Panchodasha adhyaaya.........

Suta said............

Thus listining to the words of King Yuddhisthira and listening how he experienced all sorts of unusual inauspicious symbols, Arjuna with utmost grieve, became speechless.....Departure of his alter ego Srikrishna. His luster was gone, his whole body was trembling, while controlling his tears through hands he told to his elder brother Yudhistira how Srikrishna was the well-wisher, benefactor, intimate associate, charioteer and every thing to him.......

Arjuna said..............

Oh head of the people listen to me....now I am deprived of my lord Srikrishna..... His loss made me powerless; that power which surprised Gods and demons has now vanished with Srikrishna. I lost Him of whom being separated but for a moment certainly would make all universes appear unfavorable and void of all life, like they were all dead bodies. By the strength of His mercy I could vanquish all the princes who lusted for power at the selection of the bridegroom at King Drupada's palace where I gained Draupadi's hand by piercing the fish-target with my bow. Because of His support was I able to defeat Indra and his godly associates, I managed to enable the God of fire to set ablaze his forest, and could we realize our wonderfully decorated assembly house built by Maya (out of gratitude for saving him from that fire in the forest named Khaandava) where all the princes assembled to your honor bringing presents collected from everywhere. Under His influence our younger brother (Bhima), who has the strength of a thousand elephants, could kill (Jaraasandha) who was worshiped by many a king. It was He who saved the kings who by Jaraasandha had been brought (to his capital) to be sacrificed to the lord of the ghosts (Mahaabhairava).......They all paid you tribute after wards.

Seeing Draupadi on your lap who was wonderfully dressed with ornamented hair during the sacrificial ablution the Kourabas being in lust planned a wicked game of Pashaa and defeated all of us. After loosing Draupadi in the game, Duhsaasana caught Draupadi and pulled her hair at the Kuru assembly.....When Draupadi prayed in utter fear only Madhaba saved her. He also protected us when we ran into trouble, endangered in the forest by the intrigue of our enemies associated with Durvasa Muni, who arrived there to eat with his ten thousand disciples. By simply before they came to it accepting the remnants of the food, He (Srikrishna) made satisfied all the three worlds as well as the munis, who at the moment were bathing, by giving them the thought that they had been fed already. Under His influence only I could once pleased Lord S'iva and his wife the daughter of the Himalaya, because of which He and other gods rewarded me with their own weapons. And thus , living in this body, I succeeded to obtain a half-elevated seat in the house of Indra.

Goddess Parbati blessed me the magnificent weapon Akhyatuna and Lord Shiba being pleased with me awarded Paasupaata. With these two weapons I went to the abode of Indra. Seeing luster of Visnu in me all the Gods and Angels started worshiping me placing me a place as par with Indra. Due to his desire only I could defeat the demons and could win the faith of Gods. Because of His friendship alone I could, being seated on the chariot, cross the insurmountable ocean of the invincible existence of the military strength of the Kauravas. 

Thanks alone to his friendship, I could with the enormous wealth and cattle wealth of the enemy; the brilliance of all the jewels I by force took from their heads. It was he who being sited on my chariot as charioteer with the power of his glance attracted the minds and ages(life) of enemies who with the wealth of their chariots were positioned on the battlefield. O great King, he(Srikrishna), for whose company the powerful weapons send by the royal personalities like Bhishma, Karna, Drona and Salya was not able to touch me as Prahallada was rescued surrendering Srihari I was saved thereby. ...............

During obliteration of Jayadratha, my horses got thirsty. To quench their thirst I came down of my chariot. Only due to his blessings none of my rivals took undue advantage of my situation.

jaahaara paada padma nitye.........gyaanie bhaabuthaanti chitte

kumati bale na bichaari..............taahaanku saarathi mun kari

se krushna basi mora paashe ........shobhana smita manda haashye

aanande kare kara dhari......bibidha parihaasa kari

he paartha, arjuna he sakhe...................kuru nandana boli daake

I am thinking of him incessantly whose lotus feet is the center of thought of all the erudite persons....I am that wicked who made him serve me as my charioteer. That Gobinda sitting by my side holding my hands with his mild smile addressed me frequently as Paartha, Arjuna, friend and The son of Kuru. He also used to make a lot of jokes and frank. 

When sleeping, sitting, walking and dining together, truthfully confronting one another and so on, I took Him by mistake for a friend alike me, while He, despite of my seeing Him lower in my offenses, tolerated me in the glory of His magnanimity like a friend accepting a friend or a father accepting his child. O Emperor, without the Supreme Personality, my dear most friend and well-wisher, my heart and soul are vacant...............................

O king, without the Supreme Personality, my dearmost friend and well-wisher, my heart and soul are vacant. Now I am, like a weak woman, defeated by infidel cowherds while I was protecting Krishna's wives. Having the same bow, arrows, chariot and horses, I am the same Arjuna and chariot fighter to whom all the kings offered their respects - all this became in a single moment, missing Him, as useless as butter offered to ashes, as money obtained by magic or as seeds sown on barren land.

O King, the rest of our friends and relatives in Dwaraka who were cursed by the brahmins , being drunk with rice wine(chaaruni madya), like fools killed one another with sticks, not even recognizing each other in that intoxicated state. Only four or five of them remained. It is the Supreme Personality, our lord, his desire that sometimes the living beings kill and at other times protect each other. Like in the ocean where the bigger ones eat the smaller and the stronger ones devour the weaker, o King, took the same way the Omnipotent One the burden of all the Yadus in one stroke, away from the earth, by having the stronger Yadu kill the weaker one and the bigger Yadu kill the smaller one in a fight. Bearing in mind the words spoken by Govinda, his deeds for welfare of the humanity....my heart aches....

"Iswara kridaa e jagata.................praanie Iswara aayata

maaranti eku aara bale....................jala jantue jenhe jale

nirbala jantuku gilanti.......................nija marana najaanati"

When the Supreme lord plays with his maya, being in the clutch of ignorance creatures kill one another thinking oneself deathless. This causes mass destruction......for the equilibrium of creation.

