||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 94 – The practice of meditation/Bhakti Yoga – 7

Kapila Vasudeva speaks “ Oh! Mother, there are three predominant qualities known as Sathvik, Rajasik, and Thamasik in humans.  The people of Sathvik qualities engage in the constant practice of contemplation upon supreme Lord and attains the serenity of mind, the people of Rajasik nature chases after the sensual pleasures  and people of Thamasik nature is saturated in illusion.  At the time of death, the person who has attained serenity of mind leaves the vital air through eyes or nose, the person with endless desires leave the vital air through the mouth and the people with Thamasik qualities lead a miserable life on Earth, with the feeling of guilt and distress, the air passage will get blocked with mucus of intense grief that makes the air circulation  almost impossible, finally leave the vital air through the anus.” 

Kapila Vasudeva continues “Oh! Mother, the fetus comes out of the womb along with excreta and cries out loudly, eventually forgets all that promised to supreme Lord in the womb.   While living on Earth, the child gets introduced to various ways of living and undergoes great difficulties by chasing sensual pleasures which multiplies anger, pride, ego, jealousy, etc.   Thus the child grows with the wrong perception that the body is the prime instrument for sensual pleasure thereby engages in the consumption of meals and physical relationship, ultimately once again it heaves into the darkness of ignorance which causes cycles of birth.  Oh! Mother, listen to me carefully, you need not get perplexed after listening to the cycles of human birth on Earth, understand the process of cycles of birth and keep yourself brave, the mind and intellect have originated from the supreme Lord and it has to unite with him, it can be achieved with   the association of saintly people, Yoga, meditation, Pranayama, etc..  in this way you can raise your soul from the Maya, leave your body consciousness and unite your soul to the supreme Lord with the constant practice of meditation.  The liberated souls attain liberation from repeated cycles of birth, it finally leaves vital air through the Oordhabhaga/upper part.   If the soul does not practice any of the methods to unite with the supreme Lord keeps taking several births on Earth and undergoes sufferings of worldly existence.  Oh! Mother, therefore take shelter in the lotus feet of Supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings, Oh! Mother, listen to me carefully, practice worship of supreme Lord Vasudeva with intense devotion and faith, gradually you will attain the sense of renunciation and supreme wisdom.  The Supreme Lord who is the cause for the functioning of the human body and the organs remains the same in all; therefore contemplate upon him with extreme faith and devotion.    Oh! Mother, you can share this supreme knowledge with the people who are devoted to the supreme Lord.”  Kapila Vasudeva prepared to leave his mother.  Devi Devahoothi reverentially prostrated before the lotus feet of Supreme Lord who was born as Kapila Vasudeva and said “Oh! Paramaguro, I shall prostrate before the supreme Lord who was assumed the form of Kapila, Oh! Lord, you have elevated my soul to the absolute truth and made my life fruitful.”  Kapila Vasudeva left the place and conducted a journey for the welfare of human beings. 

The virtuous Devi Devahoothi watched her son leaving forever, even though she felt uneasy like the mother of the calf grieve over the separation of its calf, instantly she regained her confidence and engaged in the practice of devotion with pleasing nature.   She   lived all alone in a hermitage in the woods, constantly engaged in the contemplation of supreme Lord; gradually she has attained supreme knowledge and the sense of renunciation and united with the supreme Bhramam, who is the state of bliss.  Devahoothi sincerely followed the teachings of her son and attained a transcendental state, she has abandoned all those memories of life with her husband and son, like she has freshly got out of the nightmare, and eventually, attained Bhrama Nirvana.  Later, the place where Devi Devahoothi attained Bhrama Nirvana has become the sacred place Kapilashrama to undertake extreme penances.  Whoever listens or read  the legend of Kapila Vasudeva and follow his teachings sincerely would attain intense devotion and pleasing nature, finally attain the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord.