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Adarsh Chitra Katha # 001 - City of Nine Gates

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All the language of the Puranas is symbolic: Representation, image or art is the way in which the Puranas express truths to mankind. THE CITY OF NINE GATES represents the human body, with its nine apertures such as the eyes, ears, etc. by which the individual is able to absorb vibrations of the world into its own personality. Devotion, or love of God is a renowned way of the saints and sages who could speak to God in the same way as to human beings. The lives of saints and sages are a more elaborate commentary on the nature of the working of God than all the scriptures and the’ revelations that we have heard of. This is because the saints and sages bring God to the world in a living flame of experience rather than through the vehicle of language and words, text-books or even scriptures. The Puranas speak in a symbolic language of such saints as Narada reaching out to all the worlds including Vaikuntha, Satyaloka and Kailasa. The analogy of saints like Narada, penetrating through all the realms of the cosmos and contacting God on one side and men and ‘even demons on the other, is a representation of the significance of Divine devotion and the extent to which it can practically transform life. Narada, the celestial saint, is thus held in high esteem in this romantic tale of the Bhagavata Purana. Editor : D. Kumar Script: D. Kumar Illustrations ; Pratap Mulick Printed by : “A.J. Printers,'§ Bahadur Shah Zeffar Marg, New Delhi, and published by Geeta Kumar for Argus Central Enterprises, 16, Golf Links, New» Delhi-110003.° THE even sll GATES _ IN THE DAYS OF VORE, THERE LIVED A KING WHO,SECAUSE OF THE fj NUMEROUS YATNAS HE PERFORMED, HAD | EARNED THE MANE | PRACHINABARHIS Tis EVERY YES, MY LORD. THE FINEST OF ANIMALS THING READY \\HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE SACRIFICE AND THE MOST LEARNED MOTE THEN LET US MAKE ed HASTE TO THE | fa: SACRIFICIAL ENCLOSURE. J ea

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