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(N) Kolkata - 700116 And Other Ashrams of Kathia Baba Printing & Binding By Tapa Paul, Kol -178 ‘Mole: 9836727801 Price: Rs. = 70 | am forever inked to Rambcishna Mission Korat Students’ Home for providing me with requisite permission to publish Swami Amalanandh’s “Bhagobater Kotha © Golpo" in English language, This book has bee taste rom Bengal to English by Ms, Sanjukta Sarkar and Ms. Gargi Bhatiacharya, Foifer them my thanks for helping 9 publish dhs book with bemutful, devotional, edvcational and ron stories from the Bhagwsata, whieh will not only wach eto fut to children but will benefit erown ups as wel, specially thank Ms Ratna Das for going through the seeipt thoroughly tnd making necessary altemtions, omissions and inelusions, | could not help but notise that though Hinduism is ne of the oldest religions in the word, title do people around the world, outside India, now about it. Even within India children: nowadays are blissfully uaaware of Hinda cultural traditions, sores from Pu wel informed about other religions ofthe work ike bbl wand Bhagwat while they ate al storie of the prodigal son. Noab's ak, or the stories of Thos and Odin from Gireck Mythology, or the stores about Moses and the Ten Commandments or even Aesop's’ fables, This book will be an attempt te reach out Yo them, 1 strongly believe that Bhagwata is not just for‘ishnavas or for that matter Hindus. Stories fiom Bhagwota ca offer wisdom 10 any human being in the world in search of sre knowledge, transcending the boundaries of cele and time, igion, [ also offer my thanks to, De: Jonathan Edelmann Lanakram Das) fiom Mississippi State University for ageing to write a Foremod to this book on such a short notice. 1 hope that readers will gain much knowleduc and wisdom from this hook ‘Sri Brindaban Bihari Das Mohan Sukehar Kathia Baba Ashram, Kolkata {Edtor’s Note Aum Yasadevay Namah Fis my incredible luck that I got the opportunity 0 othe translation work for “Bagobater Kotha 0 Galo” by Swami Amalananda. 1 was a challenging, enriching, and ealighiening expedience tor me, [yas surprised to experience difculy in translating certain cultural concepts which I knew so well rowing up in fia asa prtising Hindu, yet so hand to daseribe correctly in contemporary English, The ehallense ‘as to translate the cultural conospts tothe closest linguistic approximation without losing the essence ofthe stories [As an eitor I have added explanations to certain conceptual wos tha do wot have diect English equivalents to elaborate on theit meanings. This will ensune that anyone without the knowledge of the words or ofthe religion may form an idea about the concepts 1 choose this golden opportunity to offer my obsisaree to my Gurudev Dr, Brindabon Bihari Das Masa und express ny gratitude to hit not only for his guidance at every step hut also for entrusting me with such an honorable job. | thank Ms. Sanjakta Sarkar for providing me with the basic framework for this book, I thank Mr 2ibonananda Sanyal forall the help and essistancv he rendered in feilitsting my ‘numslaion work. 1 bope readers will enjoy reading this book ay mich as Ihave enjoyed working on it Gargi Bhattacharya Doctoral Candidate in Applied Psyehology Southeen Ilinois University Carbondale Focowont 1 grew up reading shout the adventures of Huck Fan and Teun Sawyer, Daniel Boon and the Jessie James. ‘Their fives the land upon which they’ ive. the language they use ‘andthe ideals they embexted let an indelible mark on my rind, oF what the hndian Yous school might eal a suka J wish to thank De, Brindaban Bihari Das for making this collection of stories from the Buena Pura, which will ssuely help to open the amazin ssories of ancient Indian Tieratue and poetry to chien, young alls and parents, Since ‘ens thas buen the life of Ysa and bis son Uke. the lives of pious kings such as Park Probl, Plt and Bali the fives of sages such as Maitreya and Narada, and the lives Gods such as Rima, Variha, KfeGa a alana dha have inspired nxe. ‘Therefore, when I first met Di; Brindavan Bihaei Das of the Nimbarka sampradyea, oF tradition, 1 was de! ghied to bear that he was working on a compilation of stones Itom the Hhdgarvata PurdGia a great Sanskrit work containing some of Hinduistn’s most beloved tales and rich theologies ‘The Bhsigavata suey stands oat as a text that mangas to captivate the hearts of its hearers with fantastic lore, ane yet also integrate that into a unified theological system. It‘tempts to show thatthe diverse range of ways that God is ‘characterizedin Vedio, Upanisadic and Tantric literature is ‘unified under a single, non-dual reality known as Bhagavan, Brahman and Parana, which the Didgavata collectively refers to as Krishna and Vishnu. In other words, there is a iy in diversity ‘Once again I wish to thank Ds: Brindaban Bihari Das {or this telling of stories, and encourage the readers 10 tke this opportunity to drink wonderful tales ofthe Bhidgarva, Jonathan B, felmann Assistant Professor of Religion Mis sip State Universi ‘Table of Conienis 1. Piblisher’s note 1M, Eeitor's note ML. Foreword IV, First Skanda 1. Preaching of Sciniad Bhagwat by Ugrasrava Story of Resincarnations of Avatars King Pavikshit V. Second Skanda 1, ‘The advice of Sukhdeva to King Par 2. Svimal Bhagwat in four Shlokas or Hymns Vi Thi! Skandia 1, Story of Bids, Udbhay and Maiteayo. Jay and Bia Story of Saint Kapil VIL Fourth Shanda aksha Yana and Satis Demise Story of Dhruva Story of Pranjan YI Shanda 1. Jara Bhar IX. Sith Shands1. Story of Ajamil 2. Dathichi’s Sacrifice and Demise of Pritasuss 2X. Seventh Skanda 1, Story of Prahlad 1X1. Fihth Skanda Xl. XI 1. Story of Ganjenéra Moksham 2, The Chuming of tse Sea (Samualn Manthsny 3. Story of King Bali and Vaanadova Nin Skandia 1. Amborish and Durbasha 2 dati anc Dosa Dushania ané Shakuntala 4. Ranti Devas Hospitality to his Guests Tenth Skanda 1. Birth of Lond S1i Keishna Putas Denise Yashoda sees Viswaro0p The Tied Down Got Rescuing the Twin Arjuna Trees 6, Brhma’s Dsillsionment 7. Demise of Kaliyo the Serpent 8. Lifting of Govardan Mountain 9. Resa-Lila or the Dance of Divine Love 10, Demise of Sudarshan, Sarkhoehur and Demon Avista LU, Akruranel KrishnaeBelaraa 12. Denise oF Kangsa 13. Consxeration of Ugrasen 14, Paying the Teacher's Pee (Guru Dakshina) ldbhav’s visit to Vrindavan and the Complaints of Cops 16. News from Hastisapent 17, War with King Jarasandha 18, Kalyavan and Muchekunsa 19, Ruknini’s Mariage to Sri Krishna 20, Pradurmnya 21.Syamanataka Jewel, Jambabati and Sayabhana CConwersaton with Kuni Devi at Indraprasthaxv, 23, Story of Usha and Anirudda 24. Narada’s visit to Dvarka 25, Demise of Terasancha 26, Rajsuya Yaina snd Demise of Shishupual 27, Demise of Dantabsiira 28. Classmate Shida 29, Lond Shiva’s Trouble XVI 30 Fooipriats of Bhi Dvvatk an Jaca Dynasty Fleverth Stanla The fron Club and the Curse of Saints Narada’s advice to Vasudeva Sri Krishna and Udbhay ‘dbhaw Geeta The 24 Teachers of Avadhuta Rondage and Freedom The Essence of Goxd Questions and Answers Lord Kiishna's Last Advice to Udbaay 10. The Final Departure of Sti Krishna XVIL 1 ‘oelfh Shanda ‘The Lay of Time (Suga Dharma) and Sukbdeva's Last Advice Depiature of King Paskshit JTaamjay’s Yaina to Esterminate Snakes ‘Conlon Last few Shiokas of Bhagwat Annes Four Shlokas that Summarizes BhagwatPREACHING OF Ski UAT’ BY UGRASRAVA In aneient simes as mentioned in the Puranas there ‘was a dense forest called *Naimisharanya’ This forest as considered to be the forest incarnate of Lord Vishno and was the colebraed venue for tapasya (meitaion) and yajnas (to invoke a god or gods through worship, meditation, offerings and sacrifices while chanting mantras fora specilic geal) for humerous sints and sages over ime. At one point of tne in Naimisharanya there lived @ very Jeamned sage named Shostak who conducted a 1Q00 year ong. yajna with many ther sages, Daring che time ofthis yaina another great sage Usrasrava, son of great sage Lomharshans (cseipie of Ve ‘pasa author of Seema! Bhagwat) happened to pass trough Naimisharanya. Sage Uprastava war uso known as Suto muni oF Sula Goswami, sinee he belonged to the special group of sages with extaosdinary memory and intelligence volo wuld remember and understand anything narrate 1 them, The sages participating in the yagnas earnestly desined to hear about S1i Ha, especialy the Stories about iow Lond Hari was bom as the son of Basudew ane! Devakt and the ‘miracles he performed from vase or Suta Goswami He did so at their behest. Suta Goswami told them,? “You have selected a very nice topic to listen to, thane is hho chanee to listen to the stories of Lord *Shri Hiri’ the Almighty God, then the whole point of doing yajnas woul! appear as an attempt in yin, Every yajna’s goa isto achieve the love and blessings of ii Krishna or Lond Vistdeva as we know him and he isthe one and only final destination of each and every Yost (saint or sages who practice yoga in the fern of meditation, learning eve), He is the speed of each and every action. He isthe source of knaveledge, the essence in Draper al every ting. every being oxignates frown bim and at the enil dissolves back in 10 him, He is the ultimate destination of tho “Fiva’ oli," Uprasnava also suid, “Basudeva Shri Krishna also Known as Shri Har has been reincamsating in different fixms eross many yes and these incarnations are ened “Ava he pret inllectal Vial Vis has writen the stores of vatious slaves ofthe Almighty God through time which was known as ‘Srimad Bahgwat Puran’ and taught the lessons to his son Shukdev. When the word was engulfed in darkness as Lond Kesha efi hs mortal body twas then that Bhagwat