|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 302 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  153

Nimi Navayogi Samvadham

King Nimi speaks “Oh! Bhagavantha, why did the mind and intellect remain constantly under the clutches of VishnuMaya? Not letting to engage in the listening to glorious of Harikatha which is the supreme cure for all the miseries and sorrows of worldly existence.”

Navayogi Anthareeksha/symbolizes illusion speaks “ Oh! Rajan, a Jeeva attains body due to its accumulated desires, lust, ego, pride, and jealous,  interest in worldly matters and bondages; it keeps taking several births due to the influence of Maya, without the knowledge of supreme Lord who resides as a soul in them.  The Jeeva soaked in Maya constantly engages in a search for sensual pleasures, eventually it completely takes away the attention of the Jeeva from the knowledge of ‘Self’, it causes the Jeeva to undergo endless miseries and sorrows of their own deeds/Karma, in this way, without the knowledge of ‘self’ continues to remain soaked in the worldly matters, takes several births.  The Jeeva continues to hurl in the cycles of births for hundreds of years, get burnt in the scorching heat of Sun, come down along with the downpour, once again enters in the cycle’s birth from the Beeja of male and enters the womb of the female.”

King Nimi speaks “Oh! Maharishi, kindly describes the ways to get freed from the Maya/illusion? How did we get rid of it easily?”

Navayogi Prabuddha speaks “Oh! Rajan, Jeeva performs all the deeds to get satisfaction, so they never get satisfied with their deeds, they keep chasing for the pleasure relentlessly, and completely engages in the worldly matter and bondages, this creates huge obstacles to elevate the soul.  A Jeeva desires to achieve Shreyas/fortune, the elevation of the soul, get freed from the miseries and sorrows of worldly existence; it should take shelter at the feet of a preceptor who elevates the soul with the knowledge of scriptures, like a person stuck in the darkness seeks help from the person in the brightness, like a hunter guides an individual who left alone in the middle of dense forest.  Oh! Rajan, You need not search for a preceptor outside, you have marvelous scripture ‘Bhagavatham’ which is the supreme Lord Krishna/Swayam Hi Krishna, it is the greatest wealth for all, it teaches the Bhagavatha Dharma, it is Guru/preceptor, Athma/soul and Deivam/God, the constant listening and reciting this scripture would please Lord Hari who resides as a constant companion of the soul.  The association with the saintly people and ascetics is like a stream that moves along with the huge watercourse, which is constantly in search of the union with the ocean.  It would cultivate a sense of kindness, compassion, companionship, curiousness to learn scriptures, silence, purity, the practice of celibacy, etc.  It would purify the intellect and the souls achieve serenity of mind.  It should be read with the utmost dedication and concentration, do not pass sarcastic comment on anything, listen to it with dedication/Shravanam, sung in praise/Keerthanam, and contemplate upon it/Dhyanam on the various mysterious legends of Hari.   ”

Shravanam Keerthanam Dhyanam  Hareth Adhbhutha Karmana: | Janmakarma Gunanam Cha  Thadharththe Akhilacheshtitham||

Anthareeksha continues “ Oh! Rajan, initially, it is difficult to adopt any of the above-said methods, assemble with the pious people and listen to this glorious myths and share it with each other’s and keep discussing on it, keep a practice of recitation or listening to the birth of supreme Lord Krishna, and his various passionate sports, along with your family, children, and wives.  Keep constant association of the ascetics, pious and saintly men, and serve them, would provide sense renunciation.  This practice would provide intense love on supreme Lord Hari, it also helps to grow mutual love, respect, and affection in the family. In this way, keep contemplating upon supreme Lord Hari and make others involved in the contemplation of Lord Hari.  In this practice, you can get rid of accumulated sins, and it would bring intense devotion and faith upon him. It would bring tears in your eyes, you will be transported to the state of ecstasy, you cannot express them in words, and finally, it would bring union with the Supreme Lord Hari.    Whoever recites or listen to the Bhagavatha Dharma in the above-said methods would get rid of Maya effortlessly.  The intense devotion transforms the Anyabhakthi/worship of idols, worship in the shrines, to Ananyabhakthi/with the knowledge that the supreme Lord  who resides as a soul in living beings and stop conducting the search for that supreme Lord outside the world, in this way you can get of Maya/illusion easily.”

King Nimi speaks “Oh! Bhramaviththama, kindly describe the methods of meditation and whom to be contemplated?”