DIVINE INFORMATION PART 102
Respected friends, In part 102 I am starting with 348h item in this posting. Kindly note the series is a compilation. Sincerely, Gopalakrishnan 20-09-21 348. SriMadhBhagavatham.... part…26 UTKALA AND VATSARA Dhruvas son Utkala had no attraction for the throne. His mind was always devoted to God. He was unmindful of everything earthly and looked blind, deaf, dumb and mad. The family elders and counselors therefore anointed Vatsara, younger step-brother of Utkala and sonof Bhrami, as the ruler. Vatsara - Svarvithi --- Six sons one of them Pushkarna Pushkarna -Dosha --- Three sons, Pradosha,Nisidha & Vyushta (deities of twilight, midnight and dawn respectively). Vyushta - Pushkarini --- One son, Sarvatejas Sarvatejas - Akuti --- Oneson, Manu Manu - Nadvala --- Twelve sons, youngest Ulmuka Ulmuka - Pushkarini --- Six sons, Anga and 5others. Anga - Sunitha --- One son, Vena. The pious king Anga performed the Aswamedha sacrifice. Thedevas did not respond to theinvocations of the Brahmanas to receive their share of the oblations. The Brahmanas told the king, The Haviz(offerings) are prepared withdedication and are thus without any blemish. The invocations uttered arefrom austere Brahmanas of merit and are, therefore, flawless and potent. We do not perceive any valid reasonfor the non-response from theDevas. On the anguishedenquiry of King Anga, theBrahmanas further said, Though you are spotlesslyvirtuous herein, in your previous birth, however, you had committedtransgression, which has rendered you without any issue in this birth and the Devas are disinclined to receive the offerings of a issue-less worshipper. We shall propitiate Harifor your begetting a son. You will beget a son and the Devas will be responsive. What men desire, He offers, depending however, on the nature(quality) of the worship. The Brahmanasconcluded. The Lord Hari was worshipped with Yajna and offered Prodasa.From the sacrificial fire arose a divinepersonage, well attired and ornamented, holding a golden vessel containing Payasam.Permitted by the Brahmanas, the king received the Payasam, smelt it and gave itto his wife (Sunitha), who, as aresult, conceived and gave birth to a son in due time. This son, born of Adharma, followed onthe footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Mruthyu, wedded to cruelty fromchildhood itself. Proceeding to forest, he would kill indiscriminately withhis bow and arrows. In the playfield, he would catch hold of playmates by force and kill them. The subjects would wail at his sight Herecomes Vena. King Anga becamedesolate when all his efforts to correct Vena failed. He cried, Those householders who are issueless and who arenot afflicted with the evil deeds ofbrutish sons must have indeed worshippedGod lavishly. A wicked son isa plague on the household,causing infamy, antagonism and agony. In a way, a wicked son is to be preferred, as he causes, indeedexpedites, renunciation by his parent. Thus tormented, King Anga spent sleepless nights. Onemid-night he abandoned the splendor of his palace as well as his sleeping wife,Sunitha and left, unknown and unnoticed by any one, on the life of renunciation. The ministers and others triedin vain to trace the king but failed like the immature Yogi searching for theLord. 349 VENA INSTALLED To save from anarchy, disregarding the reluctance of thecounsellors, the rishis enthroned Vena, who gave full vent to his cruelty andordered discontinuance of allsacrificial offerings. The evil forces, such as dacoits and brigands, ran away fromthe kingdom, like the rats at the sight of snakes. Vena laughed away theadvice of the sages,but on the other hand told them thatthey were mistaking Adharma for Dharma, just as a vicious woman preferred a paramour to her husband. Vena invited worshipon himself, claiming torepresent all gods Vishnu, Brahma,Rudra, Indra, Vayu, Yama, Surya,Parjanya, Kubera, Moon, Agni, and Varuna. The sages were enraged and cursed Vena to death andthe sorrowful mother, Sunithi, protected the lifeless body of Vena by means ofcharms. Meanwhile, the rishis, after their daily rituals, whileengaged in spiritual discourse on the banks of the Saraswathi river,noticed portents and discussed waysfor averting misfortune overtaking the king-lesscountry from depredation. The Brahmanas,realising that their indifference toanarchy and misery would lead to their being deserted by all their merits like water kept in a broken pot, decided to savethe line of rajarshis from extinction. They started churning the thighof the dead Vena. A dwarfish person,black like a crow,short in all limbs, broad jaws, flat nose, reddish eyes and coppery hair arosefrom Venas thigh. He paid respects tothe Rishis and sought commands and they said, Sit down, Nishada. So he became Nishada(the progenitor of a forest tribe -hunter). As the dwarf was born heir to all the sins of Vena, his descendents became forest and hilltribes. This transalation , was brought by Poojaniya Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada Posted by:"DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" prd...@yahoo.com prdili Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:44 am (PDT) SriMadh Bhagavatham. ... part…26 I will continue in nextposting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/210288445.1201651.1632099325468%40mail.yahoo.com.
