<strong>Srimad</strong> Bhagawatam, First Canto, <strong>Volume</strong> Three I am thinkig about my self and oh the best amongst the demigods for yourself also as well as for all the demigods, sages denizens of the Pitriloka, about the devotees of the Lord and all men obdient to the system of Varna and Ashrama in the buman society To effect perfection of human life there is series of co-operative link between man to demigods, sages, denizens of the Pitriloka, devotees of the Lord and the scientific system of Varna and Ashrama orders of Life. Distinction of human life and animal life therefore begins on the background of the scientific system of Varna and Ashrama guided by the experience of the sages and in relation with the demigods gradually rising to the summit of re-establihment of our eternal relation with the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna. When the God-made Varnashram Dharma, which is strictly meant for cooperation with the machinary of developing animal consciousness to human consciousness and from human consciousness to Godly consciousness of perfect living condition, is broken by advancement of foolishness of the human being, at that time the wbole system of peaceful progressive life is at once disturbed. In the age of Kali the first attack of the venomeous snake is struck on the God-made Varna Ashrama Dharma and thus a person properly qualified as a Brahmin is called a Sudra and Sudra by qualification is passing on as the Brahmin all on the false sense of birth right claim. To become Brahmin by the birthright claim is not at all bonafide although it may be fnlfilment of one of the conditions but the real qualification of a Brahmin is to be situated on the strength of controlling the mind, the senses, stamina of tolerance, simplicity, cleanliness, knowledge, devotion and faith in the Vedic wisdom and truthfulness. In the present age consideration of the necessary qualification is being neglected and the false birthright claim is being supported even by a much popular sophisticated poet and author of 'Ramcharit Manas'. This is all due to the influence of the age of Kali and Mother earth represented as the Cow was lamenting the regretable condition. Brahmdayo vahutitham yad apanga-moksha Kamas tapah samacharan bhagwat prapannah. Sa sreeh swavasa aravindavanam vihaya Yad pada soubhagam alam bhajate anurkta. Tasya aham abja kulisha ankusa ketu ketaih Srimat padair bhagavatah samalamkritangi Trin ati arocha upalabhya tatoh vibhutim Lokan sa mam vyasrijat utsmayatim tadante. Brahmadayo—demigods like Brahma and others, Vahutitham—for many days, Yad—of Lakshmi the goddess of fortune, Apangamoksham—glance of grace, Kamas—being desirous of, Tapah—penances, Samacharan— executing, Bhagwat—unto the Personality of Godhead, Prapannah— surrendered, Sa—She the Goddess of Fortune, Sreeh—Lakshmiji, Swavasa— Her own habitation, Aravindavanam—the forest of lotus flower, Vihaya— leaving aside, Yad—whose, Pada—feet, Soubhagam—all billsful, Alam— without hesitation, Bhajate—worshsps, Anurakta—being attached, Tasya— His, Aham—Myself, Abja—Lotus flower, Kulisha—thunderbolt, Ankusha— the rod for driving elephant, Ketu—flag, Ketaih—impressions, Srimat—the owner of all opulence, Padair—by the palm of the feet, Bhagvatah—of the Personality of Godhead, Samalamkritangi—one whose body is so decorated, Trin—three, Ati—superseding, Arocha—beautifully decorated, Upalabhya— having obtained, Tatoh—thereafter, Vibhutim—specific, Lokan—the planet, Sa—he, Mam—me, Vyasrijat—gave up, Utsamuyatim—while feeling proud, Tadante—at the end. Lakshmiji the Goddess of Fortune, whose glance of Grace was sought after by demigods like Brahma and others and thus for many a days they surrendered unto the Personality of Godhead,—did give up her own place of habitation the forest of lotus flower and engaged Herself in the service of the Lotus Feet of the Lord. I was endowed with specific power of superseding the fortune of all the three planetary system for being decorated with the impression of the flag, thunderbolt, rod for driving the elephant and lotus flower which are signs of the lotus feet of the Lord, but at the end when I felt of being so fortunate, the Lord left me. The beauty and opulence of the world can be enhanced by the Grace of the Lord and not by any manmade palanning. When the Lord Sri krishna was present on the earth the impressions of the special signs of His palm of the lotus feet were being stamped on the dust and as a result of this specific grace on the earth the whole atmosphere was as perfect as it ought to have been. In other words the rivers, the seas, the forests, the hills and the mines which are the supplying agents for the necessaries of the man and the animals, were fully discharging their respective duties and therfore the riches of the world surpassed all the riches of all other planets or the three planetary systems of the universe. One should therefore ask the Grace of the Lord for being present always on the surface of the earth so that we may be favoured with His causeless mercy and be happy having all necessaries of life exuberantly. One may ask how we can detain the Supreme Lord on this earth after His mission is fulfilled and His leaving this earth for His own abode? The answer is that 42 there is no need of detaining the Lord but the Lord being omnipresent He can be present with us if we want Him at all. By His omnipresence potency He can always be with us if we are attached with His devotional service in the manner prescribed in nine transcendental service of hearing, chanting, remembering etc, There is nothing in the world with which the Lord is disconnected. The only thing we must learn is to excavate the source of connection and be thus linked up with Him by offenceless