disastrous
The fame of Yudhisthira went abroad. All sang the glory of the Rajasûya sacrifice. Duryodhana became filled with jealousy. One day king Yudhisthira was seated on a golden throne in the assembly hall, prepared by Mâyâ, with Krishna and others around him. The proud Duryodhana, surrounded by his brothers, entered the place with crown on his head and sword in his hand, showering abuse on the gate-keepers and others. He took land to be water and drew up his clothes. He also took water to be land and wet himself. The Mâyâ (Magic), displayed by Mâyâ, in the preparation of the assembly ground, caused this delusion. Bhima laughed, and the females and other kings laughed too, though forbidden by Yudhisthira. Krishna however approved their laughter.
Overpowered with shame, with his head cast down, Duryodhana silently left the place and went to Hastinâpura.
Krishna kept quiet. He wished to relieve the Earth of the weight of the Daityas who were oppressing her. It was only His will that Duryodhana should thus be deluded (and the disastrous results would follow).
Siddhis
When the senses and the breath are controlled and the mind is fixed on Me, Siddhis or powers overtake the Yogi. There are eighteen Siddhis and eighteen Dhârânas. Of these, eight belong to me (eight of them are normally the powers of Íshvara and they exist in a some what lesser degree in those that approach the state of Íshvara. Śridhara. The remaining ten cause the appearance of Guna i.e. they cause an excellence of Satva. Śridhara.)
Animâ, the power of becoming as small as an atom.
Mahimâ, the power of increasing size.
3. Laghimâ, the power of becoming light. These three Siddhis relate to the body.
4. Prâpti, to be in the relation of presiding Devas to the corresponding senses of all beings.
5. Prâkâmya, power of enjoying and perceiving all objects seen or unseen.
6. Îsitâ, control over the energies of Mâyâ in Ísvara, over the lower energies in other beings.
Vasitâ, Non-attachment to objects.
Kâmâvasâyitâ, the power of attaining all desires.
These are My eight Siddhis and they normally exist in Me.
The cessation of hunger and thirst.
The hearing from a distance.
Seeing from a distance.
Motion of the body with the velocity of the mind.
Assumption of any form at will.
The entering into another's body.
Death at one's own will.
Play with Deva girls.
The attainment of desired for objects.
Irresistible command.
These are the ten Siddhis that relate to the Gunas. There are also five smaller Siddhis.
Knowledge of the present, past and future.
Control over the Pairs, such as heat and cold &c.
Knowledge of other's minds.
Suspending the actions of fire, sun, water, poison &c.
Invincibility.
These are only illustrative of the Siddhis.
Now about Dhârâna or the modes of concentration of the mind.
Those that fix their mind on Me as pervading the Tanmatras acquire the power of becoming an atom.
Those that concentrate their mind on Me as pervading Mahat Tatva acquire Mahima.
yama niyama
Yâma consists of —
Ahinsâ — the non-infliction of pain.
Satya — the practice of truth.
Asteya — Not even the mental stealing of other's properties.
Asanga — Non-attachment.
Hri — Modesty.
Asanchaya — Want of storing for the future.
Astikya — faith in religion.
Brahmacharya — Abstinence.
Mauna — Silence.
Sthairya — Steadiness.
Kshamâ — forgiveness.
Abhaya — fearlessness.
Niyama Consists of
Saucha — bodily purity.
Do. — Mental purity.
Japa — Mental repetition of Mantras or Names of deities.
Tapas — Asceticism.
Homa — Sacrificial offering.
Sraddhâ — faith.
Atithya — hospitality.
Archanâ — daily worship.
Tîrthâtana — Wandering on pilgrimage.
Pararthehâ — desire for the Supreme object.
Tushti — Contentment.
Achârya Sevana — Service of the spiritual teacher.
Yâma and Niyama are practised by men, either for furtherance in life or for Moksha.
Sama — is fixing the mind on Me (and not mental quietness only).
Titikshâ — is forbearance.
Dhriti — is the restraint of the senses of taste and generation.
The best Dâna (gift) is not to oppress any creature.
Tapas — is really the giving up of desires.
Saurya — or power is the control of one's own nature.
Satya or Truth is the practice of equality.
Rita — is truth speaking that does not cause pain.
Saucha — is only non-attachment to karma, but Tyâga is its complete renunciation.
The wealth to be coveted for is Dharma. I Myself am Yajna, Spiritual teaching is the Sacrificial gift, Prânâyama is the greatest strength.
Bhaga is my Lordly state.
The best attainment is devotion to Me.
Vidyâ is the removal of the idea of separateness from self.
Hrî is the abhorrence of all unrighteous acts (and not merely modesty.)
Srî is (not merely riches but) virtues. Happiness is that which seeks neither happiness nor misery.
Misery is nothing but longings for enjoyment.
The Sage is he who knows about liberation from bondage.
He is ignorant who knows the body to be self.
The Path is that which leads to Me.
The evil path is that which distracts the mind.
The increase of Satva is Svarga (and not merely Indra Loka.)
The increase of Tamas is Naraka.
Guru is the friend and I am that Guru.