Suta said: "Thus thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord and what he had instructed in the intimacy of deep friendship, Arjuna found his mind calm and free from all material concerns. Arjuna's devotion purified his mind and ended all contemplations. 

krushna charane anudhyaane............... chitta nirmala shaanti gyaane

thilaa je ashesha kalusha.....................bhakti manthane galaa naasha

Devotion purifies mind and body and ends all sins.

Recalling the instructions of the Supreme Lord about the eternal in the midst of the battle and thinking of his time and actions he dispelled the darkness of his ignorance and became master of his senses. By his spiritual capacity he ended the doubts raised by the duality of being identified with the material world. Listening to the deliberations about the disappearance of the Supreme Lord to his abode and the end of the Yadu dynasty, Yudhishthhira decided to withdraw himself and also leave for the sake of the soul............

Kunti heard about Srikrishna's dissapearance and devastation of Yadu dynasty in her own abode. That very moment she released herself from material existence and devoted herself in the lotus feet of Srikrishna. That unborn who to reduce the burden of earth took human body in Yadu dynasty relinquished that. As a thorn is used to extract another thrown, he used his earthly body to reduce the burden of earth and gave up that after the work was done. As an actor takes different characters for a purpose, and he himself remaining unchanged, The eternal manifested himself in this earth as different births as he did in Mastcha and other incarnations and relinquished the bodies after finishing the job. 

As soon as Mukunda, the eternal left the earth, Kali the world in its fullest, creating inauspicious ambience for those whose minds are not awakened. Yudhisthira seeing the grip of the vicious circle of avarice, ignorance, falsehood, dishonesty, irreligion, violence, understood that it was time to leave and enthroned in the capital of Hastinapura as the master of all land bordered by the seas, his grandson Parikhita, who was properly trained and equal to himself in all respects by his qualities. At Mathura he made Vajra (the son of Aniruddha) king of Surasena, after which he had a prajapatya sacrifice performed for being able to find the fire in himself to attain his goal.

sakala bhoga dura kari...................... sharira bandha parihari

aatmaare aatmaa agni jaali....................sarba- bishaya-ghruta dhaali

gyaana gochare agni paana........................takhyane dharmara nandana

sarba sampada kari dura........................... nirmala- raaga- ahankaara

ashesha karma paasha chedi.....................joge sharira sandhra rundhi

bachana mane lina kari..............................baayu dhaarane mana dhari

baayu dhaarana praana jehi.....................apaane taahaaku mishaai

apaana utscharga sahita.........................je maarge hoe antargata

se mrutyu debaku panchatwe......................panchaku panchare ekatwe..

puni panchaku tini gune..................................triguna samasta kaarane

taahaaku jibe dei sthaana..............................jene jibara paritraana

sakala guna parihari.......................................aatmaare aatmaa homa kari

brahma nirbaane thoi chitta..............................uttara pathe upagata

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Renouncing all the material pleasure, he (Yuddhisthira) became uninterested perfectly being detached from the unlimited bondage. He performed the sacrifice of his soul into his soul by poring the oil of desire. He withdrew his speech into his mind, his mind with his other senses into his breath, his breath he withdrew in death, and in full dedication he united that with the body made of the five elements (pancha bhuta namely fire, water, earth, sky and air). Having offered those five elements to the three qualities of nature(Satwa, Raja and Tama), he placed that in soul; renouncing all the elements (gunas) there by performed the sacrifice of soul. Concentrating upon the Supreme Brahman he marched towards north.

King Yudhisthira, unaware of his ruptured clothes, marched forward. He refusing solid food, stopped speech and untied his hair. He began to look like a madman and an unengaged urchin not listening to anyone as if he had become dumb and deaf. he, constantly thinking about the supreme, headed towards that path in which the saints and sheers of yore got salvation. He was followed by his four brothers who were embracing their subjects with great joy. Surrendering themselves in the lotus feet of Krishna they could end up all the blemishes and achieved the auspicious status. Vidura was on his forest stay renounced his material body, being free from the curse of Brahmana, went with forefathers towards his abode. Draupadi also, following the footsteps of her husband, concentrated, single pointed on Lord Basudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and reached him thus. Surrendering to his lotus feet, Pandu sons and Draupadi could remove the illusion of world (Samshaara). 

end of panchodasha adhyaaya...................

chaturdasha adhyaaya.................

chaturdasha adhyaaya.................

Suta said: 

"Arjuna with the permission of his elder brother Yudhisthira went to the city of Dwarika to see his friends and Krishna, and to know the plans of the supreme Godhead. After a few months, when Arjuna did not return from there, Yudhishthhira observed various fearful signs in his ambience. He saw a fearful reversal of the direction of eternal time, observed seasonal irregularities and saw that the people in their human sins turned to anger, greed, lust and falsehood in emboldening their means of livelihood. There was cheating in ordinary transactions, deception mixed in the regard of well-wishers, fathers, mothers and brothers and also between man and wife there was quarrel. As the king saw how in the course of time the people were acquiring irreverent habits, he was taken aback. The king addressing his younger brother Bhimasena said………………

Arjuna went to Dwarika to now the news of Srikrishna and wanted to know his future plans.... Seven months has been elapsed, our brother Arjuna didn't come. o Bhima, my mind is becoming crazy and dubious, why that is happening. Is it so, as Narada instructed, that the Supreme Personality has decided it is time to leave this manifest world? From Him we have our wealth, kingdom and wives - through Him the existence of the dynasty and the life of our subjects has become possible and by His mercy we could defeat our enemies and live for a better world. Just look, o man with the strength of a tiger, at the position of the planets, how things are faring on earth and what is happening to the body and the mind; all these dreadful signs deceiving our intelligence, indicate a great danger in the near future. 

