In English
A devotee takes the curse as a gift from God
took the curse as a gift from God; he submitted himself to it in the spirit of a , for he had no will of his own. Thus God came to his rescue. did not call upon and pray that he may be saved from. the anger of . He accepted that too as the Will of . The pursued the terrified sage over all the three worlds, and when fell at the feet of , He directed him to approach himself to pardon. The attitude of surrender or (offering the self to God) makes a person dedicate his entire personality at the Feet of the Lord. In the , too, we have an episode that illustrates this. and were combing the forests to discover where was. They were tired and thirsty. Suddenly, they came upon a clear pool and, while placing their bows on the ground, dropped their arrows which partially sank into the wet bank. After slaking their thirst they put the bows on their shoulders and pulled the arrows out from the bank. noticed a stain of blood at the tip of his arrow and was curious to find out how it came there. discovered a little frog that had been hit by 's arrow when he dropped it on the ground. told the wounded frog, "Poor thing! Why did you not cry out when you were hit?" The frog replied, "Whenever in trouble, I cry out to you . But, when Himself inflicts pain, whom am I to cry out to? I accepted it as His Grace." adored even when He was rushing towards him with His to take his life. His sense of (total surrender to Divinity) did not desert him at the point of death at the hands of the very Person whom he revered as God: "Kill me or save me, I shall not falter in my loyalty," he said.