||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 77 – The legend of Prahladha – 7

One day the preceptors were out for the work, Prahlada found it is a great opportunity to spread the knowledge of self to his friends.   The knowledge for self-confidence and courage to face any adverse situation with intense faith and devotion.  Prahlada speaks to the children of demons “ Oh! Children, It is difficult to attain the body of a human, a soul takes several births and with the piousness attained, it has achieved the body of a human.  Therefore it is the prime duty of the individuals to follow the Bhagavatha Dharma/righteousness from the age of childhood.  ‘Time’ plays important role in every human life, none of us can get hold of the intellect, beauty, skill, etc.. it has to perish with the time, hence it is important to practice righteousness from the early days of childhood and completely surrender at the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu who resides as soul in all the living beings.  He is Ishwara who is Sarvabhoothanam Ishwara:, he is the closest companion of the individuals.  Oh! Children, happiness is the state of mind that wedges with the pleasing experience of sense, but it is fleeting, the mind cannot stick on with the sense organs for a long time, therefore it releases its clutches from the sense organ after sometimes due to boredom.  The human mind will not stick on to a particular object or people or viewpoints for a long time.  The mind always searches for diverse matters to consume.  The ignorant people keep waits for the happiness performing the usual tasks, in this way they spend whole life span or wait until the damage of senses with unfulfilling desires.  Oh! Children, if you want to attain permanent bliss, contemplates upon the lotus feet of Lord Mukunda who symbolizes eternal bliss.  The human body cannot protect you from fear or anxieties, it undergoes constant transformation and destruction.  The body has to undergo aging, illnesses, and death if the mind clings on to the body, it would bring extreme fears and afflictions.  The half of the life goes waste without any fruitful task during childhood and adulthood, spends many nights in sleep and days in material affairs,  in this way we push our body and mind into darkness of ignorance, eventually death.    The aging and illnesses attack the body, by the time half of the life must have spent with the worldly matters.  Therefore the intellectuals isolate their mind from worldly affairs and bondage and contemplate upon the supreme Lord, eventually, the mind will get detached from worldly affairs.  The people who have completely indulged in taking pleasure in worldly affairs would spend their life in the remembrances of home, father, mother, wife, children, friends, brother, sister, relatives, wealth, and money, ultimately they descend from the supreme bliss.  The mind has the ability to descend to worldly matters and ascend to the supreme Lord as well.  Oh! Children, if you feed your mind with pleasures and comfort, once the body undergoes aging and illnesses, at that moment the mind will get extremely disturbed.  It becomes impossible for the mind to get unfasten from sensual pleasures.   The human mind is like an animal that takes extreme pleasures in the senses instead of getting disconnected from sensual pleasures.  Oh! Children, leave interest in all the worldly matters, and bondage and turn your mind to supreme Lord Narayana, eventually, the mind will be free from all those worldly matters.  Oh! Children, it is not so difficult to please supreme Lord who is all-pervading, represents living and non-living things, and resides as a soul in living beings.  Therefore surrender yourself to the lotus feet of  Supreme Lord, show kindness to others to elevate their souls to the supreme Lord, if the supreme Lord gets pleased you will attain all those desired in abundance.  The truth is the Dharma Arththa and the Kama alone will not elevate the soul to the supreme Lord, the scriptures confirm that elevation of the soul is possible only with the complete surrendering to the supreme Lord.  Oh! children, I am fortunate one, have gained this supreme Knowledge from Maharishi Narada while I was in my mother’s womb.   Listen to me, my preceptor Maharishi Narada taught me the Bhagavatha Dharma,/Vasudevasya Mahima/glories of supreme Lord Vasudeva, which is Gnana Vignana Samhitha/which describes the supreme knowledge and the ways to attain the supreme Lord.  It helped to elevate my soul with the constant contemplation upon the supreme Lord.”  The children of the Gurukula were astounded and requested  Prahlada to describe when did he learn the supreme knowledge from Maharishi Narada.