma, but do not expect the fruit." -- So who would be such a fool who keeps doing the deeds but does not hope for the fruit? 

Why do you do anything in life? When you have to fulfill a wish, right?

So the meaning is, "You have to do any action keeping in mind the fruit of that action". But, here, why does Lord Krishna say "No"? 

So the reason is that the karma you will do is "Kriyaman karma" and that karma should be subordinated to real Dharma (for the welfare of people). But the fruit you will get after doing that action may or may not be the result of that action (Kriyaman Karma). 

Why? 

Because our life runs under the principle of Karma. And for that reason, when the time comes to reap the fruits of karma, you get the fruits based on the karma that is well suited to that time. Now even if Prarabdha Karma is bad and Kriyaman Karma is good, you will get the "immediate fruit" of Kriyaman Karma not on the basis of Kriyaman Karma but on the basis of Prarabdha Karma. And the action you have performed will be generated in the future as "good karma". If the society still fails, let me give an example:

Believe that someone does wrong to you, you know it and in return a plan is prepared in your mind, "I will punish this person in some way".

So according to the Karma principle (that's Newton's third law of motion!!!), "Every action has an equal and mutually opposite reaction." Similarly, even though you think that your plan is based on Dharma and logic here, it will produce its reaction. 

Now, if you take revenge on that person, then he is bound to lose and even though that loss is according to Dharma and logic, when you come to suffer the fruit of that karma, you will also have to suffer that kind of fruit. 

Shri Ram Bhagwan killed Bali by deception, but considering the situation and time, it was under dharma and logic to kill him that way. Hence Shree Ram did not commit any sin by killing Bali. However, in the Krishna incarnation, he was killed by the arrow of a Pardhi (The Hunter). Pardhi saw the toe of Lord Krishna and mistook it for an animal and fired an arrow, killing Lord Krishna's body.  So here God Himself also follows the principle of Karma to explain to us one thing, "As your Karma is, you will get its fruit". 

Hence, if taking revenge on a person causes loss to him or his family, one should not take revenge and one who endures the wrath of such revenge is called a saint. Because, by taking such a revenge you are considering your logic to be true, but that logic is only for your own interest and the loss of his entire family. That's why even though your logic of revenge is compatible, it is not compatible with dharma because dharma does not only see "selfishness", dharma always sees the welfare of all. 

If you do not take revenge on that person, you will suffer whatever loss you will have to suffer, but the principle of karma will surely punish that person for his karma.   

Even if you end your whole life in the pursuit of happiness, just as sorrow does not leave you, karma never leaves anyone. If you punish that person in the spirit of revenge, you will also have to suffer the consequences of the same act. 

Karma Principle is very deep and mysterious. If you want to understand it, you have to use your heart and not your mind.

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