Slokam 2

Daksha is said to have ten thousand sons.  All the ten thousand sons reached the Paramathma by following the path of renunciation.  They were advised by Narada to seek the path of renunciation.  The children, being born on the blessings of the Paramathma,  reach the abode of their creator.  The king has another thousand children.  All the thousand again, as advised by Narada,  embark on the path of renunciation.

Note that it is always the path of renunciation that takes us to the permanent abode of the Paramathma. The path of renunciation is to give up, consciously and voluntarily all attachments to worldly objects.  This is the only path that leads to the Paramathma,  for most of us.

The king however,  like Brahma was with his sons, is upset that none of them follows his wish of taking on the duties of the king. He blames Narada for misguiding his children,  and actually throws a curse on him that he should always be a wanderer with no place of residence. 

Thankfully Narada considers the curse to be a blessing, since his role with the Paramathma was to only be a wanderer that spreads the name of the supreme in the universe. 

Having received the blessing of the Paramathma to beget his two thousand children, should not the king be happy to surrender them to the cause of the Paramathma?

The same is the situation with all of us.  We are endowed by the supreme being, who is asking us to dedicate ourselves unconditionally to him.  Having received the endowment of consciousness,  we refuse to surrender to the Paramathma.  This resistance to surrender brings on a lot of misery and suffering that ultimately ends in calamity and reincarnation.

May we, like Narada,  accept the Paramathma’s endowments as the ultimate gift of this life,  with the full knowledge that the endowments are to be protected, preserved and placed at the disposal of the supreme.