Arjuna went to Dwarika to know the news of Srikrishna and wanted to know his future plans....Yuddhistira continues, seven months has been elapsed, our brother Arjuna didn't come. O Bhima, my mind is becoming crazy and dubious, why that is happening. Narada was telling, that the Supreme Personality has decided to leave this manifest world. Could this be the reason of all the feral symbols.... From Him we have our wealth, kingdom and wives - through Him the existence of the dynasty and the life of our subjects has become possible and by His mercy we could defeat our enemies and live for a better world. His well being is alone my well being....Just look, O Brukodara, how earth, sky and our minds are getting awful message.....; all these dreadful signs deceiving our intelligence, indicate a great danger in the near future.

Again and again my thighs, eyes, arms and the left of my body are quivering and I have heart palpitations due to the fear I have. This is all indicative of undesirable happenings. See, o Bhima, how the jackal frantically cries at sunrise and how the dog barks at me without any fear. Cows keep me to their left and asses and such are turning around me while my horses seem to weep. The pigeon appears like a messenger of death and the shrieks of the owls and their rivals the crows make my heart tremble as if they wish the void of the cosmos. O Bhima, see how smoke circles in the sky and how the earth is throbbing along with the hills and mountains with loud thunderbolts out of the blue of a cloudless sky. The wind blows sharply creating darkness with the dust and rain pours like blood from the clouds as an ubiquitous disaster.

The sun is shining less - see how the stars in the sky seem to clash into one another and how the living beings are confused and agitated as if they are crying. Rivers and their tributaries are all disquieted like sea while with the help of butter the fire doesn't ignite - what is this extraordinary time? What is going to happen? The calves don't suck milk and the cows don't want to be milked looking afraid as if weeping, while the bulls don't take pleasure in the pasture ground. The deities seem to be crying and perspiring as if they want to leave the temple and also the cities, villages, towns, gardens, mines and hermitages have lost their beauty, bereft of all happiness - what sort of calamities will befall us? I think that all these great upsurges manifest out of the need for the marks of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality....

Suta said........

Telling thus to his brother Bhimasena, King Yudhisthira found Arjuna rushing towards him. While he bowed at the feet of the king, tears fell from the lotus eyes of his downward looking face. Seeing the anxious heart and pale appearance of Arjuna, questioned the king, (remembering what Narada had said him). Yudhishthhira said: 'Are our relatives Madhu, Bhoja, Dasasarha, Arha, Satvata, and Andhaka of the Yadus all happy passing their days in Dwarika? Is my respectable (maternal) grandfather Surasena in good health passing his last days and are my (maternal) uncle Vasudeva and his younger brothers all well? Are my aunts - his wives - all seven sisters headed by Devaki in person, with their sons and daughters-in-law all happy?

Are King Ugrasena, whose son was the mischievous one (Kamsa) and his younger brother, Hridika and his son Kritavarma and Akrura, Jayanta, Gada, Sarana as well as Satrujit and the rest all happy? Is also the Supreme Personality Balarama, who is the protector of the devotees, all right? Are the great warrior Pradyumna (a son of Krishna) and all others of the Vrishni family happy - and is the plenary expansion of Krishna Aniruddha (a grandson of Krishna) faring well? And how are Sushena, Carudeshna and Samba, the son of Jambavati, and the other eminent sons of Krishna as also their very best sons doing? Are likewise the constant companions of Krishna like S'rutadeva, Uddhava and others, Sunanda, Nanda and other leaders doing well, and are the other liberated souls as well in order who are the best of men? And are all who are bound in friendship under the protection of Balarama and Krishna also remembering our well-being? 

Does the Supreme Lord, who is all merciful and who always cares for his devoted and the brahmins (the ones versed in sacred knowledge), enjoy the pious assembly of His friends around Him in Dwarika? For the protection and elevation of the good of all and all their worlds is there in their company, in the ocean of the Yadu dynasty, the Original, Supreme Enjoyer and Ananta (Balarama). In His own city are the members of the Yadu family, as they deserve it, under the protection of His arms, relishing the transcendental pleasure like the residents of heaven. By most importantly managing the comforts at the feet, made the sixteen thousand companions of the fair sex who are headed by Sathyabhama, the Lord subdue the denizens of heaven, so that they, as the wives of the Controller of the thunderbolt, could enjoy what is normally the privilege of the demigods. The Yadus, enjoying the protection of His arms, always fearlessly enter the Sudharma assembly hall which, procured by force (from Indra).

hey bhraata suna mahaa bhuja......................... tu mote dishu hatabirjya...

labhilaa bastu kene galaa............................. tote abangyaan kehu kalaa?

chira prabaase duhkha chintaa.................... tenu badana malinataa.....

kebaa bharschanaa amangale....................... tote shampilaa baakyabale

arthi praani nku debaa kalu.........................maagante ki abaa ndelu..?

bruddha braahmana, nirimaakhi..................... stiri baalaka goru duhkhi

roga padante je rodanti............................... je abaa sharana pashanti

ehaanku dayaa baa nakalu.............................tenu tu ashubha dishilu

atithi bhrutya garbhanaari............................kanyaa baa abhojana kari

ki baa to jibana thaakura............................... Gobinda hoile antara

taahaara shunye shunya tuhi..........................emanta praaya mun manai.......

My dear brother, you seem to be powerless. It appears to me that you have lost your luster. Is it because of missing the respect being neglected or, my brother, because you were away so long? Have you lost your grip because you were addressed unfriendly or have been threatened, or couldn't you give in charity or keep to the hope of doing so? Couldn't you, being approached for the protection of the learned ones, the children, the cows, the old aged, the diseased and the women, give shelter to any living being deserving your care? Did you contact a reprehensible woman or have you improperly treated an acceptable woman maybe, or has your good self on the road been defeated after all by a superior power or by equals? Have you disregarded old men or boys deserving to dine with you together or did you do something abominable which is hard to forgive? Or is it that to the most dear one, my brother Arjuna, your heart's friend Lord Krishna, you feel a void missing Him all the time? I can think of no other reason why you should suffer such a mental distress'...... 

end of chaturdasha adhyaaya..................

