muninka madye karma suddha saunaka naame kula bruddha
sarba muninka abadhaane pucchanti madhura bachane
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When Suta was speaking Bhagabata, Saunaka, the oldest of the sages applauded him and said. Suta, you are highly blessed and the best of narrators. Please repeat to us the same sacred story of the Lord as the divine sage Suka recited. In which Yuga was the discourse held and at what place, what was the occasion for it? And at what instance did the sage Vedavyasa compose this Purana..!
Saunaka then said......
Vyasadeba's son Sukamuni, was a great Yogi who was seeing oneness everywhere, whose mind was exclusively set upon God and who was beyond mundane life. Once Sukadeba being naked was moving towards a river where Debakanyas (celestial women) were bathing. The debakanyas did not react to his behavior but seeing Vyasadeba behind him, hid themselves in river. At the stange behaviour of the women, Vyasadeba asked, girls.....my son is too young and I am old enough, he is naked and I am wearing my cloths then why did you hid yourself in the water seeing me only? The women replied, holy saint, your son has no body on this earth although he is alive, he is neutral to the senses so we had no problem seeing him naked but you have not yet reached that stage so forgive us for the disobey.
Then asked Saunaka to tell about the same Sukadeba and to explain how did the royal sage Parikshit come to have a talk with him? To explain why did that emperor who served to enhance the glory of the Pandavas, took his seat on the bank of the Ganga with a vow to fast unto death, spurning his imperial fortune? It is really strange, how that brave prince, when he was so young, relinquished that fortune, which is so difficult to renounce. Men, who are devoted to the the almighty, live not for their own sake, but only for the welfare, affluence and prosperity of the world. Saunaka then pleaded, why then did he cast off his body, which was the support of other beings, like someone in a state of disfavor? He requested then........please tell us; for we know you have mastered the entire range of Puranas and Itihasas.
Reply of Suta muni
Oh respectful saints, then listen to glories of Krishna. When the Tryetaya Yuga(era) was in the verge of completion and Dwapara yuga was about to come Byasadeba who is also a part of the manifestation of Vishnu was borne with human body. His parents were Parashara and Yonagandha. One fine morning after finishing his morning ablution in the river of Ganga, he was sitting meditatively in the Badarikasrama. The sage, who had an unfailing eye and could read the past as well as the future, saw how in the wake of Kali yuga, people are weak and seek, lacking devotion and faith, how their conscience losses in lust and how they become dull-witted and short lived.
kali aagame praaninkara jemante hoiba bebhaara
shraddhaa chaadibe ati dure durbala hoibe sharire
buddhi hoiba lobhe graasha swabhaabe alapa aayusha
durbhaagaa hoibe sakale ehaa jaanile joga bale.................
Finding the people so unlucky, the sage began to investigate by means of his divine insight as to wherein lies the welfare of men belonging to all the grades of society and stages of life. Perceiving that the Vedic sacrifices are the purifiers of men, he divided the one Veda into four. He thus separated the four Vedas under the names of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. The Itihasas and Puranas are called the fifth Veda. Seeing that the women, the Sudras and the fallen Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas were debarred even from hearing the Vedas, and did not know how to perform acts that are conductive to good, the sage was good enough to compose the Mahabharata in which the gist of Vedas was composed in order that all could attain blessedness through the same.
Even though Vyasadeba dedicated himself whole heartedly in doing good to living creatures, his heart was not satisfied with that. Feeling uneasy at heart, the sage, who knew the secret of Dharma(righteousness), sat reflecting in a reclusive place on the holy bank of Saraswati and said to himself “Observing the vow of celibacy I reverently studied the Vedas, served the elders and worshiped the Yagna(sacrificial fires) and honestly followed their precepts. I have also revealed the purport of the Vedas through the Mahabharata, in which persons who are debarred from reading Vedas can find their respective duties and other things explained. Though I stand foremost among those who are greatest in wisdom, and possess uncommon powers, my soul it seems has not yet realized. My mind yet is not serene to attain salvation. What could be the reasons?
While the sage was thinking thus, the sage Narada called at his hermitage. When the sage saw Narada, he instantly rose to receive him and duly offered worship to the celestial sage.
The term oneness defined.....
(Oneness is a relative term having a subtle meaning which otherwise can be called as lack of ego. A person who sees oneness everywhere, treats everybody........men, women, animals, birds, tree etc as souls like him who are part of the supreme. He never thinks he is different from others in any way. So all the outward senses will cease to exist. We get angry upon somebody, desire , praise, nag or trust upon somebody because we treat the other as the other from us. But if one treats the other, a mere soul like him, (as souls are not different, they only are small parts of the supreme ray) all the emotions both negative and positive- will end in void. His mind will always dwell in the abode of eternal joy. That only is possible in case of an enlightened (Sthitapragyan) what, in Bhagabt gita is being mentioned. Sukadeba or Suka Muni was such an enlightened soul, who although was staying on earth, always remained lost in the eternal bliss and remained unaware of his mundane state. That's why he was unaware of his nakedness and the celestial women couldn't find any fault in him. His father Vyasadeba was serving for the humanity but still he was deprived of that divine bliss in which his son always happened to be lost. That was his thought in the bank of river Saraswati. )
End of Chaturtha Adhyaaya.................
