Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 9 Chapter 9:42-49

Book 9: Chapter 9

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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 9: Chapter 9: Verses 42-49
The story of King Bhagiratha: the descent of the holy Ganga

Hard to conquer (himself), he slew demons in battle at the entreaty of the gods. On coming to know (at the conclusion of the battle) that (only) an hour's life was left (to him), he forthwith returned to his capital (by an aerial car lent to him by the gods) and concentrated his mind (on God). (He said to himself,) "Neither life nor sons nor riches nor earth nor kingship nor wife is dearer to me than the Brahmana race, the adored of my family. Even during my childhood my mind never took delight under any circumstance in unrighteousness.Nor did I (ever) find any other reality than the Lord of excellent renown. Although a boon of my choice was offered to me by the gods, the rulers of (all) the three worlds (heaven, earth and the intermediate region), I did not hanker after such enjoyment, engrossed as I was in the thought of Lord Visnu (the Maker and Protector of all beings). (Even) the aforesaid gods, whose senses and mind (too) are bewildered (by the objects of senses) fail to discover their beloved Lord, ever present in their own heart as their very self; how, then, could others know Him? Therefore, shaking off, by means of Devotion to the Maker of the universe, the attachment, rooted by the very nature of things in the mind, for the objects of senses (which are products of the three Gunas or modes of Prakrti), produced by the Maya (creative energy) of the Lord and no more real than a fanciful -' project, I (hereby) betake myself to Him." Having thus resolved by force of his reason, which was drawn towards Himself by Lord Visnu (who has His abode in water), and shedding his ignorance in the form of identification with the body and so on (which are other than the self), Khatwanga forthwith regained his essential character (divine state), which is the same as that transcendent Absolute, which, though not unsubstantial, is conceived as intangible (because lying beyoud the range of speech and other organs) and is (very) subtle (too), (nay,) which devotees of God undoubtedly refer to as the almighty Lord Vasudeva.

Thus ends the ninth discourse, forming part of an account of the solar dynasty,

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

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