Narada said...........

sanshaara iswarara echaa.............e bhaba patha guru dikhyaa

tu raajaa tote hen najaanu................sanshaara satya praaye manu

satya ki mithyaa beni pathe............shoka na kari paaru chitte

Oh king, this world is the supreme wish of the God almighty. You are ignorant of your self. This ignorance of yours makes you feel the world to be truth and in grief can't differentiate between truth and falsehood.....

jadi tu jiba satya manu..............deha anitya parimaanu

athabaa brahma bhaaba bahu.....sneha chaadile soka kaahun...?

enu agyaana jada mati................byaakula chaada he nrupati

tu je bicharu sneha bhaabe............mo binaa banchibe kemante

e deha pancha bhute jadi.................abidyaa kaala karme padi

aapanaa dukhe nitya dukhi................ekaahin para praana rakhi...!

uraga gilichi jaahaaku...................se kaahin rakhiba aanaku?

If you start thinking the Jiba(soul) as absolute impersonal truth and body as a non-reality and quit your sense of affection, you will be freed from your grief..... Therefore, o King, give up your anxiety, and stop thinking how these helpless persons (uncle and aunt) would be able to survive without you. This mundane body is nothing but amalgamation of (pancha bhuta) five elements namely fire, water,air, earth and sky. In nescience It is always in the grip of kaala (time) and Karma (action) suffers a lot in his own grief. How can that person help others who always is grieved by his own grief ? Can a person bitten by snake rescue others......?

Morale------


Worrying for others makes no sense. What happens in your ambiance is not the result of your action. Its the invisible hand which plays it's role....... Be calm in togetherness and departure...It's a part of a game named as 'Life'......

dekha pratyakhye nrupa bara......................bisnura maayaa khela ghara
swabhaabe naahi jaara hasta......................hasta thilaara se aayata
dwipada chatuhspada jete.............................nipade taahaanka aayate
badanka bhakhya honte saana......................se naasa jaanti anye anye
e jiba jibanka aahaara.................................kebala nirbala bichaara
se hari nitya biswa rupe..............................nara sarire moha kalpe
ekai aatmaa narahari..................................bhaabe ashesha dehe puri
antara baahaare prakaasha.........................se bhogya bhoktaa hrusikesha
e maayaa duranta taahaara..........................ke kari paariba gochara...?


Oh king, this world is illusion created by Bishnu. That being without hands is under control of that being with hands, that being without legs is under control of the four-legged and two legged ones.The weak is under the controll of the powerful and one living being is the subsistence for the other. Therefore o King, look only at this outer form of the Supreme Personality, who is one without a second. He resides in every mundane body, present inside and outside......He is the one who eats/consumes and the one who is eaten/consumed. Who is able to understand his remote illusion/ maya?.....................................

O King, the father of creation, has descended in this world in a form of time, in order to eliminate all those who are against his will.


Dhritaraashthra, his brother Vidura and his wife Gaandhaari have gone to the southern side of the Himalayas where sages take shelter. They are bathing regularly in the holy water of Saptasrota (seven sources). There, the sacred Ganges sprouted from seven currents into seven branches. They are also sacrificing in the fire according the regulative principles and fasting with water only, Dhritaraashthra has the senses and mind completely controlled and is thus freed from His family concerns. From sitting postures, breath-control and turning inward from the six senses one can, absorbed in the Lord, conquer the paw of passion and ignorance. Perfectly fixing his intelligence in the wisdom of the living being and merging in the reservoir of the pure spirit of the Supreme (Brahman), he, from his clouded vision, will rise towards the spiritual sky. While sitting immovably fixed, with ending of the material modes and the suspension of their effects, his senses and mind will stop from being fed. Probably he will quit his body five days from today, o King, and will turn to ashes.


While outside observing the body of her husband being afire along with his cottage, the chaste lady Gandhari will follow him in full consciousness. She will sacrifice herself in the funeral fire of her husband. Vidura, witnessing that wonderful incident, o son of the Kuru dynasty, will, affected by delight and grief, leave from that place on an enlivening pilgrimage. After thus having addressed the king, Naarada took out into space along with his stringed instrument. Yudhishthhira, keeping his instructions in his heart, then gave up all lamentations and concentrated on his service to his kingdom........


end of trayodasha adhyaaya...........

Trayodasha Adhyaaya

Suta said........

Bidura while traveling to different places of pilgrimage, had received the Self knowledge (attmaa tatwa) from the great sage Maitreya. After getting the knowledge he returned to Hastinapura to meet king Yudhisthira. Arriving there, he was welcomed by Yudhishthhira with his younger brothers, jujustchu son of Drutaraastra, saaradbata, gandhaari, droupadi, subhadraa, uttaraa, and Kunti with all other relatives....

Story of Vidura: Who is Vidura ?

Mahatma Vidur was in a way an incarnation of Dharma. Due to the curse of the sage, Mandavya, he was to be born in the Shudra caste. He was born to the maid of the king Vichitravirya. Thus, he was the real brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra. He was very prudent, wise, polite, religious, well mannered and devoted to the Lord. As a minister to Dhritarashtra, he used to give him good advice. When Duryodhana was born, he had cried like a jackal. Seeing all these bad omens, Vidur had cautioned Dhritarashtra that his child would be the cause of the Kauravas destruction, hence it would be better to abandon the child at once. But due to the attachment for his child, Dhritarashtra did not pay heed to his advice and as a result suffered a lot all along his life just because of Duryodhana.