Parana ‘vos like the su heey source of light, I have heard the stories of Bhagwat Pura with King Porkishit fem Sukhdeva himself ane! now 1 will narrate the same to you from my * Rosodevamparam eyanam Basudevanypariny Tapa. 9 Rasuxlevaparo dharmo Basudevapara Gti. WARS In the beginning of creation, God appeared in the foam of a max (Lord Vishnu) created from five elements and ‘with five sense omgans, five vital organs, and with a mind to gover al the organs. When Lord Vishnu wee ino deep meditation, Brahma emerged from his naval. The great almighty Vishnu is the Oofginating source of every creation in this workd. Cord Vishnu tr Sri Hari has appeared in may toms aetoss ages in tis ‘world. There are four types of avatars, The fits kind is the “Puma Avatar’ or the fll reincarnation and it happens wen Sri Hari appears in human form with all his divine powers restora within dhe human body Hke Sri Keisha andl Sei Ruma. ‘The second type is “Kal” or purt reincamation, where St Hari incamstes in a body with full manifestation of one or snore major divine powers lke Varah or Hamsa avatar. The Third type is “Amsa’ or pat reincarnation In this ease ony ‘apart, like eyes or hand or chest of Sri Hari is born ag an avatar ike Nam-Naravan, Finally the Fourth type of avatar is the *Amsamsa" or part ofthe part, where a part of ancther pact of Sti Hari reincamates itself, For example Sti "Nimbarkachnya is known to be the reincarnation of Sr Hasi's dliseus like weapon called "Sudarshan Chara’, Commonly ‘we only hear the stories about ten such avatars but Shvimaad [Bhagwat Parana acknowledges 24 such avaraes® of Lond Vishnu or Sri Hari. However Lord Krishna is God incarnate4 hhimset?"* and! he reappears through ages to rid the world of slemons anc! sins an! to protect common. people, “The 24 avitars mectionad in SriMad Bhagwat Puan are given below: 1) Chanursana 2) Narada Mai 5) Varah 4) Mats 5) Ya 6) Nara Narayana 7} Kapila §) Dattateya 9) Hayasirsa 1) “Hams 11) Prsnigarbhe 12) Rss 3) Pit 14) Narsrha 15) Kuume 16) Dhanvantar (7) Vansnndeva 18) Parasurana 18) Raghavendra (Rams) 20) Vyasa 21) Balarama 22) Krishna 23) Busha and 24) Kalki PS; The Lo avatars that we commonly knw of ae included in the 24 avatars above: Maya, Kuna. Varalst, Nursimba, ‘Vunanaleva.Porasuren, Ram, Balarama, Buxklha and Kalk- Sri Hari fhimselt reincarnated in dhe above mentioned forms, *#Etey Changshakalal haha Krishnast Bhagwan Threat byakulom Jokum moicayaet yuge yupe. 1328 King Pavikshit was the grandson ofthe great Pandaie Arjuna and his wife Subhacra who was Lord Krishna’ sister and the son of brave Abhimanyne. When he was in his ‘mother’s womb he was blessed by Lord Sri Krishno himsel ‘When the Pandavas and their wife Draupadi were leaving for final destination, the yrandehill of Yudhistir anointed 8 king of the Kuru kingdom. ‘One cay King Paisit went out fr uning: he Jost vay and entered into a dense Forest, He was extemely ‘Tuinry ana this: Searchin ford and water, King Prksit ‘ame serosa stint who was in deep medttion inthe foes Parkshit asked for some drinking water rom de saint ba the ‘stint cid no give ny reply to hie as be was meditating. King PParikshit sed, hungry and thirsty waited in vain fr sometime fo te sain 10 getup nen his mediation wo prove him with seme water, Filly edness, unger. an hist dove Parikh ino a ft of wreontrolable rage an he wound x dead snake mound the sai’s neck and left the place 10 find water elsowhere, ‘The name ofthe stint was Shank, Shvinsi, son of Shamik, came back afer awhile and found is father in such a conelton, He was infuriated. Anury at his father’s ‘humiliation the lite sige cursed — “whoever insulted iy father Like this will die being bitten by a poisonous ssake within seven dass int Shamik heard all about Shrinet's anger and ‘curse and he knew that this curse will ultimately affeet the otherwise Kind and elgious king ofthe eounty Parks. He ehuked his son andl explained to hint that it wus too harsh of # punishment for someone who had @ momentary lack af juxlgment due to hunges thirst, snd tiredness, Howe, Sheng bein practising and powerful sage himself, the curse wassocable. So he conveyed this sed news to the great King Parkshit King Parkshit was suprised by tis rows. However, be also expressed his oun gilt and remorse fr his ations ‘Then e aranged for sea on the nk of the river Ganga lier handing ove all esponsiklies oF his kingtom to his sm Tania decide to site his ie by starvation. At that time a holy young asestc named Sukhdevn who was the san of Vee Yas who wrote all the Vsks al Puranas, reached the bank of the river Ganga. The King felt yreat comfort in his heart when he saw Sukhdeva. Pavikshit said-— “Hey! ‘Great saint. demons ae iineitly destroyed whenever Lord Vishnu touches them and similarly all sins ate destroyed ‘whenever saints ike you come in touch with common Zk. Did Lond Krishna a fiend of the Pandavas send you here at the end of my life? You re the reat guru of the stints: Tam asking you whats best fara man who is in the last stage of his ie? What shoud Ido? What should Lemember ? What shouldbe my prayer? ‘Second Skanda THE ADVICE OF SURHDEVA 10 KING PARIKSHIT Sulkhdeva sad “Well, King, you have asked a very 00d question. Most people who seek happiness in wealth don’t care to ask such questions. Human beings don't know ‘when and how all ef a sudden ove day their precious life omnes to a end. Tt will be beneficial for hunan beings to think at lest once aboot the mesults ofthe tons. Its then that you tat seoking the true meaning of ite The lite of King Dilegp, who is also known as Khatanga is an example ofthis ‘When Khatanga realized that he has weached the fa end of his i, he set our to unravel the mystery it hatanga was a very brave and influential king ding his time, He used co fight with the lesser govls against the demons and giants, When the gous defeated the demons with Karan’ asistnee they wanted to grt him a boon, Before asking for the boon Khatanga asked the gods if they knew ‘how long he would live. Tae gods replied that he had merely 2 few more moments to live. Hearing this, Khatandya imneaiatelyrtumed to his kingslom on «ying chariot without asking for the boon. He denounced all woruly possessions immediately and started meditating on Sti Hari. Loe Sei Hast answered his prayers and Khatanga received His eternal blessings for his afterlife Dear Kourav ‘you have just a week to live. So in‘oer to enjoy a better lie howealier do everthing that is Possible within tis period. Follow a simple ascetic fie ad imei on tbe Aun’ Mra, Your ming wil emi in peane ‘hy mesaing on this ‘Bekah Pana (soe ofall mata You will be ale vo yet a linpse ofthe Almighty whenever you think of Him witha focussed mins.” Sukbéeva then ‘iseussed yous ane meditation in detail with Paikshi, He alo sai thot in ancient times Lont Sri Hai ims ought {an artis and Bran ssa from thos teachings {hat Bhakti or devotion is heen way t generate love fr [Lon ‘Sh Har in one's hear. er hearing al exe precious auvice King Prishit devoted hs mind an ie 9 Lond Shei Krishna’ Even afer one reniunees the worl ponsesions the alction to life and martial world doesnot cease with it Since death was nearing Parikshit eventuly gave up his inftton for this material worden oes hs ete mit on alzing the uicntonal ove fr Lon Sei sina. King Parkshit finally old Sukhdev, “Please tell ane how I ean completely surender my sult ny beloved Lond Si Krish anu die in peawe’ "Katayama vathabaklatman Kishne nibeshya nishangam manestakshe Kalevazam. 2/83 9 " SRIMAD BILAGIWAT IN FOUR SHLOKAS OR HYMNS ‘The leamad scholar Shukdev then stared telling the ‘King the stories ftom Shrimasd Bhagawat, Shukhdev’s voice ‘as ns bentifa sth ofa eukoo and in that beautiful voice tie told Parikshit, “First of all, 1 would ike to explain to you the theory about the nature ofthe Almighty God as described fn Sheinad Bhayawat, hick was revealed by Lord Krishna Himself" to Bram ‘The great lnighty told that 1. Tovas there the one and only supreme power. efire the cremtion ofthis emtive universe, AU) anion and inanimate objects that enist in nature now were norwexistent befise L started the creation of this universe. [existed hotore all exist with everthing, and 1 will exist alter everything is destroyed. 