A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam ( 04/04/2013. )

Thursday, June 18, 2020. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -7.  1. Though the rise from one level to another level is usually gradual, as is described to us in the Srimad Bhagavata and the Puranas, it is also said that a sudden rise is possible. It is something like this. Suppose one thousand rose petals are kept one over the other and a needle is passed through them, we may say that the needle pierced all these petals at one stroke; whereas, in fact, the needle passed gradually through one petal to the other in spite of the impression that it was an instantaneous action. Similarly, by the force of the power of yoga and meditation, we may compress the total process of the ascent through all the levels of creation into a so-called instantaneous action, though we cannot escape the law of any level of creation. 2. We may travel quickly by airplane, trudge by foot, or sit in a bullock cart. If we travel by airplane it takes no time at all to reach our destination...

================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -7 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. It is an incomparable scripture. Its eighteen skandhas represent the eighteen processes of the evolution of the cosmos. In Indian culture, the word ‘eighteen’ has been regarded as very sacred. The Bhagavata contains eighteen skandhas, the Mahabharata contains eighteen parvas, the war took place for eighteen days, the Bhagavadgita has eighteen chapters; it is a great mystery. According to the traditional belief in the computational meaning of numbers, eighteen represents victory. According to a traditional calculation in India especially, the word ‘eight’ is represented by the word ‘ja’, and the word ‘ya’ is represented by the number ‘...

======================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/04/2020. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -6 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Action is cosmic action, and the characteristic of all visible physical things is its perishable nature  : –  Bhutabhavodbhavakaro visargah  karmasamjnitah (Gita 8.3);  Adhibhutam ksharo bhavah purushas cadhidaivatam (Gita 8.4).  The Purusha, who is the principle of cosmic sacrifice as we have it described in the Purusha Sukta, is also the indwelling presence in all our hearts. He is the source of individual sacrifices and right action, virtuous action, etc. He is the impeller from the recesses of our own heart. This is the source of individual impulses.  Adhiyajnoham evatra (Gita 8.4) : –  the field of activity is also God Himself...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26/01/2020. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -5 : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-8. Slokam-3. "aksharam brahma paramam svabhavodhyatmam ucyate   bhutabhavodbhavakaro visargah karmasamjnitam"; Slokam-4. "adhibhutam ksharo bhavah purushas-cadhidaivatam  adhiyajnoham evatra dehe dehabhytam vara." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bhutabhavodbhavakaro visargah karmasamjnitam : Action, in the real sense of the term, is the force that ejects this cosmos right from the topmost level of creation – the atomic bindu of creat...

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 31/12/2019. Discourse 1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi -4 : ======================================================================== 1. At the very beginning of the second chapter of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana this question is answered briefly, and reference to this is also made in the beginning of the eighth chapter of the Srimad Bhagavadgita when Bhagavan Sri Krishna says : - Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-8. Slokam-3. "aksharam brahma paramam svabhavodhyatmam ucyate   bhutabhavodbhavakaro visargah karmasamjnitam"; "The Blessed Lord said : The Supreme Indestructible Entity is called Brahmam; one’s own self is called adhyatmam. Actions pertaining to the material personality of living beings, and its development are called karma, or fruitive activities. Slokam-4. "adhibhutam ...

28/05/2019 3. Parikshit put a question: “What is good for man, especially at this hour when my life is about to end?” How are we to answer this question? What is good for any person? In the freezing heights of the Himalayas, it is good to have a blanket over oneself. But a blanket is not good in the hot deserts of Africa; we would like to have cold water there. When we are hungry, it is good to have delicious food; when we are vomiting due to illness, it is good not to eat at all. Anyone who desires his or her own good cannot answer this question of what is actually good for oneself, because whatever answer we give, we will find it is connected to some cause thereof, and it is not the final good. Riches will end, the body will wither, and life is uncertain. None of these things connected with life in this world can be regarded as really good in their ultimate sense. Then, what is really good for the human individual? The difficulty in answering this question arises becau...

08/02/2019 2. When, to Asvatthama’s consternation, the attempt to destroy the Pandavas with this missile failed, he ran away from the field cursing everybody and yelling out that even fathers are not to be trusted these days because his father duped him, as it were, by saying that he had initiated him into an invincible astra, which actually amounted to nothing. When Asvatthama was shouting like this while running away, he met Vyasa – the great Krishna Dvaipayana – on the way, who asked him what the matter was. He said, “My father did not tell me the truth. I was initiated into the invincible force called Narayana Astra, being told that no one on Earth can stand before it; but when I used it, nothing actually happened.” The great Vyasa replied, “My dear boy, your father has not made any mistake. He gave you that strength which no one else in the world could wield. But you used this astra of Narayana against Narayana Himself. Therefore, it would not work.” Disgusted, and wit...