Ramayana - Why was Janaka spellbound on seeing Lord Rama? By Swami Mukundananda

[@logajit]

Seriously I am spellbound, the level of Janak Ji's devotion, how selfless, pure and from heart. He is an idol for all devotees and I am blessed to know his art of loving Lord Ram. Such a great saint he is, very absorbing lecture by Swami ji.

[@VinodKumar-lf7ig]

Indeed Ajit. The spiritual position of King Janak would even outshine the majesty of great sages like Vasistha and Vyaasa. Two episodes makes it clear. First, when there was a dilemna of decision making during "Ram-Bharat" milaap in Ayodhya kaand. Even Vasistha who was over taken by the emotional surge of Bharat, he asked Janak to resolve the matter. Second, Vyaasa send his divine son Shuka to the palace of Janak to learn "Aatma vidya" and "Brahm vidya". It was this Shuka who later delivered Srimad Bhagavat Mahapuran to king Parikshit making way to his spiritual liberation. I would go one further step (more than any other reason) to say that Lord Ram chose Sita ji primarily because she was the daughter of great videha "Janak". Ram knew that Sita would exhibit all those qualities as "Vaidehi" and world knows it was a perfect decision. *Jai SiyaRam*

[@sandhyadas6323]

Beautiful lecture by Swamiji.When we start remembering God with every breath, we get His bliss & Love.

[@smitamehtadenton]

Only the very highly elevated souls can perceive the Lord in even the simplest of the avataars! Lovely katha!

[@muraliwaro3554]

This is a beautiful story and explanation by Swami Mukundananda. I did not know the details of why King Janak had invited the princes to his palace and his reaction on seeing Ram and Lakshman. Very nice story.

[@chandraharnampokan372]

Radhey Radhey Swamiji.Very understandable.Thank you.

[@surbhijoshi4331]

Such a beautiful explanation of sakaar brahma. The bliss of divine love of sakaar brahma made the greatest videhi of all times king Janak forget his nirakar brahma. Such is the beauty of God which only his bhakt can experience. Wonderful video!!

[@santoshtaneja9337]

Swamiji explains that king Janak was a big Gyani. His mind was always absorbed in formless Brahman. As soon as he saw Shree Ram, he started experiencing bliss and he could not take his eyes off of Shree Ram. Beautiful episode!

[@yoginitripathi7464]

very beautiful story of how King Janak , who was worshiping formless, got attracted by seeing Lord Ram and Laxman in their personal forms !!

[@shrutimago]

Swamiji has explained the story of King Janak so beautifully. How King Janak was spellbound after seeing Lord Rama .Even though he use to worship the formless God, after seeing Lord Rama and Lakshman, his thoughts completely changed and was replaced by the thoughts of Lord Ram . Thank you Swamiji.

[@pintomeow]

The Supreme Lord pasttimes are filled with unlimited bliss that you feel elated listening . Swamiji's narration is unique, extraordinary and is beyond words can describe.

[@preetimalhotra627]

Very nice video clip! God is both with and without form, yet His form is far more blissful. A great gyani such as King Janak was spellbound by Lord Ram and couldn't get his eyes off of him due to his existing perfected absorption in the formless Brahman who was in front of him in His bodily form.

[@sushantakumarmohanty4625]

King Janak was worshipping nirakar brahma. When he experienced the bliss of the Lord Ram’s visually appealing and saakar form, then he was completely mesmerized . The bliss of divine love of sakaar brahma made the greatest videhi of all times king Janak forget his nirakar brahma. This is beautifully explained by Swamijee.

[@smitamehtadenton]

This is such a beautifully narrated katha! How interesting that in the treta yug, Mithila consisted of only pious and spiritually elevated people. The captivating description of why King Janak was so attracted to the princes of Ayodhya really makes sense in the way Swamiji has described it. Once a spiritually elevated person perceives the absolutely enchanting form of the Lord, the formless aspect becomes less enticing.

[@meenachauhan3703]

By giving the example of amother's love for her baby in womb and the one in her lap, Swamiji has so beautifully compared the bliss of sakar and nirakar Brahm.The bliss in the sakar form is infinite times more than the formless form.Thank you Swamiji for the interesting narration.

[@spiritonsoulion4144]

its wonderful...

