Bhagavatam 0286: Understanding the allegory.. contd.
Mādhavāya namah Illusion is always under the control of the Supreme Lord Mahavishnu.
Mādhavāya namah Illusion is always under the control of the Supreme Lord Mahavishnu.
Vishnave namah Perhaps at some point the realization that chasing sensory pleasures is a mere waste of energy may dawn upon him.
Sometimes the person is engaged in business of lending and receiving money.
He who is lost in sensory pleasures would have fallen into the deep endless dark pit called spiritual ignorance.
Sridharāya namah **Due to endless focus upon sensory pleasures the person sinks into sorrows.
Vishnave namah The person who reaches hell or who has landed in tremendous difficulties hangs on to the thread called destiny.
Looking after the needs of his citizens, ensuring their happiness, treating them with love, controlling them and conducting Yagnas are the duties stipulated (swadharma) for a king.
Trivikramāya namah. Maharishi Śuka continued, “Therefore I shall explain only the names of the various divisions of the vast earth, their dimensions and prominent characteristics.
The third among these four famous mountains is the Supārṣva Mountain.