|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 311 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  162

Srikrishna Udhdhava Samvadham

Athmano  Gururathmaiva  Purushasya Visheshatha: | Yath Prathyakshanumanabhyam Shreyoasavanuvindhathe||

The first and foremost preceptor of the human is their own soul, it is impossible to achieve freedom from worldly desires, matters, and bondage without the willingness of the individual soul to achieve the state where there are no miseries and sorrows.  The worship of one’s own preceptor with great reverence is the part of the process, more significantly sincerely following the teachings of the preceptor is as important as the veneration of him.  It is the responsibility of the individual soul to raise the state of bliss, sincerely following the teachings of the preceptor.  It is not the task of a preceptor to raise the souls from suffering; it is the individual effort by sincerely following his teachings.  The mere worship of the preceptor, without following his teachings would do no help to raise the soul from the state of worldly desires and attachments.

Bhagavan speaks “Oh! Udhdhava, if you want to elevate your soul, you should understand certain things.   The greatest wealth of the human is the intellect to separate goodness and evil, you should be aware of the Lokaththathvam/the nature of Prakrithi which is known as Sthoola, it has impermanent nature, it undergoes constant transformation and ruin due to the influence of ‘Time’, therefore you should understand the real nature of Prakrithi and should not get attached to it.   The intellectuals contemplate upon the supreme soul resides in them and gets relieved from the material world which is the mixture of good and evil.  You have to understand the prime truth that your soul/ ‘Athma’ is the supreme preceptor; it is addressed as Purusha by the intellectuals, once you realize the presence of supreme soul in you and have the curiousness to contemplate upon it, eventually it would help you to attain an elevation of the soul from the worldly matters and grief.  The intellectuals with the knowledge of Sankhya/Gnana which describes the nature of Purusha and Prakrithi, and the practice of the same/ Yoga, elevate their soul to the supreme soul who is all-pervasive. Oh! Udhdhva, Listen to me carefully, I shall narrate the brilliant teachings of an Avadhootha.  It was an incident happened during the regime of my forefather/Yadhumaharaj who had a conversation with an Avadhootha. It was during that period the whole country was suffering from intense drought and famine, Yadhumaharaj went to meet the people of his Kingdom, to enquire about their sufferings in person. He saw a saintly person with a pleasing face sitting under the tree, he was unclothed.  Yadhumaharaj was so impressed to watch the Avadhootha who has a serene face, sitting under the tree in the blazing sun. Yadhu Maharaj approached the Avadhootha and asked for the reason of his pleasing nature that was like a person taking a dip in the icy waters of sacred river Ganga in Haridwar during the extremely hot season.  Yadhu Maharaj speaks “ Oh! Avadhootha, how could you remain calm and serene while the entire people of the Kingdom suffering from the scorching heat? Kindly narrate to me.”