This human body is the house.
He is rich who is virtuous.
He is poor who is not contented.
He who has not conquered the senses is the helpless man.
The Lord is he who is not attached to the objects.
He is a slave who is attached to them.
Prakriti
M' = Mahat cover 1,000,000 Krores or 50,000,000 Krores Yojanas.
A" = Ahankâra cover 100,000 or 5,000,000 Krores Yojanas.
A' = Âkâs cover 10,000 or 500,000 Krores Yojanas.
V = Vayu cover 1000 or 50.000 Krores Yojanas.
T' = Tejas cover 100 or 5000 Krores Yojanas.
A = Âpas cover 10 or 500 Krores Yojanas.
E = Earth cover 1 or 50 Krores Yojanas.
S'= Satya Loka
T = Tapas Loka
J = Jana Loka
M = Mahar Loka
S = Svar Loka
B' = Bhuvar Loka
B = Bhûr Loka
P = Seven Pâtâlas
S' to P = 50 Krores Yojanas.
A' to E = Includes Tanmatras, Indriyas and Prana.
Prakriti surrounds the whole circle.
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Purusha
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"What Dhârâna is it that speedily brings on concentration and purity of mind?" was the next question.
Suka replied: — "Dhârâna of the Sthûla aspect of Bhagavâna, by a fully controlled mind." He then went on dilating on the Sthûla or Universe aspect, called Virât Purusha or Mahâpurusha. The present, the past, the future is manifest in that aspect.
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The Virâta Purusha is the soul of an Egg-like body with a seven-fold cover of earth, water, fire, air, âkasa, Ahankâra, and Mahat, respectively.
Pâtâla is His feet, Rasâtala His heels, Mahâtala His ankles, Talâtala His legs, Sutala His knees, Vitala the lower portion of His thighs, and Atala the upper portion.
Bhûr Loka is His loins, Bhuvar Loka His navel, Svar Loka His breast, Mahar Loka His throat, Jana Loka His mouth, Tapas Loka His forehead, and Satya Loka is the head of the thousand-headed Virât Purusha.
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Indra and other Usra Devas (the world Usra meaning, literally, a ray of light) are his hands.
The Dik or space gods are his ears. The twin gods Asvini Kumâra are his nose.
Agni is His mouth.
The firmament is His eyes and the Sun-god His sight.
Day and night are His eye-lashes.
The graceful movement of His eye-brows is the abode of the Supreme.
Water is His palate, taste His tongue.
The Vedas are known as His Brahmâ-randhra.
Yâma is His tusk.
The objects of affection are His teeth.
His enchanting smile is Mâyâ.
The endless creation is His side-glance.
His lower lip is shame, and the upper greed.
Dharma is His breast. Adharma His back.
Prajâpati is His generative organ.
The Mitrâ-Varuna gods are His sense of taste.
The seas are His belly, the mountains His bony system and the rivers His veins and arteries.
The trees are the hairs of the Universe-bodied.
The powerful wind-god is His breath.
Time is His movement.
His play is the flow of Gunas.
The clouds are His hairs.
Twilight is His clothing.
Prakriti is His heart.
His manas is the moon, which is the source of all transformations.
Mahat is His Chitta.
Rudra is His Ahankâra.
Horses, mules, camels and elephants are His nails.
All the other animals are His loins.
The birds are His wonderful art.
He is the abode of Manu, Buddhi and Man.
Gandharva, Vidyâdhara, Chârana and Apsaras are His musical notes.
The Asuras are His strength.
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The Brâhmana is His mouth, the Kshatriya His hands, the Vaisya His thighs, and the black Sûdra His feet.
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The Devas severally and collectively are His havis or sacrificial ghee, and yajna is His karma.
This is Virât Purusha. This is how the Universe-aspect of Purusha is realised in meditation, more as a means of concentration, than as the end. When the mind is sufficiently fixed by Dhârâna or contemplation of Virât Purusha,
Also - Four purusharthas,
Kali Yuga
In the last canto of the Bhagavata Purana there is a list of predictions and prophecies about the dark times for the present age of Kali Yuga. The following 15 predictions, written 5,000 years ago by sage Vedavyasa, are amazing because they appear so accurate. Despite the negative tone of these prophecies, there is still one bright spot for all of us, which is mentioned at the end.