Because of Duryodhana's atrocities, Mahatma Vidur developed sympathy for the Pandavas and he helped them and protected them directly or indirectly. He knew that despite any crisis, the Pandavas would win the battle eventually. They were blessed with a long life and hence no one could kill them. That is why Vidur advised Kunti to keep calm and not to protest when Duryodhana had craftily poisoned Bheema and had thrown him into a river. He cautioned her that if she raised her voice to protest against Duryodhana's treachery against Bheema, then he would get irritated and he would attempt to kill the other Pandavas in the same manner. As for Bheema, Vidur convinced Kunti that he would escape unhurt. Kunti was convinced of Vidur's words as she knew that he was a man of truth and indeed he came back safe and sound.

Vidur had also cautioned Yudhishtir of the imminent danger that was lurking in Barnavata and also told him the way to escape the danger. It was Vidur who had planned the digging of a tunnel from Lakshagriha to the bank of the Ganges and had arranged for the boat to emerge on the river and finally cross it. Thus acting prudently, Vidur saved the lives of the Pandavas. Vidur did not discriminate in his affection for the Pandavas and the Kauravas and he used to give them good advice as well. But Duryodhana never liked his advice. Even then, Vidur tried his level best to put his brother Dhritarashtra on the right track. But under the influence of his sons, Dhritarashtra never followed Vidur's advice but assuming him to be his well wisher, he always sought Vidur's advice.

Following Shakuni's advice, Duryodhana informed the proposal of inviting the Pandavas over a game of dice. Vidur cautioned Dhritarashtra that such a game would only increase the enmity between the two sides, hence a game of dice is inauspicious for both the sides. Praising Vidur, Dhritarashtra then persuaded Duryodhana to give up the plan. But Duryodhana was determined to humiliate the Pandavas, hence he made Dhritarashtra accept his plan. It was Vidur who went to Indraprastha with the proposal of the game. Yudhishtir too did not like the game of dice but lest his uncle's desire be dishonoured, he also accepted Duryodhana's proposal. Even when the game was being played, Vidur tried to convince Dhritarashtra that he still had enough of time to come around and drop his submissive stance for Duryodhana and save his clan and not to make the Pandavas their enemy.

After the coronation of Yudhishtir, Dhritarashtra came to stay with him. Vidur also stayed with him and used to be engaged in religious discussions. Eventually, he accompanied Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti in their penance. In the forests, observing solitude, he observed severe penance. Once Yudhishtir went to the forests to meet his mother, uncle and aunt. Not finding Vidur there, he inquired about him. At that time Vidur was heading for his hermitage far away in the jungles. Yudhishtir called out to him several times but Vidur did not pay any notice to his calls and he stood resting against a tree. Yudhishtir hastily went near Vidur and found out that due to his severe penance, Vidur's body had been reduced to a mere skeleton. There and then, Yudhishtir worshipped him and saw a beam of light emerging from his body and annihilated in Yudhishtir and the lifeless body of Vidur remained resting against the tree. Thus living a religious life, Vidur attained salvation. ]]]]

They went towards him in great delight as if life had returned to their bodies, approaching him with due respect with embraces and obeisances. In their affection they emotionally shed tears because of the anxiety and grief they had felt from the separation. King Yuddhishthhira then arranged for a reception getting him seated.

Yudhisthira pleaded.....o uncle (taata) seeing you , I get nostalgic about how we brothers along with our mother were saved from various dangers like poisoning and arson(jatughruha agnikaanda) by your help and blessings.... Keeping our love within your heart which forests and places of pilgrimage did you travel alone and how did you maintain your livelihood? Devotees like your goodness are converted into holy places themselves, o powerful one; having the Supreme Personality in your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage. O my uncle, can you tell us from seeing or hearing about our friends and well-wishers, if the descendants of Yadu, who are rapt in the service of Krishna, are all happy in their respective abodes?

tu aambha sneha dura kari.......bhramana kalu basundhari
udaashi pathika lakhyane.........ekaa tu bulu bane bane
kipari praana rakhyaa karu.......e patha srama kehne haru?
bhramilu abani mandale..........tirtha aashrama punya sthale...
tohari praaye shaadhu jete..... pabitra dehe sarba tirthe
bhrami karanti punyatara.........jaahaanka chitte chakradhara......

Those persons who are humble, righteous and merciful are as similar as pilgrimage.... Visiting them gives equal result as visiting a holy place.....Godly natures maketh a man as par with God..

Thus being asked by the king Yudhisthira, Vidura properly described all that he had experienced one after another, without mentioning the destruction of the dynasty. He apprehended that listening to the destruction of Yadu dynasty the Pandabas might destroy themselves not being able to tolerate their separation in distress... So he mentioned hidding the truth that under the protection of the God himself the Yadu dynasty was sound..

He resided thus for a few days being treated with the amenities befitting a god, doing good to the eldest brother Dritaraastra and this way bringing happiness to all the others. Vidura was Yamaraaj(Dhrma) in his past life who played the part of a sudra (a working class man), because of a 100-year curse of the sage Manduka Muni (who under his responsibility was treated unjustly). Seeing the grandson of the dynasty (Parikshita) being suitable for ruling over the paternal kingdom together with his capable co-administering brothers, Vidura, pleaded to his elder brother Drhitaraastra that, The Dwapara Yuga(era of Dwaapara) is going to end, so you should leave this palace. Kali Yuga has entered so no more you all should live in the place where the kali has overpowered sky and earth....See how everywhere there is immense darkness..O King, please withdraw yourself from here without delay, just see how fear has taken over. There is no remedy or any measure for anyone, of the eternal kaala who has appeared for all of us.....

This Kali is very cruel, all will come under her grip. This will take away our lives. All the wealth and manpower on this earth will be under her stubborn clutch. Gods, Demigods, Demons, old, young and mighty all will be afraid of her.

anitya e manushya dehi...................saara ehaara kichi naahi
e dehe je mukta bandhana..................taahaaku boli mahaajana

This life is trivial and fragile. It is not worth being adorned. All are bound with relationships. Attachment with relations is the cause of all the agonies in life. The very person to be called great who makes himself/herself from all relations.

