DIVINE INFORMATION PART 2-2
Respected friends, I have started this new series with Varahapurana.Hope the series could be interesting. These are information posted in USBrahmins Yahoo group in 2010 by Dilip Kumar Ravindran. Sincerely, Gopalakrishnan 30-10-2021 3. Varaha Purana part 3 Posted by:"DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:26 am (PDT) PRIYAVRATA ATTAINS TO HEAVENLY ABODE Describing theincident which enabled King Priyavrata to attain to heavenly abode Lord Varah told Prithvi "Swayambhuva Manulived during the first kalpa.He had two sons-Priyavrata and Uttanpad.Priyavratawas extremely virtuous by nature. Incourse of time, he relinquished his throne and after distributing his kingdom among his sons wentto Badrikashram to do penance. Oncesage Narad paid a visit to his hermitage. Priyavrata received his esteemed guest with allthe respect which made Naradextremely pleased. Priyavrata then requested Naradto narrate about some interestingincident which had occured in his life.¦ Narad narrated about an interesting incident whichhad happened while he was on his way to meet Priyavrata- "I experienced anamazing incident yesterday whileI was passing by a lake in Shwetdweepa. I saw a divinely beautiful woman who was standing alone at thebank of that lake. I was surprised tofind such a beautiful woman at such a lonely place. For a momentI became so infatuated by her beauty that I lost all control over my senses. My lust had made me devoid of all my knowledge andlearning. Now, I became very worried and ashamed of my conduct-but thedamage had already been made. Iimmediately realized that she was not an ordinary woman. To my surprise, I saw a form of a divine person visible clearly within her body. Within next fewmoments two other male forms revealed themselves. Suddenly, all three of themdisappeared leaving behind just thatdivine lady. I was dumbstruck by this amazing incident. I asked her as towho she was. The divine lady disclosedto me that she was none other than goddess Savitri - the mother ofall the Vedas and since I was unable to recognize her therefore all the knowledge hadvanished from my memory. Shealso revealed to me that the three divinemen which had manifested themselves within her body were in fact the three Vedas- Rig-Veda, Samveda and Yajurveda. After revealing theseamazing facts to me goddess Savitri assured me thatby taking a bath in that lake I would not only regain my memory of the Vedas but also of all myprevious births. I eulogized goddess Savitri and thanked her for the blessings showered on me. I then bathed in that lake and to my pleasantsurprise I now remembered everything of my past births as had beenprophesized by goddess Savitri." Priyavrat was very surprised and requested Narad todescribe some interesting incidentrelated with his past birth. Narad narrated the following incidentto him- "In satyayuga, I was born in a brahmin family and was named Saraswat by my parents. I wasvery studious and grew up to become arenowned scholar. The almighty God had blessed me with immense riches and Inever experienced scarcity of any kind in my life. But, verysoon I got bored of my monotonous and routine life. It had become clear to methat there was more to life than just worrying about the gains and losses. So,Idecided to do penance to attain salvation. I distributed all my wealth among mysons and went to the bankof river Saraswati, where I first performed therituals of shraddh in the name of my ancestors and then performed yagyas. I also donated lot ofwealth to poor people. Being satisfied, I then went to Pushkar teerth anddid penance at the bank of riverSaraswat by continuously chanting the sacred mantra "om namo narayan"and brahm paar stotra. Ultimately, lordNarayan became pleased and appeared before me. Lord Sri Hari asked me of my wish and I express mydesire to get united with his divine form. But, lord Narayan told me that the world needed me and so this desire of mine could not be fulfilled. Heblessed me and gave me my name-Narad because I had 'donated' water(naar) to my ancestors during the course ofperforming shraddh rituals. Although my wish of uniting with the divine form of Sri Hari hadremain unfulfilled but still there was aconsolation as I had been fortunate enough to see his divine form with mymortal eyes. Thereafter, I devoted my life to the worship of Sri Hari. After my death, I attained tobrahmaloka-I had been adequately rewarded for my devotion toward lord Sri Hari. Later on, I manifested asone of the ten manasputras of lord Brahma when he commenced his creation. It was only because of the blessingsof Sri Hari that I came to be regarded as 'lok guru' by the masses. So Priyavrat ,if you are desire ofattaining salvation then you should follow my example and devote your life inthe name of Lord Srihari."¦ Prithvi, who waslistening to the tales narrated by Lord Varah with rapt attention asked himwhether it was possible for anybody to see Lord Narayan with his/her mortal eyes.nLord Varah replied -"Lord Narayan has taken ten incarnations in various formssuch as matsya(fish) ,kachchap( tortoise),varah(boar) ,narsimh( half human and half lion),vaman( dwarf),parshuram , Ram, Krishna, Buddha andkalki. The last incarnation- Kalki is yet to take place. A man can realizeLord Narayan by having total devotion inany one of the ten incarnations. Even the deities are incapableof this divine experience-what to say about humans. Lord Brahma isthe manifestation of all the three qualities of Sri Hari and actually it is He(Sri Hari) whocreates in the form of Lord Brahma-it is He who manifests himself in variousnatural forms like earth, water, fire,air and sky-it is He who manifests himself in various abstract qualities like consciousness- He isomnipresent and the whole universe ispervaded by him." Prithvi was anxious toknow whether Narad's sermons had any effect on Priyavrat and asked Lord Varahregarding this. Lord Varah replied- Priyavrat was so impressed by Narad's discourses that he relinquished his throne and went to dopenance after equally distributing his kingdom among his sons. Ultimately, he did manage to attain to the abode oflord Sri Hari by the virtue of his totaldevotion. I will continue in next posting -- 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 [email protected]. 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