Kaliyugam, Parikshit & Srimad Bhagavatham

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Hari OM!

Dear Nara Narayanas,

Time is divided into four Yugams and it was the period of transition from Dwapara Yugam to Kali Yugam. Kali Yugam was making inroads everywhere. When Kali Yugam reached the boundaries of Parikshit's kingdom, Parikshit stopped him and ordered him to turn back.

Kali Yugam pleaded that he be given some shelter. Parikshit relented and allowed Kali Yugam to stay in the areas where gambling, drinking, prostitution and animal slaughter took place.

Kali Yugam begged for one more location and Parikshit granted him permission to stay with gold, because gold is the root of all evil. Kali Yugam immediately made home on the golden crown of Parikshit.

Later Parikshit was on a hunt. He was tired, hungry and thirsty and stepped into the hermitage of Sage Shamikan. The sage was deep in meditation and did not respond to the king's salutations. Kali Yugam sitting on Parikshit's crown was waiting for this opportunity. He clouded Parikshit's wisdom and in a fit of anger Parikshit picked up a dead snake and placed it on the sage's shoulder. Shamikan's son was offended by this vile act. He used his powers to pronounce a curse that the person who had insulted his father would die of snakebite on the seventh day.

When Parikshit heard the curse he accepted it as his due. All the sages assembled before Parikshit, who had given up his royal life style and was sitting on a grass mat awaiting his fate. Though he had accepted that he would die he was still afraid of death. He asked the assembled sages what a person in his situation should do so that he dies without fear and without a troubled mind.

At that moment the sixteen year old sage Sukha deva Maharshi appeared. The assembly rose and paid obeisance to this saint among sages. After Sukhdeva Maharshi has been suitably seated the king repeated his question. It was then that Sri Sukhdeva Maharshi narrated the Srimad Bhagavatam.

So Srimad Bhagawatam Parayanam and Chanting HIS name alone is the way to get rid of Kaliyugam. And now we know why our Women folks are so fond of GOLD ornaments, because they are protecting us from GOLD. from KALI YUGAM!!, even though they buy all the ornaments most of them are in the Lockers! So Parasakthi herself in the form of Women.... is protecting the rest of us maximum by storing the GOLD ornaments in the Locker!!! so they are protecting our wealth, not to disperse in sense pleasures of Kali yugam is it not?

My Pranams to all Mothers, Sisters and the real Pativratha Ratnams in this elite Group.

With Love & OM!

Krishna Prasad