Vidura said to Dritaraastra, oh brother...... It's all your past deeds which are responsible for death of your brothers and sons your grief at this age. With your father, brother, well- wishers and sons all dead, your life expended and your body invalid of old age. You live in another man's home. You have been blind from the beginning, don't hear so well, your memory fails and recently your teeth loosened, your liver gives you trouble, you face difficulty in digesting food and you are loudly coughing up mucus. Alas, how powerful are the hopes of living beings for life, under the influence of which you, just like a household-dog, eat the remnants of food left by Bhima, whom your sons tried to kill by giving poisonous sweet being exhorted by evil ministers. That Bhima did not dye due to blessings of lord Krishna and your sons rather were killed being beaten with the weapon (Gada) of Bhima. All your sons planned to kill the Pandavas in an arson in Jatu ghara and to enjoy the kingdom wholly. But they failed in their evil venture. They tried to make naked the bride Draupadi defeating Pandavas in wicked dice game. You know every actions of your kins but remained silent. All the consequences of the past deeds, you are experiencing now.............

He is considered wise and free who, being displeased with this mortal body remains indifferent of all material obligations.
E dehe birakta je jana…………………se praani bimukta bandhana
A nitya nara kalebara …………………..bhitare kichi naahi saara
So by knowing; meditating upon yourself that this body is mortal in nature and there is nothing great about it, leave all your material attachments and your home installing lord in your heart. Come with me heading towards north, without letting your kins know where you are going. Thus the old king Drhitaraastra, urged by the wisdom of his younger brother Vidura, steadily broke all the familial affection and left in the (northern) direction set for the path of liberation keeping his arms upon the solder of Vidura. He was followed by the chaste and worthy wife Gandhari who went along with her husband to the Himalayas - the place that is the delight for those who took up the staff of renunciation, like fighters accepting the legitimate of a great war.

Returning to the palace, after finishing his evening worship, King Yudhisthira wanted to pay respects to the elderly, but did not find his two uncles or aunt Gaandhaari. Anxious, he turned to Sanjaya the son of Gavalgana (the assistant who gave the blind Dhritaraashthra the account of the battle), saying: 'Where is our old and blind uncle? Where is my well-wisher Vidura and mother Gandhari who was in grief of losing her offspring? Has the old king, ungrateful to me of having lost his sons, in a doubtful mind of my offenses, drowned himself with his wife in the Ganges in his distress? After the death of my father King Pandu, they were the well-wishers of all of us small children, protecting and caring for us - where have my uncles gone from here?' "......

Suta said:

"Sanjaya anxious out of compassion and distressed in separation of not seeing his master(Dritaraastra), being too aggrieved, could not reply. Wiping the tears of his face with his hands and regaining his mind with intelligence he began to reply King Yudhishthhira while thinking of the feet of his master 'I do not know the intentions of your uncles or Gandhari, o descendant of the Kuru dynasty - o great King, I've been cheated by those great souls.' At that time the supreme personality Narada appeared on the scene with his musical instrument and after Yudhishthhira and his younger brothers had offered him their due obeisances the king said: 'O Supreme One, I do not know where my uncles and my ascetic aunt so aggrieved of the loss of her sons, have gone? Like the captain on a ship in the extensive ocean you are the Lord to direct us to the other side.'

Narada said.....

Oh King don't be sad because this world is nothing but illusion created by the supreme lord.
He by his maya (illusion) creates living beings and plays his game of meeting and departure.
He is the one who brings all together and also disperses them. The way a cow is strung by a rope through the nose, likewise one is conditioned by the orders of control of the Lord. Accordingly he/she experiences agonies or sufferings subject to caring rendered and responsibilities taken.

bho nrupa shoka tu nakara.......iswara maya e sanshaara
praani bhiaai maya joge................. khelai sanjoge bijoge
goru naasikaa jehne bindhi...............aakarshi charma rajju baandhi
se praani jehne bhaaraa bahe...........antare dukha kheda sahe.....

As in a game of ball there is throwing and catching of the ball, in every one's life there is togetherness and departure. The ball goes that way it is sent by the player. So every thing happens in ones life is subject to some order of an invisible play.

kridaa kanduka kridaa range...........bhramai sanjoge bijoge
je daana padai demante................kanduka chale sehi mate

Dwaadasa adhyaaya

Sounaka Muni said

The womb of Uttaraa, that was anguished by the heat released by the invincible weapon of Aswasthaamaa, was brought back to life by the Lord Srikrishna. How did the birth of emperor Parikchita, who was highly intelligent and performed as a great soul, take place? What did actually happen at his death and what did he attain thereafter? Please tell us, we all want to hear everything about him as we are full of respect for the one (Parikchita) whom Sukadeva delivered the knowledge of the Supreme.

Suta Muni said.........

King Yudhishthhira treated all his subjects like his children; he had no motives for material gain or sense gratification, as he was in service to the feet of Lord Krishna. His fame about his wealth, sacrifices, his deeds, his caring to his queens, his brothers, all subjects and his sovereignty spread all over the three worlds. His only motive on earth was observing the path of righteousness. Now I am telling you all about the birth of King Parikchita.......

Inside the womb of his mother, the child Parikchit, had seen Srikrishna. At the time of blast of the Bramhastra inside the womb of Uttara, to protect Parikhcit from the heat of the weapon Lord Krishna took the size of a thumb being armored with his conch, lotus, club and The great Sudarshana charka in four of his hands. Vanquishing the radiation of the brahmaastra like the sun evaporating dew drops, He was observed by the child that wondered who He was. While he observed the all-pervading Supreme, the Supreme Lord and protector of righteousness taking away the glare, suddenly disappeared out of his sight. Thereupon, with the gradual evolving of good signs and under a favorable constellation, he took birth as the heir apparent of Paandu. Royal priests like Dhaumya and Kripa performed the birth ritual with the recitation of auspicious hymns. King Yudhisthira with a great joy, in charity rewarded Brahmins and the learned ones with gifts of gold, cows, land, housing, elephants and horses, and good food, for the occasion. The Brahmins being glad addressed the king, that they felt very obliged to the descent in the line of the Purus (Yudhisthira). They said: 'This son has been saved by the all pervasive and Omnipotent Lord from destruction by the supernatural weapon. Therefore he will become well known in all the worlds as one protected by Vishnu; and he will be a most fortunate supreme persona endowed with all good qualities.”................

