Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 6 Chapter 9:41-50

Book 6: Chapter 9

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 6: Chapter 9: Verses 41-50 Indra slays Viswarupa; and routed by the demon Vrtra (the younger brother of Viswarupa), the gods call on the sage Dadhici at the instance of the Lord (Nay,) be pleased, O sinless one, to cure the fever within our heart by your (kind) glances, accompanied with a gracious, artless and charming and refreshing smile, as well as by drops of nectar, in the form of sweet and polite' words, cozing from Your mouth, since we, who were (already) Yours, have (now) been accepted (by You) as Your own by revealing Your form (before us), and are bent low before You, O divine father, nay, grandfather, our heart being bound by the chain of love to Your lotus-feet through contemplation on them. Now, as a matter of fact, O Lord, there is no particular purpose to be made known by us to You here any more than sparks, etc., (which depend for their very existence on fire) can bring illumination to fire (their cause), since You divert Yourself with Your divine Maya (creative will)-that is instrumental as it were in evolving, maintaining and destroying the whole universe-and dwell within the heart of all the multitudes of living beings as Brahma and as their Inner Controller and outside as Prakrti (primordial matter). As their material cause and revealer it is You that directly know all the Jivas with (due) regard to the peculiarities of their place, time, body and condition. (Nay, ) You are the witness of the (course of) thought of all, taintless by nature as the sky, the unconditioned transcendent Reality and the embodiment of Sattva unmixed with Rajas and Tamas. Therefore, (omniscient as You are,) pray, accomplish Yourself (without awaiting our submission) that object of ours, the hankering for which has prompted us to seek the shade of Your lotus-feet, the (only) means of relieving the toil of transmigration, caused by manifold sins, You being the almighty Lord and supreme Teacher. Hence, O Master, do away with the demon Vrtra (son of Twasta), who is devouring (all) the three worlds (heaven, earth and the intermediate region) and by whom, O Enchanter of all, our glory, missiles and weapons (too) have (already) been swallowed up. Hail to You, the stainless Sri Hari (the Reliever of agonies), of delightful renown, having Your abode in the cavity of the heart, and without beginning, the Witness (even of the mind, intellect and so on), the embodiment of Bliss, the wealth of the righteous and the universally approved avenue leading the traveller (drudging) on the path of metempsychosis to his home at the end (of his journey on that path). Sri Suka went on : Thus extolled, 0 king (Pariksit) with (great) reverence by the gods (who pass through only three stages in life, viz., childhood, adolescence and full manhood, and never grow old), Sri Hari was highly gratified to hear the prayer offered to Him and addressed them (in the following words). The Lord said : I am pleased, O jewels among the gods, with the sacred text by which you have offered prayer to Me and by (repeating and revolving) which consciousness of the transcendent nature of the soul as well as devotion to Me will be awakened in (the mind of) men. What is there which cannot be easily attained when I am pleased, O great gods ! Yet, he, who knows the truth and is solely devoted to Me does not seek anything else than Myself. The fool who looks upon the material objects (which are products of the three Gunas) as real is not alive to his highest good. (And) if anyone bestows those objcets on the individual seeking them, such a one is of the same description (no better than a fool). Indeed he who is himself conscious of the highest good (final beatitude) would never tell (show) an ignorant person the path of action (worldly activity). Surely a good doctor would never give unwholesome food to an ailing man longing for it.