One must remember God even when everything is going well. Saint Kabir said,“ Sukh me sumiran na kiya, dukh me kiya yad. Kahe kabir ta das ki, kaun sune fariyad .” Many people, when distress befalls them, say, “How can we believe in God?” But just think about it – didn't trouble befall Shri Lord Rama? Just when he was about to be crowned, he was exiled instead to the forest. Bharat asked Guru Vashishtha, “How could this happen?” Vashishtha Maharaj replied, “ Sunahu Bharat bhawi prabal, bilakhi kaheu muninath. Hani labh, jivan-maran, yash-apyash vidhi hath .” – “Listen, Bharat, gain and loss, life and death, fame and infamy are all in the hands of Fate.” Who lost? Ayodhya, due to the departure of Lord Rama. Who got the benefit? The saints and renunciates who were sitting in caves and forests had the company of the Lord. Shabari met the Lord. They were benefitted. Who got life? Vibhishan would have died alongwith the devils in Lanka but Lord Rama protected him after he surrendered. He got life. Who got death? Ravana, who supposedly had the nectar of immortality in his navel, got death. The monkey army won praise by virtue of their service to Lord Rama.
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