|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 21– The legend of Lord Krishna -  21 – Introduction to Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran

Sutha Pauranika speaks “Oh! Shaunakadhis, the supreme Lord has innumerable incarnations, like Rishis, Manus, and the sons of Manu, Prajapathis, etc. There are several incarnations of Lord Hari like numerous rivers merges in the ocean, it was known as Kalavathara, Amshavathara, Poornavathara and Lord Krishna is addressed as ‘ Krishnasthu  Bhagavan Swayam’.  The twenty-one incarnations were known as Amshavathara, Rishis, Manus, Prajapathis are known as Kalavathara, and Lord Krishna as Poornnavathara.  Oh! Shanunakadhis, I shall elaborately describe all those incarnations of the Supreme Lord, listening to  the various amusements of  supreme Lord and his incarnations would relieve the Jeeva from miseries and sorrows worldly existence, the vastness of the sky is immeasurable,  ignorance like clouds in Jeeva keeps them away from the splendor of the supreme soul.  Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran was composed by Maharishi Vedavyasa to elevate the Jeeva, it is the essence of Veda and Ithihasa removed the fear of death and liberated the soul of King Pareekshith.”

The Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran is a mirror that reveals the nature of the inner self.  The cluster of redundant thoughts creates an obstacle to envision the supreme nature of the soul that has neither birth nor death, eternal and all-pervasive.  Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran describes two types of Dharma, Vyavahara Dharma/Pravriththi Marga is the path of righteousness, duties, and responsibilities to follow in the material life with the body, and the Bhagavath Dharma/Parama Dharma/Nivriththi Marga is the utilization of mind and intellect to understand the nature of supreme soul, and the performance of all those righteous deeds to elevate the soul.  The human body undergoes constant transformation and ruin ultimately merges with the Prakrithi, likewise the mind and intellect originated from the supreme soul have to merge with it.  Parama Dharma teaches to perform the Pravriththi Marga and Nivriththi Marga live like a tortoise, that has the capacity to withdraw its body under the shell in case of emergencies and open up whenever it needs to express, in this way, the practice of meditation helps the soul to have control over senses, it removes over-attachment to the body, people, wealth, and worldly affairs while living in the material world.