Prediction 1:
Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.1
sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam ksama daya
kalena balina rajan
nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih
Prediction 2:
In Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s good birth, proper behaviour and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one’s power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2
vittam eva kalau nṝṇāḿ
janmācāra-guṇodayaḥ
dharma-nyāya-vyavasthāyāḿ
kāraṇaḿ balam eva hi
Prediction 3:
Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one’s expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3
dāmpatye ‘bhirucir hetur
māyaiva vyāvahārike
strītve puḿstve ca hi ratir
vipratve sūtram eva hi
Prediction 4:
A person’s spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to external symbols, and on that same basis people will change from one spiritual order to the next. A person’s propriety will be seriously questioned if he dos not earn a good living. And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.4
lińgaḿ evāśrama-khyātāv
anyonyāpatti-kāraṇam
avṛttyā nyāya-daurbalyaḿ
pāṇḍitye cāpalaḿ vacaḥ
Prediction 5:
A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5
anāḍhyataivāsādhutve
sādhutve dambha eva tu
svīkāra eva codvāhe
snānam eva prasādhanam
Prediction 6:
A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one’s hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6
dūre vāry-ayanaḿ tīrthaḿ
lāvaṇyaḿ keśa-dhāraṇam
udaraḿ-bharatā svārthaḥ
satyatve dhārṣṭyam eva hi
dākṣyaḿ kuṭumba-bharaṇaḿ
yaśo ‘rthe dharma-sevanam
Prediction 7:
As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of ther social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7
evaḿ prajābhir duṣṭābhir
ākīrṇe kṣiti-maṇḍale
brahma-viṭ-kṣatra-śūdrāṇāḿ
yo balī bhavitā nṛpaḥ
Prediction 8:
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.9
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
anāvṛṣṭyā vinańkṣyanti
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
Prediction 9:
The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10
śīta-vātātapa-prāvṛḍ-
himair anyonyataḥ prajāḥ
kṣut-tṛḍbhyāḿ vyādhibhiś caiva
santapsyante ca cintayā
Prediction 10:
The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali Yuga will become 50 years.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11
triḿśad viḿśati varṣāṇi
paramāyuḥ kalau nṛṇām
Prediction 11:
Men will no longer protect their elderly parents.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.42
na rakshishyanti manujah
sthavirau pitarav api
Prediction 12:
In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.41
kalau kakinike ‘py arthe
vigrihya tyakta-sauhridah
tyakshyanti ca priyan pranan
hanishyanti svakan api
Prediction 13:
Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38
sudrah pratigrahishyanti
tapo-veshopajivinah
dharmam vakshyanty adharma-jna
adhiruhyottamasanam
Prediction 14:
Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for generations. Cows will be abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.36
patim tyakshyanti nirdravyam
bhritya apy akhilottamam
bhrityam vipannam patayah
kaulam gas capayasvinih
Prediction 15:
Cities will be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists, political leaders will virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies and genitals.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.32
dasyutkrishta janapada
vedah pashanda-dushitah
rajanas ca praja-bhakshah
sisnodara-para dvijah
Despite all of these dark prophecies, there is one good quality in this age of Kali yuga:
kaler dosha-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko maha gunah
kirtanad eva krishnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet
“Although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: simply by chanting the names of Krishna, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51)
So let us take advantage of this special spiritual gift given during the dark times of Kali yuga to quickly raise ourselves spiritually through chanting of God’s holy names.
Defects
The people of Kali yuga are short lived and rich in four serious defects namely mandah (lazy about spiritual life), sumandah mati(misguided), manda bhaagya (unlucky) and upadrutah (always disturbed mentally) and with the above 4 qualities
Bhagavata purana helps them to come out of those defects as follows.
1. bhaati sarveshu vedeshu – Because the purana highlights the meanings of the Vedas in a lucid manner, the people of Kaliyuga (mandah – Lazy) can understand the conclusion of the Vedas without studying them in full which involves great study of Sanskrit grammar and phonetics etc. Bhagavata purana spoon-feeds the knowledge of Supreme Reality to complement our lazy mentality.
2. gatih sarveshaam jantunaam – In Kali yuga, the people are sumandha matayah (misguided without a proper spiritual goal) and hence they cannot ascertain the proper spiritual goal/destination in life. They take wealth acquisition and sense enjoyment as the goal and nothing more. For such people this work gives the actual goal of human life in simple terms.
3. varam sarveshu puraneshu – Even if the people take interest in the scriptures and spiritual life, in Kali yuga they will be confused about the apparent contradictions in the different scriptures and come to wrong conclusions about the Supreme Lord’s Identity and our relation with Him. The result is they adopt spiritual practices that are not suitable for Kali yuga and hence suffer without a proper spiritual shelter (manda bhagya- unlucky). Bhagavatam being the best of the puranas, it points to the Absolute Truth very clearly without any confusion and the process of realizing the Absolute Truth in a practical way. So an unfortunate person who takes shelter of Bhagavatam becomes the most fortunate.
4. taran sarva paapmaanaam – The people of Kali Yuga have great attraction for performing sinful activities and hence they will be physically and mentally always disturbed (upadrutah). For such people, Bhagavatam helps them get rid off this sinful tendency by giving knowledge, devotion and detachment and hence people can become indifferent to all disturbances by taking shelter of this scripture.
Due to the above mentioned qualities, though in Kali yuga people have short lives, they can achieve the same spiritual perfection which was possible for the people of Satya yuga (who lived for many many years) provided they take shelter of the message of the Bhagavata purana.
Thus the unique importance of the Bhagavata purana in the age of Kali is established by great authorities and it is also confirmed in the Bhagavata purana (1.3.43) itself as follows.
krishne svadhaamopagate / dharma jnaanaadhibhih saha
kalau nashta drisham esha / puraanarka adhunodhitah
"This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get light from this Purana".
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