2. Soul or the innor spars of Hf, the indestructible Force tht ‘comes out of me i often mistaken asa past ofthe body anc §s also confused withthe five sense organs de tothe maya” corillusion, For example optical lsion ean mike you soe N80 moons when only one exists (acceptance of lie) and again we ‘not Soe stars in Che morning even when they ate present [rejection of wu), 3. Tanvalvays present within eaeh and every creation of ‘mine but [am not the being itself Lam the cause of ereation, ‘Lam she life in the body. and yet am not enabodied inthe body itself10 4, My presence is active or positive when I am ebserving. resting, empowering are inating actions within beings. My presence is inactive or negative within inanimate objects, Though | am present there Fam stil inert Thus am in both yes and no, in both positive and negative.” * "Note: Sri Rambaishnadeva used t0 true object and the rest is nothing, that only Go isthe ‘Thitd Skanda RY. OF BIDUR, UDRHAV AND MASTRAYO Sukhaova sas very happy to see inquisitive Pasikshi's ingorest in the Bhagwat, Parikshit was about to die within seven days and yet there was no visible fear in him. Them. Suikhdeva narrated the stories of Kawava and Pandavas 10 King Parikshit as he had heatd from his elders Dhuitarahtea, the blind King. allowed anal abetted a Jot of dishonesty nr malpractice to pleas is dishonest sons. He gave his eonsent to barn the Pandavas, his ov nephews, at Jugresha (a house made up of sealing wax), He did not sop his sons from dishonousing his own danghter-in-law Dip, by insulting her in the open-cour. Duryadhan, the eldest son of Dhritarasta, sent the Pandavas fo exile when they lost everything in a.con game of dive, We knov allthis fiom the epic Mahabharata Bir, another brother of Divitarashnua was a very leamed and honest man. He wanted to bring back the blind King from the path of in co the path of honesty and tts He advised Dhrtarastira not to comply with the unethieal snd immoral requests of Duryadhan and to send him to exile, Por that, Shakur, wsele of Duryadthan and others who were with Duryadhan became angry with Bidur: After abusing Bidur in ‘ity language Duryedhan drove him out ofthe king's court. jar dill not want to stay back any longer at2 Hastinapur, the kingdom of Dhitarashta, whicl was fall of tlishonesty and sin. He left the palace and set out on a Pilarimage to sacred places in India as a pooescholat: May slays later he met Udbhav who was di devotee and follower (of Lord Shri Krishna. Calbia’ hogan to ery ben Bidur asked ‘bout Lord Shri Krishna He said that the great Lora has left his earthy body ar! has wone away t hs own place. Lord Shri Reishna was a tend Uh fom childhood. Las ‘armel many stories of Lond Shei Krishna to Didr including the stories of Lord Shri Krishna's birth, and the stovies of killing the evil King Karwsha, and also the stories of Land Se Keisha during his say at Vrindavan, We will distiss some of these stores later in this hook. Uabhav asked Bisur to visie Soin Maitrayo when Bidur wanted 10 hear mote about Sti Krishna, Eager to hear more about Sri Krishna, Bidar flowed Vabhav's adviee and went 10 visit Saim Maitrayo, Saint Maitrayo was very happy to sce Bidut at his place as he know thae Bidur too was an honest follower and a devotee of Lord Shi Krisia. Ssint Maitryo told Bidur about, the process of cretion and the stories of inearation of Lord Shit Kridhns JAY AND BULA {Moni Excessive pride is not good and usually results in «downfall, Bat one can achieve and enjoy all previous rnp hs ‘and glory theough repentance) 3 Lord *Brafuma” hod four sons. named Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatan, and Sanat Kumar Unlike otber children of Bram they dil not get martied to procreate andl chose a simple ascetic lf. They did not have any specific income and relied (on gathering food like many other hermits oP ancient times, ‘One day they went to visit Vaikuntha, Dham where Lord Vishnu live. They wre dressed as poor simple hems, llr crossing every shrine one by «ne they reached! the seventh and final door whieh was guarded by Wo guards. The guards ‘were used to seeing other gods, goddesses and other evenly personalities coming 10 vist Lond Vishnu, So when they sa four poor hermits visiing Lord Vishnu they tuised thei stat and stopped the four bothers fiomt meeting Lod Vishnu. The saints ple! with the guards ao tall was in vain. Angry the saints eursed them saving, “In the next Tif you will be ‘bor as giants”. Jay and Bijay as the guards were named, became scare! an walized thei mistake, ‘When Sit Vishnu with Laxmi Desi reached home ad heard about everything, He told the gunn tht he could not revoke the punishments since it was just, ButJay and Bijay ‘wer his favourite guards, so fe told them, “Do not wor. after taking thre births you will be coming back have again to me”, The frst time Jay and Bijay 190k birth from Din’s ‘womb as Hirunyakashipu, the elder one, and Hiranyabliya the younger one. Hliranyakeshipu was very amogant, But somichow through asceticism and long miltation be got a blessing fiom Lon Brahma thot nobody could kill him either“ ‘on the and or in the air. The younger Hiranyakkhya drove avin all the lsser gos fom heaven using his lub. AL that time, the Earn was immersed in water due to a hes flood and on top of it the Fara was beng attacked by the 10 giant brothers Inthe meantime. Varahadev went into the mass of ‘water and killed Hiranyakhya and saved the Earth, n their second birth Jay-Bijay became Ravana and Kurmbhakma and in their thin bir they became Shshupal al Dantabkra after which they retumed to Lord Vishnu, In all ther Uitee lives as giants their only vice was their vanity or vain pride ‘ana through repentance an penance in their thee bins were they able to go back and serve Lord Vishnu, STORY OF SaINT KaPi [The eause of eur own captivity’ an Scedom lies within us, (Our mind isthe key to our captivity’ o freedom, Ife keep ‘our mind focussed on God We achieve feedom, Saint Kapil told his mother about allthis) Manu gave his daughter Deval’ band in mariage ‘o.a'sint named Kardam, Their son “Kapil was the auhor of *Sankhya Darshan’ one of the most important texts of the vetc religion, He was one ofthe incantations of Lond Vishnu also, Knowing that his son Kapil was an avatar of Lord Sri Hari Saint Kardam asked Kapil to take care of his mother ‘and Jef the household to continue his mediation in solitude 1s ‘Before saint Kardam lef, he told his wife Devahuti, “Your son will show you the way to atin Goad, snd he will lee all your doubss.” Saint Kapil sayed with his mexher at Bindoo ‘Sorobar. One day his mother told him, “I am blinded by saterial desies, son, please tell me a way to get rid ofthis false pride and atachment". In reply Saint Kapil told, “O! Mother you know that our false idrniietion of ou heart and ‘mind a8 "T's one ofthe main eauses forthe bondage of soul to this destructible body. * The mind is always controlled by the three gunas Swxolaga Preval in sot Le has wisdom, knowledge, Kindness and remains aloof from the material world, Rajagua dominates in kings and the wealthy they ve ‘usualy fall of arogance, They are aggessive an! have ateuction or wealth and finally “Tamaguna dell in lazy and comfort loving persons. They ae lazy and fll of procrastination. Ive devote our mind only to Almighty God and imbibe only the Swawtogoon then that will lead towards the path of ‘emancipation. By thinking bout God's activites continuously, ‘ process called devotion ‘Jiva’or the life forms ean achieve ‘Godin this ie el. Few people can give wp fie identifica ‘of and “me and ascribe all his or her actions unquestionably ‘to the Almighty God. Once they achieve that they can observe and realize the glorious presence of God and are able 10 ‘communicate with Gos all the trae” Afi theanalsis ofthe ‘Bhakti Yoga’ which ers to the process of devotion, Saint Kapil started analytical16 discussion bout the philosophical theory of “Sankhya Darshan’. He deseribe to his moter the relationship beeen ‘man and nt and also the *Chaturingshati Tatwa in deta He also described to his mother Ashtanga Yoga'**%. He further explained to his mother how spittual people advanced Sin ie while materialise people lost their way in the darkness, im with complere deverion. Lord Shri Hel was pleased and blessed Dhruva saying. “Subeata (O devoted (one) £ You will get your father’s throne anid you will rule the :ingsom fora long period of time. You wil spend your allie ina heaven (koown as Devlok) made for you through your devotion to me known as ‘Dhravalok’." Dina peed o Lord She Hat fr his fiers throne Now, his desire had been fullilled. Moreover, he met with Lond Shri Hari, Dhruva returned to his own kingdom, The king was extremely glad to got his son back. The king heard shout Dhnve's mediation and his sciices ad was extremely zB Ayppy to know that his son finally met Sei Hl. Eventually Dinruva grew up to be a capable young man, Uttanped Anointed Dhruva as the king on bis throne and went away to “forest to spond the rost of his life worshipping Sei Har After receiving the throne, Dhruva concentrated bis ‘mind i ruling tho kingslom according co the guidlines provided to him by Lord Shri Hari, His br Um as hill by a giant when he wert out fo hunt in the forest. Citam’s mother Suruchi died in the forest scatching for her son. Enmged by his brother's death Dhrova atacked Aap. the kingdom of King Kuber (King of giants) to give proper punishment 0 the ianis. Many soldiers were wounded and killed on both sides Finally Dhnwa arrived ata mutual understanding with king Kober following his grandfather's suggestions, With Lond Sr “iai’s blessing he realized the presence of Sri Hari in him and eversthing around him. At lst be handed over the Kingalom, to bis som and ook rola in Besikashram where be awaited ‘the en of his mental life, As promised by Sri Har eae, is angels came and took Dhruva to Dhrwvalok. Even toda if ‘you look at the sky you wll sce the bright Evening Star als called the Dhzuva sar, reminding us of Dirusa’s unwavering faith and deverion, STORY OF PURANJAN [The Supreme Being or God and human beings or the ‘morta soul are like best fends. Human beines spend dheit ‘mortal ie seeking bodily pleasures witicls ears them oalyand like an old friend “way to salvation, | ‘We just read about Dhruva, Now we are going to read about Prachinharhi,a descendant of Diva, Pricinbaihi believed in animal saritices daring his yams to ensure heaven inhis alter. Narada, Sei Har’ devotee, axtvised him against iti so and told im the folowing som: (One upon a time there was a King named Puranjan He was passionate about travelling to new counties, He ‘wanted t Ive ina beautfil city of his choice. Afr lox of svarehing, be finally ound tat cy at the foot ofthe Hisaayas, nas a beautifal city and it had nine main doors, Once he entered the city he saw he gas surroonded by beautifull buildings. Nower gardens, and many jewels. He got whatever ‘he wanted! to get and within a few days he met an extremely ‘eau princess. They eli love at fist sight and got mee Pusanjan vats passing his days very happily: Pura bbeyed his wife's each