Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (9):- Narasimha Avataar

Hiranyakashipu’s Penance

Now continuing the story from where Varaha Avatar ended...

Hiranyakashipu was sad after the death of Hiranyaksh. He wanted to avenge the death of his brother. He thought that the influence of the gods have made LORD VISHNU partial and HE used his magical charms to assume different appearances. So, Hiranyakashipu took a vow to kill VISHNU with his trishul (spear/trident). He also thought, with the end of Shri Vishnu, the power of the gods will also vanish as their power completely depends on the Lord. Thus, he decided to destroy all the people who are in the path of Dharma by following penance, charity, piety to make the gods powerless. He was determined to spread terror on earth, to make people afraid of following the Path of Dharma. 


Hiranyakashipu knew that Penance is the Source from which all the Powers are born. So Hiranyakashipu decided to do arduous Penance without food and water to become the most Powerful King in the universe. 


Here we have a song- ‘Hiranyakashipu hathyogi…’. And the way he started his Penance is very nicely shown by RSji. The lyrics of the song is also very good, it shows how he forgot everything about his body to obtain the Power he wanted to posses. In this scene we can find that he had the Potential/Perseverance of a great person but decided to waste it by using his power against the Lord (!!!) which became the reason of his downfall .


Now coming back to the story ….- Gradually his terrible penance brought him Great Power(‘Tej’), a fiercely radiant Flame leapt up from his body and rose to all directions.


All the Gods became aware of this power, felt insecure and came to Brahma for a solution as they could not forbear such fierce penance. The fire of his penance Terrified all the three worlds… so Gods wanted Brahma to subdue him somehow (i.e.- by granting a boon).



Boon by Brahmaji

Brahmaji knew that-
a) may be Hiranyakashipu will ask for a boon to Destroy all the Gods. On the other hand, 
b) if he continues to do Penance, he could even Supplant Brahma by Divine Law of Karma, which will be a Calamity for the Creation. 
So, Gods requested Brahma to stop him in some way or the other. 


At last, Brahma appeared in front of Hiranyakashipu, who was very eager to get the fruits of his Penence… Firstly, Brahmaji made his body go back to its Original Shape (young and strong), and told Hiranyakashipu to ask for any boon according to his heart’s desire. Now Hiranyakashipu asked for such a boon that- ‘Nothing created by Brahma would be able to destroy him. Neither man, nor beast, neither God, nor Demon, neither indoor, nor outside, neither by day, nor night, neither by weapons, neither on earth, nor in heaven- could anyone face him in battle. He will have the Sole Ruler over All the Beings created by Brahma. He wanted the same respect/status as Indra’.


Brahma said that such a boon is impossible to grant for a living being!! But as he has done such arduous Penance already (unseen and unheard before Hiranyakashipu and in future also, no one will be able to do so much penance again), so Brahma granted the boon to Hiranyakashipu. 


[One thing to remember:- We are hearing the story of Narsimha Avataar from Shukdevji (who is telling the story to Maharaj Parikshit, as mentioned in my earlier posts.].  Now Coming back to Shukdevji’s comments on Hiranyakashipu:- Here Shukdevji naarated that Hiranyakashipu received/acquired immense strength by such Unique boon. Using it in righteous or saintly deeds, would have made him the Most Powerful Being except the Lord Himself. A good person bows in humility, but a base person grows mad/intoxicated by successs. Thus Hiranyakashipu misused his power to spread terror and misery over the world.



Introduction of Prahlad


Hiranyakashipu attacked Indra’s heaven, triumphed over the gods and took Heaven in his possession. He declared himself to be the God and wanted all the subjects to worship him only if they wanted to remain alive!! Thus, gods and all the beings of the three worlds bowed their heads before the great demon!


But at that time only a small boy existed in the whole creation, who chanted the name of the Lord, day and night. He was Hiranyakashipu’s own son Prahlad. At the tender age of five he would be lost in a trance while chanting Shri Vishnu’s name in ecstasy: “Om Namoh Bhagavate Vaasudevay”. 