[@pankajinimishra7307]

inspirable video swamiji... Radhey Radhey thank you

[@gadhabail1]

This is such a great lecture. Thank you for uploading...

[@srivalliivaturi]

such a beautif illustration was used by swamiji, of an unborn and born baby, to explain formless and sakar God. loved it. thanks for the upload.

[@tapanb608]

nice video clip of this part.

[@MeenuKapoorKripaludassi]

King Janak who believed in Formless God was enchanted by having Darshan of Shree Ram. Nobody will run after the unseen after seeing the Real.

[@geetasharma1774]

Sakar Bhagwan is so beautiful that,Videh raj Janak had forgotten his brahmgyan. Swamiji narrated very nicely.

[@saradapemmaraju6855]

So nicely explained how the King Janak (Videharaj) attracted to the beautiful form of Lord Ram and Lakshman. Even he was a Brahma Janani and doesn't have the bodily perception, he got attracted to Supreme Lord in the form. This is clearly stating that the devotee who is in the path of Jnanayog will get attracted to the form of Lord and moves to Bhakti Yog. It is great to know The supreme Lord Shrikrishna mentioned King Janak's name in Bhagavad Gita(The Song of God). It's also amazing to know about the how virtuous people were living in Mithila and Ayodhya.

[@smitamehtadenton]

Swamiji describes so beautifully that when King Janak experienced the bliss of the Lord Ram’s visually appealing and saakar form, then he was completely mesmerized after which worshiping the formless nirakar persona lost its charm.

[@deepakkumarmohanty5996]

Awesome Lecture ... Radhey Radhey Swami Ji ...

[@ruchirpandit1885]

Nice analogy of a pregnant woman who cannot see her baby while she is womb but after birth mother enjoys an accompany of a baby. Similarly, God is more easily attained in his form rather than he being formless. Wonderful explanation by Swamiji ..

[@sangitadas8362]

Swamiji 's talking are so magnetic n inspiring. King Janak was worshipping nirakar Brahma but when he saw Lord Rama then he was completely mesmerized whereas he was sahaja birakta.

[@BrajVrindavanRaman]

Plz listen and enjoy don't share your knowledge

[@sumandas7704]

Aha aha. Man bhar gaya. Pranam Swamiji.

[@babitarpur]

The Brahma, Janak used to worship is seen in real form he was completely absorbed in him. The bliss he was experiencing was many fold than the bliss he had experienced from the nirakar brahma.

[@saubhagya1981]

Very beautiful. Good posses contradicting qualities like with and without form. He has innumerable forms. The form we see depends on our felling towards him

[@radhepremi869]

When you hear something good about certain person, you feel attracted towards that person and want to meet him/her. Similarly King Janaka had perfect knowledge about Lord but had never seen Him. Only when God graces soul, soul gets forcibly attracted to God and enjoys His Darshan.

[@ronnydoekhi3367]

There are no words we human know to desscibe the beauty of Sri Ram. Ram evam Param Brahman.

[@kamalinidevi4259]

Our true and lovable teacher 🙏🙏

[@tavvajhansi183]

Janak the viddheh raj - beyond the perception of body. In such a state he was spell bound by seeing lords personal form. Very nice narration of ram leela.

[@triptigolwalkar4084]

Enchanting story from Ramayan, Radhey Radhey

[@veenatrivedi3090]

Thank you Swamiji for beautiful Katha.

[@kasturideshmukh2777]

Beautiful narration! Thank you Swamiji for enlightening us. Radhey Radhey.

[@sadashivzanzane8558]

Always respect our Sandhu and Sant .They are backbone of Hindu religion.Their sacrifice is very very great and high.

[@annapurnadas3791]

nicely explain this video of the part of Ramayana.... thank u swamiji ,radhe radhe.

[@gopaltrivedi94]

Very inspiring lecture by Swamiji.

[@manoramadas9882]

Bhagwanji itne sunder hai ki woh apne roop ko dekh kar bibhor ho jatein hai . Ram is so attractive that janaka spellbound on seening lord Rama.

[@unnatiacharya8650]

very nice lecture thank you

[@kanha8882]

Thank you Swamiji for this

[@gopikagd6393]

So well narrated Ram katha by Swamiji.

[@premalshukla8815]

Lovely comparison of loving the formless God and the God in human avatar! Sugar in whatever form, is still sweet!

