Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Winning Over The Futility of Life
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| Hare Srinivasa |
My salutations to you.
सूत उवाच, Sri Sutacharya
saya,
ततः परीक्षिद्द्विजवर्यशिक्षया महीं महाभागवतः शशास ह ।
यथा हि सूत्यामभिजातकोविदाःसमादिशन् विप्र महद्गुणस्तथा ॥ १॥
Sri Shaunaka!
Subsequent to the Pandavas ascent to Heaven, the best of Bhagavata, Parikshit
having enormous devotion in the Lotus feet of Lord ruled the Kingdom
considering the advice of the learned scholars. In The Future Predictions ofBaby Parakshid, we had read the astrologers saying,
पार्थ प्रजाविता साक्षादिक्ष्वाकुरिव मानवः ।
ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यसन्धश्च रामो दाशरथिर्यथा ॥ १९॥
Partha!
The son of Kunti! Don't worry. This boy will protect subjects like King
Ikshvaku, the son of Manu, the foremost of the solar dynasty. He will worship
the priests and keep his words, like the son of Dasharatha, Lord Sri Rama. He
will be Satyasandha like Lord Sri Rama.
This and other
predictions of learned Astrologers did unfold and turned true.
स उत्तरस्य तनयामुपयेम इरावतीम् ।
जनमेजयादींश्चतुरस्तस्यामुत्पादयत्सुतान् ॥ २॥
He got married to
Iraavatee. She was the daughter of his uncle, Uttara Kumara. They had four sons
and had named them, Janamejaya, Bhimasena, Ugrasena, and Srutasena.
आजहाराश्वमेधांस्त्रीन् गङ्गायां भूरिदक्षिणान् ।
शारद्वतं गुरुं कृत्वा देवा यत्राक्षिगोचराः ॥ ३॥
The King Parikshit,
under the guidance of Kripacharya, carried out three Ashwamedha Yagnas on the
banks of river Ganga. Priests of enormous perfection and impeccability were
invited to perform the Yagna. As they performed Yagna, offered the substance as
a sacrifice in the fire to each God’s announcing their names as inscribed in
the Vedic verses, the specific Gods themselves showed up descending from
heaven. They appeared in their physical form in the fire and received the
offerings from the devout & pious King Parikshit.
After the sacrifice,
the King Parikshit made large donations to these priests and the learned
scholars.
निजग्राहौजसा वीरः कलिं दिग्विजये क्वचित् ।
नृपलिङ्गधरं शूद्रं घ्नन्तं गोमिथुनं पदा ॥ ४॥
When King Parikshit
was traveling with Dijvijaya or victory in all the directions, the kings he
encountered were accepting his emperorship. One day he encountered Kali. Though appeared like a person of
working-class serving the society as a farmer or a smith, Kali had dressed in
the royal robes fit only for the Kings.
King Parikshid saw
the Kali kicking the legs of an innocent couple, a cow, and a bullock. Hence,
he hurried towards Kali and ordered him with punishment. The last fame of
controlling the Kali is held only by Parikshit.
Filled with
reverence and folded hand, Sri Shaunaka rishi said,
शौनक उवाच
कस्य हेतोर्निजग्राह कलिं दिग्विजये नृपः ।
नृदेवचिह्नधृक् शूद्रः कोऽसौ गां यः पदाहनत् ।
तत्कथ्यतां महाभाग यदि कृष्णकथाश्रयम् ॥ ५॥
अथवास्य पदाम्भोजमकरन्दलिहां सताम् ।
किमन्यैरसदालापैरायुषो यदसद्व्ययः ॥ ६॥
Sri Suta Puranika!
Why did King Parikshit leave Kali unkilled? Even for a King, kicking the innocent
and a holy cow is a heinous crime exhibiting disgrace!
Should there be The glory of Lord, or narration of his sports charm, or even have the story of his
beloved devotees who relish the nectar from the Lotus feet of Lord, please
continue with this story. Else, what is the point of chit-chatting on worldly
issues, or hearing the story of Kali, or his associates? All of these can only
take away our lifespan?
क्षुद्रायुषां नृणामङ्ग मर्त्यानामृतमिच्छताम् ।
इहोपहूतो भगवान् मृत्युः शामित्रकर्मणि ॥ ७॥
Revered Puranika!
Though there are those desirous and focussed to break the cycle of death and
birth through Prasada or the gift of Lord, they come with a short lifespan.
They succumb to death before even starting any serious practice of Yoga.
Therefore, the
priests carrying out sacrifice regularly have invited the God of death – Yama;
Mrityunjaya – God Shiva, who has won the death over Yama and causes death even
to the King Yama, God Indra during pralaya; Mukya Prana – who causes death to
even to Mrityunjaya; and मृत्योऱ मृत्युं – Lord Narasimha, who is the cause of death to the
one who causes death to Mrityunjaya. They have them here in शामित्रकर्म of a friendly act for thousands of years till The
Spiritual Gathering of Naimisharanya is completed.
