Srimadbhagavatham-skandha1-sloka 2 continued and sloka 3

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

The adhikarithva, the qualification for the seeker to approach this grantha is

denoted by the words nirmathsara, those who do not cavil, sathah, good, krthee ,

one who has done meritorious deeds as otherwise he will not have the propensity

to listen or read such works and susrooshuh,(srothum icchuh) one who wishes to

hear the Bhagavatha. The

phala of hearing this is given as 'eesvarah hrdhi sadhyah avarudhyathe:,' the

Lord being established in the heart immediately.

 

 

The third sloka refers to the narrator of Bhagavatha, that is Shukhabrahmam, and

it is very beautiful.

 

Nigamakalpatharo:h galitham phalam

shukamukha:thadbhuthadhravasamyutham

pibatha bha:gavatham rasama:layam

muhuraho: rasika: bhuvi bha:vuka:h

 

Oh connoisseurs of the world! you who understand the nuances of tastes, drink

again and again, the nectar-like juice of this fruit from the wish-fulfilling

tree called veda nigamakalpatharu, which fell, galitham from the mouth of the

parrot ,shukamukhAth (shuka denotes a parrot as well as shukabrahma maharshi,

who was supposed to have the face of a parrot)

 

To acquire the desire of listening to Bhagavatha requires poorvajanmapunya and

it removes all the other desires because it consists only of dharma in the form

of Isvara aradhana, which, when done with the desire of other things is called

kaithava, deceitful, while doing that only for pleasing the Lord is

pro:jjithakaithavadharma, a dharma devoid of deceit as made out in the previous

sloka.

 

Bhagavatha is compared to the fruit that fell out of the mouth of shuka, the

parrot,and came from the nigamakalpatharu, the tree that fulfills all desires

,that is veda.This fruit is full of rasa, juice, and the rasikas, connoisseurs

who are bhavukas, discerning,are invited to drink the juice again and again,

muhurmuhuh till they merge with the Lord. The fruit which was at the tree veda,

hard to get, became easy to reach because it fell from the shukamukha. The juice

is adbhuthadhravasamyutham, being paramAnandha eva rasah, the supreme bliss of

Brahman.This has reference to the upanishadic statement 'rasO vai sah,' and

rasam hye:va:yam labdhvaa:nandheebhavathi.' Brahman is the essence of all beings

attaining whom one becomes blissful.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!