A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam-1-4.

1: King Parikshit’s Question to Suka Maharishi - 4.

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 :-

(Gita 8.3);

aksharam   brahma   paramam   svabhavodhyatmamucyate,


bhutabhavodbhavakaro   visargahn   karmasamjnitah.

(Gita 8.4).

adhibhutam   ksharo   bhavah   purushascadhidaivatam,


adhiyajnohamevatra   dehe   dehabhrtamvara.


Our involvements in this life are explained in this beautiful contextual answer of Bhagavan Sri Krishna to Arjuna when He says,

“That which is the ultimate good is the Supreme Brahman.”

A similar question was raised by Yudhishthira at the end of the Mahabharata war when he went to Bhishma, who was lying on a bed of arrows, and Bhishma’s answer was that it is better to remember Vishnu and recite his name one thousand names, not only at the end of time, but at all times, because the end of time is at any time.

Even this very moment can be the end of time.

So, when we ask the question, “What is good for us at the end of time?” it is implied that it is that which is good for us at all times because, knowing the brittleness of things in the world, all times are the end of time.


Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ..