Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1- The Fame of Lord Krishna (Continued)

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Sri Veda Vyasaya Namaha ||

|| Hari Om ||

Though having the Lordship, responds with a relationship of being baby to Devaki - Vasudeva, son of Yashoda – Nanda, Mischievous lad of Gokula, a boyfriend of Gopikas, Student of Guru Sandipani and a friend of Sudama. Blessed Dhruva, rushed to protect Prahlada and Gajendra from death and with an unending robe to Draupadi from an insult. My Salutations to such Lord Adhokshaja, Lord Vasudeva, bestower of Satvika Bhakti. My repeated Salutation to this unchanging Lord Tattva, the bestower of Nishkama Bhakti. Beloved Goddess, doing what you have reached the heart of the Lord? With your form of Durga, remove our ignorance and wrongful knowledge. Bhoodevi, keep us away from entertainment that would bind us with actions & desire. Sridevi bind us to the Lord, yourself and Gods through a desire for Satvika Bhakti yielding Satvika happiness and knowledge. My Salutations to you, Goddess Mahalakshmi.My Salutations to Bharati Ramana, the cause of happiness to Goddess Bharati influencing Bhakti. Bless us with the pinnacle of Bhakti, a Bhakti without any materialistic expectation, a Pure Bhakti and an everlasting Bhakti immediately. My Salutation to Parvati Pati, cause for auspiciousness and seek you a mind and thoughts filled with Satvika Bhakti. My Prostration to the attendant of God Brahma who accrued an immeasurable Satvika merit as Prahlad and as Guru Raghavendra bestows only Satvika blessings which is stainless.

Continuing with the narration of Lord’s Fame, Sri Sutacharya says,

तया विलसितेष्वेषु गुणेषु गुणवानिव|

अन्तःप्रविष्ट आभाति विज्ञानेन विजृम्भितः  ॥

The Lord, having created the entire universe with his Immeasurable Power and entered into it, he stands bound within but uninfluenced possessing all his attributes including Special Knowledge and Bliss.

तया विलसितेष्वेषु or from an atom to all substance of non-living creation, अन्तःप्रविष् the Lord has entered to sustain and regulate. As he created the substance with Satvika, Rajasika, and Thamisika guna. He has entered that substance as Hari, Brahma & Hara. From Thamasika Guna, he created Mahat-tattva and entered it as Brahma. From Mahat-tattva, he created Taijasa Ahankara Tattva, he entered with the form of Garuda, Sesha and Rudra. Also, he created those God and entered them as their Indweller. From Taijasa Ahankara Tatva he created Indriya and entered those Indriya. At the same time, he created respective Gods responsible to influence these Indriya and entered them as their Indweller. From Thamasa Ahankara, he created the Pancha bhootha and entered them. Also, created respective Gods responsible to influence them and became their indweller. With Pancha bhootha, he created the universe and he entered the universe. In the universe, he created fourteen Lokas or regions and entered each of these regions in each of his fourteen forms. In these fourteen regions being as the indweller of God Brahma, he created several things and in all those he अन्तःप्रविष्, he entered.  Hence, all that we see, touch, feel in all is Lord. He sustains and regulates these nonliving substance created by Prakriti.

गुणवानिव – There are Jivas who believe that it is we who have manufactured or we who have constructed. This is not correct. Because विज्ञानेन विजृम्भितः he is complete with Knowledge. The Knowledge for Creation, Sustenance, Destruction and so on and being the indweller in so many Jivas or beings he keeps processing the material of Prakriti to appear as different types of tools and gadgets.

If Lord is in so many places, substances, and lives, is he not different? For which Sri Sutacharya says,

यथा ह्यवहितो वह्निर्दारुष्वेकः स्वयोनिषु ।

नानेव भाति विश्वात्मा भूतेषु च तथा पुमान् ॥

Though the same fire when lit to a different material or same material at different place appears as if different. However, the Agni or the God of Fire influencing all the fire is the same. So too, the Lord Vishwatma, though one appears different as Indweller in different beings or Jivas and as भूतेषु in all Pancha bhootha starting from an atom. Just नानेव भाति appearing or giving a sense as different, but he is only one. With full of attribute including complete Ishwarya or wealth and omnipresence. This is his Fame.   

असौ गुणमयैर्भावैर्भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियात्मभिः ।

स्वनिर्मितेषु निर्विष्टो भुङ्क्ते भूतेषु तद्गुणान् ॥

The Lord uses the Prakriti having Stvika, Rajasika and Thamsika Guna and creates Pancha tanmatra or the objects of five senses, five organs of sense, five organs of function and mind. Also, he creates several species of living beings and enters them as their

Indweller & accepts their offerings expressed through virtues.

असौ, The one who is omnipresent having full of attributes, stainless, Lord, स्वनिर्मितेषु  himself has established भूतेषु, or body. The body made of  गुणमयै The Prakriti having Satvika, Rajasika, and Thamasika Guna. Having र्भूत Panchabhoota. i.e. Earth, Water, Fire, Vayu, and Sky or Aether and from which इन्द्रिया, Indrya  that includes five organs of sense, five organs of action and Mind having सूक्ष्म Pancha tanmatra of Sparsha, Roopa, Gandha, Rasa, Shabda i.e. Touch, Sight, Smell, Taste, and Sound respectively.

In all, he is there. Having निर्विष्टो entered all of this with full of bliss भूतेषु being in this body भुङ्क्ते eats or accepts तद्गुणान् outcome of those expressions with only good attributes.

