||Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudhevaya||
Chapter – 111 – The legend
of Matsya Avathar -3
King Sathyavratha eulogized
Lord Hari who has assumed the form of a giant fish “Oh! Bhagavan, Oh!
Preceptor, I am drenched in ignorance of worldly existence, I am worn out of
happiness and sorrow, I have lived all my life to please my senses, I was
seeking happiness in the people and material things, and I have been in search
of material welfare and people to make myself happy. Oh! Bhagavan, Oh! Parmaguro, your nearness
could break the worldly bondage that I have fastened myself with others, my body
consciousness, and attachment to material possessions, like a blazing fire that
removes dirt from the precious yellow metal.
Oh! Bhagavan, the nearness of a preceptor could wash off the impurities
like Avidhya/ignorance Kamam/lust and desires Karma/addiction to physical
activities, excessive attachment to worldly matter, worldly affairs, and the
increased expectations, ego, jealousy, pride, anger, etc. Oh! Bhagavan, Oh! Paramaguro, I shall take
refuge at your lotus feet, like blind seeking help from the intellectual who
has eyesight, kindly elevate my soul to the highest state of serenity. Oh! Bhagavan, I am fortunate to have your presence, there
are people who wandering without any ultimate objective, they copy each other’s
way of living blindly, ultimately heave themselves into the darkness of
ignorance due to lack of a preceptor, Oh!
Lord, kindly bless me with the supreme knowledge that can elevate my soul to the supreme Lord. Oh! Bhagavan, you are the closest companion of all the living beings, you are beloved deity who resides
as a soul in living beings, kindly liberate me from the worldly bondage and
elevate my soul. Oh! Supreme Lord, kindly removes all my
impurities and fills my intellect and mind with brightness, thereby eradicate
all the worldly bondage and elevate my soul.”
Shuka Bhramam concludes “
Oh! King Pareekshit, the supreme Lord Hari who was surrounded by Rishis and King Sathyavratha, described the ultimate philosophy/Thathva/ultimate truth of Sanathana Bhramam. Later, Lord Narayana killed the demon
Hayagreevah and restored the Veda. Thus
the King Sathyavratha attained the supreme knowledge. Whoever reads or listen to the legend of King
Sathyavratha and the glorious incarnation of supreme Lord Vishnu as giant fish would get liberated from all the apprehensions, eventually attain the highest
of the state of spirituality known as
supreme bliss. I shall prostrate before
the supreme Lord Hari who has assumed the form of a giant fish to restore the
Veda and elevated the soul of King Sathyavratha who was troubled by the deluge.”
The giant fish represents
the Beeja/Shukla that is deposited in the womb of a female, it has the resemblance to baby fish, it is deposited with the water, and the growth of the
baby fish in the Kamandalu has not stopped, it continued the growth, in this
process it has adopted a river, pond, finally it has grown to a giant size was
deposited in the ocean as its shelter place.
The human life subject to constant transformation in every second,
during this process it gets attached to various material welfare and bondage, it
constantly undergoes happiness, grief, fear, anxieties, pain and sorrows, the
intellectuals who are thoroughly aware of the impermanent nature of all the
living beings, and material things, they are Jijyasu/curious who conducts the search
for the ultimate truth, remain in the association of Sadhus/saintly people,
and learning scriptures, eventually attain union with the flawless supreme
Bramham, with the constant practice of meditation, contemplation, Pranayama
etc. Thus the imperfect soul immerses in
the contemplation of flawless Bhrama and remains in the supreme bliss, like the
rivers merge with the ocean to attain perfection. The mind and intellect should merge with its
origin, known as supreme soul and the physical body unites with the Prakrithi. The ignorant end up in extreme distress, guilt, and shame with their constant
search for sensual pleasures and prepare them to take re-birth.