and every word, He was completely devoted to her: One day King Puranjan went out to hua om ‘anice chariot. whl: was driven hy tan horsos Wwe past ‘might when he retumed afer hunting alot of animals, The Princess was sad and angry with Purenjan, Puranjan appeased his wie with sweet words andl many pronsises. Within a few ‘years Puranjan and his wile had! a huge brood af ehiléren, 25 ‘Para thus lived happily with his eden and wife ly te king of Gandharvas, Gandharvapalt Chase, the city. He came along with his fll eeiment of 60 tharvas and their wives. Chandabeg rushed in and Purauja’s favourite ity Then a mystical kirg named came url imprisoned Poranjan. Yavan having myst swers changed Puranjan into beautiful maiden within 9 Purunjan fongot everything aboot his past days; He ‘onipletely forgot about himself his own property. and his children and got maid 1 a ing named Malayada). King Malayan} exentually died, Puranjan stuck by gre decided fo end her‘his life with the king. A pyre was prepayed to ereanate both, At that moment, handsome Brahmin appeared in font of Purajan anu told him, “Parana, have you completely forgotten who you are? Don't you know you are nota woman ‘all? Why should you sacrifice your fe? You don’thave any ‘lationship with thut dead person, You were a king. We ad ten very good friends for mony years. Have you forgotten that even before you were a king. we were just two swans Mans Sarna a lake in the Himalavas)"? The werds of this young Brahmin revived Puranjan’s memory “The story narrated by Saint Nara is very relevant ‘Once Prachinbarhi requested Saint Narada to explain the nner meaning ofthe story, Saint Narada sad “In this story Puranjan repcesens all mortal beings and tne young Babin‘represents God. Princess Poranjan’s marriage represents the mind that gets easly distracted by meaningless pleasure. The ety with nine mizin daors represents our body, We each have ‘v0 eyes. v0 nostrils, ho eas one mouth and to exert apertures. The 360 Gandharvas and their 360 wives are 360) slays al nights, Gandharva King Chana represents tne that makes everything pule into insignificance and the Yavin king represents death and as mentioned earlier, the evo swans are Gia! and the moral beings, [Narada further told Prachinbarhi that actly there exists am ctemalfiiensship between the Supreme Being and ‘he moral beings. The Supreme Being or God is invisible and ‘cannot be seen with mortal eyes. However, when mortal beings ‘em rouble fo their own stupidly. God eomes lke an ole fend to rescue them, Human beings run about to get material pleasure anc as a resull sometimes they are happy and sometimes they re sad, They value thet ¢g0 most ad ascribe ‘eventing as “nine” ox 'me That bodily tachment to mitral pleasures leads 0 attachment for this material word and thas they ean never break through the eyele of birth and death Birth slike a nighnsare and nightmares plague harman beings as long as they survive. They are only fee from nightmares ‘nhen they awake fiom ther sleep. Similar if they can awaken, themselves from the false attachments and infatation for ‘material world andl ean realize themselves as @ part of the Supreme Soul. oay then can they break five from the eyele 7 of birth and death and join the Supreme soul etemally. Finally Nanada told the king, “Dear king please ty 0 {get rid of your material attachments. Don't stettice annals for achieving heaven in your afr lite. Killing animals will got you nowhere. Instead do something that will please Sri Hari, Jean something tht will pill your mind towards Sri Har: Se aris the source of every power inthis word and the ulimate destination ofall hur beings. Sti Har is the one tre best friend that any mortal being ean have. The one who knows this is tuly Ieamed and the one with tue knowledge is the ‘guru and Sri Har is reflected in the gure then.” Sa Bei Priyatamashetiaima Yato Na Bhaysmmvapi Wi Bed So Bei Ridwan Sa Gururbasibib, 429/51FT JARA-BHA [Illusion isthe reason behind our captivity in this world, King Bharata who Inter became a saint had te be born as a deer calf because of his fase atachment fora deer caf. In his next lige when he started living without any attachments, he was bess with infinite Knowledge. His simple way of lie made ‘many think that he was stupid and inactive and calle him fara Bharata’ meaning lifeless Bharata, Though he appeared stupid, he had infinite Knowledge and wisdom within) Manu had two sons, Untanped and Priyabrat, We read about Ultanpad in the story of Dhruva, Now we will discuss the ancestors of Privabrat, Rishavdey was one of the descendants of Prigabrat, Rishavdev bad hundred sons and the eldest one was names! Bharat. Many people believe that the name of our countey India whichis calle “Bharat Basha! in the native tongue was derived from his name, Rishavey handed over the kingdom to bis son Bharat and went 10 Badridham wo worship ‘Nara Narayana’, one of the avatars UF Sui Mai. Rislaydley dhrough meditation and devouion attained the grace of God there. King Bharata was @ very capable and religious kit whose subjects were realy happy: However, he was not satisfied with his royal obligations. He handed over all responsibiliies of his Kingdom to his sons and began to ive » ‘at Pulakashram so that he could live the life of a hermit. ‘The ashram or hemitage was sven in a very senic place by the bank of the «iver Gandhaki, Bharat used to ‘mecitate on Lord Sti Har’s name by the hank of that ever Many’ deer would come and play near him and dik tom the river happily: One day lion appeared and attacked the her ‘of dee. Seared forts lie a very pregnant der jumped in 0 te river to swim across in oer to getaway from te los and while she was in the riser she gave ies o hee eal. fer crossing the river the mother dec entered a eave to save her Fife. But within « shor while she die All this happened in ‘out of he King Bra, The kind heats! King immediately took the helpless aby deer out of the river water and saved fis He beenght the eal back to the hermitage nnd nursed it back to health with love and affection la fae, within a shor. period of time fae became so attached t0 the deer that he spent most of his time caring forthe deer than practising his ‘meditation and yaa. He spent all bis ime thinking and earng fi the deer: Fyentally King Bhar ie eome to an end and be left this world thinking ofthe baby doer, tis said that a dying person's last thought marialses after his rebirth. So, the King was bom again as a deer. But the power of his devotion enabled him to remember the incidents of his post ie. He repented lot aout his past Hile's0 false attachment and this repentance cleared his soul of all pain. Eventually he was relieved of his er ite ancl was bos ‘agin in religious Brain amily ‘The memotis of his previous life cll ot desert hima tnd he used his lessons learned in his past life this time, He behaved like a deal, dumb. and insene person $0 that no one ‘woul! develop atachmens for him His thes an experienced Scholar ted in sain to teach him, He was nar‘: Bhar meaning lifeless Bharata by everyone, since he never nunicated with anyone. Time flow by and his patents of this fife died due to Unde to teach ira any’ lessons his brothers sent him (o work in the field cara his keop. One day King Rafuygan was passing dheoagh thal wy ona palanguin. There ‘as shortage of one beaver in number, So Jara Bharata got that place. However, Jara Bharata vas in his own world, He ‘was not paying attention tothe other palanguin beavers and sometimes slowed down and sometimes stopped delaying the ther bearers. The king got angry and started yelling at ‘Bharata. The king yelled. “Why are you doing this? Ate you tired? But you don't look tired. In fast you look fat. So what {s your problem ? Ate you ald or crippled in some way ? | think 1 ned to punish you in order make you wor efficiently lorme” Jara Bharata appeared simple but be bal infinite wisdom, He plied, (0 Lam pot tired Tam not merely this ‘body, The eternal soul dvvells vithin me, My soul traveled nowhere so why should Ibe tned? You might choose laugh ‘aime, but the iruh is that polarguin weighs nothing and your Soul fas no destination. You are right to mock mie asf. This boty is nothing but a mass of fit. Is the fmm sou that gives you consciousness. One win ideeifes this moeal lly as himself or hese! will experience mess axl weight, hunger ‘nd thirst, and also tiredness, Lam not my body so I don't ‘experience all those. However, (you stil dink that Tam only this human trame then I am as ood as dead. Every body ‘expires and the one who does not sock the knowledge of the immortal soul is as good as dead. How can you punish me to make me work ? How ean you do that? The relationship between the king and his servants isnot absolute, Ifyou lose your kingdom tomorrow and I become the king, ov relationship then will change! I may’ appear sinple oF stupid to you but Ihave realized the true divine knowlege. Now your advice or punishment will have no effet on we, [F you sill caosider me to be stupid there is also no point in educating ime since you should know that {am uneduicable,” He continued, “My name was King Bharata fa my past life. renounced! the material world to devote my fife wo the search of divine knowledge through mtitation.