|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 306 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  157

Nimi Navayogi Samvadham

The practice of devotion and worship of the Supreme Lord as Upasana Moorthi is to elevate the soul from the worldly matter and bondage.   The Supreme Lord has incarnated on the Earth to elevate the souls and destroy the wickedness and deceitfulness.  The worship of the supreme Lord and performance of related spiritual and religious rites should not be a medium to fulfill one’s own material desire; it should be a means to attain serenity of the mind.  Therefore, any spiritual and religious rites should not be performed aiming for material welfare, people and wealth which have impermanent nature.  The mind and intellect have immense potential to rise to the extreme heights of spirituality, the state where there is no sorrows, agonies, pain, and miseries.  Therefore the spiritual practice is not to attain any material well being, it is for the spiritual elevation of the souls with the constant practice of meditation.

King Nimi speaks “ Oh!Bhramin, Oh! Athmaviththama, how could we attain the serenity of the mind? How did we conduct meditation upon supreme Lord Hari?”

Chamasa speaks “Oh! Rajan, Anekagratha/ lack of undivided attention is the state of mind full of a cluster of thoughts, causes an inability to concentrate on a specified object.  There are four Yugas, Kritha/Sathya Yuga, Thretha Yuga, Dwapara and Kali Yuga.  During Krita/Sathya Yuga, the mind and intellect had intense capabilities to conduct meditation.  In the Thretha Yuga, the three qualities are known as Sathva, Rajasik, and Thamasik, started to expose, the Sathvik nature has lessened and Rajasik nature has increased, therefore the worship of the supreme Lord conducted in the form of fire sacrifices.   All the available ingredients were offered in the Agni with utmost dedication and devotion followed with Vedic chants, and accepted all those merits as the grace of the Supreme Lord.  In the Dwapara Yuga, the worship of deities as an idol, Goseva, Booseva/Upasana was predominant.  In this Kali era, humans became lethargic and lazy, experienced lack of memory and extreme fear and anxieties, that can be retreated only with the reading or listening to the glorious myths of supreme Lord or singing in praise of him/Harikatha and Acchyutha Keerthanam, more importantly the women and Shudras should be included in this deed with great humility to elevate their souls.”

Nimi speaks “ Oh! Bhramin, how did we practice the constant remembrance of the Supreme Lord?”

Namasthe  Vasudevaya  Nama: Sankarshanaya Cha | Pradhyumnayanirudhdhaya Thubhyam Bhagavathe Nama: || Narayanaya  Rishaye  Purushaya Mahathmane | Vishweshwaraya  Vishwaya  Sarvabhoothathmane Nama: ||

Karabhajana speaks “Oh! Rajan, if the mind is restless due to the cluster of thoughts, the remembrance of the practice of sacred names of the Supreme Lord would bring the serenity of the mind.  I shall prostrate before the lotus feet of Mahapurusha who incarnated as Lord Krishna and Rama, he is serene and pleasant, he is worshiped by Lord Bhrama and Lord Shiva, and the sacred rivers, he is venerated by the distressed and desolate people, he took great care of the people of Vraja and elevated the souls soaked in the material matters and bondage of worldly existence.  I shall prostrate before the lotus feet of Supreme Lord Rama who sacrificed the wealth, Kingdom and his beloved people and sincerely followed the order his father, undertook strict austerities, and conducted penance in the woods, chased the Mayamrigam/golden deer at the request of his consort to perform a Mahathkarma/superior deed.  The constant remembrance of his sacred names and his various incarnations would bring all the auspiciousness to the worshiper.  It would remove the restlessness and anxieties, and provide serenity to the mind.  Oh! Rajan, in this Kali era, the contemplation upon supreme Lord Narayana and singing in praise of him and reading his glorious myth, are the supreme method to elevate the soul.”

Dhyeyam Sadha  Paribhavaghnam Abheeshtadhoham | Theerthaspadham Shiva Virinchinutham Sharanyam | Bhrithyarthiham Pranathapala Bhavabdhipotham | Vandhe Mahapurusha They Charanaravindham || Thyaktha Sudhusthyajasurepsitha Rajyalakshmim | Dharmishta Aryavachasa Yadhagadharanyam| Mayamrigam Dhayithayepsithamanvadhavadhvandhe | Mahapurushatha They Charanaravindham ||