[@RajSingh-cd1uw]

Swamiji beautifully explained through the story of SageJanaka that the bliss we attain in worshiping the personal form of God is much more greater and sweeter than the formless form of God.

[@englishbysachinmishra2225]

I pray to Ram , please give me your love and affection.

[@shukrarajjoshi9494]

Jai shri ram

[@kamalinidevi4259]

The best explanation ever 🙏

[@rajaninambiar866]

thanks Swamiji for explaining the devotional aspect of both nirguna and Saginaw bram

[@nidhiacharya5197]

Radhey Radhey🙏

[@hymar8748]

Wonderful narration how king Janak worshipper of Brahm got attracted to sakar form of Ram. Thanks Swamiji

[@mrajnandan9028]

Radhey Radhey

[@santoshtaneja9337]

King Janak was doing his duty but his mind was always absorbed in formless God. He was pulled from Gyan Yog to Bhakti Yog as soon as he saw Shree Ram and Lakshman. He got attracted to them and started admiring their beauty and enjoyed the everlasting bliss. Thank you Swamiji.

[@gracesmith8331]

Such is the beauty exuded in the divine form of Lord Rama and Lakshmana that a staunch worshipper of the formless such as King Janaka gets completely attracted. Janaka is not attracted by anything other than God and Lord Rama though in a form is still the same formless God possessing same powers and qualities with more attributes manifested such as the breathtaking beauty of his form and love oozing from his every pore.

[@sandeepshejwal5370]

Here Swamiji explains that bliss of God with form is much more higher than formless God.

[@RaviRavi-hr9lm]

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[@valuenut2010]

God who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent exists both as a formless Braham and in a personal form as Bhagvaan. The Divine Bliss experienced in the personal form of God is many times sweeter than the impersonal form.

[@sangitadas8362]

Nicely explained by swamiji. The formless Brahma isthe same as Sri Ram, they are the different aspects of same divinity but here the ras is increased. Nirakar Brahma upasak Janak is now attracted towards sakar Ramji.

[@shukrarajjoshi9494]

Jai bandevi

[@purnachandrabrahma553]

Though Rama is supreme god ,,,, in Lella bhoomi Rama spread love to all and his shine affected very much to Janka also.

[@ragirao4096]

Radhe Radhe,Vedehraj Janak who used to worship Nirakar Brahma was attracted towards Shree Ram and Lakshman (Sakar Brahma).Bliss in the sakar form is far sweeter then Nirakar form.On seeing Lord Rama Janak was spellbound.

[@sarveshsn26]

Where do I get full video

[@muralilaskminarayana8746]

Namaskar Swamiji , so well explained many thanks to you Along with vidheha , parushurama from Mahendra गिरी ,host of brahma rishis in dhandakarnya were deeply drawn from samadhi when parabrahma,paramatma Sriramachandra along with the divine mother Sita( energy/shakti of Srirama) and Sri lakshmana muni ( an amsa of sriram having a jiva aspect))set their foot in the forest, like iron filings getting attracted to magnet .It is believed that these brahma rishis were born again as gopika stree's to experience the ecstasy of madhurya bhava,gnana should mature into Bhakti , in introduction to Sri bhagavam Shankar charya ji's bhaja govindam(sung by the carnatic legend late MS subbalaksmi ji) late Rajaji Sir has commented that Bhakti and gnana are one and same and lead to the same goal, my humble submission is that according to Narada Bhakti sutra, Bhakti is superior to gnana, karma and yoga(raja)

[@sangitadas8362]

Janak was a videhraj because he believed innirakar brahma. Although he had tremendous oppulance outside, but internally heis purna birakta. So when he saw Lord Rama ,automatically he attracted towards Him

[@quake3quake3]

Namaste Swamiji, Isn't that a trap to become attached to the bliss of the form? Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was also constantly in that bliss until he met a yogi who told him to chop off the head of Kali in order to reach the highest state of samadhi (nirvikalpa samadhi). I believe it's a trap to get caught up into maya. Those who have reached the state of Sahaja or Nirvikalpa samadhi say it's indescribable, beyond body/mind/time/space. God bless

[@come2yogi]

God's contradictory aspects -- beyond the scope of logic!

[@coronaoktabi4642]

Then, Did king janaka stop practicing gyan yoga?

[@phoenixseosmm]

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