Maha bhagavata Falldowns

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I suggest that we all study the 7th and 8th chapters of SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM,

regarding Maharaja Bharata

I am pasting a few quotes just to give some idea why I make this

recomendation.

 

By thinking in this way, Maharaja Bharata was freed from all material

contamination, such as attachment, lust and greed.

 

In this way his heart was completely uncontaminated, and he did not have

the least desire for material enjoyment. All material desires vanished. In

this steady position, he felt full satisfaction and was situated in

devotional service.

 

TRANSLATION

That most exalted devotee, Maharaja Bharata, in this way engaged constantly

in the devotional service of the Lord. Naturally his love for Vasudeva,

Krsna, increased more and more and melted his heart. Consequently he

gradually lost all attachment for regulative duties. The hairs of his body

stood on end, and all the ecstatic bodily symptoms were manifest. Tears

flowed from his eyes, so much so that he could not see anything. Thus he

constantly meditated on the reddish lotus feet of the Lord. At that time,

his heart, which was like a lake, was filled with the water of ecstatic

love. When his mind was immersed in that lake, he even forgot the regulative

service to the Lord.

PURPORT

When one is actually advanced in ecstatic love for Krsna, eight

transcendental, blissful symptoms are manifest in the body. Those are the

symptoms of perfection arising from loving service to the Supreme

Personality, of Godhead. Since Maharaja Bharata was constantly, engaged in

devotional service, all the symptoms of ecstatic love were manifest in his

body.

 

Maharaja Bharata forgot the rules and regulations for the advancement of

spiritual life, and he gradually forgot to worship the Supreme Personality

of Godhead. After a few days, he forgot everything about his spiritual

advancement.

PURPORT

>From this we can understand how we have to be very cautious in executing our

spiritual duties by observing the rules and regulations and regularly

chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If we neglect doing this, we will

eventually fall down. We must rise early in the morning. bathe, attend

mangala-arati, worship the Deities, chant the Hare Krsna mantra, study the

Vedic literatures and follow all the rules prescribed by the acaryas and the

spiritual master. If we deviate from this process, we may fall down, even

though we may be very highly advanced. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (18.5)