|| Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya||
Chapter – 4 – The legend of
Lord Krishna - 4 - Mahathmayi
Sacchidhanandaroopaya
Vishwothpathyaya Hethave | Thapathraya Vinashaya Sri Krishnaya VayamNama: ||
Maharishi Vedavyasa after
composing Mahabharath, Ramayan, Bhramasuthra, seventeen Puranas and compilation
of Veda into four categories, did not get satisfied with his work and came to
the hermitage located on the sacred land Shamyaprasam close to the riverbank of
Bhramamnadhi/ Saraswathi, he sat in
extreme gloominess, on the river banks which is famous for spiritual practices. Maharishi Narada arrived on the river bank
and saw Maharishi Vedavyasa and enquired the reason for his distress, Maharishi
Narada spoke “ Oh! Maharishi, even though you have created incredible
scriptures and epics like Mahabharath and Ramayan, you have not described the
splendor of Lord Vasudeva who resides as a soul in living beings. Oh! MahaRishi, you have written all those sacred scriptures
about the methods of worship of various deities and the Phalashruthi/fruitful
results of it. Therefore compose a marvelous scripture praising the Bhakti/
devotion to supreme Lord Vasudeva.”
Maharishi Vedavyasa undertook deep meditation, contemplated upon the
supreme Purusha who resides as a soul realized the Maya/illusion causes
misapprehension, therefore, decided to replace those illusions with the practice
of Bhakti yoga, contemplating upon Lord Adhokshaja/who is source of mind and
intellect, protect it and preserve it in the three states of sleep, awaken and
dream. The Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran is
the essence of Veda teaches the knowledge of the supreme soul which is eternal,
changeless, that has neither birth nor death.
Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran
begins with eulogizing the supreme Lord Krishna who is Sath/eternal,
Chith/intellect, Anandham/bliss, causes the creation of the Universe and its living beings;
he is the destroyer of three grave sins of worldly existence. The three afflictions are body consciousness/Adhyathmika
Thapa, attachment to people/Adhidheivikam and wealth/Adhibhauthika. The grief related to the body that constantly
undergoes illnesses, aging, and death, afflictions caused due to the over-attachment
to people, and the grief caused by the possession of wealth and material. Hence I shall prostrate before supreme Lord
Krishna who removes the three kinds of afflictions.
Yam
Pravrajamananthamanapethamapetha Krithyam
Dhvaipayano Virahakathara Ajuhava | Puthrethi Thanmayathaya
Tharavoabinedhustham Sarvabhootha
Hridhayam Munimanathoasmi ||
Shuka Bhramam, The son of
Maharishi Vedavyasa/Dhwaipayana, resided twelve years in the womb of his mother
and attained the supreme state of Bhramam, finally came out of the womb at the
instruction of supreme Lord Narayana, and immediately abandoned the home and
parents. Maharishi Vedavyasa cried out
and ran after Shuka calling for him went in vain, Maharishi Vedavyasa’s calls
were reverberated all over the woods, and soon he realized that his son has
attained the superior state of Bhramam that represents living and non-living
things. Hence, I shall prostrate before
that supreme Bhramam.