* Dai to irony of fate T became attached to a Title deer calf and was rebom as a deer. But | worshipped Lord Krishna so with his trace I retained the memories of my past ie as ade. In this‘ie Let stupid, deaf and dumb so that 1 donot get aiached {0 anyone again.” King Rahugan wns extemely surprised fer listening to Jara Bharata, He yot off his palanguin and touslied Jara [Bharata’s fet with respect, He ten said, “Dear Lord, ple sceept my apology: [had no idea who you were, Now alter listening to you T realize that you have perceived the Lord ‘within you. I es blinded by my pride of being a king, Please forgive me and tell me how I can be absolved af the sin of insulting a great sin Ke your?” Rohugan further sui, “It is hare w recognize the individuals whe hnve eamed the divine knowledge and hestce are the part ofthe divine soul themselves, I apologize for my tnntake an oller my respoct fo every chil, man ane woman who might have this vine Knowledge. hope they will bless Bharata accepted the King’s apology and gave his ‘much valuable advice: He said thet reading the material world is very dangerous, One needs to be very careful, Like the travellers who lose their way i the forest in search of money, ‘men Jose their way inthis world in search of belly pleasures, Instead of gaining pleasure they end up lasing all the mental pce they had. The six robbers in the forest represent the six basie emotions sueh as anger, greed lust ete, They destroy ‘everything. If one is not careful these emotions might drag one to one’s doom Like a wolf deags a wayward sheep ot a fox ‘a weary traveller by the road to their dark den 10 ‘So how ean one be safe from all these dangers? rata explained it to Rohuyan. Hle said that, "People who “ean contol their impulsive desires and dedicate their lives to God ean save themselves. They become the devotees of Sti Hari and wiekd the sword of knowledge against the robbers (emotions) 1 cross the dense forest called life.” “The advice of Jara Bharata axiom the stanzas of ‘Bhagwata like shining pears of wisdom, ham Pua Bhasto Nan Raja, Bimkto Drishii Strato Sango Baskdhoh. Atadhanam Bhagowst Ihomano, Mrigobbhabam Mrigasangadhstartia, Saa Mang Sowiti Mrisadehehapi Veer! Krishnarehana Prablhaba No Jala Atho Aham Jansangadsango Bisbunko Manoh Bibvitasheharami. 5/12/14 ‘s*Namo Mohodbhyahsty Namoh Shishubhys, Namo Yuhobhya Namo ua Batubhyah Ye Bhrahmana Gambadhuta Lingashcharanti tebhyah Shibamastu Ragyamn. 5/13/23,4 ‘Sixth, Skanda STORY OF Ansan [Like fire bums wood without the wood knowing it or & strong medicine cures 1 severe disease, taking God's name ean absolve one of any sin. There was a sinner named jar ‘who escaped hell's devils by taking Narayan’s (an avatar oF Sei Hari) name,] Ikis mentioned inthe Bhaywar dar people who sin 20 to hell, King Parikshit asked Sukdeva how one could be bole of sins and thus ave hol, Sukhdeva told dhe King ‘that hell could be avoided by coatolling impulses and by loaaing« religious and dseplinad lite, Me then ad that one ‘could be absolved of sins through pure devotion. Devotion clears sin like the sun elears the fog. To illustrate his point Suileva then fold Parikshit ie story of jamil “There was a Brahmin named Ajamil in Kanouj. He left is awtdly exe fe fora mail servant out of ust ad led a sinful life with her. They had ten sons together and he named the youngest one Narayan. Sinee Narayan was the Youngest one, Ajamil was very affectionate towands him and ‘kl call Naya every nov and dhen fo enjoy his company Narayan became the center of al affection in Ajami's life and ‘as always it Ajamils thought. Eventually Ajamil tumed eithty years old and the devils from bel (Yama Data) came to tcke him to hell. Seared stared ering out the nme of his yousgest son Navin thal his hear. Hearing the heart wrenching eries of Ajamil Lord ‘Narayan’ cart melt. He immeitely set tour of his anges to take care oF Ajamil. The angels saw upon arriving that the Frel’s devils were tyne up Ajamil to take him hack to hell They inervencd and asked them to leave Ajamil behind. The Fel’s devils objected wo this und told them that this Braman fs a sinner; he left his weulded wife and spent his life with another woman out of lust. He needs to be punished and so he should be presented before Yams, the King of Hell Vishnu’s angels angued thar Ajamil was already absolved of all his sins since he had called Narayan's name as his end neared, Sri Hai’s name not only washes away all sins but it also uproots the sinful desives in the sinner. Since he took Naraain’s name. true knowledge will soon be revealed to him. Hel’ devils finally conceded to Vishnu's angels and let jail go. Aji hubled by te experince thanked Vishou's anges with all sinceries Affe Vishnu’ angels ef ne ie began fo Ajai Hee was struck wit remorse and sido him, “How was Uso blind by lus that et my weeded wile, my work, and my parents? I ived with a lowly woman and insulted all my ancestors. I never paid my due respects to my’ true family: O lord how I have sinned! And yet when feria for help 10 [Narayan be sent his angels and saved me tron hell willeave my wayward way’s and live a pious life from now on, {ill control my impulses whieh got me Ivere in the first place Ajamil dedicat the rest of his lio Sui Hai through devotion and mediation. When his tne was over, once ain, ‘Vishnu’ angels eame and took him to Vaikunthadlamy on a 0K chario Its wise to hate asin but not the sinner. Ifone ean show the sinner the wrongness of his way. the sinner ean repent and lead a virtuous Tie DADHICHES SACRIFICE AND DEMISE OF BRITRASURA [PWe love our own bods: But the body does not last ong. If that bey can help someone then iis his good luck,” Dadhichi) ‘Once upon a time, Ina, the king of heaven and the king ofall other lesser gods, was siting in his coe wth his Wife Sachi Devi when the teacher or guru of all gods, ribs, arvive there. Ideal, Indra should have stood up and paid abeisince to Vrihaspati, but He completely ignored \Veihaspati and maken such endeavour. Insulted, Vrihaspati Fefrheaven and vent faraway. Soon Indra realized his mistake tind regretied his aotions, He searched for Vrihaspatt everywhere but could not fin him. 37 ‘The demons took advantage of ths vulnerable moment and attacked heaven. Feeling helpless without their teacher and adviser, the gods ran to Brahma to seek his ‘on how to subslue the demons. Brahma suggested that should accept Tvashta’s son Viswatoop as their teacher ‘offer yajnas to appease hint in order to seck his help. was the engineer for the lesser gods. Brahma also the gods that Viswaroop appeared young but was the ‘one with skills to help the gods. The gods immediately ve Brhuara’s advice and stared making sacred offerinas Viswarvop through yainas, Viswaroop however sas already fond of the demons, So while he accepted the gods’ “offerings he passed those resources buck 10 the demons to ‘ake them stronget. The gods soon realized this treachery and in blinding age beheaded Viswamoop. Tyashta heard about bis son's death. He started plotting revenge against the gods, He started a yajna himself With the goa! wo anubilate Indra. A very power an vicious demon was born out of the fre ofthat yajna named Brita or Britrasura (Brita the demon) Brirasura immediately attacked the gods. The gods fired every weapon in their arsenal on ritrsuea but Britrastna managed 1o swallow all the weapons. ‘Tene, the gos then stted praying to Lord Vishn. Hearing their desperate ery for help Lord Vishnu appeared in thot of the gous, After hearing everyting from Indrs, Vishnu said, “Now that [ave heard about the nature of the threat, there‘sony one weapon I ean suguest that can defeat this demon, ‘You have to get Vishwwukarme (another divine engineer) 10 devise a weapon named Vajra (lightning). Now Vara needs to be built with the bones of a sant who has lived sacred ‘an ascetic life throughout. I think you should go 10 Saint Dadhichi and ask him 10 donate his bores for this eause. The gods immediately went to Saint Dadhichi and requested him to donate his body: Dadhichi being a great sant wanted to test the gods frst before commiting to them, ‘Donating his body would mean death, So Dadhichi did not comply sith the request fist. The gods then stated prising him and told hin, “Great soit you area holy man with a ile dicated to spiritual causes: you have already dedicated your seul 10 the well being of the universe: donating the body should not be anything to you.” Hearing this Dadhichi acaitted ‘that he was just testing the gods and told them, “just wanted to hear your cause once mote. There is no doubt that my body is dear to me, however, with or without my’ consent this body will die one day. So iF this body helps someone I'll consider it my good luck. [ will sserfiee my body for the ‘well-being of you all oday:”?