Hiranyakashipu thought that he is the 'ONLY God' in the Universe, the whole world worships him, trembles in his fear, people of all the three worlds chant his name, but he was unable to understand why Prahlad was refusing to worship him!!! This made him very angry ... Following Hiranyakashipu’s instructions, Prahlad was cajoled , persuaded, and threatened but he would never swerve from his devotion to the Lord. 


Prahlad explained to his father that:- “the world does not worship you out of devotion, but out of Fear, which increases your arrogance and will ultimately lead you to astray. But as your son, I want to reclaim you from evil. It is my duty to lead you to the right path. That’s why I do not worship you. In all the three worlds, only One is worthy of worship- the Eternal, Imperishable, Supreme Godhead Vishnu, So I worship Him only. 


Hiranyakashipu said- “But being afraid of me, Vishnu has already fled from the Heaven, which means he can’t even face the fire of my wrath? Vishnu is my enemy. He killed my brother and it is your (Prahlad’s) duty to hate Vishnu since he is the enemy of the Asuras/Demons”.


Prahlad's explanations

Prahlad said- “Shri Vishnu cannot be an enemey of anyone as He is the Protector of all of us” (Paalankarta). It is his (Hiranyakashipu’s) illusion that Vishnu wants to destroy him. All the creatures of the Creation are His children, in the same way Hiranyakashipu is also His child, He will only destroy the unrighteous acts and Evil in him (Hiranyakashipu)”. 


But Hiranyakashipu became so angry that he wanted to destroy Prahlad. But Prahlad said that without Lord’s will no one can destroy another person. Until Lord’s will, no force in the universe can destoy Prahlad. The arrogance of Hiranyakashipu blinds him to the truth (i.e.- realizing about the Lord). He needs to cast out the arrogance and egoism to surrender to the Lord with a true/pure heart. Only then Hiranayakashipu will come to know about the Lord that He is Omnipotent. Again and again Prahlad requested his father to listen to him and surrender to Lord Vishnu. As He is very merciful, He will at once forgive him and all his evil deeds, He will also make him free of all his sins. 


(Here we have such a nice exchange of Dialogues!!! I just Love the way Prahlad tries to coinvince his father! His voice has the Faith, Innocence and Sincerity. Same we can notice in the case of Vibhishan and Mandodari- their sincere, earnest attempt to make Raavan aware of the True Identity of Shri Ram also become futile, like Prahlad.)


Hiranyakashipu commanded his demons to kill Prahlad in anyway, as he thought Prahlad is a traitor for his kingdom. But surprisingly they could not kill the child!! All their weapons fail to kill him or do any harm to him. Then Hiranyakashipu ordered to throw him from a cliff, but Prahlad didn’t die even when thrown down from the cliff!! Then Hiranyakashipu thought that his son must be doing some magic (‘mayavi vaalak’).



More explanation by Prahlad

Then Hiranyakashipu’s sister Holika comes and asks him to to give Prahlad in her charge as she has got a boon from Brahma that fire cannot burn her. So she will seat on a pyre and take Prahlad on her lap, But surprisingly Holika got burnt/ destroyed in the fire and Prahlad came out unhurt. When she asked whether the boon was a lie, Brahmaji answered that the boon was not a false one but she has put it into wrong use, which caused for her destruction. She used it not to protect herself, but to destroy others, that is the misuse and so she got the destroyed. 


The demon soldiers returned to Hiranyakashipu and told him that they have tried all the ways to kill Prahlad but some invincible power saves him every time. All these events challenged the ego Hiranyakashipu and he decided to put an end to Prahlad with his own hands. He asked his son about the Source of the power which is saved Prahlad each time. Prahlad answered that it is the Strength of Him Who is the strength of all. The child again tried to explain that even his father also gets his power from that very source (Bhagwan/ Shri Hari). He alone gives strength to all the beings in the world. Shri Hari is most merciful, there is still time yet to cast out the pride and surrender to Him. He will forgive all the sins committed by him.



