Srimadh Bagawatham - Krishna’s Instruction To Udhavar Part 4

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The Avadhuta Sanyasi continued to instruct Yadu Maharaj.

A Bagawatha who has performed Saranagathi must learn to be like a python. A python never hunts for food. It lives in one place and waits for its preys. It accepts any prey which comes across its path. It doesn’t worry about starving to death because it knows that if it is meant to live, God will send a prey to it.’

There was once a Bagawathar called Madhavendra Swami. He practiced

ajagara vridhi and ate only if someone offered him food. Such people eat whatever is given without paying attention to taste. If nothing is offered they stay hungry. Madhavendra Swami arrived at Vrindavan one day without having consumed any food. He sat under a tree thinking about Lord Krishna’s pastimes when a beautiful boy ran towards him without a cup of milk. The boy was dark with curly locks.

‘My mother asked me to give you this cup of milk,’ the boy said.

‘Child, I don’t have any money to pay for milk.’

‘Its okay. She has asked me to make sure that anyone who visits this place

doesn’t remain hungry,’ said the child pushing the cup of milk in to the hands of Madhavendra Swami.

‘Who is your mother?’

‘Her name is Yashoda.’

‘What! And your father is…’

‘Nanda Gopan,’ answered the child.

Madhavendra caught hold of the child. ‘You are my Lord aren’t you?’

‘I am just a cow herd. Let go of me. Don’t you know that Lord Narayanan is the Lord?’

Madhavendra Swami let go off the child thinking that it was coincidence that the child’s parents were called Yashoda and Nanda Gopan. He drank the milk in one gulp and turned to hand over the cup to the child but, there was no trace of the little boy! As Madhavendra Swami believed that the Lord would provide for him, Lord Krishna had come to play a little leela on Swami and had offered him milk!)

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Srimadh Bagawatham - Krishna’s Instruction To Udhavar Part 3

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Avadhuta Sanyasi continued to instruct Yadu Maharaj. ‘Water is used to clean dirt. By its touch it purifies all the objects which come in contact with it. Like water a Bagawatha must purify everyone who come in contact with him/her. Like Agni, a Bagawatha must illuminate the lives of others by providing true knowledge. Fire can exist as a spark as well as large flames. Similarly a Bagawatha has an unassuming nature like a spark but reveals his/her effulgence in order to help others and clear their doubts. Fire also takes the shape of the object it burns. Like fire our atma takes the shape of the body it exists in. Fire absorbs what is good for it and leaves behind unwanted items as ash. Similarly, we should only see the good in people and ignore their defects. The moon seems to undergo change as it waxes and wanes. The moon only appears to change while the actual moon remains constant. Like the moon our atma is constant unchanging while only our body undergoes changes. A Bagawatha must remain with an unwavering mind and must not be affected by fame or dishonor. Sun provides different level of heat according to the seasons and at the right season collects water to bring rain showers. Like this a Bagawatha must provide instruction according to the needs of the person seeking knowledge. A pigeon is very affectionate in nature. It is blinded by affection and as soon as its family is caught by the hunter in a net, the pigeon willingly enters the net in order to stay close to them. It forsakes life out of affection. We should not give rise to such blind affection. If the pigeon hadn’t been overcome by affection it could have come up with a plot to save its family.’

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Srimadh Bagawatham - Krishna’s Instruction To Udhavar Part 2

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Krishna’s Instruction To Udhavar Part 2

The Lord narrated to Udhavar, ‘Once, Yadu Maharaja observed an Avadutta sanyasi. He was amazed to see that the sanyasi led a care free life. He wished to know the secret for leading a carefree life. Therefore, he approached the sanyasi for instruction. After paying obeisance Yadu asked, ‘I see that you are extremely knowledgeable and yet you travel through this Earth with the attitude of a child. Your appearance is like that of a mad man or that of a ghost. You are not affected by the heat of samsara. Like an elephant standing in the midst of river Ganges which does not feel any heat while its companions on the shore suffer from heat, you are free from samsaric worries. Please share with me the knowledge to lead a care free life.’

‘Dear King, I have obtained this sacred knowledge from my spiritual masters. I have learnt from 25 masters. I will narrate to you everything I have learnt from them.

The earth is my first teacher. I learnt to be patient like her. She does not get angry even when we dig her and pollute her. She bears us with patience. She has the capacity to destroy us for the mistakes we commit and yet she does not do so. Like her, we should exhibit tolerance even when other people annoy us or torment us.

Wind embraces objects which emit pleasant odour as well as foul odour. Wind itself is not affected by odour as it only carries the odour. Like wind our atma remains unaffected. It only enters different bodies incited by karma. A Bagawatha comes in contact with both good and bad but, he/she must not get entangled with it and remain unaffected like wind.

Sky remains limitless and cannot be measured. It is spread everywhere. It cannot be divided. The sky contains all other objects like wind, the Sun and the Moon in it; similarly, Paramatman is like the sky and we are contained in Him. Like the sky a yogi’s mind should transcend beyond sensual pleasures and remain dedicated to the Lord. The sky supports all objects without expecting anything in return. Like this a person must serve other Bagawathas without expecting any benefit in return. The sky is also free from ego as it does not feel proud that it has all the objects. Similarly a person must be bereft of ego.’

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