* Saying this Dadiuctn weat back to meditation and focussed his soul on the infi [Brahman and instantly left his body to blend as one with the Supreme soul or Brahman, ‘The gods thon took the bomes of Sait Dadhichi to Viswakarma, Viswakarma built the deadly Vara and handed 38 to Inds, deadly battle again ensued between gous demons to regain control over heaven on the banks of river Narmada, ‘The demons were seared by the might of the Vaiea started running assay from the hatlefield, However, the ‘lemon king Britra assembled them back again and to fight I wos a deadly figh, Britasura roared when savy Indra and said, “You killed my brother Viswaroop, [ syill exact my revenge today on you. [Fyou think your ean win by killing me with that wesper of you's built by the bones of| Saint Dadbiehi, then you are wrong. Its actually a blessing in disguise for me, This weapon is built fom the Blessing of Sri Far and tho divine power assimileted by Soint Dadhichi ‘You yourself are being sent by Sri Hari, Whuere there is Sti Hi there can be no defeat. If die today I will achieve salvation by the power of your weapon. Your wespon will not ‘nly destrey my’ body bur all he sin and al the illusions hat bind me to this material world, by the grace of Sei Hari ‘Saying this Brita stated to fight viciously. Indea toe Reitr’s ne hand with the Vj ho sill Rite kept fighving ‘with his other hand, At this moment Indra dropped the weapon. Indra felt embarassed to attack an already injured! opponent and was thinking what todo. At this moment Brita spoke 10 Indra again. Brita said, “Indra pick up the Vajra. Winning tnd losing, happiness and sadness, life and death, all are equal to me. Human beings act according to the gunas thateo ‘porvade their nature. A satwik person has noble and holy ‘qualities. A Tamas person is ly person and runs after sensual pleasures sno rajnsie person behaves ina kingly manner possessing majestic qualities. Tam (eseribes hzy san ho lives for boy pleasures) and Rajo (characters that deseribes king) manipulate the body, The soul is like @ ‘wines to it all. Tis Fate tha we ae fighting i ike n gave fess There no brawn who wil wit or lose and when.” Incr was extremely surprise o hear the wise wows tuned by the demon, Ina suid,“ Demon King you mus also be a pret devete,otersise you would not have known this. You area devotee of $i Har soho isthe life in all souls and is also the best fiend of al fe forms, You have aleaxty cua the gre of Sei Hai what use do ou have ot heaven Indra tone away the other nd of Birra wit Vajr Sill the dem kept fighting wi his head. Brita opened! bis ‘mouth al swallowed Indra along wit his elephant, Oirabat, and his weapon Vajra, By the grace of Sti Hari, Indra tore ‘rough the dom somsch and beheaded the damon a lst As soon as the the dernon died, his body exude! a ‘eautful lov. I rose upwards and merged in sri Ha *Dhramnan Boh Shrotukameno Yooyang Pratyudbuita, sham Boh Priyamatmanang Tyajantangsantajsmahem, 61077 Sii Hast or Almighty God is fied wo all ie forms ‘why do lesser gods (gods who ate ereated from the Power but have limited power over parts of nature ‘example Indra was king ofall lessee gods, Varun was king all water bodies ele.) and saints are preferred over the ‘emons by Sri Hari’? Why does Sri Hari help Tara to defeat the demons? These were questions that plagued Kine -Pavikshits ming after he heard the sa of Saint Dadhichi nxt his sacrifice. Sukhdev replied that praise or ertiism, the sense of me and mine, only affect the body, The soul is net A patt of it. Beings that focus only on their physical existence ecsve their dues according to their Karma, The p they receive from God is for their own good. In ancient times there were two demon brothe! sauned Hiranyolkhia ax! Hiranyakashipu. As discussed earlet inthe story of Jay and Bifay, Varahadey went ino the mass of water and killed Hicanyakhya and saved the Fart. imyakeshipu swore 1 avenge his brother's death and stated rneditating on Lord Brahma to atin a boon, Satisfied by his meditation, Brabma granted him a wish or boon. Hiranyzkashipu wished that no man, n0 god, 0 Gandharana. ro dernon, and no animal should be able wo kil bim en Fath crit the sky, Bins granted his wish. Hlsayakashipn bocane {nvineible due to tie boon granted to him. He tacked heaven ani drove away the lesser gods from it. Helpless, the gods2 ‘ugh asin in Lord Vishou's Kingdom The Almighty Got Provided ther shelter and! asked ther to be patient. He said, “Host wait a litle longer. solution wil emerge.” iranyakashipa had four sons, The youngest one wats ‘named Prihlad. Somehow Prabad was not ike othe demons Uke other demon chien he sis nc nerested in quareling of fighting. He was calm. quiet, andl very well behaved and he always meditated on Sri Hari in his heat. The king was worried about the ecication of his {Youngest son. Afr al, who should he chose t teaeh this ‘strange child? The demon king’s ead priest had two sons named Shand and Amarko, Hiranyakashipa appointed them as Prahlad’s teachers. After a few days the king pieked up Prahlad on his lap lovingly and asked him. “Dear son, now ‘that you have stated studying. shat have you liked best so fa” Praia’ replied, “The false attachment to this body that builds false idemfication as “mie” oF “mine” Leads the soul to arkiness To. yet cid ofthis darkness itis best to seek Sti aris grace. This is the best thing {have Jearet ‘The king cil hearing this andl thought that his son mus have come i contact with some Vaishnava (worshippers ‘of Vishnu) in snus snl that's why he wos talking like this. ‘The king warmed his teachers that they should he more earful bout those who come in contact with Prahlad and specifically forbade them to talk about Sri Hari and his grace, Shanda and Amarko became extra cautious while teaching Prahld. 6 “Aller a few days they brought Prahlad back 10 see his father fin, Pb paid octane o his father by inching his et Peaed,the king asked the sume question again, “ell the he valuable ing you have lead om your eachers™ Prahlad replied, “Listening (about Lond Vishnu), “chanting prayers (of Lond Vishon, remembering (inking bout ‘Lord Vishnu), eating (worshipping Lond Vishnu}, invoking _paising,enslaving (oneself to Lord Vishnu), betiending, cnx ‘complete sel-stnender to Lord Vishnu ae the nine criteria of devotion that when learned opens up the way 10 salvation. "This iste best thing that {ave learned.” iranyakashipu was driven erazy by sige. Hl roared at Prahlad’s teachors. “How dare you to disobey me? How dare you teach my son to worship my sworn enemy Sti “Mai?” The teachers humbly replied that they were aot to be blamed for what the boy hats Fearned because they dig) not teach him any such thing, They als ade thet they suspected that Pralad learned about these things through meditation, Prahlad was stil siting on his fathers lap, He rtored gain, hey didnot teach me allthis, They are not free themselves how ean they teach me to atain salvation timough Sei Hari? You can only devote yourself to Sri Hast Ifyou ean renounce ‘he material world” Blinded by anger the dermon king threw his five year ‘old son on the floor Freuged he screamed," Kill his bad seed Fight now. He is deveted to my’stvom enemy Sti Hari. I this“ ve year old by comes his cw irs enemy theres ‘choice but to inputate hint like an infected organ.” ‘The demons then tried every terre posible oki litle Prblad. They speared him beat hm. downed him, and tried to Kill him with many weapons, but all vas in vain vet de demons rit kl im the tle deve pray shal his ight and St ar avd him. The demons then throw him in font ofa md elephant, but instead ot hling bi, the elephant picked up ile Pralad on its back. ana protect im, He wash throw int de il of poisonous snakes Whom Pra chant! Sei Hat’ nae, the snakes rise their hos and stared dancing around hi instead biting him. They tried to throw him down from a mountain top and ye Prahld emerged ured. Fialy they did to ane him, When the demons saw that fer many days of starvation Prt wast alive hey gave him poisoned ce ‘oil him, To thet suprise, set ain, the poison had no effect on Pia Sx Hat pote his ite devote om all han every time This worried Elanvakashipu to no end. He started ‘wondering where from tis litte boy got so much strength: ‘more importantly is this lle bay the king's doom! Shanda and Amarks reassured the king. They suid. “Almighty king, ‘you ae the invincible hing ofall demons, Pala i just litle boy: He cannot harm you. Better give him back to us, Let us lay and see if we ean change him.” 45 Prahlad was kept under the tutelage of Shanda and “Atnarka, When his teachers were busy. the other demon boys ‘would crowd around him. Pralad used to tell them beatiful stories, All those stories were about Sri Hari. He told them that being bom asa human or a fully sensient being is extremely rave, Everyone should use their haman lives to svtan Si Hai. He tld ther that the human body is again very unpredictable and fragile; one never can be sire when it vil stop functioning 50 the best thing o do is to stat praying as early as possible 7 He also told them thatthe average human lite span is bout 100 years and balf of itis wasied in sleep compounded with old age and diseases. The remaining time is spent in pursuing meaningless material desires, The way a butterfly ‘encase ive in @ cocoon, human beings foo encase themselves in vain pursuits of mateial happiness, Prahlad then added, Tus my fends, the wisest ding to dois to devote your life 10 Sei Hari; He isthe final destination ofall fe ts also not very difficult to please him, He is our very own, very dear: He is dearer than the dearest in our heart. If he is pleased you cain achieve anything” Prablad’s fiends were fascinated by his sores. They ‘wanted to know how Pralad learned about al this. Prahlad replied, “I heard it all ftom Saint Narada when was in my mother’s womb. Almighty Lon Sri Ha himself was eng all these to Saint Narada then: Prablad continued, “Always listen to your teacher orguna, Always keep the company ‘Si Hart devotes: always invoke Sri Har Respect him, always try to realize his nature axl wonder about his miracles, always meditate on his beatial feet that blooms lke a lots. Stay near his deity and worship his deity an! knowing that he manifests in every living thing, teat everyone with Jove and kindness, Sr Hari can be plessed ‘with worship and fasting, but nue devoron amd total surender «draw ts closer to im Unguestioned devotion to Sti Hari should Pe the sole goal of lum ie Afteritening to Prablad, many demon ciklren started ‘changing. They became devotees of Sei Hari, Eventually the reves about the ther demon Kids raced king Hianyalaship Enraged he summoned Praklad and said, “Evil child! gods and demons fear me alike, who gives you the authority to disobey me?" Prahlad replied, “Father; the one who gives mie my strength and authority, Lord Vishnu, is also the source of all our strength and cuthority- Right fkom the creator Brahma, all ationary ara! moving objects ave eased by