||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 71 – The legend of Lord Krishna – The legend of King Pareekshith

Lord Bhrama eulogizes Lord Vishnu “Oh! Bhagavan, I have understood the nature of supreme Purusha with the constant meditation/Upasana and recitation of scriptures, it is impossible to realize your nature as a supreme soul for the Jeeva that are immersed in the worldly matters, bondage, and body consciousness. Oh! Bhagavan, I have understood there is nothing other than you in this Universe.  Oh! Bhagavan, you are the source of the functioning of Indhriyas/Jagratha/state of consciousness, and mind and intellect/sub-conscious, and supreme consciousness/realization of ‘self’.  Oh! Bhagavan, you are void of Thamasik nature, I have realized your presence as supreme soul, but the unfortunate Jeeva refuses to realize it. I shall surrender at the lotus feet of Supreme Lord who symbolizes supreme bliss and independent/free from birth or death, does not require the support of Prakrithi for its existences unlike human, eternal, and changeless.   The Jeeva is dependent on Prakrithi and Purusha on its existence.  Oh! Bhagavan you have supreme radiance, and all-pervasive nature resides as a soul in living beings.  Oh! Bhuvanamangala who is the source of auspiciousness to the Universe, I shall prostrate before you, Oh! Bhagavan, you are attainable to those who contemplate upon you with the practice of constant Upasana/meditation/Shravanam, Keerthanam, Dhyanam/Ananyabhakthi.  You are not attainable for those who are fixed their mind and intellect on material well-being, people, fame, richness, and wealth; they end up in a state of hell of constant miseries and sorrow.  Oh! Bhagavan, whoever listens to the scriptures which describes the splendor of Supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings and worship at your lotus feet will not face fears or anxieties.  Oh! Bhagavan, people whoever attached to wealth, people, fame, richness, etc. that has impermanent nature will undergo constant fear and anxieties.  These kinds of people chase for meager happiness, constantly run after to fulfill sensual pleasures and overburden themselves, unwilling to contemplate or meditate upon the Supreme Lord, lead their life like a pauper.  Oh! Bhagavan, whenever I see the Jeeva with their endless desires and attachments towards material well-being and their own people, thereby undergoes the sufferings of poverty, physical and mental ailments, miseries and sorrows, etc. I feel pity for them. Whoever practices meditation and contemplation upon the supreme Lord who resides as a soul will remain untouched by any of these situations in their life.  Oh! Bhagavan, you are the source of the functioning of the Gnana and Karmendhriyas, mind and intellect, without the knowledge of your presence, the Jeeva get attached to the diversified nature of Prakrithi, like an earthen lamp/supreme soul kept inside a mud pot /Jeeva with several holes in it. If they do not elevate their soul from the impermanent Prakrithi, they will carry endless miseries and sorrows in their lives.  Oh! Bhagavan, you permanently reside in the hearts of noble souls who constantly meditate upon you and recite your glories, and get pleased with them and bless them.  Oh! Bhagavan, I shall prostrate before that supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings, showering endless mercy upon Jeeva, get pleased with the virtuous soul and permanently showering your compassionate grace upon them.  Oh! Bhagavan, you symbolizes the Universe and its living beings, you are all-pervasive, there is nothing other you in this whole Universe, I shall prostrate before that supreme Lord who represents Lord Bhrama, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahadeva, the trinities who undertakes the function of creation, preservation, and destruction of Universe and its living beings.  Oh! Bhagavan, you are the savior from the extreme fears and anxieties, the whole world is bow down before you and constantly dependent on you,  Oh! Bhagavan, you are attainable with the performance of intense meditation and austerities, I shall repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh! Bhagavan, Oh! Shriyapathi, who symbolizes all the auspicious, I have chosen to perform the function of creation, hence kindly describe the Shrishtirahasya to me.  Oh! Purusha, Oh! Purana, kindly enlighten me the knowledge of creation, so that I will not get attached to the creation and hurl into endless miseries and sorrows.”