|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 361 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  209

Kaler Dhoshanidhe Rajanasthi Hyeko Mahan Guna: | Keerthanadeva Krishnasya Mukthasanga: Param Vrajeth || Krithe  Yadhyatho Vishnum Threthayam Yajatho Makhai: | Dhwapare Paricharyayam Kalu Thadh Harikeerthanath ||

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, In this Kali era, singing in praise of Lord Krishna, the association of saintly men and ascetics would bring liberation from cycles of birth and death.  In the  Krita Yuga the illustrious Rishis and Sages conducted extreme penance and attained Lord Vishnu, in the Thretha Yuga the Rishis and sages were engaged in the fire sacrifice and elevated their souls,  in the Dwapara Yuga, the pious and righteous elevated their souls with the worship of Lord, in the Kali era, the remembrance of supreme Lord Hari and chanting his sacred names would bring liberation from repeated births.”

The human mind and intellect are structured in a manner to get easily attracted to material matters and spiritual matters as well.  The increased interest in the material world would cause fear and mental exhaustion; eventually, it would pave way for repeated births as well.  Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran is an inspirational scripture that enlightens the souls to attain the highest of the spiritual state, to get rid of extreme fears, anxieties, sorrows, and miseries of worldly existence, and ultimately attain liberation from the cycles of repeated births with the constant practice of meditation.  It repeatedly denotes the immense potential of the human mind and intellect to rise from the destructible nature of Prakrithi/body-conscious to the state of bliss, attain the union with the supreme Bhramam which is free from afflictions.  Therefore the ultimate object of a Jeeva is to attain the union with the supreme soul that requires constant practice of meditation and learning from scriptures and being in the association of saintly men and ascetics.  The constant practice of meditation and a disciplined life would bring the serenity of mind/lack of expectation.

There are four types of deluge/Pralaya, such as Nithya Pralaya, Naimiththika Pralaya, Prakritha Pralaya and Bhrama Pralaya/Athyanthika Pralaya which is beyond ‘Time’.  ‘Prakarshena Layam Ithi Pralayam’ or Laya is the union, all the living and non-living things have to undergo constant transformation and ruin as per the law of nature.  The human body undergoes aging, illnesses, and death is defined as Nithya Pralaya.  The physical and mental exhaustion causes sleep which is called Naimiththika Pralaya.  The Prakritha Pralaya is the process after death, it is a known fact that the corpse would combine with the soil and enhances the productiveness of the soil.  The Bhrama Pralaya is the superior state, union of mind and intellect/thoughts in the supreme soul.