||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter -231 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 82

Adho Gurukule Vasamicchanthavupajagmathu: | Kashyam Sandheepanim Nama  Hyavanthipuravasinam || Thayor Dhvijavarsthushta: Shudhdhabhavanu Vriththibhi: | Provacha Vedanakhilan Sanghopanishadho Guru: || Saharasyam Dhanurvedham Dharman Nyayapadhamsthadha | Thadha Chanvikshikim Vidhyam Rajaneethim Cha Shadvidham ||

Krishna and Balaram started living with their parents in Mathura.  All the religious rites of the children were performed, and the children were sent to the hermitage of Maharishi Sandeepani at Avanthipura for learning Astra and Shastra.  The children learned good discipline, Veda, Upanishads, Dhanurvedham, Dharmam, Nyaya, Rajaneethi, etc.   Thus, Krishna learned 64 artforms in sixty-four days, at the time of leaving the hermitage of Maharishi Sandheepani, Krishna stood before Maharishi Sandheepini with folded hands.  Maharishi Sandheepani looked at the eyes of the Jagadheeshwara, remembered Krishna is the supreme Lord who could bring back his dead son alive and asked for the child as Gurudhakshina.  Krishna went to the shores of Prabhasa where the child has gone missing while taking a holy dip in the river.  Krishna entered the water, was received with great reverence by Lord Varuna, who suspected that the child was gone missing due to the influence of a demon Panchajana who has the appearance of conch.  Krishna tore off the body of the demon and found the child was not there.  Soon, he understood that the child is under the custody of Lord Yama.  Krishna went to the abode of Lord Yama was received with great honor, Krishna returned to Earth with the child of Maharishi Sandheepani, eventually the child was handed to Maharishi Sandeepani.  Before leaving Krishna asked Maharishi what else he should do for him.  Maharishi Sandheepani was delighted and blessed Krishna, placing his hands on his head “Let all that knowledge learned to remain fresh in your memory always”.  Thus both of the children received the blessings of Maharishi Sandheepani and returned to their homes.

In this legend, the illustrious Maharishi Sandheepani asked for his dead son alive as Guru Dhakshina from Krishna.  Once again, Maharishi Vedavyasa affirms the truth that the body undergoes ruin, the supreme soul has neither death nor birth, a Jeeva takes several births due to its unsatisfied desires and lust, even though human bodies undergo the state of childhood, adult, youth, old age due to the passage of ‘Time’,  the mind and intellect remains the same in it.   A Jeeva attains union with the supreme soul with the constant practice meditation and contemplation; eventually attain the state of Moksha/Moha Kshaya Ithi Moksha, otherwise it has to take several births until its merges with the Supreme Lord,  Like, a river  has to continue its journey until it merges with the ocean.