The brahmins further added: 'O king, he will be the maintainer of subjects, exactly like King Ikshyaaku, son of Manu, and he will be loyal in his vows and he will be respectful for the elders and learned ones just like Rama, the son of Dasaratha. He will be charitable like King Sibi and he will protect the surrendered ones. He will spread the name and fame of his family like Bharata the son of Dushyanta, who performed many sacrifices. Amongst the archers he will be as good as Arjuna; as powerful as a lion and as worthy for taking shelter like the Himalayas; he will be as forbearing as the earth and as tolerant as his parents. With a spirit as good as that of Brahma, he will be as generousas Lord Siva and will be the resort of all affluence beings like the Supreme Lord with whom the goddess of fortune resides. Following in the footsteps of Lord Krishna he will abide by the glory of all godly attributes, he will have the greatness of King Rantideva and he will be like Yayati concerning the religion. He will be as Patient as Bali and will be a devotee like Prahlaada unto Lord Krishna and will perform aswamedha (horse sacrifices) and will be loyal to the elderly and experienced. He will be the maintainer of world peace and the righteousness. After hearing of his personal death, caused by a snake bite sent by the son of a brahmin, he will be freed from attachment and take to the shelter of the Lord.After getting knowledge from the son of the sage Vyaasa he will abandon his material life on the bank of the river the Ganges and will attain a life of fearlessness.

Thus said the Brahmins to king Yudhistira about the life of child Parikhita, reading his horoscope....... After having thus informed king Yudhisthira, the Brahmins who were well versed in the vedic knowledge, astrology and the ceremony of birth and who had received sumptuous remuneration, returned to their respective homes.

Suta Muni said, o respected Saunaka, he would become famous in this world as Parikchit, from what he had seen before his birth, he would be examining all men in constant contemplation. Very soon the royal prince under the care of his parental guardians luxuriantly grew up, the way the rising moon grows day by day.

King Yudhishthhira, performed three horse-sacrifices to be freed from fighting his kinsmen, with which he perfectly worshiped Lord Krishna. With the permission of the king Yudhisthira, Draupadi and His relatives, Lord Krishna went back to Dwaarikaa, accompanied by Arjuna and other members of the Yadu dynasty.


ends dwadasa adhyaaya.........

Ekaadasha adhyaaya.......

Suta said..... "Reaching the border of the land of the Dwaarikaa, Krishna sounded his conch shell [(the Panchajanya), which, evidently, removed the sorrows of the inhabitants. The brilliant white of the round form of the conchshell, although reddened by the lips of the Srikrishna, looked like a swan ducking at the stems of lotus flowers. Having heard the sound that is removes all fear of birth and death all the citizens proceeded rapidly in the direction of the sound in order to have the audience with the protector of the devotees they for so long had awaited. Thereupon they offered their presentation of welcome which could be considered like offering a lamp to the sun relative to the self-contented one who, by his own potency, was their unrelenting provider.

Koti nayana praani bahi...................ki kare rabi jebe naahi..!
tohara prasanna badana .................akhila taapa bimochana.......

The eager people of Dwarikaa gathered near Srikrishna and offered their humble prayers. They pleaded...."We have always bowed down to Your lotus feet like one does with his father because You are the one who is everything to us; our mother, well-wisher, husband, father, Lord and spiritual master; you are our supreme idol. How lucky we are to see your all-auspicious form, to be again under the protection of your good Self. Whenever, o lotus-eyed one, You leave from here to meet Your friends and relatives among the Kurus (in Hastinaapura) and the people of Mathuraa, o Infallible one, seems each moment to take a million years, and are our eyes as useless as they would be without the sun. How can we, with You being elsewhere, live without the satisfaction of Your glance that vanquishes the miseries of the world; how can we live without seeing Your beautiful smiling and decorated, attractive face?" Listening thus, Srikrishna entered Dwarika with a great pleasure.

The city of Dwaraka was protected by the strength of the descendants of Krishna called "Yadavas" who were all as good as Krishna Himself. Round the years there there wealth of orchards and flower gardens that with their trees, plants and also with the hermitages that were found there, formed beautiful parks around ponds filled with lotuses which made the city extra beautiful. The gateway of the city as well as the different roads were decorated with arches and flags which, painted with all the known signs, were casting shadows in the sunshine. The lanes, alleys, the marketplace and public meeting places were thoroughly cleansed, sprinkled with scented water and strewn with fruits, flowers and unbroken seeds. At the door of each residential house there was a display of curd, unbroken fruits, sugar cane, decorations, pots of water and articles for worship like incense and lamps. Hearing that their dearest one was coming home, were His father Vasudeva and the magnanimous Rama, Akrura, Ugrasena...... Krishna's elder brother Balaraama, all the sons of Srikrishna including, Pradyumna, Caarudeshna and Saamba , all by the force of an extreme happiness alerted from their resting, sitting and dining. Headed by elephants, with auspicious articles, blowing the conchshells and with the glorifying chanting of hymns, hurriedly they all marched towards their adorable Srikrishna.

