Passage 17

In English

Two days prior to this, undertook to protect the in a different manner. was swearing before that he would now enter a crucial and terrible phase of battle with the and would even finish them off. When heard such a statement emanating from , she was quite afraid. She was afraid because she knew that was very strong and that in one moment he could kill all the . She was afraid that would kill all her husbands and render her a widow. In this terrible fear, she had no one to go to and express her fear. She had only one person and He was the omnipresent, omnipotent Lord . She went and prayed to that in view of ’s threat, He had to save her and protect her . The nature of God is such that He would submit Himself to the limitations which He himself has created. The Lord told that He was prepared to rescue and protect Her but said that she must also make her efforts. The Lord said “I am residing in your heart as the . Therefore, when you make an effort on your own, I will supplement your efforts.” If we take a piece of wood and go on moving it up and down, fire is not going to be generated. We have to take two similar pieces of wood and rub one against the other vigorously. It is only then that fire will be generated. Similarly, said “When my aspect of divinity manifesting externally and my own aspect which is residing in you internally as come together, then only useful results will come.” As in the analogy of an electric current, we will not get any benefit of the electric current if only we have the negative or the positive aspect. Unless the negative and the positive come together, current will not be produced. The Lord has emphasised, “I can give God’s grace. But you will have to supply human effort. Unless God’s grace and human effort come together, the result cannot be achieved.” Immediately enquired as to what she should do. She assured that she was willing to do anything to save her husbands. The Lord told that she should go to the house of that night and act as he advised her. It is true that in the battlefield, swore but later when he went home he was in a great dilemma and was asking himself how he could fulfil his promise and how he could kill the who were the embodiments of . He was also troubled because if he did not fulfil his promise, his entire life would be useless. In such a dilemma, he was walking up and down in his tent in the battle field.