Jnana vichara

Know that the wondrous jnana vichara is only for those who have attained purity of mind by softening and melting within. Without this softening and melting away of the mind, brought about by thinking of the feet of the Lord, the attachment to the ‘I' that adheres to the body will not cease to be.

-  Sri Ramana Jnana Bodham

Suka son of vyasa

Suka was the best of the four sons ofVeda Vyasa.

One was Dhritarashtra, the blind son, born through Niyoga, of Ambika, per the order of his mother Satyavati. Ambika was the widow of his step-brother Vichitravirya and by birth, the princess of Kasi. Dhritarahtra’s kingly aspirations turned him to adharma and was one of the causes of the Mahabharata war. His blindness is also seen as symbolic of his partiality to his son and blindness to his faults. His name itself is suggestive of someone who held to his kingdom firmly and there are those who wonder what his actual name was. His sons wereDuryodhana and the other Kauravas.Another was Pandu, the albino, born through Niyoga, per the order of his mother Satyavati, of Ambalika, the widow of his step-brother Vichitravirya and by birth, the princess of Kasi. He was valorous but eventually cursed and left the kingdom. His sons (through Niyoga) were the Pandavas. Again Pandu means Albino, so we are not very sure of his real name.The wise Vidura, was born of Vyasa and a maid deputed by the princesses, to avoid directly disobeying Satyavati’s order. His knowledge of law and ethics was so perfect that he was also called Dharma. Again Vidura derived of the root Vid, means the knowledgeable one. Sri Krishna preferred staying with Vidura rather than with Duryodhana. Kunthi too stayed with Vidura rather than Dhritarashtra when her sons were unfairly exiled.

But it is Vyasa’s son born in the forest of a Suka Jathi Sthri, who was his perfect and greatest son. There are many who believe that Suka’s mother was not a lady of the Suka tribe but a real parrot. Faith is faith! I have no arguments against faith. It may also be that he was the only son and student of Vyasa with a perfect memory who was able to recite without any omissions the entire Bhagavatham. The epithet Suka, may actually refer to his perfect memory. Some illustrations draw him with a green parrot head. Some puranas say that Suka was born of the Vedic fire when Vyasa was attracted to the apsara ghRtaci, who flew away in a parrot’s form.
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