ఆశీర్వాదం మరియు దాని పరిణామము

Dithi, the wife of sage Kasyapa, seeks her husband’s favours during the twilight hours of Pradosha. He warns her not to seek gratification at such a time, but she insists on it. Kasyapa then curses her and says that she will bear two sons, both of whom will be asuras. The sons resulting from that inauspicious union are Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu. Alarmed that her desire has resulted in such sons, Dithi prays for pardon and a remedy. Kasyapa says that her grandson will be a pious man, and that he will see Lord Narayana Himself. Thus Hiranyakasipu’s son Prahlada was blessed by his grandfather, even before he was born, When Kayadhu, Hiranyakasipu’s wife is pregnant with Prahlada, Narada takes her to his hermitage. She prays to Narada that he grant her a boon. Her request is that she will not deliver her child until her husband gets back. Narada grants her the boon. In this case, Narada’s promise would ensure the safety of a child that would head the galaxy of Vishnu bhaktas. So his granting of the wish would have no adverse consequences. But the danger of granting every boon that is sought can be seen in the case of Hiranyakasipu himself. He asked Lord Brahma for many things and was granted the wishes. Narayana, when He took the Narasimha avatara, was dutybound to honour the commitments made by Brahma to Hiranyakasipu. Narayana always honours the words of righteous people who worship Him. So it behoves of a bhakta not to grant boons recklessly. The Lord will be put in a quandary if one blesses someone and says that all his desires will be fulfilled. Suppose the recipient of the blessing is undeserving of something, what should the Lord do? Should He let Karma take its course, which would be the right thing to do? Or should He see that His devotee’s words of blessing are fulfilled, even if the recipient is undeserving of such blessings? So, if one is righteous one should not offer such blessings and put the Lord in a dilemma. If one is not righteous, there is no point anyway in making such wild promises, because the Lord will not honour the words of a person who has no bhakti.