Bhagavatam 0010: Benefits of reading Bhāgawatam and doing Guru seva
By relentlessly reading Bhāgawatam or serving great saints who are eternally devoted to the Lord, the inauspicious impure tendencies are almost totally destroyed in the person!
By relentlessly reading Bhāgawatam or serving great saints who are eternally devoted to the Lord, the inauspicious impure tendencies are almost totally destroyed in the person!
We have discussed that the trigunas viz., traits of goodness (sattva), passion (rajas) and ignorance (tamas) are the Lord’s power of illusion (māya shakti).
Vāsudeva-parā vedā Vāsudeva-parā makhāḥVāsudeva-parā yogā Vāsudeva-parāḥkriyāḥVāsudeva-paraṁjñānaṁ Vāsudeva-paraṁtapaḥVāsudeva-paro dharmo Vāsudeva-parā gatiḥ Vedas preach Vāsudeva as the ultimate supreme goal to be attained.
In the universal form of the Lord there is not even a trace of passion/action (rajas) and ignorance (tamas).
Incarnation as Prithu:In the ninth incarnation, the Lord, as an answer to the prayers of eminent saints, incarnated as King Pṛthu.
Maharishi Suta continued, “Knowledge is the form of the Supreme Lord!
“When Krishna gave up his human body and returned to his abode in Vaikunta, together with his dharma and jnana, people became dull headed.
Maharishi Śounaka continued, “Parikshit, the son of Abhimanyu, is considered to be the most supreme amongst devotees.
One day, great sage Vyasa was deeply perturbed and selecting an isolated place on the banks of the ever pure River Saraswati, began reflecting within himself in the following manner: