Srimad Bhagavata Saptaaham - Summary of Seventh Session - Morning, 20 Mar

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Posted at 20:49:32 IST on Mar 21, 2010

Storyline for the 7th Session delivered on the 4th day of the Yajna, on the morning of 20th Mar 2010

The Bhagavatam is as much the story of devotees of the Lord as it is of the Lord Himself. This was the primary theme of this morning’s talk by Maharaj Ji – how the devotees of the Lord in various ways won His Grace, earning His protection and their redemption.

The first story that was related by Maharaj Ji was that of Hiranyakasipu. It illustrates an interesting dimension of the Love that the Lord has for His creation – His Grace is showered on anyone who remembers Him, be it with Love or in rare cases, with a feeling of enmity – it is the intensity with which the person cries out to the Lord that matters.

Hiranyakasipu was the brother of Hiranyaksha who had earlier been vanquished by the Varaha Avatar of Lord Narayana. So, Hiranyakasipu was looking for an opportunity to avenge his brother’s death. His mind was thus always occupied with thoughts of Lord Narayana. By his severe austerities he earned a boon from Lord Brahma that he would not be killed by man or beast, during day or night, in any of the twelve months, by any weapon, neither inside a dwelling nor outside, neither on ground nor in the sky