Introduction of Parikshit Maharaja

" Narayanam Namskruthyah Narancheyavah Narothamam

Devim Saraswathim Vyasam Thatoh Jayamuderayeth"

Parameshwara swaroopamina Sabhaku Namaskaramu

Characteristics to be possesed by the elderly person of the house  (Inthi Peddaku vundavalisini Lakshanamu)

> Perform prayers to God

> Perform Pooja and Stotrams to God

> Should speak something on the God

> Should have some books related to God such as Bhagavatham, Ramayanam

> Should speak something to children w.r.t Vyasa, Valmiki, Pothana

Parikshit why such name. As the baby boy saved by Krishna in Uttarah womb is Parikshit

Kunthi said Adi Narayana, you are the support for all the lifes in the universe, you are present everywhere, but you are not visible with the naked eyes, then what is seen, seen in the form of ability of sense organs. For example, if one is blind it does not mean that eye is not present, eye is present but will not have the ability to see. This power is given by whom, none other than the God. You are Rishikesh (person who gives the power to the organs) but you are one who have given the ability for organs to perform their work but those organs are not able to connect back to you, the organs are able to do everyhting excpet the things related to you. Such a great magic you have done.To identify you one has to control the sense organs, how they are controlled is by keeping all the ability of these organs into the heart, the heart is submitted to God in Dhyanam. Thats why we have Gyanana Netram and with that Gyanana Netram God is identified.

If a pot is having 9 holes and a lamp is lit and the pot is reversed and kept on the lit lamp then the light from lamp is visualized from all the 9 holes. Know from where the light is coming? is it because of the pot/holes/lamp. The light is from the lit lamp and when lit is not there everything is dark. So when you have the life do the good job and make your life better.

God is the one who gives the power to the sense organs but with the help of these sense organs one cannot see the God. Who can see you, Maha-yogis can see you, Good-hearted person can see, Paramahamsas can see, persons who have done Dhanyams for serval years as a continuous process can see you, but others who are tied up in the family cannot see you and moreover I am the lady and i do not have any ability to perform bigger Poojas, you are a person who can be seen by great personalities and not visualized by the naked eyes and you have come to save me and my family. So what shall i do, for showing such a great compassion!

If one have a statue or photo of god it should not felt as a statue or Photo, it should be felt the God is in that form. One feeling in that way, definitely God will shower his blessings even one asks or not and the process of showering his blessing is continuous, such a great compassion God has.

Once upon a time there were 2 people named Suthapudu and Prushni and they did Tapasyah for 12000 years and God has come and asked what do you want? They said, we want a son like you. God said, if it is same like then it has to be me only as there is no replacement for me, so I will only take birth as your son. As asked by them for once, God shown his compassion and was very much satisifed for their Tapasyah and said I will be born as your son for 3 times.

1. Son of Suthapudu and Prushni as PrushniGarbhudu

2. Son of Kashyap and Adhiti as Vamana

3. Son of Vasudeva and Devaki as Krishna

Sthuthi means what ever the favor you have got from God one should express the gratitude by saying it is because of you. This is called Sthotram not saying some poems. For example, one gets a promotion in his job, saying thanks to all externally who is involved in the process of giving promotion is correct, but internally one should feel in the heart that when there are lot of people in the world without job and you have felt that I am the person who is eligible for this promotion, for this identification and for keeping well and giving the ability to do the job perfectly I am thankful to you. God will obviously feel happy.

This is the way Kunthi is expressing her gratitude to Krishna. You are the person who saved the Baby in the womb of Uttrah, you have saved us in all the situations and there is no situation you have left us. Krishna, I have a wish, please help me in getting released from the relations of this interest of my family. So please help me in such a way that how it is impossible to separate a river mixed in the ocean, like that please pull me into you so that it is difficult for someone to separate me from you. So please give me such Bhakthi, energy to achieve the same.

River bath is important, because, River will start somewhere and it will not stop itself when passing some animals enters into river even then river flow will not be stopped feeling bad that these animals entered into me and will move forward and then after some distance some good person will take bath but river flow will not stop on account of a good person taking bath, and will still flow forward and after some distance if some worst fellow does excretion still river flow will not stop because of insult feeling and will continue flow into the ocean and the direction is shown by someone.Finally it will get mixed with the ocean.

