||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 72 – The legend of Lord Krishna – The legend of King Pareekshith

Vidura Maithreya Samvadham

Bhagavan speaks “Oh! Bhrama, do not let the exhaustion or weariness take control over you; perform all your tasks with great enthusiasm. I shall reside in you and I will expose the world to you, therefore when you contemplate upon me with intense devotion and dedication, you will foresee me and realize the presence in you, the mind and intellect have originated from me, therefore it has returned to me. Oh! Bhrama, you cannot visualize my presence, like the fires in the wood hidden in it produce fire after the constant friction, all those creations are vested in me.  The Rishis, ascetics, sages and noble souls whose mind and intellect fixed upon supreme Lord, who resides as a soul in them, will not get blemished with the qualities of Rajasik nature/Kama and Krodha, therefore fix your mind and intellect upon me, so that you will not get attached to your creation. Oh! Bhrama, you have understood my all-pervasive nature, the ignorant people who are attached to worldly matters, and ‘I’ consciousness will not realize the presence of me. Oh! Bhrama, you have initiated on the lotus flower from my navel, you have envisioned me as ‘Nirguna Bhramam,’I am pleased with you, Oh! Bhrama, you can proceed with the function of creation, while performing your tasks, if you get attached to it or indulge in those creations, remember my presence as a soul in you, immediately you will be free from afflictions.”

Maitreya speaks “Oh! Vidura, thus the supreme Lord Adi Narayana appointed Lord Bhrama to expand all the creations those were already merged in him,  soon all those creations came to open with the influence of ‘time’.  Oh! Vidura, the illustrious Rishis, and Sages have calculated the time from Thrisarenu originated from Paramanu/we could see several minuscule parts in the sunrays, further the calculation of time was introduced witnessing the time taken the sunrays to travel  through these three minuscule particles, in this way they have introduced, two Paramanu contributes one Anu/electron and proton, three Anu is one Thrisrenu, three Thrisrenu is one Thruti, hundred Thruti is one Veda, three Veda is one Lava, three Lava is one Nimisha, three Nimisha is one Kshana, five Kshana is one Kashta, fifteen Kashta is one Laghu,  fifteen Laghu is one Nazhika,  One Nazhika is one Muhurtha, thirty Muhurtha is one day and night, seven days and night is one Sapthaha, two Sapthaha is one Paksha, eight Prahara is equal to  one day, fifteen days/two sapthaha are called one Paksha, two Paksha contributes one  month,  two months contributes one Rithu, three Ritus are called one Ayanam, two Ayanam/Uththarayanam and Dhakshinayanam  is one Samvathsaram,  one Samvathsaram as one year, three hundred and sixty Samvathsara is a year for the deities, twelve thousand Devavarsha is one Chathuryuga/Manvantharam, and fourteen Manvanthara  is one Kalpa.”

||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.”

||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 70 – The legend of Lord Krishna – The legend of King Pareekshith

Udhdhava speaks “Oh! Vidura, I have received that supreme knowledge from Bhagavan, his all-pervasive nature resides as soul in us. I have completely relieved out of my grief of separation from him. In this way, he elevated my soul from the grief of separation, I have no dearest companion other than him, and it is difficult to achieve a companion like him. I had the fortune to live with the Supreme Lord who resides as a soul in us. I have sincerely served his lotus feet in my all life; therefore I could elevate my soul from miseries and sorrows.” Vidura could not control his grief, he shed tears of extreme agony, could not bear the loss of Krishna and his entire clan, was yearning to meet Bhagavan.  Vidura could not utter a word, tears overflowing through the cheeks cried before Udhdhava finally managed to speak out a few words  “Oh! Udhdhava, you have met that supreme Lord Krishna before leaving the Earth, so that you could elevate your soul from the grief of separation from him. Oh! Udhdhava, I am helpless, kindly enlighten me with that knowledge to remove my grief as well, and kindly impart that superior knowledge to me.”  Udhdhava took hold of the hands of Vidura and speaks “ Oh! Vidura, the compassionate Lord Krishna advised Maharishi Maitreya, and instructed him to advise that greatest knowledge to you as well.  I am keeping that sacred knowledge firm in my heart and traveling to Badarikashrama at the instruction of supreme Lord Krishna.” Vidura bade-farewell to Udhdhava and on that night stayed in the riverbank of Yamuna, he recollected all those conversations with Udhdhava, shed tears in grief remembering the extreme compassion of supreme Lord Krishna. Vidura remembered the kindness of supreme Lord Krishna who has left his mortal coil and before leaving this world instructed Maitreya to impart that supreme knowledge to him to elevate the soul from the grief of separation.  On the next day, he proceeded to meet Maharishi Maitreya who resides on the riverbank of Ganga.

