|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 337 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  188

Udhdhava speaks “Oh! Aravindhaksha, the Veda affirms to perform certain rites compulsorily and describes the sins for not performing those rituals/Karmakanda,  the Universe is the mixture of good and evil, how could we take the good and discard the bad in it?”

Bhagavan speaks “ Oh! Udhdhava, you should have thorough knowledge about ‘Thrayi yoga’ such as Karma/performance of deeds, Gnana/wisdom and Bhakti/devotion, Yoga, are the easiest methods for the elevation of the soul.  Oh! Udhdhava, Karmayoga is the initial method of a Kamarthi, performing deeds sincerely without any anticipation,  Bhakthiyoga is the practice for the individuals who are drenched in intense devotion and love for supreme Lord, and Gnanayoga is the  superior state of practice beyond Karma and Bhakti, eventually the worshiper attains the highest spiritual state of supreme bliss.  Oh! Udhdhava, continue to perform the Karma, listening to my glorious myths that would keep you liberated from the Karma.  Oh! Udhdhava, whoever practices Karma performing all the deeds sincerely without any expectation of fruitful results, Bhakti Yoga practices intense devotion and faith upon me and Gnanayoga attains the supreme wisdom with the constant listening and reciting the scriptures and my glorious myths that would elevate the souls.  Oh! Udhdhava, the deities and even the souls from heaven and hell yearn to take birth in the Kali era to practice the devotion/ Bhakti, Karma, and Gnana and attain liberation.  Oh! Udhdhava, a devotee should not yearn for Swarga/heavenly pleasures/Ksheene Punye Marthyalokam Vishanthi, he/she yearn for elevating the soul from ‘I’ consciousness.  Therefore, whoever elevates their soul from the mouth of death, with the constant contemplation and meditation upon me, get rid of extreme fears of death,  while raising the soul from the destructible Prakrithi, attains union with the supreme soul which eternal and bliss.  Otherwise, the Jeeva hurls into the cycles of repeated births.  Therefore an intelligent person elevate his soul with constant contemplation upon me, with the knowledge that the body is perishable and it is under the constant influence of  the ‘Time’,  the birds like  souls, dash away from the tree/human body, which is nearing  its destruction/death in the hands of a woodcutter. ”