Kunthi is asking to Krishna to help her in getting into him. One should perform the Pooja, to achieve the God's compassion and should be like river flow but should not be done in the way for sake of someone or for some formality. One should enjoy the feeling of God. So Kunthi is asking to help her in doing the work by the heart like that. The heart should move like a river flow towards you and it should never ever stop anywhere, so please help me.

Krishna was very much happy, by listening at the prayer of Kunthi. Krishna gave a small smile and Maya has established on her becasue she has to wait and see the grandson ans see lot of all the other things. After that, Krishna has left to Dwaraka.

After 10 months, Baby is born for Uttrah, and this baby is saved by Krishna, and the name of the baby is given as "Vishnurathudu" (gift of Vishnu,the boy is suppose to get killed is protected and brought to life. so we should always remember that situation hence the name).

Look at the greatness of Dharmaraju for giving the name. And Arjuna and other pandavas also accepted the name without any questions.

Once incident happened, after the birth of this baby, i.e., Dharmaraju while ruling he use to keep the kid in his lap and use to pass the orders because he was the only remaining of the next generation of the Pandavas, so because of the love he use to do it. This kid use to see the people very deeply and the Pandavas were surprised to see the kid showing this type of deep view, and on the complete analysis they found that when this kid was in the womb he  is saw the view of Vishnu and know he wanted to see the same person that’s is why this kid is seeing all the people like that on assumption that if the kid sees the people deeply, kid  may see the same person who he have seen when he was in the womb. That is why this kid is  looking at the people so deeply and with lot of observation and this kid got a new name "Parikshit".

After some time, Dharmaraju has invited some astrologers to see the horoscope of this kid and tell the future. These Astrologers told that he will rule the kingdom like raja Ikshwaku (who is the founder of dynasty in which Lord Rama has born) he will donate like Shibhi Chakravarthy, he will respect the Gurus and offer his service to Gurus like how Lord Rama served and respected his Gurus, this kid will be an expert in shooting the arrows which will be similar to how Arjuna did. He will have great energy, have great greatness, have power like a Sun, and finally when he reaches the time of his death, he will meet a Guru who does not even sit for 10 mins will be sitting with him for 7 days and will preach Bhagavatham to him by looking at his enthusiasm and then he will lose his interest in his body and will be concentrating on the feet of Krishna and will leave his body and will attain the Moksha. Such a great person have taken birth in your family. Dharmaraju was very much happy. Dharmaraju, felt that becasue of the Kurukshetra war lot of people were killed so in order to free out from that curse he decided to do AshwamedhaYagam and Dharmaraju did it. Krishna was invited as the chief Guest and all respected the Krishna and Yagam was done completely.

People were living happily Dhuratharastha was eating happily whatever is given and gandhari was also following Dhrutharastra. Kunthi was is in the Maya, Pandavs were happily leaving and the Kid Prikshit was becoming Younger and One day Vidurudu has come. There is always a specialty of the arrival of Vidurudu as Vidurudu always speak about the death and he is the form of Yamadharmaraja. He is a great follower of Dharma and he was in holy trip when war was going on. Dharmaraju, went and received the Vidurudu and offered his service with great respect. Dharmaraju said that, Vidurah you are a great follower of Dharma and whenever there was injustice you were stopping it and always saving us and we know about since from our childhood. And all the time you helped us and were a well wisher of and you are the person who have gone for a holy trip, so can you tell us which are those holy places you have visited and they touched the feet of Vidurudu because "A person when visits to any Holy place and comes back to home then if the feet of visited person is touched than one will get the blessing of the God and Godess present in that holy place".

Vidurudu was very happy with the Dharmaraju words, as Dharmaraju shows how to respect the elders. Then Vidurudu explains all the things and Dharmaraju leaves from there. Vidurudu will come to Drutharastra, and Drutharastra will be sitting alone, Vidurudu, told that, Drutharastra you are blind person and when Kauravs were alive you were taking their side and always behaving with partiality and injustice towards Pandavas and today you all the Kauravas are lost and what for you are eating the food of Pandavas and what for you are living? You have forgotten everything what you have done in the past and what for you are here? Drutharastra mind has blown, and Vidurah told that know leave this place and submit yourself to the God otherwise you will not know how many life’s you are going to take for the sins you have committed. Drutharastra immediately stood up and agreed with the words of Vidurah and he left even without informing the Gandhari and started moving towards North.

