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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