{"id":1354,"date":"2009-01-03T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2009-01-03T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T08:17:56","slug":"bb2-celestial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/brihad-bhagvatamritam\/bb2-celestial\/","title":{"rendered":"BB2 – Celestial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second Chapter (celestial)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Brahmaji<\/a>

Brahmaji on his vehicle, the swan.<\/p><\/div>\n

When Devarshi N\u00e2rad heard the king speak in this manner, he went to the heavenly planets. There he beheld Lord V\u00e2man surrounded by the devat\u00e2s<\/em>. The celestial beings were serving the Lord with excellent ingredients, and Sri Bhagav\u00e2n too was spreading bliss all around with His remarkable nectarine speech that was full of ras<\/em>. Indra, the king of the devat\u00e2s<\/em> was sitting next to V\u00e2mandev and describing the favors that the good Lord had bestowed upon him. While singing His glory Indra was floating in tears. When Bhagav\u00e2n Vishnu left for his own abode, Sri N\u00e2rad approached Indra, blessed him and said, “O King! You alone are the recipient of Sri Krishna-krip\u00e2<\/em>. You have obtained the vast kingdom of the heavenly planets, the Lord Himself has accepted the position of your younger brother, and respects you as His elder brother. You are indeed very fortunate!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Indra offered obeisance to the great sage and spoke with embarrassment, “O sage! Do you not know how much this heavenly kingdom is full of troubles? I think you are joking with me. How many times the asuras<\/em> have attacked us, and we have had to flee from here! The heaven is also contaminated with arrogance, competition, malice etc. Moreover, please don\u2019t think that Lord V\u00e2man has accepted the position of my younger brother due to my devotion. Rather, He has agreed to become a son to my parents because of their immense tapasy\u00e2<\/em>. It is on their request that He accepts my puj\u00e2<\/em>, that too, not always. Sometimes He just gives me darshan<\/em> for a moment and then disappears.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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O sage! If you really wish to see the recipient of divine mercy, then please visit your father Brahm\u00e2. Fourteen Indras<\/em> undergo birth and death in his single day. His one night is also of the same duration. Thus he lives for one hundred years, every day of his life-span comprising of such a day and night. He has created all these worlds. Bhagav\u00e2n Sahasrasheersh\u00e2<\/span>[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Purush Himself appears and accepts his offering, thus making him extremely happy. In fact, you know his greatness more than I do. So what can I say?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Parikshit said, “Dear mother! When Sri N\u00e2rad heard Indra, he exclaimed \u2018Very good!\u2019 Then he praised Indra and went to Satyalok. From far he could already hear the chanting of the yagna<\/em>. Upon reaching there, he saw that Bhagavaan Sahasrasheersh\u00e2 Purush was present there, accompanied by Laxmiji. He was accepting offerings from Brahm\u00e2ji and spreading joy all around. When the Lord left for His own abode, Brahm\u00e2ji sat on his \u00e2san<\/em> and engaged in hearing and glorifying Sri Krishna\u2019s greatness. He was supremely engrossed and was shedding copious tears. Meanwhile, N\u00e2rad went to Brahm\u00e2ji and said, “Dear father, you are surely the supreme recipient of Sri Hari\u2019s krip\u00e2<\/em>. You create and nourish this universe. The Vedas<\/em> and the Pur\u00e2nas<\/em> that propound the four ultimate goals of living beings and how to achieve them too have risen from your mouths.<\/span>[2]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Sri Bhagav\u00e2n is subjugated by your bhakti<\/em>, and therefore He accepts your offering. O father, why should call you Sri Krishna\u2019s dear one? I think you are That Sri Krishna Himself, and have simply accepted this body to perform the pastimes of creation etc.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When Brahm\u00e2ji heard this, he was overcome with anger and kept on repeating “I am His servant! I am His servant!\u201d He told N\u00e2rad in a sad voice, “O child, I have been drilling into your head since you were a child that I am not Bhagav\u00e2n Sri Krishna, and I have backed up my statement with logic and proofs. Surely you remember this?<\/span>[3]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mah\u00e2m\u00e2y\u00e2, Sri Krishna\u2019s potency creates, nourishes and destroys the worlds. I am mesmerized by her illusory power and pride myself on being the Creator\u2019. I am fearful of death, and so I worship the divine Being. I desire liberation and not bhakti<\/em>. The Lord too accepts my offering, simply to keep His vow to protect and preach the Vedas. He does not shower any mercy on me.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear N\u00e2rad, forget bhakti<\/em>, I am always full of anxiety, ever since I have offended His lotus feet. That wicked Hiranyakashipu had become powerful due to the boons I have granted to him, and then he had perpetrated violence against Lord Vishnu and the Vaishnavs. The Lord had appeared as Narasimhadev to show compassion to his great devotee Prahl\u00e2d. Then he had ordered me, \u2018O Brahm\u00e2! Never grant such boons to the wicked asuras<\/em>.\u2019 Yet, I had granted similar boons to R\u00e2van<\/em> and his ilk. They too had become arrogant and tormented the Vaishnavs. Sri Bhagav\u00e2n tolerates offences towards Himself, but never against His devotees. I have been the cause of such offences against the Vaishnavs, hence I am always immersed in guilt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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O N\u00e2rad! Just try to remember, how much offence I committed when I stole the cowherd boys and the calves who are Sri Krishna\u2019s dear associates. He is the Lord of M\u00e2y\u00e2, and I dared to show Him my illusory prowess! I have performed such a dastardly act that every time I remember this incident, I hang my head in shame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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O N\u00e2rad! Today you are eager to seek out the recipient of divine mercy. Hence, I shall disclose a secret to you. No one is more fortunate than Sriman Mahadev, in this matter. He is intoxicated by drinking the nectar of Sri Krishna\u2019s lotus feet. He verily shakes the universe when he dances in the ecstasy of Sri Krishna-ras<\/em>. He grants boons to the devat\u00e2s<\/em> such as Indra, and even to me. What\u2019s more, in tattva<\/em>, he is non-different from Sri Krishna. When the ocean was milk was being churned, there arose a strong venom called K\u00e2lkut, that was so powerful that it could destroy the universe. Then the Lord enabled Shivji to drink this poison, and thus declared his glory to the world.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Parikshit said, “O Mother! When N\u00e2rad heard Brahm\u00e2ji, he was full of joy, and prepared to leave for Kailash. Brahm\u00e2ji told his son N\u00e2rad, \u2018Dear child, Shivalok, that is present outside this universe, is eternal, blissful, and the embodiment of Truth. You too are empowered by bhakti<\/em> to travel there. Therefore go there and take darshan<\/em> of the extreme glory of Mah\u00e2dev\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When Narad heard the greatness of Shivji from his father Brahm\u00e2, he started singing “Shiv-Krishna\u201d and left for Shivalok in supreme joy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> The Lord with thousand heads<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Brahm\u00e2ji has four heads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[3]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Please read Brahm\u00e2-N\u00e2rad conversation in the second skandha of Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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