The conversation between Vidura and Maharishi Maitreya begin with an interesting question, Vidura expresses his qualm why the Jeeva relentlessly searching for happiness and performing various Karma, and eventually getting disappointed in search of it.  Maharishi Maitreya explains the greater influence of 'Time' on the deeds and its results, Prakrithi is the collection of diversified objects, and therefore it is difficult to achieve expected results from the constantly changing Prakrithi, this often puts the Jeeva in extreme distress due to the failure in achieving the expected results from the deeds. The Risis and Sages conducted rigorous research on the destructible ‘Prakrithi’ and the ‘Time’.  The fetus on the womb grows in ‘time’ and once it is fully matured it comes out of the mother’s womb.  The age of the infant is determined from the day of birth, in fact, the fetus originated from the Beeja of the father is beyond ‘Time’.  The ‘Time’ is calculated according to the movements of objects, like the movement of Sun revolves around the Earth causes to determine ‘Time’, hence the ‘Timeless’ space fills with the radiance  and darkens by this process. Finally, the Rishis have arrived in a conclusion that all those moving objects/living things and non-living things are subject to ‘Time’ and the eternal soul is not influenced by the ‘Time’.  Thus, the Rishis and Sages addressed the objects that are subject to ‘Time’ as Prakrithi, and the object that is beyond ‘Time’ as Purusha, further, all the destructible nature of Prakrithi was already merged in the supreme Purusha, has appeared with the influence of ‘Maya’. It continues to exist for a particular period of time and ultimately it has to merge with the supreme Purusha.   The Rishis and sages understood all that moving objects undergoes constant transformation and ruin, hence the happiness derived out of those material objects which is subjects to ‘Time’ cannot provide permanent bliss, they strongly recommended the practice of concentration upon the ‘changeless’ Purusha, from the frequently changing material world subject to ‘Time’, they also emphasized the mind and intellect has the immense potentials to get attracted to Prakrithi as well as Purusha. This practice was referred to the life of a ‘tortoise’ that has the capabilities to withdraw its body under the shell and expose it whenever it requires.  The Supreme Lord who resides as the soul is eternal and changeless, protects the Jeeva during the three states of awakening, sleep and dream.  The human body, mind and intellect, and sense organs, functions in the presence of the supreme soul, the body undergoes constant transformation and ruin, mind and intellect keep flowing with the ‘time’, in the changeless presence of supreme soul. All the moving objects are under the influence of ‘time’, on this basis past, present, and future of the objects were analyzed, they also found that the presence of the supreme soul in living beings is the source of realization of the past, present, and future, hence the supreme Lord is beyond ‘time’/Kalatheetha and zone and all those creatures in the Prakrithi are impermanent.

|| Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran||

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 17 – The creation of the Universe

Shukadev Maharaj describes “ Oh! King, There are three ways to contemplate upon the supreme Lord, sing in praise of Lord, remember his pastimes and virtues and meditate upon his glorious forms, cultivate an abundance of love and devotion to the supreme Lord, worship at his lotus feet, perform service to supreme Lord, surrender at his lotus feet, these are the significant path of devotion to the supreme Lord who is all-pervading, whose the physique has Viratswaroopa/massive form which comprises the fourteen worlds, all the living and non-living things.  The contemplation upon the Viratswaroopa of supreme Lord cultivates the sense of ‘Oneness-in-All’.  The Supreme Lord resides as a soul in living beings.  It would remove the impurities of the intellect, it would remove worldly bondage, frustration, anger, fear and lamentation etc..  The ears which do not listen to the glories of supreme Lord is merely a snake pit, the mouth which do not utter the splendor of Lord is nothing but croaks of a frog, the heart which do not melt in the glories of the Lord and causes tears on eyes is nothing but stone. ”

The Sutha Pauranika continued to describe the glories of supreme Lord, Shuka Shaunakas and the Sages and Rishis assembled were cheered “Hail to supreme Lord”.  Sutha Pauranika resumed “ Pareekshith Maharaj requested Shukadev to detail the creation of the Universe.”  Shukadev Maharaj said “ Oh! King, it was the same question asked by Maharishi Narada to his father Lord Bhrama.”

Lord Bhrama to Narada “ Oh! son, The supreme Lord created me and imparted the knowledge of Chathusloki Bhagavath as a tool for the creation, I am not the creator, I was assigned with the work of creation as Lord Mahadeva does annihilation at the end of an era.  Vathsa, the supreme Lord who represents innumerable Universes and its living beings, he is all-pervading, omniscient and omnipotent.  We are celestials who have not much knowledge about the Supreme Lord. I was created by the Supreme Lord, sprung up on a lotus flower from his navel.  All that I could sense was full of waves of energy, I was not aware of the purpose of my creation, therefore I have withdrawn myself through the lotus stem and conducted my search, it continued for one thousand one hundred years, I was unable to find the end of it, therefore I have returned.  The mass-energy surrounded was instructed me to undergo penance to receive the grace of the supreme Lord.  In this way, I have received the Chathushloki Bhagavath as a tool of creation from the supreme Lord who is imperishable, he continues to reside as a soul in all the living beings, he represents non-living things too, he continues to remain until the deluge takes place, and remains to exists after the delusion as well.  He is unharmed by the ‘Maya’/illusion and  it is the energy of the Supreme Lord.”

Shukadev Maharaj said “Pareekshith, I am describing the knowledge from Veda, which was re-created by Lord Bhrama after meticulously churning the scriptures thrice and brought out the essence of it known as ‘Devotion’/Bhakthi, I am teaching you the quintessence of it.”