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Srimad Bhagawatam, First Canto, Volume Three Yudhisthir was the pious king and therefore he could see Narada Muni occasionally: any one who may desire to see Narada Muni may firstly be a pious man by following the foot prints of Narada Muni. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the First Canto Thirteenth Chapter in the matter of Dhritarastra Quits Home. 14
FOURTEENTH CHAPTER Disappearance of Lord Krishna: Sri Sura Uvacha: Samprasthite dwarakayam jisnou bandhu dtdriksaya Jnatum cha punya slokasya krishnasya cha vichestitam. Sri Suta uvacha—Sri Sutagoswami said: Samprasthite—having gone out, Dwarakayam—in the city of Dwarka, Jisnou—Arjuna, Bandhu—friends and reltives, Didrkshaya—for meeting them, Jnatum—to know, cha—also, Punyaslokasya—of One whose glortes are sung by Vedic hymns, Krihnasya—of Lord Krishna, Vichestitam—further programme of work. Arjuna went to Dwarka to see Lord Sri Krishna and other friends here and also for knowing from The Lord about His next activities. As stated in the Bhagwat Geet The Lord descended on the earth for protection of the faithful and anninihilation of the impious men and after the battle of Kuruklhetra and establishment of Maharaj Yudhtsthir the mission of the Lord was complete. The Pandavas specially Sri Arjuna was eternal companion of the Lord and therefore he went to Dwarka to know from the Lord about His next programme of work. Byatitah katichit masas ada nayat tato arjuna Dadarsa ghora rupani nimittani kurudbahah. Byatitah—after passing away, Katichit—some, Masah—months, Tada—at that time, Nayat—did not return, Tato— from there, Dadarsa—observed, Ghora—fearful, Rupani—appearances, Nimittani—various causes, Kurudbahah—Maharaj Yudhisthir. A few months had passed away and still Arjuna did not come back from there and Maharaj Yudhisthira also began to observe some inauspicious causes of appearances which were themselves fearful. Lord Srikrishna the Supreme Personality Godhead is ad infinitum more powerful than the most powerful Sun of our experience. Millions and billions of suns are created by Him and annihilated by Him within His one breathing period. In the material world the sun is considered to be the source of all productivity and material energy and due to the Sun only we can have necessities of life. Therefore, during the personal presence of the Lord on the earth all paraphernalia of our peace and prosperity specially religion and knowledge were in full display on account of the Lord's presence as much as there is full flood of light in the presence of the glowing sun. Maharaj Yudhisthir observed some discrepancies in his kingdom and therefore, he became too much anxious about Arjuna who was long absent and there were no news about Dwarka's well being. He suspected disappearance of Lord Krishna otherwise there was no possibilityof fearful causes of inauspicity. Kalasya cha gatim roudram viparyastar tu dharmanah Papiyasim nrinam vartam krodha lobha anritatmanam. Kalasya—of the eternal time, Cha—also, Gatim—direction, Roudram— fearful, Viparyastar—discrepancies, Tu—but, Dharmanah—specific function, Papiyasim—sinful, Nrinam—of the human being, Vartam—means of livelihood, Krodha—anger, Lobha—greed, Anritam—falsehood, Atmanam— of the people. He saw that direction of the eternal time had changed and it was very fearful. There was discrepancies in the seasonal regulations. The people in general had become too much greedy, angry and accustomed to falsehood. And he saw also that the people in general had adopted foul means of livelihood. When civilization is disconnected with the loving relation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the symptoms like change of seasonal regulations, man's foul means of livelihood, all becoming too much greedy angry, affinitive for falsehood, all become too much rampant. Change of seasonal regulation means atmosphere of one season being manifested in another season for example the rainy season transferred to autumn or the fruits and flowers of one season becoming fructified in another season. A godless man is invariably a greedy, angry and accustomed to falsehood man. Such man can earn his livelihood by any means never mind black and white. During the reign of Maharaj Yudhisthir all the above symtoms were conspicuous by their absence. But Maharaj Yudhisthir was astonished to experience even a slight change in the godly atmosphere of his kingdom and at once he suspected disappearance of the Lord. Foul means of livelihood means deviation from one's occupational duty. There are prescribed duties for every one such as the Brahmin, Kahatriyas, Vaishyas and Sudras but any one of them who deviates from the prescribed duty and declares at the same to belong to the particular section it is called foul means of occupational duty. A man becomes too much greedy for wealth and power when he has no higher objective of life and when he knows only this earthly life for a few years is all in all. Ignorance is the cause for all these anomalies of the