Sage Naradar never left Dwaraka
City. The Sage had been once cursed by Daksha
Prajapathi that he must not remain at one place. Despite receiving this curse, the
sage stayed at Dwaraka unaffected by the curse. This is because, the Sage
accepted Dakshan’s curse so that he could travel to many places to spread nama
sankeerthanam.At Dwaraka, Sage Naradar wished to worship Lord Krishna and
spend time amongst the denizens of Dwaraka in sat Sangam. As the Sage’s
intentions were satvik in nature, Perumal made sure that he wasn’t affected by the
curse but, Perumal allowed the Yadus to suffer the consequence of their curse per
His divine sankalpam to complete His incarnation on Earth.
One day, Sage Naradar visited King Vasudevar. Vasudevar and Devaki welcomed
Sage Naradar with due respect.
‘It is very difficult and rare to get a chance to meet with a sadhu like yourself,’
said Vasudevar. ‘It is even easier to see the Devas but almost impossible to see a
divine Sage. The Devas are selfish and bless people only if they worship the Devas
but Sadhus on the other hand confer benefits upon the people even if the people
do not worship the sadhus. Sadhus are true Bagawathas. They are satvik in nature
since they worship the Satvik Lord Vishnu. I wish to know more about Bagawatha
Dharmam. Could you please instruct me on this dharmam?’
Sage Naradar felt very happy. Other Dharmams have to be practised mandatorily
as soon as a person receives instructions as otherwise the person will incur sins.
Bagawatha Dharmam is different because, even if a person fails to practice it
after receiving instruction the person is still uplifted.
‘I am very happy that you asked me this question as now I am reminded about Lord
Narayana,’ said Naradar. He said so because, all this while he had been immersed in
thinking about Lord Krishna who is an incarnation of Lord Narayanan. ‘I will instruct
you on Bagawatha Dharmam per the instructions provided to King of Mithila by nine
yogis. There were nine yogis who were the sons of Rishabadevar. Rishabadevar was
an incarnation of the Lord. The King of Mithila was performing an yagam to which
the nine yogis went. The king was overjoyed to see the nine yogis. After welcoming
them with respect, he requested them to instruct him about Bagawatha Dharmam.
The king said, ‘There are many millions of species. There are also many
classifications of intelligent beings like Devas, Asuras and Humans, making it very
rare to take birth as a human being. Even the Devas do not practice Bakthi Yoga
but only human beings worship the Lord regularly. Of all the human beings, only a
small percentage desire freedom from samsara. Many people also suffer because
of some handicap which prevents them from doing kaimkaryam to the Lord. There
are also many who even after taking a good birth do not live a long life to complete
Bakthi Yoga. There are very few sadus who love Perumal and even few who are
loved in return by Perumal such that He comes down to spend time with them.
Please instruct me about the Bagawatha Dharmam which makes these sadhus
special only if you consider me to be qualified to receive the instruction. If I am
not qualified, please make me qualified to receive the instruction.’
Kavi Yogi said, ‘People who worship Lord Vishnu lead a fearless life. They are no
longer afraid of dangers from animals, insects, or humans as they see the
Antaryami, the inner controller in all the different beings. These people do karmas
as kaimkaryam to the Lord. They offer the fruit of their karmas to the Lord as
well. Thus they are free from false ego and possessive attitude.
Once a Yogi saw a man hitting a cow because it had entered his garden.
‘Why do you hit the poor cow?’ asked the yogi.
‘I am only doing what the antaryami directs me to do,’ replied the evil minded man.
A while later the yogi noticed that the man showed his prized garden to his friend
with pride.
‘Wow! Your garden is beautiful. You are blessed to have good help,’ said the friend.
‘I have no help. I do everything around here!’
The yogi happened to hear the man. The yogi said,
‘ why do you take credit now? Why didn’t you say the antaryami directed you to
work?’
The man was unable to reply.
A true Bagawatha will assign the merit for performing good deeds to the Lord
while, they will take responsibility for any blame.’
Next hari Yogi instructed the king on Bagawatha lakshanam followed by
Antarikshar on maya.
