|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 52 – The legend of Lord Krishna – The legend of King Pareekshith

King Pareekshith speaks “Oh! Mahatma, I am fortunate one, I have obtained the grace of Lord while in mother’s womb, and I had the grace of Lord Vishnu to take birth in an illustrious clan, as the grandson of the great archer Arjuna who is dearest companion of supreme Lord Krishna. Today my entire clan got sanctified with the association of Mahayogis.  Oh! Paramaguro, Oh! Mahayogi, kindly remove my qualms, and kindly describe which is the superior responsibility of a Jeeva, who is constantly moving towards death? How did I get relieved from the fear of death? How did I confront my death without any trepidation? What should I recite, or what are the austerities that should be followed, or what are the duties to be performed? Or contemplate upon or meditate?”

The great emperor Pareekshith did not approach the palace physicians to get  on advise to get cured of serpent bite, was aware that the body has to undergo constant transformation and ruin, he was not anxious about the death, all the  Jeevas are bound by ruin and death, he was curious to know how to face death without fear.  Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran is the Scripture speaks about the management of thoughts and the ways to get rid of redundant thoughts that cause mental and physical exhaustion. The sense of fear and anxieties have become inseparable from mind and intellect causes various ailments, hence the Rishis and Sages conducted a rigorous search of the origin of mind and intellect and the related fleeting thoughts and introduced various methods of meditation to get rid of redundant thoughts which cause extreme anxieties.  The constant meditation and contemplation upon supreme Lord, who is beyond ‘Maya’, would help to attain serenity and a well-balanced state of the mind to handle any adverse situations in life, with the remembrance of the law of Karma that follows the Jeeva continuously.