The Limitation of the philosophy of Karma or Kriya

Being in samsara influenced by Prakriti Jiva or being has a bind with the cycle of death and birth as we have to accept all actions of Indriya and experience the outcome. In other words, take responsibility. For example, we Eat, Hear, See, Smell, Speak, Fight or Love, Hate, and so on.

What we do Well through our virtue is an action and so to doing Badly through vice. The actions of virtue results in good fruits and that of Vice will be bad fruits. Though, these Fruits of Comfort of Grief are of samsara, in the cycle of death and birth.

Appreciating, or being kind, or helping someone is a good act for which we will be blessed with Good fruit like having a good physical form or good family or good convenience of Transport or good looks and so on all related to Samsara or in the cycle of death and birth. 

Similarly, blaming, cursing, being violent with someone is a bad act and will be blessed with bad fruit like having a bad appearance or being handicapped or inconvenience, poverty, insult, etc. what we are averse for. These, the being or Jiva himself does not want and what Jiva wants including svarga or heaven is of temporary in nature. Once the good merit is exhausted, one has to come down to earth from Heaven.

Questions for Virtue of Submissions to Lord during the forepart

1. Under the influence of Prakriti, should we submit the good and bad stuff to Lord?
2. Is Lord not Complete without an offering?
3. Is Lord’s attributes of omnipresence over bad things not there?

Answers to the above Questions

Upanishads are telling that in this tree called body there are two birds. One is Atma and the other is Paramatma i.e. Jiva and Para Brahman. Jiva experiences everything through Body. The Para Brahman or the Lord will not experience. He will not have food, but he is hale and healthy full of Knowledge and Bliss. However, the Jiva or being is weak, though having food.

However, we do Naivedhya or offerings of food to Lord. If he does not accept that, our act of offering is senseless.

However, here Sri Sutacharya is telling भुङ्क्ते तद्गुणान् or He will eat or accept that is only Guna or Good. In opposition to Shrutis.

Also, Lord Krishna’s preaching to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita says,

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥ BG- 09- 26 ॥

Even a leaf or a flower or a fruit or water is offered to me with love and devotion, I will accept it.

As we have already come across that the Shastras or Indoctrinations are in coded language and is intended only to targeted or eligible persons. While the Upanishads are correct and communicating that the Lord is complete and does not require any offerings to make himself complete. 
As Lord Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita is expressing an attribute of being a dear friend of a devotee like Arjuna, or out of his great generosity and mercy to his devotees, he accepts all their offerings.  Consistent to this, as Bhakti being Axiom of Yoga, Sri Sutacharya is saying   भुङ्क्ते तद्गुणान् or He will eat or accept that is only of Guna or Good.

In fact, the Lord has accepted everything. Those could be bad, polluted, contaminated, adulterated, tainted, poisonous,   or even excretion. So too in the acts of Vice with Sins leading to Hell. In everything that is living chetana or nonliving achetana, the Lord is present. He is to the letter, omnipresent.  With the attribute of Sarvagna or All Knowing including smell and taste. Lord eats. For example, if he doesn't inhale bad smell then he has no knowledge of that. In Bad smell, he has entered and controlling the bad smell. Hence, he accepts without feeling bad or sorrow. Even in Sorrow, he is present with that name, he experiences sorrow but being uninfluenced with it.

In Vishnu Sahasranama he is called

उदीर्णः सर्वतश्चक्षुरनीशः शाश्वतस्थिरः ।

भूशयो भूषणो भूतिर्वि अशोकः शोकनाशनः ॥ ६७॥

He is just not Ashoka or having no Sorrow but also the destroyer of Sorrow with full of Knowledge and Bliss.

As a sport, he accepts everything and will be in his bliss.

If we offer Tulsi to the Lord by being clean and full of devotion, He accepts with great Love.

Tulsi offerings to kadagolu Sri Krishna 

He does not pretend though our mind quickly wants to believe so. He accepts and from his immeasurable happiness, he experiences happiness for all our specific submissions being pleased. Also, he blesses the same with a manifold. So too with all our actions of Karma or Kriya. When we do with only his support as Vishnu Prerna and for his acceptance or Vishnu Preethyarthm he will accept destroying all sins associated with such Karma or Kriya. Also, he pardons for any actions of Vice when we submit to him with remorse.  
It is also important for us to remember the story of Putani offering Lord Krishna with milk adultered with Poison. Lord with his name as Poison remained unchanged and uninfluenced. But blessed her with the same Poison manifold that she could not bear.
Hence, it is very important for us to develop mindfulness for Submission or Offering to Lord as we repeat

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात् ।

करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै नारायणयेति समर्पयामि ॥

Wherein we say that

 “Whatever I do with my body, speech, sense organs, or consciously with Intellect  or unconsciously just with the mind,

I submit as an offering to your Lotus Feet, Lord Sriman Narayana”.

भावयत्येष सत्त्वेन लोकान् वै लोकभावनः ।

लीलावतारानुरतो देवतिर्यङ्नरादिषु ॥

The Lord creates the entire universe, fourteen lokas, all beings or Jivas. Accepting satvika Guna, protects by sustaining, nourishing and regulating all living and nonliving of the Universe and appears on earth to show his Lila or sports charm.

With this, we complete a part of "The substory of Naimishya" The Second Adhyaya, of Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1

We could do so only with the grace of Gurus including Sri Raghavendra and all his philosophical associates including Sri Saunaka & his fellow Rishis, Sri Sutacahrya, Sri Sukachary, God Vayu, and Sri Hari as their Jnana Prasada. Let's pray to them for continued blessings. 

|| Hari Om ||

|| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||