hms be is the Almighty God. *** Power, couage ard intelligence, everthing ‘originates trom him. You should give up this enemity with Lord Yisinu. You must eonquer your own emotions and impulses fist, Without conquering yourself you think you have conquered the world, then your victory becomes ‘meaningless. The one Who has suecesshlly conquered his a” “caw impses isthe tue winner an al ther enemies become “their frets inthe end” Hiranyakashipu roared back at Prablad, “Dann you “hill, Be prepared foe death. You dared to ive me advice? ‘Do you think that ehis God you are talking abvat is stronger ‘than me? where is he now? Ibe is in everything does your God exist in that lifeless pillar too” Prablad sai. "Yes ithe his in that fetes pillar oo,” Hiranyakashipy shone back, Not only will T reak that pillar into pieces right now: once Jam done wiih I ill behead you myself’ Let's see how your Goal saves you from me now, Fam invineible and T wil Kill you, Pray as hard as you ean to Sri Hari now.” Saving this Hiranyakashipu jumped down from his throne and punched the pillar hard. The pillar broke into pieces with loud noise and Hiranyakasip's suprise, Sri lari emenged from inside the pillae. Sri Hard appeared in the fom of Narsimbua Avatar His ed as tke dat of a Hon but be fad a human boxy, Lord Narsirma atacked Hiranysashipa ‘with great valor. Hiranyakashipa’s swords flew away’ fom his ‘bars and fear gipped his hear. Just as a mighty ena tackles aa snake easily, Lore Narsima picked up the demon king [Not in the sky, not on the earth, he placed the demon king ‘on his thighs and toe his body apart into several pieces ike a straw matress. “Hinanyakashipu was vanquished, the lewer goes sighted‘Wilh tee However, even the lesser gods and Brahma were ‘seated 10 po infront of Lond Naesirab, To calm down the age ofthe Almighty God, Prahlad started praying to him ‘Lond Narsimi pleked up hell eild and place his hand on bis fea. Praha immesiely yor a glnpse of Brana, the one tive God Loxt Narn thon offered to grant Pratl ‘wish, Prabal wished that his heart always remains tree fhom fils meal desires and nods a ha is father ets absolved of all his sis, Lord Narsimia granted Peahlad’s wish and disappeared. - *'Srabanam kiranam vishnoh smaranam plas, ‘Areunam vandanam dessa sakhyamatmanivedanam. 7/925, 1 pungsarpia Vishnou bbatshebednbalalakshana, Kriyete bhayawatyadhya tanmanychabeebhimuttamon, 75/24 **Koumaro acharet pragyo dharman bhagabataniha, ‘Duvlabhang marsha jena tadapyn dhravamarhada, 761 ***Na kehalam me bhabotasheho rajan! Sa bei balam balinancha pashan, Parehbacehamt sthirjangamia ye, brahmadayo yeno bashiam pranitah, 787 9 ighih Shanda STORY OF GASENDRA MOKSHAN In ancient simes itis said that there was another ‘mountain range named Trikut Mountains near theFimalayas. Tehad one golden peak, one silver peak, and one iron peak ‘The Trikut Mountain had a wonderful valley with 2 beaut lake init, Children of lesser gods and other magical beings used to visit and play in the lake. One day the king of all ~ elephants with his elephant entourage arrived ate lake. The king of all elephants named Gajercia and his entourage made Inuge splashes inthe lake while playing inthe wate. Suddenly f@ huge and strong, eroeodile swam near the and bit Gajencia’s lev and tried to pull him deep in to the water Gajervra ied his best to fiee his leg his sujets helped him’ too, but the Crocodile had jeon jaws and he could not free ‘himsel: ‘Thus began a battle between the erocodile and the clephiant which continued for a thousand years ‘Many’ lesser goxsarived to sven the great at ‘Gajendra stared! thinking that there must be more to this battle. Fe said io himself "Myo strength camino with the sitenath of so many other clephants isnot enough to fice his is not an ordinary crocodile. He must be goal sent So in order to save myself I must pray to Almighty God himself: Only ne ean save me now” Saying this, he state 10 pray t0 God. In his previous life to he had worshipped Gos He prayed, "You athe one wo created this world, you are0 the oe that became every building block of this universe and ‘again You are the universe itself | seek refiyge at your feet Almighty Ges! You are the hestftiend of every living thing, Saints renounce this world and all its riches 10 seek you. | seek refte in your feet Almighty God! You are my savior, You create miracles in your mysterious ways, you have no. ‘orm yet you are in every form. I surrender myself to you O Supreme Brahimant"* eased by his prayer Sri Haut himself anived atthe lake riding his plat bird, Gru. andl approached Gajendra Seeing Sri Hari himself with a conch, a chub, a fous, ands ssudorashan chakia (discuss weapon) in each of his fous hands, Gajendra offered him a lotus fiom the lake 1 show his devotion. Then Gajendea, weakened by the thousand yeas ‘old battle, Feebly said, “Lord Narayan, please accept my colving and devotion.” Gajendra ad no more power left to say unyihing ese Sci Hari was pleased with Gajendra’s prayers and disembarked from his bird and went into the water, He then shed the erocodile’s hed into pieces wit his discuss weenon nd Gajencia was finally liee fiom the eracodile's jaws. The crocodite was actually & Gandharve under a curse He was cursed by saint Deval and was bom as a ctocotile [He was fed from his curse when Sri Hari’s weapon touched hhim. The gandharva offered his prayers and respeets to Sri ‘ai and went to Gandhravaloka aio where Gzdhanas ie) SI Ganjendira was a great human king hime in his last His name was Indradumnya, He too was cursed by a ink and was born as an elephant. He ruled the Pandya mm. He was a very religious and devoted king, He was iting in Malay Mountains once upoa a time and during decided to remain completely silent and devote self to prayers, He was observing Mouni veut (the pratice “of not speaking at all or making any sound for « stipulated Period of time like a year or more). Saint Agastys arived at the same ashram sith his disciples. Since the king took a vow Df silence he could not welcome the guests and pay them dus respect by answering their questions, Saint Agasiya mistook the silence for anogance and luck of intelligence and cused the king that in next life he would be born as an elephant since fhe was thick headed. Soon ate Agastya left the ashram and the king faeeepted the curse as his destiny, The king was then bor as Gajenda. Since he was a devotee of Sri Havin his previous life, he remembered everything about his past lite, Sri Hart then feed Gajenda foe his elephant form and took hint with Fina to his owu lune where Gajendra lived happily ever alter *Tasmei Namah pareshaye brahmanehanansa shaktaye, Azupytorurupayo mama ascharya kaeane, Namah stmapradipaye sakhshina parmatinaney, Namo giram biduraye manasacheshelactasamapi, §/39-10A gran preparation is going on. The gods approaches Lord Vishnu. He ordered them to do so, At one side there wl le the denon king Bal and bis dersons wil on the othe sie thre wil eal tho lesa gos an he King, a The unde ea munis, Mana will become the ein stone and the great Serpent King Vasuki Naga will become the rope ta and thexione. Cuming the sa il Gly yield anbrosi that wil gant immtaity lesser gods. The-question was where to place the Mandar Mountain, Who could tear the great weigt ofa mountain? $6 avi solved the problem in an instant. He tured himsetE ino gi wctese (Kuma avatar) and went under te sea. Mandar Mountain as then seated on his back an the great ‘serpent was tad around the mouniain, The ehuming state. Fitst thing that was chumed out of the sea vas a deadly poison named Halahal. The entire ereation wes about to be destroyed, Such was the power of the poison, The lesser ‘gods ran fo Lord Shiva and prayed to him to solve tis issue sn save al eretin, Shiva ater form of Sei Hai ter ofall creation, apree to drink the posoa to rd the universe oi. The poison tumed is throat blue and henceforth Shiva ‘vas also called Nile (blue tat, Sains ofen fel the ‘ain of exers anal empathize with them. Empathing with thers i thie pain isthe best way to worship Gox.” ‘Asa result of this churning the sea yielded a cow st is arorse named Ucchaseaba, Oizabat and seven ‘elephants. « priceless jewel named Kaustava, and ‘oa wish fufling ree named Pav. Finally, the ‘of prosperity the beautiful Lakshmi Devi emerged the sea. Everyone wanted to know wad Lakshmi woul Lalkshmi on the other hand saw that there was intense ion somewhere but no power 10 contol rage asi the ‘of saint Durbasha, There was power and position but 80 ‘over sensual desi, Like that of Brahma aad Chanda ‘moony; there was knowledge but no freedom from ‘attachments like that of Sukracharya (teacher of demons): there was piety without merey like tha of saint Parshuran; there was long life but no peace and bliss like that of saint Markandeya; and while the Chaturasnnas possessed all the saintly qualities but they had taken a Yow nat to rary Finally Lakshmi decided that her best choice for husband! would be ‘Sri Hari Himselt since he is the embodiment of all virtes, ‘Thus the goxidess of prosperity married Sti lari al accepted him as her husband, Then emerged a lady named Sum which means intoxication, the demons accepted her with west praise Finally the doctor ofall gods, Diawantwari emerged with the ambrosia ‘na goklen pitcher: As soon as the pitcher anived, the demons broke their peoce pact and snatched the ambrosia away fom Dhanantwari and escaped. Disheartened after all the hart ‘work, the lesser gods assembled near Vishnu and prayed for his help.