न कश्चिन्म्रियते तावद्यावदास्त इहान्तकः ।
एतदर्थं हि भगवानाहूतः परमर्षिभिः ।
अहो नृलोके पीयेत हरिलीलामृतं वचः ॥ ८॥
As long as we are
engaged in this spiritual gathering of hearing, recollecting, analyzing to
understand Srimad Bhagavata and implement its proponents, death would not
occur. Even those of us who have a short life span can relish the taste of the
nectar called Srimad Bhagavata. Therefore, priests have invited Gods, Yama,
Shiva, and Mukya Prana here. And also their Lord Narsimha.
मन्दस्य मन्दप्रज्ञस्य वयो मन्दायुषश्च वै ।
निद्रया ह्रियते नक्तं दिवा च व्यर्थकर्मभिः ॥ ९॥
The lifespan of the
people of Kali Yuga is very short. It is just 120 years. And those people
cannot even complete their span as they carry the sin of अल्पायुस् or short life. Together with being shortlived, they
are dull too. Hence, the people of Kali Yuga waste most of their time in sleep,
day to day activities of life including worldly affairs, and time to earn
materialistic happiness said Sri Shaunaka filled with concern towards us, the
people of Kaili Yuga.
The saints of the
Bhakti movement had an astute mind in understanding the common men and brought
about reforms by introducing Bhagavata dharma through their literary works
including compositions of songs. Gopala Dasaru too was a prominent saint in the
Bhakti Movement between 1721 – 1769 has composed several songs in the Kannada
language. This “Hyange maadalayya Krishna pogutide aayushya…” i.e “What do I
do Krishna? I am expending my lifespan…,” is one such song that leaves a
deep imprint on the minds of the common man and has the ability to sink quickly
into the subconscious of the individual.
Let’s take a look at
the same with English translation
Hyange maadalayya Krishna
pogutide aayushya
mangalanga bhavabhanga bidisi
ninna dingarigana maado ananga janaka||pa||
What do I do Krishna? I am
expending my lifespan
The auspicious one! Shear my
emotional attachment with the worldly existence and make me be your servant.
Oh, my impalpable father!
yesu janumada sukrutada
phalavo taanu janisalagi
bhoosuradehada janumavu enage
sambhavisideyagi|
modateertha mata
chinhiitanagade doshake olagagi
leshasadhanava kanade
duhsahavasadindale dina dina kalede||1||
The good merits accumulated
over several births has caused me this birth
I am blessed with this Nobel
birth
Without wearing the divine
marks of Gopi-Chandana tilaka, chakra, Shanka, Gadha, Padma, mudra, I have been
sinning
Without even the slightest
practice and the company of wicked, I am expending day after day.
shashimukha kanakada aashege
beretu vasupati ninnadiya
hasanagi ninna neneyade
krupeya galisade kettenayya|
nishehagalu sthiravendu
tanuvanu poshisalashisi jeeya
kusuride nelavo sarvakala nin
odetanavembuva bageyanu ariyade||2||
The desire for beautiful faced
women, and wealth has made me stoop to their feet
Laughing away your gifts of
life and not gaining your mercy, I have sinned, my Lord!
Believing the permanency of
day and night forever, I have been nourishing my body, my Lord!
Without realizing the
permanency of your Lordship, I plummeted on the floor, my Lord!
Nerenambide paavatigalu ella
saridu hodavalla
marali e pariya janumavu
baruva bharavaseyantu illa|
Paripari vishayada aasheyu
enage kiridu aayitalla
hariye jagadi neenobbanallade
porevarinnaru illavalla||3||
All those whom I believe have
become helpless,
I have no belief that I could
get another chance to have a birth like this
The worldly desire has caused
me a narrow path
No one else other than you
could help me, Oh my Lord!
Avani olage punyakshetra
charisuva havanike enagilla
pavanaatmaka guru madhwa
shastrada pravachana kelalilla|
tavakadinda guru hiriyara
sevisi avara olisalilla
ravinandana kelidara uttara
kode vivarasaraku ondaadaru illa||4||
Oh my Lord! I had no itching
desire to take up a pilgrimage to holy places
Nor I heard the purifying
proponents of Acharya Madhva
Nor had I the eagerness to
please the Gurus and Scholars
Oh, Lord! I don’t have a
single reason to give to God Yama, the son of God Sun.
Bhagavatarodagudi upavasa
jagara ondudina maadalilla
raagadi shukamuni pelda
harikathe samyogavembodilla|
neeguvanta bhava bhayava
bhakuti vairagyavembodilla
yogivandya gopalavithala....
gopalavithala; vithala vithala gopalavithala
yogivandya gopalavithala tale
bhaagi ninnanne bedikombe||5||
Neither I fasted, nor did I
stay awake through the night with your other devotees
Nor did I sway to the verses
of melodious Srimad Bhagavata composed by Shukamuni
Nor I have Jnana, Bhakti, and
Vairagya that has the ability to shear the emotional attachment with worldly pleasure
The one revered to saints,
Gopalavithala; Gopalavithala; Vithala Vithala Gopalavithala
The one revered to saints,
Yogivandya Gopalavithala, bowing my head I plead you.
For sound bites of the above song, sung by the famous Ananta Kulkarni, checkout at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5L9A4DJPqw.
|| Hari Om ||
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