service. We can do so being connected with Him by transcendental sound representation of the Lord The holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself are two identical things and one who chants the holy name of the Lord in offenceless manner can at once realise that the Lord is present before him. Even by vibration of radio sound we can partially realise the presence of the sound relativity and by resounding the sound of transcendence we can verily feel the presence of the Lord. In this age when everything is poluted by the contamination of Kali it is instructed in the Scriptures and preached by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that by chanting the holy Name of the Lord, we can at once be free from the contamination gradually rising to the status of transcendence for going back to Home back to Godhead. The offenceless chanter of the Holy Name of the Lord is as good an auspiciousness as the Lord Himself and arrangement for movement of such pure devotees of the Lord all over the world can at once change the troublesome face of the world. By propagation of the chanting of the Holy Name of the Lord only we can be immune from all effects cf the age of Kali. Yo vai mama atibharam asurabansa rajnam Akshuhoini satam apanudadat atmatantrah. Tam dustham anupadam atmani pourasena Sampadayan yadusu ramyam abibhrat angam Yo—He who, Vai—certainly, Mama—mine, Atibharam—too much burdensome, Asurabansa—belonging to the unbeliever class, Rajna—of the kings, Akshouhine—One division of military phalanx consisting of *, Satam—such hundreds of divisions, Apanudadat—extirpated Atamatantrah— self sufficient, Tam—unto you, Dustham—put into difficulty, Anupadam— devoid of standing stength, Atmani—internal, Pourusena—by dint of energy, Sampadayan—for executing, Yadusu—in the Yadu dynasty, Ramyam— transcendentally beautiful, Abibhrat—accepted Angam—body. Oh the personality of religiousity, I was too much overburdened by the undue military phalanx of Akshouhini divisions by the kings of unbeliever. class and I was relieved by the Grace of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly you were in distressed condition lessened by your standing strength and as such he also incarnated to get you relieved from such condition by His internal energy appearing in the family of the Yadus. The Asura—class of men on the surface of the world want to enjoy life of sense gratifcation even at the cost of other's happiness. Inorder to fulfil this ambition of life the Asuras, specially the kings or the state executive heads, belonging to the unbeliever class of men try to equip themselves with all kinds of deadly weapons preparing to bring about a war in the peaceful society. They have no other ambition than personal aggrandisement and as such the mother earth feels overburdened by such undue increase of military strength. By increase of such Asurik population the principles of religiosity becomes hamperred and the total result is that all the people of the world become unhappy, specially the devotee or Deva class of men feel too much for this anomalies of the Asurik civilization of self aggrandisement, In such situation only the Personality of Godhead incarnates just to vanquish the unwanted Asuras and to re-establish the ture principles of religiosities. The misssion of the Lord Sri Krishna was this and He fulfilled it. Ka va saheta viraham purushottamasya Prema avaloka ruchirasmita valgujalpai. Sthatryamsamanam aharat madhu manininam Romotsavo mama yad anghri vitankitayah. Ka—who, Va—either, Saheta—can tolerate, Viraham—separation, Purushottamasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Prema—loving, Avaloka—glancing, Ruchirasmita—pleasing smile, Vaglujalapi—hearty appeals, Sthairyam—gravity, Samanam—along with passionate wrath, Aharat—conquered, Madhu—sweetheart Manininam—women like Satyabhama and others, Ramotsovo—enjoying with women, Mama—mine, Yat—whose, Anghri—feet, Vitankitayah—imprinted with. Who can therefore tolerate the pangs of separation from that Supreme Personality of Godhead ? He could conquer the gravity and passionate wrath of His sweetheart women like Satyabhama and others by His sweet smile of love, pleasing glancc and hearty appeals. When He traversed over my surface (earth) I would be immersed with the dust of His lotus feet and thus being sumptuously covered by grasses it would appear like hairs standing on me in pleasure. There were chances of separation between the Lord and His thousands of queens on account of the Lord's being absent from home but so far His connection with earth was concerned the Lord would traverse by His lotus
feet some where or other and therefore there was no chance of separation from His Lordship and the surface of the earth. Since the Lord had left he surface of the earth on account of His return to His spiritual abode, the feelings of separation of earth was more acut ethan any ono else. Tayor evam kathayato prithivi dharmayos tada. Parikshit nama rajarshi praptah prachim saraswatim Tayor—between them, Evam—thus, Kathayato—engaged in coversation, Prithivi—earth, Dharamyos—and the Personality of Dharma, Tada—at that time, Parikshit—King Parkshit Nama—of the name, Rajarshi—at saint amongst the kings, Parptah—became present, Prachim—flowing towards the east, Sarsawtim—River Saraswati. The earth and Personality of regiosity were thus enaged in conversation and at that time the saintly King Maharaj Parikshit reached on the shore of Saraswati river flowing twards the east. Thus end the Bhakativedanta Purports of the First Canto Sixteenth Chapter of <strong>Srimad</strong> Bhagwatam in the matter of 'How Parikshit Received The Age of Kali,' Sixteenth Chapter - How Parikshit Received the Age of Kali 43
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