Srimad Bhagavatam

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Canto1 Chapter 5

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto1.Chapter5

Obeisances to Lord Krishna the Godhead

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Sta said, Thus the sage amongst the gods Nrada, seated comfortably addressed Vedavyasa ,rishi amongst the brhmaas smiling, apparently

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Nrada inquired Vyasa, are you indulging in the body or the mind, as means of ones self-realization, broadly ?

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Your inquiries and your studies fulfilled, you have the wonderful work completed As Mahbhrata, which is full of all kinds of Vedic sequences elaborately explained.

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You have realized the eternal Absolute by deep inquiry,so, why pine in unfulfillment and despondency ,my dear , with so deep sighs ?

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Vysa said; certainly true of me ,all this uttered by you and so,mind under strain the root cause, unknown yet in my deep consciousness,request, you to explain.

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My lord! Everything mysterious is known to you, the devotee of the Absolute , Unattached maintainer, Lord of the material and the spiritual world ,ultimate

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Like Sun, You travel across three worlds, as air you into everyones internals like the Absolute,hence find my deficiency, despite my following rituals and vows

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r Nrada said: You have not propagated the glories of the Lord,stainless I think a philosophy not satisfying the subtle senses of the Lord is worthless.

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Saintly sage, you have broadly described the religiosities in your works But of the Supreme Personality, Lord Krishna, you did none of the glories !

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Those compositions not on the glories of the Lord, who sanctifies the universe, are like a pilgrimage-place of crows ,to the saints who finds no pleasure in these .

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That composition of stanzas, though irregular, depicting the glories and names numerous of the Lord ,miraculously expunges its listeners, singers and partakers

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Even as detached actions,devoid of worshipfulness to Lord does not augur well where is the scope for transient, fruitive actions not meant as His devotionals ?

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Stainless seer of spotless fame, truthfulness and firm vows , O Vysa, Lordly sage can brood on the plays of the Lord liberating people off their material bondage

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All those descriptions which do not point to Lords Vision simply reacts to names And forms ,To agitate the mind as the wind agitates a boat without stay wires

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It is verily condemned to propagate ,as religion,unreasonable instructions Catering to basic instincts of men, accepting it in toto,despite prohibitions

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Only the wise, retired from sensualities, deserves to know spiritual values. Therefore you should lead,others,of attachments, by Lords life and times

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Even if one falls in the worship of Krishnas Lotus feet,forsaking ones worldly duties He is secure,but a non devotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, really falls

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Enlightened should aim that which is not gained even by transiting from highest To lowest ethereal spheres,not one of miseries in time due to dualities fraught

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: Never a devotee of Krishna undergo material existence like others, since, mellowed by relish of Lords lotus feet they just remember the ecstasy repeatedly, unexplained

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Lord is the cosmos, its origin n dissolution ,yet aloof, from it I have just given only a synopsis, Your good self knows all it

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You have the perfect vision, and know Him as the plenary portion of the Lord. Hence, describe the birth of the eternal, Sri Krishna ,for the welfare of the world

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Wisemen, inferred that light from austerities, vedic rituals, sacrifice, praise hymns and charity, glorifies Lord who is defined in choice poetry,so nice

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O Vyasa, Previous millennium, I,Narada ,was born to a maid servant to vedic Brahmins And during the four months of the rainy season, I was engaged in their personal service.

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These impartial vedantists mercifully blessed me, a boy, with no attachment for sports, reserved, but not naughty,

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On a blessed day, on taking their food remains,I was expunged from my sins, With a purified mind, my very nature as a transcendentalist was born thence

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Then, by their blessings,I listened to their singing charms of Lord Krishna, and,the taste for hearing more ,increased at every step ,by my attentiveness

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O Sage, as relish of the Absolute grew as the, desire to hear of the Lord, uninterrupted For the Lord and I are transcendental, both the subtle and gross I ignorantly assumed

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Thus in the rainy and autumn seasons, to these sages hymns on Hari I listened ,and by my devotional services, the veils of passion and ignorance totally vanished.

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Attached to the sages and obedient,I was expunged of my sins and a boy in deep faith, I overtook my senses and followed them by soul and body

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Those vedantists as they left to Me bestowed that esoteric knowledge divined by the Lord .

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And I had that experience of Lord Krishna, the creator supreme To whom one can return and merge at His feet eternally sublime

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It is advised by the seers that the panacea for the miseries triad

Is to dedicate ones actions in the service of the Supreme Lord

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: O pure one, does not a thing, applied therapeutically, cure a disease caused by that very same thing ideally?

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Thus when all a mans activities are dedicated to the Lord, These become the destroyer of the tree of work in the world

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Whatever is done in this life for the Lords daily delight is bhakti-yoga,when knowledge comes as divine light

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According to the order of Sri Krishna, on performing onesduties One constantly remembers Him, His names and divine qualities.

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O Lord we chant the names of Vsudeva Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sankarshana.

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Thus he is the actual seer who worships thro mantras The Lord of no material form but sustains the universe

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O brahmin !Thus by following the Vedas I was enlightened of the Lord and then in intimate service to Him as Godhead

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Please therefore, describe the almighty Lords life and times Helped by your vast vedic wisdom ,to mitigate the miseries Of masses and satisfy great learned men of their hankerings As yet, no other way to get out of such ill-earned sufferings