One of the oldest Grantha of our Hindu Mythology is the Atharvaved. The lines 19/51/1 of this Vedas explain that the capacity of individual is ten thousand times more than the person is utilizing his capacity. One who wants to improve his power he is able to do this. Because our soul is one of the greatest thing and it helps to the individual to improve it. It also stated that —I myself am equal to ten thousand people. The strength of my soul, of my praan (life breath in the body), my eyesight and hearing are also equal to that of 10000 men. My 'apaan and vyaan' are also equivalent to that of 10000 men. In every respect I am equal in strength to that of ten thousand men. (Apaan and Vyaan - The life's vital force or prana or life sustaining breath is sub-divided into 5 and exists as such in the body. The five sub-divisions of the vital breath-force called panch pran. They are — pran, apaan, vyan, udaan and samaan.
Message: Joy and cheerfulness are extremely necessary for the development of atmabal (strength of the soul) and pranbal (strength of life's vital breath force). But all this is possible only when eyesight, hearing, respiration and all the organs and limbs of the body are happy.
What does this happiness and joy mean? We get real joy and inner cheer by working for the welfare of others while observing personal restraint. By moral discipline, when the body becomes strong, there is mental stability; there is spiritual sublimation of one's wishes and a definite mental-level achieved by surrender to God. Then there will be joy and only joy all-round and the same will ultimately prove useful for achieving pranm anand (or bliss).
A man full of joy and cheer is like the Sun whose rays dispel the sorrowful darkness from a number of hearts. A man should always remain cheerful. Cheerfulness is also very good for health and it also fills the soul with extraordinary strength. All sorrows of a man who always remains cheerful disappear.
All can smile in their happy days, but that man is ideal, who can remain cheerful and enthusiastic even in sorrow. A man who is not afraid of sorrows and troubles, but remains smiling and cheerful, is not a man but like a deity. All the great men of the world had humorous natures. The atmikbal (strength of the soul) increases manifold by remaining cheerful, and it gives rise to tremendous inner power and energy to fight adverse situations. With it, a man becomes divine, excellent, valorous and with a bright countenance.
Look at the lives of Bhagwan Shri Ram and Yogeshwar Shri Krishna. They smilingly faced all the troubles during innumerable adverse situations and hardships and came out shining like gold in their test by fire. Maharshi Dayanand, swami Vivekananda, Balganadhar, Tilak, Madanmohan Malaviya, etc have also performed such tasks with the energy obtained through inner cheer, which were not possible even for millions of men.
Today's man is covered up by selfishness and his sense of divinity has disappeared. If a man keeps his life always full of cheer and joy, then the soul-strength will increase manifold and such a single man will be powerful as ten thousand men.
There is tremendous power in atmabal or strength of the soul.
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