‘Lond Vishno fumed himself in to an attractive end “very heautful female named Mohini and weat to the demons. ‘The demons were fighting among themselves in onder to Gacide swbo should drink the ambrosia first and how ruc, When they saw an extremely autnctive and beautiful woman approaching them, they stopped fighting among themselves and gave the pitcher io her and asked her to arbitrate the iatter, Mohini asked the demons to sit in @ row and mage ‘the gods sf in another row, Then she distributed the ambrosia among the gods while sbe kept the demons distracted by her ssoveet talks, There was one demon named, Rabat, who: suspected fl play and disguised himself as « god ancl sain the rows of gods, When be raised the glass of ambrosia to his mouth, Surya the Sun} and Chanda (the Moon) recognized him and beheaded him. Since the ambrosia had reaebed his toa when he was beheaded, his head semained immortal anil he tried to swallow Surya and Chandra. However, ince the bead! had no body, Surya and Chandm ememped out of his head soon, Sti Hari then got rid of his disguise andl appeared in his wue for, ‘he lesser yous became immortal from then onwards, ‘A great war ensued between the demon king Bali and the ‘gs over the treachery involving ambrosia. Bai was detested atthe end. ‘Tapynmie Lokatapena Sadhobah prayosho jana, Parmaradbanm tadhsi purushasyakhilamanann, 8774 Demon king Bali was defeated by the gods but ‘his [not deter his sprit Infact infused witha desire o ave defeat he state performing yajnus, These yainas helped to aequie weapons, Srengtened by these weapons his lowers surrounded dap and with the help of those -eapons he conte the Fath The teacher oF eu of the “gods, Vithspat asked Indra o have ptience a ola him ‘hat in time Sei a hse wl ake care of Bal Ths Bal occupied heaven without any resistance and sta speci Kin oyna non as Ashamed Yana. Meanwhile Sri Hari took birth from the womb of Adit. the mother of al lesser goals Vamana Desa of litle ‘man ot midget. His bly was rally tiny and his hands and feet were also tiny: Ja time his thread ceremony’ was hel. Varmana Deva exuding «radiant glow arrived at King Bali's ‘Yon venue, As usual king Bali received him with dae respect. ‘Then be addressed him thus, “O Lord, “I shall offer you whatever you desire.” Vamana Deva said, “You have spoken jus ike great eonperor. Your forefather was well krovwn for his generosin." ‘umn Deva sod, “King Bali you are a wor ing ‘You have descended fiom the great devotee Prahlad and {our own father Birochana sacrificed his own life to save his enemies, the gods. You are as religions as were your forefathers. However, 1do not want any riches, only ish‘you to grant me the amount of kand that [can eover with my ‘Susprised at this request King Bali said, “Great Brahmin, you are just a litle boy. You do not know that you ‘are asking fora very insignificant ching thom the Kinng of thnes realms. Please ask for as much land as you need to spend ‘your life in comfort.” Varmana Deva replied,“ have no need ‘of more land, please grant me what | have asked for and thus keep your word. Smiling Bali accepted the Bralmin’s water pitcher to grant him his request, ‘The teacher of demons or guru Sukracharya was observing allthis ftom a distance, Now he ‘came runing towards the king ard cautioned the king saying, “What are you doing © king? You should know that this Kid is not an ordinary man. He is Lord Vishnu himself. He is deceiving you. You will he deprived of your kingdom. fame aankl power. All these will then be acquired by Indra. Lord ‘Vishou is the Lord of the universe. He will easily acquite the ‘three realms. Hove will you live after giving everything away. to Vishnu? Wise men do not approve of charity that ruins the ddanoe’s life and livelihood.” The king replied, “Gurudeva you ae right. But [am 1 descendant of Prahlad, i have promised something I cannot retract my promise, even to save my own life. There is no Digger sn than ale, Soins lke Dadhichi gave thee ives away to serve people, compared fo that, just offering my land is ing. You will find several people who are courageous nagh to dein the batefield but rarely wil you find a man generously gives away everything when the time comes ‘whoever this person infront of me i, he might be Lord i or he might be my biggest enemy. Iwill donate what ve promised” So inspite of his sura’s warming, king Bali ‘granted Varnania Devs wish ‘Meanvhile Varmana Deva revealed his fll fem. His body grew as big as the universe itself, King Bali saw that bis body grew so big that he covered the entire world with ‘one feet, covered heaven and ell wit the other and still he had! one step left to claim, Varnana Deva then said © King Bali, “King Bali, you promised me three steps of Tand and there is no more land let Phase ell me what I should etaimy ‘with my third sep. Ifyou don't fall your promise you wil have to suffer in eh Dali then said, “Almighty God, I never make false promises | will give place for your third step. Please place it on my head. 1 am not scared of hell, but Lam seared of searring my name, Any punishment that you give will be a blessing for me."* Pleased with his offering Vamana Deva said. “This rare gem of the demon family has eonguered the desire for this illasory world. He filly understood my treachery an his ‘urns Sukrachaeya’s warning and yet he did not step back fom his promise, 1 will bless you with such a boon that is“You will be the protector of this uring the Salama Manvarntara (the 8® n of life as we know it and ereation of a ‘ew eyele). Neither men nor the gods ean exceed you. You will always have the company of your grandfather Praia and I myself will protect you always with the club in my Dhan” *Yadyutamah Shloka Bhavannemeritam, bacho byleckam Surabashamanyite Karomritayam tanno tbe pralambhanam., padam trtsyam ‘kuruh Shishi me nijam, 822-2 ‘Ninth Skanda AND DURBASHEA i stewn with peas of wisdom, Sukadeva continue those beautiful stories and King Parikshit's heart, filled! with happiness listening to those. As we have mentioned earlier, the ereator of this "universe Brahma was bom fiom the naval of Sei Hi. Bram created a son for himself just by wishing for a son with the power of his mind, This son was named Maricii, Marichi then went on ane had family. Maries son was a great saint named Kashyap, Lord Sti Hovi’s another avatar Vania ‘Deva was bom of Kashyap and his wie Aditi whose story ‘we have just finished reading. Ambarish, a great devotee of Lord Sri Hlari and the main protagonist ofthis story. was descendent of Vamana Deva, Before we discuss Ambarish’s story, let's give afte detail about his father Nablisg. Nabhag was a very honest and good man, He spent many years of his Tie in his gu’ house educating himself. When be retumed afer finishing his ‘education, he saw that his brothers had divided all their ancestal properties among themselves and left him their old father ds his only share. Nabhag accepted his fate without ‘complaining aod went to his father His Father told him, “Doo't ‘worry my son! | will teach you two important mantras. The king ofthis county is doing a yajna, Go tothe yajna venuefossa you wil et your well deserved ‘from therm.” Nabhag obeyed his ther immediately tnd feared the two mantras and went 1 the King’s yna andl chanted the mantras before the saints. The saints were really impressed by him. They offered him money and wealth kept there for the Vajua. Actually Runa Deva, Nabhg’s guru deserved this ‘wealth. So he claimed everything, Rust Deva tole Nabhag. “Lets go to your father and he ean decide how much wealth [ should got.” Listening to Ruara Deva's demands, Nabha’s father asked him to give mvsay all his wwenth to Ruxdea Dova, ‘Nablutginmmediatly obeyed his father’s command ant handed ‘vor all his hon earned wealth o Rudea Deva, Rudra Deva was very happy to see Nabhiy’s obedience and devotion and tetumsed all the wealth to him, Nabag’s days then passed in happiness, He ha so much wealth that even some kings ‘were poorer than him, In time Ambarish, Nabhag’s son inherited all his property. However, Ambarish was never interested in money oF wealth, He dedicated himself to Sti Har Amibatish spent most of hs time in praying, meditating, ‘and worshipping Sri Hari, Sri Hari was so pleased with Amari that he ordered his discus weapon, the Sudrashan Chakra to protect Ambarish always. Ambatish decided 10 observe a three day long fast in honor of Sti Hari o he ial to break his aston “Dwadashi (the day ‘you break your fast is called dowudashi) in onder 10 ete his worship. As he was preparing to break his fast, reat sant Durbasha known for his short temper. ative hs place, Amberish could not take food without feeling ‘Daxbasha, Dasbasha wanted to take a bath in dhe river Jamun ‘before taking the food, So, Ambursh waited! for Durbsha to ‘etur from his bath. ime passed by and Dutbasha di not return. When Ambarish four! that te time foe breaking the fas was almost over he prayed to Lot Kaishn and drank alittle water, Just then Durbasha returned. Durkusha was ‘extremely angry’ to hear that Ambarish had taken water without feeding his guest, Already Known for his short temper, Durbasha in a fit of rage ereated from his matted bair a temible demon. Ambarish was not scared he dida't even ake a step back, He siood sill and prayed wo Sti Hart for protection, Immectatly the Sudarshan Chakra appeaned and as soon as the Chakra touche! the demon he was reduced to ashes within seeonds. After that the Chakra chased Drbasha to kill him, Durbasha was now seared. He realized ‘hot SH Hass oun weapon was after his io y fast and the Chakra Durbashia started running ve! chased him through al three ealms of Earth, beaven ad hel, No matter witere he hid, the Chora pursued him, In order to Find a solution, Durbesha went running to Lord Braka. ‘Me said that he could not save him. He said, “It's beyond me