Prajapathi that he must not remain at one place. Despite receiving this curse, the
sage stayed at Dwaraka unaffected by the curse. This is because, the Sage
accepted Dakshan’s curse so that he could travel to many places to spread nama
sankeerthanam.At Dwaraka, Sage Naradar wished to worship Lord Krishna and
spend time amongst the denizens of Dwaraka in sat Sangam. As the Sage’s
intentions were satvik in nature, Perumal made sure that he wasn’t affected by the
curse but, Perumal allowed the Yadus to suffer the consequence of their curse per
His divine sankalpam to complete His incarnation on Earth.
One day, Sage Naradar visited King Vasudevar. Vasudevar and Devaki welcomed
Sage Naradar with due respect.
‘It is very difficult and rare to get a chance to meet with a sadhu like yourself,’
said Vasudevar. ‘It is even easier to see the Devas but almost impossible to see a
divine Sage. The Devas are selfish and bless people only if they worship the Devas
but Sadhus on the other hand confer benefits upon the people even if the people
do not worship the sadhus. Sadhus are true Bagawathas. They are satvik in nature
since they worship the Satvik Lord Vishnu. I wish to know more about Bagawatha
Dharmam. Could you please instruct me on this dharmam?’
Sage Naradar felt very happy. Other Dharmams have to be practised mandatorily
as soon as a person receives instructions as otherwise the person will incur sins.
Bagawatha Dharmam is different because, even if a person fails to practice it
after receiving instruction the person is still uplifted.
‘I am very happy that you asked me this question as now I am reminded about Lord
Narayana,’ said Naradar. He said so because, all this while he had been immersed in
thinking about Lord Krishna who is an incarnation of Lord Narayanan. ‘I will instruct
you on Bagawatha Dharmam per the instructions provided to King of Mithila by nine
yogis. There were nine yogis who were the sons of Rishabadevar. Rishabadevar was
an incarnation of the Lord. The King of Mithila was performing an yagam to which
the nine yogis went. The king was overjoyed to see the nine yogis. After welcoming
them with respect, he requested them to instruct him about Bagawatha Dharmam.
The king said, ‘There are many millions of species. There are also many
classifications of intelligent beings like Devas, Asuras and Humans, making it very
rare to take birth as a human being. Even the Devas do not practice Bakthi Yoga
but only human beings worship the Lord regularly. Of all the human beings, only a
small percentage desire freedom from samsara. Many people also suffer because
of some handicap which prevents them from doing kaimkaryam to the Lord. There
are also many who even after taking a good birth do not live a long life to complete
Bakthi Yoga. There are very few sadus who love Perumal and even few who are
loved in return by Perumal such that He comes down to spend time with them.
Please instruct me about the Bagawatha Dharmam which makes these sadhus
special only if you consider me to be qualified to receive the instruction. If I am
not qualified, please make me qualified to receive the instruction.’
Kavi Yogi said, ‘People who worship Lord Vishnu lead a fearless life. They are no
longer afraid of dangers from animals, insects, or humans as they see the
Antaryami, the inner controller in all the different beings. These people do karmas
as kaimkaryam to the Lord. They offer the fruit of their karmas to the Lord as
well. Thus they are free from false ego and possessive attitude.
Once a Yogi saw a man hitting a cow because it had entered his garden.
‘Why do you hit the poor cow?’ asked the yogi.
‘I am only doing what the antaryami directs me to do,’ replied the evil minded man.
A while later the yogi noticed that the man showed his prized garden to his friend
with pride.
‘Wow! Your garden is beautiful. You are blessed to have good help,’ said the friend.
‘I have no help. I do everything around here!’
The yogi happened to hear the man. The yogi said,
‘ why do you take credit now? Why didn’t you say the antaryami directed you to
work?’
The man was unable to reply.
A true Bagawatha will assign the merit for performing good deeds to the Lord
while, they will take responsibility for any blame.’
Next hari Yogi instructed the king on Bagawatha lakshanam followed by
Antarikshar on maya.
Continued On: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2014/06/srimadh-bagawatham-bagawatha-dharmam_4.html
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