Monday 27 October 2014

Srimadh Bagawatham - The Age of Kali

Continued From: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2014/09/srimadh-bagawatham-krishnas-instruction_26.html



After Lord Krishna completed His incarnation, the age of Kali entered. It  destroyed dharmam completely.  Law and order started to deteriorate. The dynasties ruling this earth slowly started to deteriorate and gave rise to rule by Mlecchas. Sukacharyar has listed the names of rulers in kali Yugam. I have inserted some slokams below.

: A Brahmana named Cāṇakya will betray the trust of King NandaThis Brahmana  will destroy their dynasty. This will cause the Mauryas to take control as the age of Kali continues.
dvijo rājye 'bhiṣekṣyati
tat-suto vārisāras tu
tataś cāśokavardhanaḥ
Canakya will enthrone Candragupta, whose son will be named Vārisāra. The son of Vārisāra will be Aśokavardhana.
tato 'ṣṭau yavanā bhāvyāś
bhūyo daśa guruṇḍāś ca
maulā ekādaśaiva tu
The Mauryas will be followed by Eight Yavanas then by fourteen Turuṣkas, ten Guruṇḍas and eleven kings of the Maula dynasty.
There will be many such uncivilized kings ruling at the same time. These rulers will be uncharitable, short tempered, and followers of irreligion.
These barbarians will murder innocent women, children, cows and brāhmaṇas. They will covet the wives and property of other men.
Even through this terrible age of Kali, a true devotee of the Lord can stay safe by avoiding the following; gambling, intoxicating liquor, company of unscrupulous women, meat.
There once was a king at Jagannatha Puri who was a great devotee. He never took any food without worshiping the Lord. The king would have his meals only after he had partaken the offerings from the temple.The King had an excellent moral character but, he had a flaw. He was fond of gambling. The queen was concerned about the king. She tried to correct him.
‘Gambling should be avoided especially by a ruler,’ she said. ‘King Yudhishtirar and Nala Chakravathi suffered because they gambled. Please give up this vice.’
‘It’s a vice only if it is an addiction. I only play for sport. This cannot be called gambling’, the king replied defiantly.
The queen prayed to the Lord asking him to correct the king.
One day the king was engrossed in his game that he did not go to the temple. The Bhattacharyar waited for the king for a long time. As the temple had to be closed, the Bhatacharyar took the offerings with him and went to see the king. The king engrossed in the game of dice didn’t notice the Bhatacharyar. He realized that there was someone standing next to him offering something to him. As he rolled the dice with his right hand, the king extended his left hand to receive the offering. The Bhatacharyar left without giving the offering to the king.
After the game the king realized that he cannot take his meals because he hadn’t taken the offerings.
‘I feel very bad because for the first time I have missed taking the offerings,’ he said to his queen.
‘Did you know that the Bhattacharyar came to see you with the offering but, as you extended your left hand, he left without giving you the prasadam?’
The king felt very sad. He felt remorseful.
‘You were right,’ he said. ‘Under the influence of the game I extended my left arm with arrogance. I deserve punishment!’ So saying the king cut off his own left hand.
At that instant Lord Jagannathan appeared.
‘I came in the guise of the Bhattacharyar to correct you. Stay away from gambling for it can corrupt the minds of good devotees like yourself!’
From that day, the king stopped gambling and led a pious life.

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