Saturday, May 3, 2014

Bhagavatam



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King Parikshit when he came to know of his curse (didnot lament or become angry at sage's son) - instead he passed on his responsibilities to his son and went in search of Sage Sukha'Bhagavatam'rahma - who was The Great Sage Vyasa's son.  He was 'Brahma gyani' right from his childhood and hence was exponent in 'Brahma Gyan' - that is the knowledge of the eternal - the energy and the power that sustains the world.  Parikshit requested him to give him such knowledge that could redeem him from the bondage of life and death.  Sage Sukha Brahma agreed to do so and the discourse of 'Bhagavatam' - the story of the Lord Krishna's birth, growth and his leela's (miracles) started - for which great seers and sages and even Devas came to attend and listen to in rapt attention - non-stop for seven whole days and seven whole nights.  At the end of seven days, Takshak came, bite Parikshit and he died but having listened to Bhagavatam with total surrendrance he became one with the Lord (that is, he was liberated!)

If Parikshit died inspite of hearing ''Bhagavatam'' that too from one of the greatest Seers - Sage Sukha, how can we trust the saying "If one hears 'Bhagavatam' or reads it then he cuts the chords of death for once and for all!"

"How can our karma's accumulated through janmas be erased just by hearing or reading ''Bhagavatam''?"

These are the two questions usually asked at this juncture....

After having heard ''Bhagavatam'', one becomes immortal - it is true!  'Bhagavatam'ut the body that is born should die is also a Universal Law that can't be overseen - even by the Lord when he took avatar in human form - as Rama and Krishna.  When the work that had to be done by that avatar was over, it was dropped.  So, we cannot escape death.  Then what is this of becoming immortal?

When one dies, it is because of his karma and he again is born in the Yoni as applicable to his karma.  This way, one has to go through this cycle of life and death for aeons of years which is a torture for the soul.  But, one when hears ''Bhagavatam'' heals his karma and becomes liberated from this cycle and becomes one with the Lord on death.  This is called as 'becoming immortal'. 

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1 comment:

Vaibhav said...

Understood this part completely