|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 336 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  187

Bhramakaravriththi/Vasudevarathi is the practice of intense devotion and love on the supreme Lord.  Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran describes the Aparabhakthi as the worship of the Supreme Lord in the form of an idol or image and Parabhakthi is the realization of the Supreme Lord as a soul and, understanding the nature of the supreme soul which is a source of the functioning of Panchendhriyas, Karmendhriyas, mind, intellect, Ahankara, and Panchaprana.   We have been practicing Aparabhakthi for several years, therefore, it is difficult to raise the mind and intellect, all at once to a ‘Formless One’/ Parabhakthi, but the constant practice would definitely yield the results.  The several years of practice of worship of idols and images, uphold the souls to a certain extent to contemplate upon the supreme Lord who resides as soul, his all-pervasive nature and with the knowledge of ‘Oneness-in-all’ to Parabhakthi, a state where there is no Papa/sin and Punya/piousness. The practice of Para bhakti relieves the soul from Happiness and sorrow, failure and success, gain and loss, grace and disgrace; it would release the soul from extreme fear and anxieties, Papa and Punya, and Karma as well.

The three branches of Veda are categorized as Karmakanda initial part, Upasana Kandam the second part, and Gnanakanda, Vedanta/ Upanishada as the final part.   Karma Yoga is the performance of Karma, the practice of one’s own duties and responsibility sincerely without expecting any fruitful results from it, and receive all the happenings in the life as grace of supreme Lord, and relentlessly serve others with knowledge and whatever possible means, it removes the lethargy and expectation in the individual.  The Upasana Kanda/Upa + Asana describes methods of worship of an idol, or image, with the knowledge of the Supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings, envision the marvelous appearance of Lord as a medium to elevate the soul.  The Gnana Kanda describes the significance of learning and reciting the scriptures, and the elevation of the soul with the process of union of the soul with the supreme Lord is the state of bliss/ absence of a cluster of unwanted thoughts and fears.  The superior state of Prakgnanam Bhrama is the union of the soul with the supreme Bhramam and raise the soul beyond Papa and Punya and Karma.