Saunaka then said......
Vyasadeba's son Sukamuni, was a great Yogi who was seeing oneness everywhere, whose mind was exclusively set upon God and who was beyond mundane life. Once Sukadeba being naked was moving towards a river where Debakanyas (celestial women) were bathing. The debakanyas did not react to his behavior but seeing Vyasadeba behind him, hid themselves in river. At the stange behaviour of the women, Vyasadeba asked, girls.....my son is too young and I am old enough, he is naked and I am wearing my cloths then why did you hid yourself in the water seeing me only? The women replied, holy saint, your son has no body on this earth although he is alive, he is neutral to the senses so we had no problem seeing him naked but you have not yet reached that stage so forgive us for the disobey.
Then asked Saunaka to tell about the same Sukadeba and to explain how did the royal sage Parikshit come to have a talk with him? To explain why did that emperor who served to enhance the glory of the Pandavas, took his seat on the bank of the Ganga with a vow to fast unto death, spurning his imperial fortune? It is really strange, how that brave prince, when he was so young, relinquished that fortune, which is so difficult to renounce. Men, who are devoted to the the almighty, live not for their own sake, but only for the welfare, affluence and prosperity of the world. Saunaka then pleaded, why then did he cast off his body, which was the support of other beings, like someone in a state of disfavor? He requested then........please tell us; for we know you have mastered the entire range of Puranas and Itihasas.
Reply of Suta muni
Oh respectful saints, then listen to glories of Krishna. When the Tryetaya Yuga(era) was in the verge of completion and Dwapara yuga was about to come Byasadeba who is also a part of the manifestation of Vishnu was borne with human body. His parents were Parashara and Yonagandha. One fine morning after finishing his morning ablution in the river of Ganga, he was sitting meditatively in the Badarikasrama. The sage, who had an unfailing eye and could read the past as well as the future, saw how in the wake of Kali yuga, people are weak and seek, lacking devotion and faith, how their conscience losses in lust and how they become dull-witted and short lived.
kali aagame praaninkara jemante hoiba bebhaara
shraddhaa chaadibe ati dure durbala hoibe sharire
buddhi hoiba lobhe graasha swabhaabe alapa aayusha
durbhaagaa hoibe sakale ehaa jaanile joga bale.................
Finding the people so unlucky, the sage began to investigate by means of his divine insight as to wherein lies the welfare of men belonging to all the grades of society and stages of life. Perceiving that the Vedic sacrifices are the purifiers of men, he divided the one Veda into four. He thus separated the four Vedas under the names of Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. The Itihasas and Puranas are called the fifth Veda. Seeing that the women, the Sudras and the fallen Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas were debarred even from hearing the Vedas, and did not know how to perform acts that are conductive to good, the sage was good enough to compose the Mahabharata in which the gist of Vedas was composed in order that all could attain blessedness through the same.
Even though Vyasadeba dedicated himself whole heartedly in doing good to living creatures, his heart was not satisfied with that. Feeling uneasy at heart, the sage, who knew the secret of Dharma(righteousness), sat reflecting in a reclusive place on the holy bank of Saraswati and said to himself “Observing the vow of celibacy I reverently studied the Vedas, served the elders and worshiped the Yagna(sacrificial fires) and honestly followed their precepts. I have also revealed the purport of the Vedas through the Mahabharata, in which persons who are debarred from reading Vedas can find their respective duties and other things explained. Though I stand foremost among those who are greatest in wisdom, and possess uncommon powers, my soul it seems has not yet realized. My mind yet is not serene to attain salvation. What could be the reasons?
While the sage was thinking thus, the sage Narada called at his hermitage. When the sage saw Narada, he instantly rose to receive him and duly offered worship to the celestial sage.
The term oneness defined.....
(Oneness is a relative term having a subtle meaning which otherwise can be called as lack of ego. A person who sees oneness everywhere, treats everybody........men, women, animals, birds, tree etc as souls like him who are part of the supreme. He never thinks he is different from others in any way. So all the outward senses will cease to exist. We get angry upon somebody, desire , praise, nag or trust upon somebody because we treat the other as the other from us. But if one treats the other, a mere soul like him, (as souls are not different, they only are small parts of the supreme ray) all the emotions both negative and positive- will end in void. His mind will always dwell in the abode of eternal joy. That only is possible in case of an enlightened (Sthitapragyan) what, in Bhagabt gita is being mentioned. Sukadeba or Suka Muni was such an enlightened soul, who although was staying on earth, always remained lost in the eternal bliss and remained unaware of his mundane state. That's why he was unaware of his nakedness and the celestial women couldn't find any fault in him. His father Vyasadeba was serving for the humanity but still he was deprived of that divine bliss in which his son always happened to be lost. That was his thought in the bank of river Saraswati. )
End of Chaturtha Adhyaaya.................
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