Srimad Bhagavatam

First Time In The world

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V.I.G.Menon

Canto1 Chapter 7

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"What was done , on departure of Nrada, by Rishi Ved Vyasa as advised by the Divine sage ? ,so queried Sri Saunaka to Suta

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Suta replied: " At S'amvaprasa on the western bank of the Sarasvat where sages Meditate there is an ancient asrama for promotion of transcendental activities.

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There at home Veda Vyasa sat down amidst the grove of berrytrees to meditate his mind after he had performed his morning sacrifice.

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Thus concentrating on the stainless devotional service, Rishi Vyasa Saw Lord with full manifestations under His agency

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Beings conditioned by the modes of nature take, despite their divinity Take the illusions for granted and suffer the effects of ego and dignity.

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The superfluous miseries of beings are mitigated by worshipful Union with Lord ,so for unenlightened mass , Vyasa Compiled these verses vedic truth

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Simple listening to these vedist hymns in service to Krishna the Absolute Extinguish the fire of anxiety and fear by the True devotions that sprout

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After compiling the divine tales of Lord Vishnus glorious incarnations And mainly of Krishna,he taught,his son,Suka on this path of illumination

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Saunaka asked: Why did Suka, already on the path of enlightenment and self study Contented within, leaving everything else, make any work of such an extensivity ?

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Such are the Glorious qualities of Lord Krishna that even the one immersed in bliss of ones soul and freed from all bondage desire to do pure devotional service of His.

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The devotees loved the lordly son of Vysa because he, having absorbed in the regular study of this great narration, was always devoted to the Lord.

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So let me tell you the story of life and deliverance of Parkchit the willing the sage among kings, and how sons of pandu passed away renouncing

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When, in the battle of Kurukshetra the warriors of the Pandavas and Kauravas met their destiny and when Duryodhana ,the son of King Dhritarshthra was lamenting his spine crushed by the club of Bhma, As'vatthama, the sons of Droncrya , thought to please his master Duryodhana by beheading sons of Draupad in sleep ,though his Master disapproved of this act so heinous.

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The mother of the Pndavas children, was grieved in tears when she heard On the massacre, then Arjuna ,of the Pndavas , told this to pacify her n said:

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Oh Mylady ! I shall wipe your tears by the trophy of this aggressors head Cut by my bow Gandiva ,n cremating sons, you bathe standing on his head.

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Pleasing her with choice words, Arjuna, fully armed and equipped to chase As'vatthama the son of his martial guru.chariot he boarded

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The fugitive Avatthm,,seeing Arjuna coming towards him with great speed, fled stricken by panic , just to save his life, as Brahm in fear from iva fled.

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Helpless the moment his horses got tired, the brahmin selfish, As'vatthama thinking of his self, resorted to the ultimate pranic weapon, the brahmstra

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Life endangered, he touched water and concentrated to recite the mantras, even Though he didn't know, once started, how to revoke this weapon of destruction

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Seeing the blinding light spreading in all directions and fearing the shine So fierce, Arjuna turned to his charioteer the Lord Krishna Himself fine.

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'O, Krishna, Krishna, You are the Almighty who takes away the fears of the devotees, You alone are the path of liberation for those who suffer in their material existence.

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The Absolute controller of Nature and by your internal potency, the Primal One with the bliss and knowledge of Your own Self, wards off the material illusion

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From the heart of living beings materially entangled, You bestow goodness, righteousness and such traits of dharma ,truth, purity, compassion and penance

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Thus You incarnate in order to take the burden of evil, off the earth and anon To please Thy friends and pure devotees as the loved object of their meditation.

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Oh Lord of Lords, I am yet to know where this ominous glow that is now spreading in all directions ,is proceeding to us now

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Lord Krishna said: 'Take it as caused by the son of Drona who, facing death, launched the mantric weapon without its retraction,not knowing

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Nothing else can counter this weapon but another such,you ,in fact can counter this mighty weapon using your own dazzling, martial art

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Sta said: "Obeying the Supreme Lord , Arjuna, circumambulating Him, Sipped Holy water himself and took up the supreme weapon to counter the opposed.

