Naraka Chaturdashi – Killing of All Wrongs

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NarakaChaturdashi Killing of AllWrongsIn this week's Spot, Sadhguru looks at the legendbehind Naraka Chaturdashi, when Krishna slew thedemon Naraka, and explains how it is still relevantto us today.

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D iwali is also known as Naraka Chaturdashi because Narakarequested that his death anniversary should be celebrated.Many people only realize their limitations at the moment of death.If they realize now, life could be improved. But most people wait tillthe last moment. Naraka is one of them. At the time of his death, he

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You should notcelebrate the killingof Narakas wrongs,you must celebratethe killing of all thewrongs within you.

suddenly realized how he wasted his life and what he had beendoing with it. So, he requested Krishna, Today you are not killingonly me, but all the wrongs that I did this must be celebrated. Soyou should not celebrate the killing of Narakas wrongs, you mustcelebrate the killing of all the wrongs within you. That is when areal Diwali happens. Otherwise, it is just a lot of expense, oil, andfirecrackers.

Naraka came from a goodbackground. The legend says hewas the son of Vishnu. But thishappened when Vishnu had takenthe form of a wild boar, so he hadcertain tendencies. More than that,Naraka became friends with Mura,who later on became his general.Together they fought many battlesand killed thousands of people.Krishna first killed Mura, sincethere was no way to deal withNaraka if both of them were

together. The reason Krishna has the name Murari is because heslew Mura. In the legend, Mura was said to have magical powers inbattle, which made him in such a way that nobody could standagainst him. Once Mura was taken off, Naraka was more of aceremony.

Naraka was put to death because Krishna saw that if you let himlive, he will continue the same way. But if you bring him close to



All of us are made ofthe same stuff butsee how differently

each one hasbecome.

death, he is capable of realizing. Suddenly he realized heunnecessarily gathered too much nasty stuff. So he said, You arenot killing me, you are taking away all my bad stuff. This is a goodthing you are doing to me. Everybody should know this. So theymust all celebrate the death of all the negativity I gathered becausethis has brought new light to me and it should bring light toeveryone. So this became the festival of lights. The entire countrygoes up in light on this day, so you are supposed to burn all yourstuff. It is good to do it now. For Naraka, Krishna told him I amgoing to kill you. But for you, no one may tell you it may justhappen.

This happened in Tennessee. A lady went to a gun shop. It is verycommon in Tennessee for people to go buy new guns periodically.So she went to the gun shop and said, I want a revolver and a fewbullets for my husband. The shopkeeper asked, What brandwould he like? She said, Ive not told him that Im going to shoothim.

When life gets you, it may not tellyou. That is why Diwali is areminder that you can die aconscious death and take on aconscious birth, rather thanwaiting for someone to shoot you.We dont know whether a man,woman, bacteria, virus or your owncells will shoot you down. Someonewill get us. Better make use of



Narakas desire to remind everyonethat, I could have made myself into something but I gathered badstuff and became like this.

All of us are made of the same stuff but see how differently eachone has become. The question is only what the hell are yougathering every day? Are you gathering and manufacturing poisonwithin you or will you manufacture the fragrance of divine withinyou? This is the choice. This legend about Naraka being of goodbirth but going bad is significant. At the moment of death Narakarealized, the only difference between Krishna and him is what eachhad made out of themselves. Krishna made himself godlike, whileNaraka made himself into a demon. Each of us has this choice. If wehad no choices, then what is the use of those who have madethemselves into shining examples? It is not because a person islucky or they were born that way. It takes a lot of kneading andbreaking to make oneself in a certain way.

Either you wait for life to whip you or you whip yourself into shape this is the choice. So Naraka chose that Krishna should come andwhip him. Krishna chose to whip himself into shape. That is a bigdifference. One gets worshipped as a god, another gets put down asa demon this is all it is. Either you beat yourself into shape or lifewill one day beat you into shape or out of shape, whichever way.Diwali is a reminder of this. Lets light it up.

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1. madhu says:

NOVEMBER 12, 2015 AT 6:31 AM

such a beautiful explanation of the realsignificance of narakachaturdashi..Thanks Sadhguru!! forenlightening us all

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