After entering his palace Srikrishna was embraced by His own seven mothers (the real one, the wife of the priest, the guru and the king, the cow, the nurse and mother earth) gladly headed by Devaki to whom he bowed down in obeisance. After all of them had put Him on their laps their breasts got wet of affection and delight and the water of the tears that overwhelmed them. Thereafter He entered His personal palaces that answered all desires to the full with his wives that numbered over sixteen thousand. With their minds rejoicing the ladies, from a distance seeing their husband now returned home, at once got up from their seats and meditations.

takhyane hari rupa dekhi nirmala kari beni aakhi
antare swamirupa dhari nibide aalingana kari
puni krushnara paase mili putraadi dwaaraa kola kari
swabhaabe sallaja badane lotaka purite nayane
jadyapi paaile ekaante tathaapi krushna paadagate
ati pirati naba naba swaami charane kale bhaaba
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All the wives of Srikrishna were delighted by the presence of their husband. He was the one who is with him/her who sees Him in side heart. This is the relation of soul and the supreme. This is how all the wives of Sikrishna got his embrace at the same time. Srikrishna for protecting the earth from the burden of sins defeated thousands of merciless kings whose women surrendered the almighty whom He himself gave the status as his wife. The innocent wives out of simplicity took it for true that he would be like someone who is dominated and isolated by his wife in following her. Their innocence served their adorable husband each and every moment with the sense great fulfillment.

end of ekaadasha adhyaaya....................

Dashama adhyaaya

Saunaka Muni pleaded: "Oh Suta, tell more about Sri krishna whose stories make one rescued from the mortal life and tell how did the Pandavas, who followed the path of righteousness, rule over their kingdom after having killed the aggressors who wanted to usurp the legal inheritance.

Suta said…………..Rescuing the Pandavas and vanishing the Kuru dynasty with the fire of his eyes, Sri Krishna, The protector of the creation, pleased to see the peaceful ruling of King Yudhishthhira who keeping Krisna in his mind observed all the righteous sayings of Bhishma, being enlightened with perfect knowledge ruled over the earth with the path of righteousness… There was peace everywhere. All the rain that was needed showered, the earth yielded everything desired and the cows out of sheer joy milked abundantly. The rivers, oceans and hills assured him in every season of all necessary vegetables, greenery and medicinal herbs. Never was, any living being troubled by anxieties, diseases or extreme temperatures, under his protecting ruling.

In order to appease his friend Arjun and to please his sister Subhadraa, who was married with Arjuna, Krishna stayed for a few months in the Hastinaapura. After few months of his staying, Srikrishna, duly asked permission from all to leave for Dwarikaa. He embraced all one by one and then ascended his chariot, receiving from others the same respects and embraces. Draupadî, Kunti, Uttaraa and also Dhritaraashthra and Gaandhaari, the Pandavas and all others had great difficulty bearing the separation from their dearest Srikrishna. The ladies of the family who came out of the palace, had difficulty checking their tears from overflowing. At that time mridangas (drums used in devotional service), conchshells, horns, strings, flutes and more drums, bells and other rhythm-instruments were sounded. The ladies of the Kuru dynasty got on the roof of the palace, from where they showered flowers upon Krishna. Arjuna the dearest of his friends made him(Srikrishna) climb his chariot.................

From everywhere the truthful respects and sayings of the brahmins were heard which to the occasion were neither befitting or unbefitting considering the Absolute Truth present there in a form subjected to the modes of nature. The ladies of the capital of the king of the Kurus were with their hearts absorbed in talking amongst each other about Him hailed by the scriptures, in such a manner that it sounded more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas themselves: 'Him we will definitely remember as the Personality of Godhead, as the Original One who existed materially unmanifested in his own self before the creation of the modes of nature; he, that Super soul, that Supreme Lord, in whom the living beings merge, with their energies suspended, as if during the night all creatures forget everything and at the fall of the night start differentiating their very existence and get engaged in work of senses .

aatmaare aatmaa bhaaba bahe sakala shakti gheni rahe
dibasa ante praani dehe nidraa jesane sarbe mohe
puni uthanti raatri ante bisaya dhyaana abirate.....

He in the role of the compiler of the revealed scriptures thus, by the performance of his own personal potency, gave the individual soul time and again names and forms in the re-creation of the outer illusion of material nature. He assigns names to that what factually cannot be named. He happens to be the same Personality of Godhead as the one seen by those great devotees who managed to control their senses and life and who, by the grace of their devotion, may see the development of a pure mind. Oh friends, this is he, the one and only supreme controller and super soul of the complete creation, by the manifestation of His pastimes creates, maintains and destroys, without ever becoming attached to it as water can't touch the lotus leaf.

That Krishna resides in all the bodies in the form of Satwa. He manifested as human to give right path of salvation to the wondering souls. All the wives of Srikrishna were lucky enough to drink the nectar of his lotus face through their eyes. Due to devotion towards the eternal of many births they got Krishna as their husband. That was not any mundane relation rather union of soul and the supreme (Paramaatmaa).

While the ladies of the capital were praying and talking this way about him, Srikrishna granted them the grace of his glance. With greeting of a smile on his face the Lord departed. Yudhishthhira, the man without enemies, out of affection and being anxious, engaged four divisions of soldiers (on horseback, elephant, chariot and foot) for their protectionn. After thus having accompanied him for a long distance, the lord politely and with full of affection persuaded the determined Paandavas to return who were overtaken by the thought of their future separation.Then Srikrishna with His dear companions proceeded towards Dwaarakaa. Through Kurujaangala (the province of Delhi) and Paanchaala (part of Punjab) , S'uraasena and Brahmaavarta (Uttar Pradesh) and the districts along the Yamunaa river, He came along Kurukshetra where the battle was fought and the province of Matsya, Saarasvatan (another part of Punjab) and so on. Then through the land of deserts (Rajasthan) and the land where there is hardly any water (Madhya Pradesh), and after passing through the provinces of Sauvira (Saurastra) and Abhira (part of Gujarat), He, o S'aunaka, finally reached the western side of the province of Dwaarakaa with His horses slightly overtaken by fatigue of the long journey in the evening hour.

end of dashama adhyaaya