Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 5 Chapter 14:41-46

Book 5: Chapter 14

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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 5: Chapter 14: Verses 41-46
Jadabharata elucidated the meaning of the allegory

Then clinging to the creeper of Karma (action in the shape of remedial measures) and somehow rid of the hellish tortures in the shape of ailment and other troubles, they revert to the path of transmigration as aforesaid and join (back) the company of men; and similar is the case with those who have risen above (to the higher regions such as heaven). Thus do they sing of Bharata's career :-No (other) king can follow even mentally the example of the high-souled royal sage Bharata (the son of Lord Rsabha) any more than a fly can think of emulating the speed of Garuda (the king of birds). (With a heart) full of longing for the Lord of excellent renown, he abandoned, while still young, (his) wife and sons, kinsmen and kingdom, (so) difficult to renounce and (so) delightful to the heart, even as one would throw away excrement. (Lo!) he did not long for (the sovereignty of) the earth, sons, kinsfolk, riches and wife-so hard to renounce-nor even for Sri (the goddess of fortune), who, though coveted (even) by the foremost gods, cast Her gracious look on him. This was (only) as it should be; for, in the eyes of exalted souls whose mind is devoted to the service of Lord Visnu (the Slayer of the demon Madhu), even liberation (immunity from rebirth) is of no value. "Hail to Lord Sri Hari, who is Yajna (personified), the Defender of righteousness, punctiliously carrying out the injunctions of scriptures (Himself in order to set a noble example before the world at large), an embodiment of Yoga (the diverse methods of God-Realization) and the principal theme (as Brahma) of Sankhya (the science of Self-Realization), the Lord of Prakrti (Maya, the divine energy that brings forth this cosmos), the Ruler of all Jivas! thus did he loudly (piteously) and distinctly pray even before casting off the form of a deer. Whosoever repeatedly listens to or recites and celebrates this story of the royal sage Bharata, whose spotless virtues and actions are extolled (even) by (eminent) devotees of the Lorda story which brings good fortune and confers longevity, wealth, celebrity, heavenly bliss and even final beatitude- attains all his desired objects by himself and seeks nothing from others.

Thus ends the fourteenth discourse entitled "The allegorical meaning (of the description

of the forest of mundane existence) elucidated," forming part of the story of

Bharata, in Book Five of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.
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