Punishment is a blessing

Punishment can be a blessing

Sarvamoola Sandesha

दण्डोsपि भगवच्छीर्णः ममैषोsनुग्रहः कृतः |
इति भक्त्या चिन्तयतां शुभकारी भवत्यलं |
तत्राsपि कुर्वतां द्वेषं तमःप्राप्त्यै तथा भवेत्  ||
– || भा ता १० – १५ – २४ ||
danDopi bhagavacchIrNaH mamaishaH anugrahaH krutaH |
iti bhaktyA chintayatAM shubhakArI bhavatyalaM |
tatraH api kurvatAM dvEshaM tamaH prAptyai tathA bhavEt ||
– || bhAgavata. tAtparya 10 – 15 – 24 ||

Purport: Whenever paramAtma gives punishment, if one still thinks of it with devotion as a blessing (to improve) then only good accrues. There too, if one were to hate paramAtma, the same punishment leads to andhantamas (Eternal darkness).

  • Trailokya Acharya  Shreemadanandateertha bhagavatpada (in His Bhagvata Tatparya Nirnyaya)

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