human society and to remove this ignorance of life specially in this age of degradation the powerful sun is there in the shape of Srimad Bhagwatam to distribute light. Jimbhaprayam byadahritam shathya misrancha souhridam Pitri matri suhrid bhratri dampatinam cha kalkanam 15 Jimbhaprayam—almost cheating, Byadahritam—in all ordmary transactions, Shathya—duplicity, Mishrancha— adulterated in, Souhridam—in the matter friendly well wishes, Pitri—father, Matri—in the matter of the mother, Bhratri—one's own brother, Dampatinam—in the matter of husband and wife, Cha—also, Kalkanam—mutual quarrel. All ordinary transactions and dealings become poluted with cheating; even they are mixed up with cheatings between a friend and friend. And over all in the family affairs there is always misunderstanding between father mother and sons, between wellwishers, between brothers and even with husband and wife there is always a strain of mind and quarrel. A conditioned living being in endowed with four principle of malpractices namely errors, insanity, inability and cheating. These are signs of imperfectness and out of the four one malpractice namely the propensity for cheating others is most prominent. And why this cheating practice is there in the conditoned soul because the conditioned souls are primarily in the material world imbued with an unnatural desire for lording it over the material world. A living being in his pure state is not conditioned by the laws because in his pure state he is conscious that a living being is eternally subservient to the Supreme Being and as such it is always good for him to remain as subservient, instead of falsely trying to lord it over the property of the Supreme Lord. In the conditioned state such living being is not satisfted even if he becomes actually the Lord of all that he surveys which he never becomes and there fore he becomes the victim of all kinds of cheating even with his most nearest and intimate relations. In such unsatistactory state of affairs there is no harmony even between the father and the sons or between the husnand and the wife. But all these contending difficultes can be mitigated by one sanguine process and that is devotional service of the Lord. The world of hypocrisy can be checked only by counteraction of devotional service of the Lord. and nothing else. Maharaj Yudhisthir having observed the disparities, conjectued dislocation of the Lord's presence on the earth. Nimityani ati aristani kale tu anugate nrinam Lobhadi adharma prakritim dristwa uvacha anuajm nripah. Nimityani—causes, Ati—very serious, Aristani—inauspicities, Kale—in course of time, Tu—but, Anugate—passing away, nrinam—of the humanity at large, Lobhadi—greed etc, Adharma—irreligious Prakritim—habits, Dristwa—having observed, Uvacha—said, Anujam—younger brother, Nripah the king. In course of time it has come to happen that people in general have become accustomed to greed, anger, pride etc and Maharaj Yudhisthir having observed all these serious inauspicities addressed his younger brothers and said. A pious king like Maharaj Yudhisthir at once became perturbed in mind when there was such inhumanly symptoms as greed, anger, irreligiosities hypocrisy rampant in the society. And it appears from this statemant that all the abovementioned symptoms of degraded society were unknown to the people of the time and it became astonishing for them to have experienced them with the advent of the Kali Yuga or the age of quarrel. Yudhisthira Uvacha Sampresito dwarakayam jisnur bandhar didrikshaya Jnatum cha punyaslokasya krishnasya cha vichestitam. Yudhisthira Uvacha—Maharaja said: Sampresito—has gone to, Dwarakayam—at Dwarka, Jisnur— Arjuna, Bandhur—friends, Didrikshaya—for sake of meeting, Jantum—to know, Cha—also, Punyaslokasya—of the Personality of Godhead, Krishnasya—of Lord Sri Krishna, Cha—and, Vichestitam—programme of work. Maharaja Yudhistir said to his younger brother Bhimasena as follows: "Bhimsena ! I sent Arjuna to Dwarka for meeting the friends as well as to know from the Personality of Godhead Krishna what about His programme of work." Gatah sapta adhuna masa bhimasena taba anuiah Na ayati kasya va hetor na aham veda idam anjasa. Gatah—has gone, Sapta—seven, Adhuna—upto date, Masa—months, Bhimasena—Oh Bhimasena, Taba—Your, Anuja— younger brother, Na— does not, Ayati—come back, Kasya—for what, Va—Or, Hetor—reason, Na—not, Aham—I, Veda—know, Idam—this, Anjasa—factually. "Since he has departed from this place it is now seven months past up to date but he has not as yet returned back from there and I do not know factually how things are going there." Api devarshina adistah sa kalo ayam upastithah Yada atmano angam akridam bhagawan utsisrikshati. Api—whether, Devarshina—by the demigod saint (Narada) Adistah— instructed, Sa—that, Kalo—eternal time, Ayam—this, Upasthitam—arrived, Yada—when, Atmano—of His ownself, Angam—plenary portion, Akridam—manifestation, Bhagawan—the personatity of Godhiad, Utsisrikshati—is going to quit it off.
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