End of Hiranyakashipu

Hiranyakashipu was surprised that how could Prahlad know all these Knowledge in such a young age? But Prahlad said that young age is of that particular body only. Prahlad dwells in this body in the form of soul, the Soul’s age is limitless, this body is illusory and the soul is also not the Ultimate truth, the Soul is merely a reflection of the Absolute (Paramatyma). In this way the Absolute dwells in every being (in Prahlad’s body as well as in the body of Hiranyakashipu), and in every atom of the universe. This Knowledge lets you see the Absolute in all, after this knowledge, those wise persons does not see the bodies, they observe only the Spirit Everywhere, in the whole Creation! Paramatyma is present everywhere. In the sky, on the earth, in saints and also in the demons…Prahlad could see Him everywhere in the palace also, he wanted his father to believe him but due to his ignorance, Hiranyakashipu could not realize all this truth. Then he showed a particular pillar and asked Prahlad whether the Lord is there or not. As Prahlad answered that Lord is present there, his father decided to destroy that particular pillar and also asked Prahlad to tell his Lord to save himself from the hand of Hiranyakashipu. 


As he attaked the pillar with mace, Lord Shri Hari in Narsimha Avataar came out from the pillar. 


Then Aakashvaani explained it to Hiranyakashipu that Bhagwan Narsimha is not a creation of Brahma, He is not a man, nor a beast, neither God, nor Demon, the time is neither day nor night, it is twilight, He is killing Hiranyakashipu not with any weapons, but with his claws/nails. 


After killing Hiranyakashipu, the Lord came to Prahlad to Bless him and lovingly made him sit on the throne. 


Here we have the song –'Jai Narahari Narayana… Narasimha roop hare...' at the end of the episode.


I just Love to watch the story of Prahlad again and again! We haver Sooo Much to learn from this story of Prahlad!! These are one of my Most Favourite episodes from Shri Krishna Serial, so wrote it in details. 




Watch it here-

(from 2 min of this video)-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV9aEJY6aOo


And then, continue with all these parts, as this is a long story, shown in detailes, by Ramanand Saagar ji- 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srXGB1kHj9U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2sMd5hDoI4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8v0xk5xHY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxg03tnVIlI

(upto 1 min of this last part.)




Will try come back with the next part of the story soon , where we will have the story about the composition of  'Shrimad Bhaagwat Mahapuraan'.




Jai Shri Krishna.

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (10): - Composition of 'Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuraan'

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (8):- Varaha Avataar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (8):- Varaha Avataar

The next Avataar shown in ‘Shri Krishna’ is Varaha Avataar. 

After narrating about the Vamana Avataar , Shukdev started the story of Varaha Avataar and Narasimha Avataar. 

Once upon a time, two ancestors of king Baali , Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha were two powerful kings. Their oppression and tyranny had unleashed universal terror. In order to slay them, the LORD, had to assume two extraordinary  forms in a single aeon (kalp ). At first Shukdev narrated the story of Hiranyaksha. .

The Asuras knew that- gods gain strength from the pious rituals performed by people on earth . So Hiranyaksha stole/carried the earth from the solar system and hid it under primeval water. Gods went to LORD VISHNU for help .Then HE assumed the form of the Boar /Varaha ( shown as having a man’s body with a boar’s head) and appeared from the nostril of Brahma . HE went under the water in search of Mother Earth. At this, Hiranyaksha was very angry. They had a fierce battle under the sea, after which the LORD killed Hiranyaksha and freed the earth. 

Then Varaha Avataar carried the Earth out of the ocean between his tusks and restored it to its place in the universe.

Here, we have a song-“Dharani utari sindhu se ...jai jai varaha avataar hare“.

Watch it here- (from 2 min of this video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZhqHw6o3zg

And then continue it here (till 4 min)-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV9aEJY6aOo

Next we will have the story of Narasimha Avataar.

Jai Shri Krishna!




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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (9):- Narasimha Avataar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (7):- Vaamana Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (7):- Vaamana Avtaar

In the serial , Vamana avatar is shown after Kurma Avtaar , so I also decided to post it here before Varaha and Narasimha Avtaar .

As we already know from the story of Kurma Avtaar that the king of Asuras - Raja Baali , was a pious devotee and a valiant warrior . he was also the grandson of the great devotee -- Prahlad .

To avenge the defeat of the ‘Dev-Asur Sangram’ – Daitya Guru Shukracharya suggested Baali to perform 100 yagnas. According to the Guru - unhindered completion of the yagnas was necessary for Baali to take over the throne of Indra . Guru Shukracharya also said- in this way, the reign of gods in the heaven would be over and the asuras would start ruling over the three worlds .

