CRUEL FEB-15TH

DEAR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES,        IT'S WITH A DEEP REGRET THAT I REMEMBER FEB15,THE DAY WHEN CRUEL DEATH SNATCHED MY BELOVED WIFE PARVATHY VERY SUDDENLY, WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FINE.THOUGH THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT WERE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR HER HEALTH, IT WAS ONLY A MILD COLD THAT DEVELOPED LATER INTO A PNEUMONIA, WHEN HER IMMUNITY WAS SUDDENLY LOW.REALLY I WAS CONFUSED AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS SUDDEN SITUATION. UNDER THE ADVICE OF MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF GODREJ COLONY, SHE WAS ADMITTED TO GODREJ CASUALTY WARD AFTER WHICH SHE WAS IN THE I.C.U AND IN SPITE OF TREATMENTS SHE DIDN'T SURVIVE.ALL I CAN SAY THAT WHETHER IT'S MY OR HER BAD LUCK TO LOOSE A FINE ,INNOCENT SOUL.  AND A PARTNER FOR MORE THAN 35 YRS.I CANNOT FORGET HER CHARMING SMILE, AND HER HEART FELT ADVICES MADE ME A SOMEWHAT A REFINED INDIVIDUAL, THOUGH BY NATURE I AM A REBEL.HER PLAIN SINCERE TRUTHFUL ADVICES MADE ME TO THINK AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHENEVER I WAS IN UTMOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS..MANY TIMES SHE WAS A COOL AND TRUE ADVISER WHICH MADE MY LIFE SO SMOOTH,SO MUCH SO THAT IF TODAY OTHERS SEE ME AS A RESPECTABLE INDIVIDUAL AMONGST MY FRIENDS AND RELATIONS.I WOULD ACCEPT THAT SHE MADE ME PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRONGER, THEREBY INTERACTION WITH OTHERS BECAME EASIER.ALTHOUGH I AM NOT ABLE TO FORGET FEB15TH, MY DEEP INSIGHT INTO VEDAS AND UPANISHADSHAD  HAD GIVEN ME A TOTAL FAITH AND COURAGE TO DEAL WITH ANY SITUATION,SPECIALLY DEATH, WHICH  CERTAINLY CANNOT BE AVOIDED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OF THIS WORLD.HOWEVER DEAR THEY MAY BE.FURTHER I WOULD STATE THAT ALL THE OBSTACLES WHICH CAME IN MY LIFE MADE ME MORE STRONGER THAN EVER AND MY FAITH IN ISHWARA AND SHASTRAS INCREASED MORE AND MORE, MY VEDIC STUDIES ARE BECOMING MORE INTENSE AND NOW I AM IN THE FOREST OF VEDANTA, WHEREIN THERE IS NO PLACE FOR ANY DUKKHA., SINCE OUR SAGES REVEALED AND ANALYSED THAT TRUTH WHICH IS EVER PERMANENT, SO THAT MANKIND WILL COME OUT OF SAMSARA ONE DAY OR THE OTHER. I SHALL NOW QUOTE A FAMOUS VERSE FROM BAGAVATH GEETA[ 2ND CHAPT] WHICH SAYS THUS----NAINAM CHINTANTHI SHASTRANI, NAINAM DAHATI PAVAKAHA. NACHETAM CLETAYANTHYAPO, NA SHOSHAYATHI  MARUTAHA.[WEAPONS DO NOT SLAY ATMA,NOR DOES FIRE BURN IT. WATER DOES'NT WET OR DROWN IT.NOR DOES THE WIND DRY IT.]. MAY THIS ATMA BE REVEALED TO US BY OUR VEDAS AND UPANISHADS.--------V.VEERARAGHAVAN