||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 72 – The legend of Prahladha – 2

Shuka Bhramam continued “ Oh! Rajan, living beings on Earth commits countless sins without the knowledge of self or without the knowledge of all the actions that should have a reaction.  I shall describe a legend to simplify your doubts, it has happened during the Rajyasuya Yagna/Mahakrathu conducted by your grandfather,  how  the King of Chethi could attain union with Lord Vasudeva.”  King Pareekshith was already aware of the story of the King Shishupala of Chethi attained Bhramam. Once the Rajasuya Yagna was performed by Yudhishtira in his Kingdom Indraprastha, Lord Krishna was honored in the assembly. Shishupala was present in the assembly insulted Lord Krishna.  Lord Krishna patiently waited for Shishupala to finish his hundreds of mistakes, as it was promised to his mother, when Shishupala crossed one hundred mistakes, Lord Krishna sliced his head with Sudharshana Chakra, a brilliant ray raised from the body of Shishupala and attained union with Krishna.  King Pareekshith asked “ Oh! Bhraman, how did King Shishupala attain union with Krishna, even though he publicly insulted Lord Krishna?   Kindly narrate to me.”

Maharishi Narada to Dharmaputhra “ Oh! Rajan, respect and disrespect, praise and rumors,  hurt by words or actions, grief, all these affect the ignorant people.  They constantly undergo grief, pain, and sorrow by committing various mistakes by words and actions, on the other side, the intellectuals perform virtuous deeds and rites to elevate their soul.  The mind is capable of the constant remembrance of the supreme Lord with any of the feelings, like enmity, affection, fear, devotion, desire, anger, dedication, love, etc.   Oh! Rajan, King Shishupala attained union of the supreme Lord with his enmity towards Lord, this incident proved that an individual can attain union with the Lord easily with the feeling of enmity too.  Kamsa attained union of the Lord with the fear of death, Chaithya/King of Chethi attained union of the Lord with his anger, Vrishni’s attained union of the Lord with their relationship, Pandavas with their extreme love and affection attained union of the Supreme Lord,  Sadhus like us have attained union of the Supreme Lord with our intense devotion and faith.  All the rivers merge with the ocean attains the same worth of it, likewise, all types of devotion to the supreme Lord would bring union with the Bhramam.  I shall narrate a legend in an elaborate manner.  Once Sanaka, Sanandhana, Sanathkumara and Sanathana visited the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu were mistreated by his doorkeepers.  The Sanathkumaras are supreme ascetic attired in loin clothes had the appearance of small children aged five or six.  The Sanakadhis was got angry and cursed the doorkeepers, that they have no right to be in the aboard of Lord Vishnu, therefore they had to be born in the Asurayoni/as demons with all those Rajasik nature.  Thus, these two Vishnuparshadhas, born as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu as the children of Dhithi.  Later, Hiranyakashipu was killed by Lord Vishnu who incarnated as half lion-half man/Narasimha and Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Vishnu who manifested as wild boar.  The death of Hiranyakashipu was occurred by the extreme devotion of his son Prahladha who had the knowledge of the supreme soul and he realized the supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings, attained the knowledge of oneness in all.  He was serene and stable, handled all those terrible situations in life with a balanced mind.  He had firm devotion and faith upon the supreme Lord, therefore he could face the worst scenario with courage and devotion,  therefore he did not face brutal death, but his father who was an Emperor tried to kill his own son has to face merciless death in the hands of Lord Narasimha.  Even though Hiranyakashipu had all those fierce weapons, the boon of Lord Bhrama and  huge powers of the army, he had to face brutal death in the hands of the supreme  Lord.”