Knowing about this , all the gods came to Lord Vishnu and asked HIM to stop Bali from being successful in his attempt .the LORD said – ‘penance’ will definitely reap its fruit . it is the ‘ law of nature ’. But if that rule starts to destroy the creation itself and power goes to wrong hands ( who start misusing their power to destroy Dharma, virtues, righteousness ), then the ‘Divine Law’ ( which is superior to Nature’s Law ) , starts playing its part to snatch the power from the tyrant’s hands . Lord Vishnu assured the gods that HE would discharge HIS responsibility .

To maintain a balance in the creation and to help the gods , Vishnu appeared as Vamana avatar (as a son of rishi Kashyap and his wife Aditi ) .

When Baali was nearly at the last stage of performing 100 yagnas successfully , HE went to Baali’s ’yagnashala’ (as a mendicant ) . HE decided to receive alms only from the king Baali . The king never allowed a single mendicant dissatisfied at his door , so went himself to the Vamana avatar .


Baali offered him cows, horses, palaces, riches, villages etc . but the LORD, after praising his (Baali’s) lineage as well as his virtues and humility, asked for enough land ( to be measured with HIS three steps ) to make a sacrificial alter . Baali was astonished and also, somewhat blinded with pride, he made fun of the Vaman, hearing HIS simple request. He offered to fulfill all the 'Desires' of the Vaman.


Now the LORD said – “ No person can ever fulfil all his desires. both desire and greed grow the more you try to satisfy them. only satisfaction gives you peace. he who is happy by reigning his desires and senses, he alone will find joy and contentment “ . 


Hearing all this , Guru Shukracharya came and told king Baali to be cautious;  that this Dwarf was none other than LORD VISHNU, and He was planning to acquire all the possessions of the king. But Baali said that if a generous person, while trying to fulfill a mendicant’s desire, comes to grief , then that must be considered as a ‘glory’ of that compassionate/generous person. He would consider himself honoured to be able to give anything to the LORD, if HE Himself has come to his (Baali’s ) ‘yagnashala‘ . As he (Baali ) has already made a promise of giving alms, so he could not refuse now. Taking back his words would make him a liar and because of his lie, Mother Earth would also suffer.


then , Shuchracharya became angry and cursed Baali that he would lose all his wealth. Baali accepted the curse,  he said – ‘Mortal body does not live for eve , death destroys it. But fame and glory can make a man live for ever in history. Thus one can conquer death '.


After Baali made the ‘sankalp‘ of ‘daan’ , the LORD started to increase HIS size and gradually reached the sky . Baali and all the other persons of the yagna ceremony were astonished at this sight. With HIS first step HE took over the earth and the lower world , with the second step HE took over the heaven (‘swarg lok’) .


when one of HIS foot reached the heaven, Lord Brahma sprinkled water on it to show his respect. That water came to earth as the river ‘Ganga ‘ , here we have a prayer of Ganga –“ Hari pad pankaj ki prakshalan se prakat hui ma ganga “ .

In this way , the LORD . as Vamana Avatar , acquired the whole creation (all the three worlds with HIS first two steps ) . Now HE said that - Bali’s promise has proved to be false , because there is no place left to keep HIS third foot. But Baali wanted his word to be true, so he offered his head to the LORD to keep his third foot.


Watching Bali kneeling down before HIM, the LORD was very much pleased and appeared in front of him . He praised Bali that he was truly a noble person and was firm to keep his oath. As he (Baali ) was not afraid in spite of Guru Shukracharya’s curse and even after witnessing the LORD’S maya/power. Thus he lost everything but still kept his word.  The LORD also gave him the boon that he (Baali) will receive Indra’s place , in golden aeon ( / following yuga) . Until then, he will live in 'celestial bliss' with his grandfather Prahlad. there he would be able to find the LORD always by his side. Here ends the story of Vaamana Avtaar of Shri Hari.




After narrating the story of Vamana Avatar , Shukdev told king Parikshit that - All beings are equal to the LORD. HE does not hate even those persons who nurture enmity towards HIM . HIS merciful nature is evident from HIS boon given to Baali - to become Indra in golden aeon .