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When the rays of the clashing brahmstras combined, a great, Firy disc covered the space and the firmament of this planet.

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When the inhabitants of the three worlds saw the heat of the weapons scorched them severely, they thought of it as the fire of annihilation at the end of world

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. Realizing the disturbance it all created for the people of the world Arjuna had, on the direction of Vsudeva, both the weapons retracted

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Then Arjuna, angered with eyes red as copper, arrested the son of of Gautam and bound him skillfully with ropes that befits an animal lurching off wildly

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When with force the enemy was bound and was taken To camp militarily Lord, gazing all with His lotus eyes, told Arjuna waiting to hear anxiously

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'Never let this relative of the learned go, punish him, for he killed innocent boys in their sleep out of whim

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The righteous one is afraid to kill an enemy who is careless, insane,of tender age ,slept, intoxicated, a woman ,foolish, a surrendered soul, or someone who has lost his chariot.

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The shameless and cruel, thinking of living at the cost of others, for their good time deserves to be stopped in their tracks, as the perpetrator is brought down by crime.

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I overheard you making the promise to the daughter of the of Pcla King 'I will bring you the head of the one you consider the murderer of our off springs.'

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He,being just as the ashes of his family, an offending sinner ,who displeased the master is responsible for the assassination of your own sons and must be sentenced therefore.

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Sta said: " Arjuna, being put to a test concerning his duty, was encouraged in doing

so by Krishna, didn't wish to kill his teachers son, the cruel murderer of his offspring.

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When Arjuna, together with his dear friend and charioteer Govinda reached his own camp, he entrusted the assassin to his dear wife who was lamenting over her lost sons.

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Upon seeing the criminal silent from his heinous act and as an animal being brought , tied in ropes, Draupad, by her compassion showed the son of the teacher due respect.

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She couldn't bear the sight of him brought ,tied in ropes, and said: 'Release him,for his sire , a learned Brahmin was our teacher indeed.

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By his Sires mercy you pandavas have received the knowledge privy, of the martial arts and the release and control of all kinds of archery.

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Guru Drona still exists in the form of his son, because his widow Krip with a son alive, did not her husband into death she follow

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Therefore, oh most fortunate and righteous, by the goodness comely in you, cause no grief to that ever respectable and honorable family.

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Do not make his mother, Drona's widow, cry as Idid, constantly shedding tears in distress over a lost child.

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If the rulers show no restraint in respecting the order of the vedantins , their rule will burn up, bringing sooner the royals to grief and chagrin

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Sta said: "O learned ones, the King Yudhishtira heeded the words sans duplicity of the queen in accordance with righteousness and mercy, and glorious in equity.

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And so did Nakula and Sahadeva ,the younger brothers of the king, and also Styaki,

Arjuna, the ladies and others in assembly and the Supreme Lord ,the son of Devak

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Thereupon Bhma said indignantly: By the fact that he without good reason, neither for himself nor for his master, has killed sleeping children, he deserves death hither.'

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The four-armed one ,Lord Krishna, who had heard the words spoken in rage and rile by Bhma and soft by Draupad ,saw, Arjunas visage, and said with a faint smile:

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'One should not kill the relative of a brahmin, even though one kills an aggressor I see both are prescribed to be carried out as rules in such case for the followers

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You have to fulfill the promise you made when you pacified your wife and also act to the satisfaction of Bhma as well as Mine,with no strife.

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Sta said: "Immediately understanding what the Lord meant,Arjuna cut the jewel from the crown of the twice-born one along with his hair cute

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Unleashing, As'vatthm, who lost his bodily luster because of the infanticide, And the jewel, was driven off the camp, also had found his strength deprived

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Cutting the hair, confiscating the wealth and banishment are forms of physical punishment reserved for the brahmin, none any more are suggested as Corporeal

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Thereafter the sons of Pndu together with Draupad, overtaken by grief performed the duties that were needed to be done by family members in respect of their deceased