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Hare Krishna,

 

The amount of Hindu religious literature available to us is enormous. But the contents and esoteric significance of some of the texts require proper exposition and the hidden secrets brought out should be understood by all. Some episodes may appear, superficially, strange but they have been duly annotated by spiritual leaders. The message in these books are compared to the pulp to be taken out of a coconut with difficulty. On the other hand, there are works which present the meanings directly and they are likened to the juice that is taken out of grapes easily. But all doubts in any context in any work have been answered by Acharyas like Sri Madhwa. The Bhagavatham is one of the Puranas, the study

of which will provide spiritual knowledge leading the devotees to salvation.

This work illustrates many features of mystic life - the faith in the redeeming power of the Lord's glorious names, the importance of seeking the company of saints, and the practice of treating every living creature with equal regard. One can find portrayed therein an extraordinary gallery of devotees and heroes on the spiritual path.

The Bhagavatham gives the essence of the ``Brahma Sutras'' (the aphorisms covering the entire gamut of our religious teachings), of the Mahabharata, of the vast and extensive spiritual knowledge and of the significance of the ``Gayatri''. It was rendered by Sage Vyasa. It reveals how digesting it, will enable one to acquire deep spiritual knowledge and immortality and how those born in lower cadres can get elevated to the higher strata. Sri Madhwacharya's elaborate commentaries bring out the Divine deeds of Lord Krishna.

What made Vyasa compose this treatise is interesting. The Purana was narrated on the banks of river Ganges. Though Vyasa had composed so many illustrious works, and had thrown his heart and soul into the task of promoting the good of all beings, he got no full satisfaction and pondered over the cause of this sense of spiritual frustration. As he thus sat there, weighed down by the feeling that his task had remained unfulfilled, the divine sage, Narada, arrived at the hermitage. Asking Vyasa to expatiate on the greatness of Lord Krishna, and His beneficial deeds, Narada mentioned about his own birth as the child of a maid engaged in the service of men, well-versed in the Vedas, how he had listened to the ravishing tales about Krishna and how he was blessed in his next life to gain a distinguished place among God's attendants.

SriKrishnaya Namah!

Bhaktasevak

 

 

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