This post on Vamana Avtaar is really long , but there are so much wisdom in this episode , that I decided to post it as shown in the serial without much editing.



Watch this story in all these continuous links-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51oKlIMGDR4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvRf8jzEjM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZhqHw6o3zg


or

(from another uploader, as the prev link does not have some scenes)-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHQbmzKcro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwYjeUT4VvI



Next we will have the story of Varaha Avtaar of the Lord.



Jai Shri Krishna!





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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (6):- Mohini Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (6):- Mohini Avtaar

The story continues from the saagar manthan episode. When the asuras got the 'amrit' and left with it, the gods went to the LORD and asked HIM a way to save the divine Amrit. Then the LORD appeared to the asuras as a beautiful woman - MOHINI . Mesmerized by HER charm, the asuras gave away the nectar to MOHINI to distribute it between the gods and asuras according to her own wish. As she started distributing the Amrit among the gods, one asur maned Rahu noticed that, changed his appeearance and went to the side of the gids to have the amrit. Gods caught him. Now Mohini appeared as Lord Vishnu and cut Rahu's head with his Surdarshan chakra. Asuras felt deceived. thus a great war started between gods and asuras which came to be known as ‘Dev-Asur sangram ‘.




Afterwards --
(we need to know this part of the story to relate it to next avtaars of the LORD ) –

Gods were powerful because of the 'Amrit ' and won the battle ('Dev-Asur sangram ). The king of Asuras- raja Bali, was also killed in the war. But the demon guru Shukracharya had the knowledge of Sanjeevani. After the war, he brought back to life all the asuras (including raja Bali ) who died during the war.



Here , we also get the information that - Kaalnemi (an asura) was killed in this war . He was born again as king Kansa in Mathura , and died in the hands of Lord Krishna.

Watch the story here:-

(from 5 min of this video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn3uc9xo8s

Then continue with this one-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQtpIn-NfM

And this strory ends here-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqd55ILU3D8

After this we will have the story of the Vaaman avtaar of the Lord.

Jai Shri Krishna!

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (7):- Vaamana Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (5):- Kurma Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (5):- Kurma Avtaar

Now we havw the story of Kurma Avtaar.


Once the gods became 'shreeheen'(without prestige// honour/ lustre) and they went to Shri Hari for help. He advised them to churn the sea, along with the asuras,  to get the divine treasures, hidden in the depths of the sea.

Then Devraaj Indra went to Asurraj Baali, with the proposal of churning the sea together.  Asur guru Shukracharya advised king Baali not to listen to the gods but Baali, because of his innate goodness, decided to attend and listen to Indra and all the other gods.

At first Asuras were apprehensive about Indra's proposal of churning the sea, then they agreed to it. Shukracharya wanted the equal division of all the treasures to be found from the sea, to that Indra agreed.


Mandraachal mountain was used to chrun the sea (as a 'mathni'), and when they were in a need for a solid base for the churning to take place, then Shri Hari appeared as a 'Kurma'(tortoise), so that His back could be used for the purpose. As the churning was going on, Brahma aided the gods to achieve their aim by sitting at the top of the mountain (Mandraachal ) as a symbol of hope .

We have beautiful song- "Praarambh hua saagar manthan, saagar manthan", here,. which tells us about the different things received from saagar manthan.



During the giant task of churning the sea , many ‘divine treasures’ came out –

First was a ‘deadly venom’ . to save the creation , LORD SHIVA drank up the poison and came to be known as – Neelkanth.

Here we have the wonderful lines- "Jai Neelkanth, Jai vishdhaari, Kalkyaankaran/ Shat koti naman, Shat koti naman, shat koti naman" in the background song.


After that came a divine tree , a diadem , a horse – Uchhaishrava , an elephant - Airaavat , a miracle cow - Kaamdhenu .

Then goddess Mahalakshmi appeared from the sea , who went to the feet of LORD VISHNU.

At last god Dhanvantri emerged with the nectar of immortality . but the asuras forcefully took hold of the nectar.


Watch the part here (from 3 min of the video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t93q0eY2Cbo

Upto 5 min of this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn3uc9xo8s


After this, we will have the Mohini Avtaar of the Lord.

