Srimadbhagavatham-skandha1-sloka 4

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

The fourth sloka describes the circumstances under which the Bhagavthapurana is

related by the soothapouranika to the sages assembled in Namisaranya.

 

naimishe: animishakshe:thre: rshayah sounakaa:dhayah

sathram svarga:ya lo:ka:ya sahasra samam a:satha

 

Tha sage sounaka and others did sathra yaga for thousand years to attain the

world desired even by the denizens of heaven in The land of naimisaranya where

the Lord is abiding with unblinking eyes. In Naimisaranya is where the Lord is

present in the form of forest or aranya and He is animisha, not blinking His

eyes, directing His glance

unceasingly there. The word naimisa means nemih seeryathe yathra, the

wheel of mind released by the creator is blunted here.

 

The edge of mind is compared to a wheel. This means that the karma which makes

the mind revolve in samsara will be blunted or stopped. The reason as to why

this happens is that here the Lord is directing His glances permanently not even

blinking His eyes. The word svarga:ya lo:ka:ya means the world which is extolled

in svarga, svrge: geeyathe ithi, meaning the paramapadha or Mo:ksha.

 

After this the story begins. The sages assembled in Naimisaranya asked

the soothapouranika six questions and he related the Bhagavathapurana

as the answer.

The questions were,

 

1. What is the essence of all sasthras? 'sarvasa:sthrasa:ram e:ka:nthikam

broohi.'

 

2. Why did Lord Hari took birth as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki?

 

3. Tell us the story of His incarnations.

 

4. What are His noble deeds in His manifestations as the trinity, brahma, vishnu

and siva.

 

5. Describe His superhuman deeds in Krishnavathara.

 

6. To whom dharma resorted as its refuge when Krishna left this world?

 

(skandha1-Chapter 1 completed)

 

Jai Srimannarayana!