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

Skandham-5.  Chapter-2. (Maharaja Agnidhara) Slokam-9. Seeing the bumblebees following Purvacitti, Aganidhra said: My dear Lord, the bumblebees surrounding your body are like disciples surrounding  your worshipable self.  They are incessantly chanting the mantras of the Sama  Veda and the Upanishads, thus offering prayers to you.  Just as great sages resort   to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of  flowers falling from your hair. Slokam-10. O brahmana, I can simply hear the tinkling of your ankle bells. Within those bells, tittiri birds seem to be chirping among themselves.  Although I do not see  their forms, I can hear how they are chirping. When I look at your beautiful  circular hips, I see they are the lovely color of kadamba flowers, and your waist  is encircled by a belt of burning cinders. Indeed, you seem to have forgotten to  dress yourself. With lusty desires to see Purvacitti, Agnidhra especially ga

Skandham-5. Chapter-2. Slokam-8. Then Agnidhra observed the glancing eyes of Purvacitti and said: My dear friend, you have two very powerful arrows, namely your glancing eyes. Those arrows have feathers like the petals of a lotus flower. Although they have no shafts, they are very beautiful, and they have very sharp, piercing points. They appear very peaceful, and thus it seems that they will not be shot at anyone. You must be loitering in this forest to shoot those arrows at someone, but I cannot understand whom. My intelligence is dull, and I cannot combat you. Indeed, no one can equal you in prowess, and therefore I pray that your prowess will be for my good fortune. Agnidhra thus began appreciating Purvacitti's powerful glance upon him. He compared her glancing eyes to very sharp arrows. Although her eyes were as beautiful as lotuses, they were simultaneously like shaftless arrows, and Agnidhra was therefore afraid of them. He hoped that her glances upon

Skandham-5. Chapter-2. Slokam-7. The Prince mistakenly addressed the Apsara: O best of saintly persons, who are you? Why are you on this hill, and what do you want to do? Are you one of the illusory potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You seem to be carrying two bows without strings, What is the reason you carry these bows? Is it for some purpose of your own or for the sake of a friend? Perhaps you carry them to kill the mad animals in this forest. While undergoing severe penances in the forest, Agnidhra was captivated by the movements of Purvacitti, the girl sent by Lord Brahma. As stated in Bhagavad-geeta kamais tais tair hrta jnanah: [Bg. 7.20] when one becomes lusty, he loses his intelligence. Therefore Agnidhra, having lost his intelligence, could not distinguish whether Purvacitti was male or female. He mistook her for a muni-putra, the son of a saintly person in the forest, and addressed her as muni-varya. Because of her personal beauty, h

Like a honeybee, the Apsarä smelled the beautiful and attractive flowers. She could attract the minds and vision of both humans and demigods by her playful movements, her shyness and humility, her glances, the very pleasing sounds that poured from her mouth as she spoke, and the motion of her limbs. By all these qualities, she opened for Cupid, who bears an arrow of flowers, a path of aural reception into the minds of men. When she spoke, nectar seemed to flow from her mouth. As she breathed, the bees, mad for the taste of her breath, tried to hover about her beautiful lotuslike eyes.  Disturbed by the bees,she tried to move hastily, but as she raised her feet to walk quickly, her hair, the belt on her hips, and her breasts, which were like water jugs, also moved in a way that made her extremely beautiful and attractive. Indeed, she seemed to be making a path for the entrance of Cupid, who is most powerful. Therefore the prince, completely subdued by seeing he

Slokam-4. The Apsara sent by Lord Brahma began strolling in a beautiful park near the place where the King was meditating and worshiping. The park was beautiful because of its dense green foliage and golden creepers. There were pairs of varied birds such as peacocks, and in a lake there were ducks and swans, all vibrating very sweet sounds. Thus the park was magnificently beautiful because of the foliage, the clear water, the lotus flowers and the sweet singing of various kinds of birds. Slokam-5 As Purvacitti passed by on the road in a very beautiful style and mood of her own, the pleasing ornaments on her ankles tinkled with her every step. Although Prince Agnidhra was controlling his senses, practicing yoga with half-open eyes, he could see her with his lotuslike eyes, and when he heard the sweet tinkling of her bangles, he opened his eyes slightly more and could see that she was just nearby. It is said that yogés always think of the Supreme Personal

Skandham-5. Chapter-2. Slokam-3. Understanding King Agnidhra's desire, the first and most powerful created being of this universe, Lord Brahma, selected the best of the dancing girls in his assembly, whose name was Purvacitti, and sent her to the King. In this Slokam, the words bhagavan Adi-purushah are significant. Bhagavan Adi-purushah is Lord Krishna. Govindam Adi-purushah tam aham bhajami **. Lord Krishna is the original person. In Bhagavadgeeta, He is also addressed by Arjuna as purusham adyam, the original person, and He is called Bhagavan. In this slokam, however, we see that Lord Brahma is described as bhagavan Adi-purushah. The reason he is called bhagavan is that he fully represents the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is the first-born creature in this universe. Lord Brahma could understand Maharaja Agnidhra's desire because he is as powerful as Lord Vishnu. As Lord Vishnu, situated as Paramatma, can understand the desire of the living entit

Skandham-5. Chapter-2. Slokam-2. Desiring to get a perfect son and become an inhabitant of Pitruloka, Mahraja Agnidhra once worshiped Lord Brahma, the master of those in charge of material creation. He went to a valley of Mandara Hill, where the damsels of the heavenly planets come down to stroll. There he collected garden flowers and other necessary paraphernalia and then engaged in severe austerities and worship. The King became pitrulokam-kama, or desirous of being transferred to the planet named Pitrulokam. Pitrulokam is mentioned in Bhagavad-geeta (yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah [Bg. 9.25]). To go to this planet, one needs very good sons who can make offerings to Lord Vishnu and then offer the remnants to their forefathers. The purpose of the Sraddha ceremony is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu, so that after pleasing Him one may offer prasadam to one's forefathers and in this way make them happy. The inh

Skandha-5.  Chapter-2:  The Activities of Maharaja Agnidhra - Slokam-1. Sri Sukadeva Maharishi continued:  After his father, Maharaja Priyavrata, departed to follow the path of spiritual life  by undergoing austerities, King Agnidhra completely obeyed his order.  Strictly observing the principles of religion, he gave full protection to the inhabitants  of Jambudvipa as if they were his own begotten sons. Following the instruction of his father, Maharaja Priyavrata, Maharaja Agnidhra ruled the inhabitants of Jambudvipa according to religious principles. These principles are exactly contrary to the modern principles of faithlessness. As clearly stated here, the King protected the citizens the way a father protects his begotten children. How he ruled the citizens is also described here—dharmaveksamanah, strictly according to religious principles. It is the duty of the executive head of a state to see that the citizens strictly follow religious principles. Th