Jai Shri Krishna!

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (6):- Mohini Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (4):- Matsya Avtaar

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (4):- Matsya Avtaar

Following the tradition of  'Shrimad Bhaagwat' , before starting the tales of Krishna , the stories of all the previous incarnations of LORD VISHNU are shown in the serial . So, now I am starting to narrate the stories one by one, as shown in 'Shri Krishna' serial.


We find about king SATYAVRAT in the tale of Matsya Avtaar . he was a noble king . One day when he was bathing in the river, he found one small fish asking for shelter. Satyavrat assured the fish that it can have ‘enough space’ in his palace and took it with him. But as he kept it in water, it started increasing it’s size very rapidly. The king became very confused and decided to return it to the river.

When he went to the river, he asked the fish about its true identity . Then LORD VISHNU appeared. King Satyavrat was amazed!

LORD VISHNU said that a deluge is going to take place. The king will have the responsibility of saving the lives of the famous seven sages, the minute bodies (‘sookshma sharir’) of all the living beings and crops with him on a large boat. Except them, the whole world will perish in that fierce storm. Then the LORD‘s Matsya avatar will come to help them . HE will pull the boat over the sea as long as the storm will last . then HE will enlighten Satyavrat with Divine Knowledge so that he will be able to realize the SUPREME SOUL .

After seven days, everything happened as Lord VISHNU narrated to the king. After the deluge was over , king Satyavrat came to be known as Manu and carried on the the new world for a long time.


Here we have a song-

"Pralay ki aandhi shanat hui, aur nauka laagi kinaare,
Manu prithvi par nav jeevan naya sanskriti liye padhaare. "


Watch it here- (it starts from 2 min of this video )-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hw53YX9p_M

And continues here-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgLBwXa-uZ4

It ends here (upto 3 min)-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t93q0eY2Cbo

Jai Shri Krishna!





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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (3):- The Story of King Parikshit

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Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna' (3):- The Story of King Parikshit

Continuing with the story of Ramanand Sagar's 'Shri Krishna', today, I am going to write about King Parikshit. In 'Shri Krishna', his story comes after the stories of Bhakti Mata, and Narad garv bhang. Links of previous posts, given below.

THE STORY OF KING PARIKSHIT

PARIKSHIT was the grandson of PANDAVAS. He was a noble king. One day when he went for hunting, KALIYUG (as a man) came to him for shelter. At first, PARIKSHIT was against him, but then he gave four places (gambling den, liquor joints, the places of adultery and violence) to KALIYUG, so that he can stay there. Lastly, as KALIYUG requested again, PARIKSHIT said that he can stay in 'gold' also. KALIYUG immediately took shelter in the gold crown of the king.



After that, the king went to the ashram of sage SHAMIK and finding him doing ‘saadana', insulted him (because of the influence of KALIYUG residing in the gold crown on his head, about which, the king was completely unaware) . SHRINGU was the son of sage SHAMIK, who, after knowing about the insult of his father, cursed king PARIKSHIT that he would die in the next seven days.


PARIKSHIT came to know about the curse and went to his kulguru to find a way so that he can get salvation after death. Here we have very nice conversation about Salvation and Upliftment of the soul after a person’s death.


The guru explained - all the good deeds of a person lead him to enjoy heaven for a limited period, and after that the spirit is bound to reborn on earth. This cycle goes on forever.


But only Devotion can lead to Salvation. Devotion means to surrender whole-heartedly to LORD KRISHNA as the GOPIS of Vrindavan did. The only way to nurture the devotion in a person is by listening to 'Shrimad Bhaagwat'. It creates a wave of Bhakti in the mind of the listener.


After knowing about the pious text, king went to Ved Vyas’s son Shukdev and started listening to the Bhaagwat Puran. Thus he attained salvation only by listening to it and by chanting Shri Hari's name.

This is the story of king Parikshit, as shown in 'Shri Krishna'.


Watch it here-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ems1g4g_-4A

(Starts from 6 min of this video)

And it continues till 2 min of the video below-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hw53YX9p_M



After this, we will start with the stories of different avataars of the Lord, in my next post.



Jai Shri Krishna!





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