Gandhari, was able to identify the situation and she also left the place. Next day morning as a Habit Dharmaraju after taking the bath, daily he will come and take the blessings of Drutharastra and Gandhari as they are elder parents of him. Dharmaraju, as a matter of practice, came to the palace of Drutharastra for taking their blessings, but he found them missing and he was crying and feeling that Drutharastra is my Father's elder brother, and he is like a Father to me and by chance some wrong words might have come out which might have hurted him and being an old person who is blind and because of me they mighthave hurted. See the great feelings and attitude of Dharmaraju and was completely dissapointed. Dharmaraju saw Vidurudu and asked him by chance have you seen my elder parents.

Vidurudu told that yes your elder parents have left, even i am feeling little bit bad because as they are old people and that too blind so i am also feeling bad about their departure towards the north (moving towards north means go towards a path in which you will start doing some good activity such as directing yourself to the direction of the god not moving into North direction). At that time, Naradha came into the picture, and asked what happened Dharmaraju, why are you crying? Dharmaraju replied that, my elder parents are blind and they moved towards North for Tapasyah and  what will he eat and who will feed him and they are poor old chaps. Narada told that, do not put question, who will feed them? God knows what to do, and what to give. I am telling you now, they have gone in the right direction and they are going to be in a situation, where your elder parents will keep walking continuously and will visit an ashram where Rushis are living and he will submit himself to God and Gandhari also will do the same and finally both of them will embed themselves into the God. After listening to that Dharmaraju was happy and stopped crying. Dharmaraju was thinking about Arjuna as he has left to Dwaraka 7 months back and still he did not come back.

Dharmaraju asked Vidurudu that you have visited Dwaraka as part of holy trip so do you any status. Vidurudu already know that Krishna Niryanam has happened but he did not tell, because there is a rule for speaking some words (even if it is Truth, dislike words should not be spoken), so thats why Vidurudu did not say that now there is no more existence of Krishna and this could not be digested by any pandavas and this will be known to them on their own. But Dharmaraju, told that Arjuna did not come back since 7 months, and my heart is feeling that there is something wrong, and I am getting bad dreams, my body parts which are not supposed to vibrate are vibrating, and when I am moving in my vehicle, a street dog is coming shouting on to me and turning back, My horses tied to Vehicle are crying, cows are moving towards my left and the donkeys are moving in the right, while sunrise, lady foxes are shouting by looking at the Sunrise, Unnecessary earthquakes are occurring, sometimes rains are occuring without clouds, and by looking at this type of wrong symptoms, I am feeling that the person who is an Avatar and responsible for running Dharma and who was doing the Rakshasa killing Krishna is no more. If this is right, then the time has come for our closure.

Meanwhile Arjuna came with his head down and by looking at the face of Arjuna, Dharmaraju asked how the people in Dwaraka are? Then he asked, why your face is looking dull. Arjuna said that, our God, our Path Maker, Krishna is no more. And shocking thing is the Gopa Balas (Kids of Dwaraka) were fighting among themself and killed each other after Krishna has left and I was fighting with some Gopa balas to save the Krishna Wife’s and they have defeated me and they have taken of the Krishna wife’s. I did not understand one thing that, I fought like anything and killed lot of people in the war and the same bows and arrows are there with me today but I was defeated in the hands of Gopabalas as today the Krishna is not there with me so I was defeated. I understood that, the moment we lost Krishna, our souls are gone just we are like alive dead bodies. After listening to this, Dharmaraju told that know there is no need for us to stay. The moment Krishna left it is the indication for the Kali to enter which resembles the start of New Yuga called Kali Yuga. Dharmaraju, has done the pattabhishekham for Parikshit and after that Dharmaraju has controlled and tied his sense organ and put them into the heart, and he has put his heart into the prana vayu, and then he took the pranavayu and put it into apanam (called mruthuyu vayu) and apanam has been put into Mruthyu sthanam means he esthablished a situation in his body which is ready to fall. This is one state, which shows that there will not be any response from the person, does not react to anything. In this state, Dharmaraju has left and the same was followed by Bheema, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva. After knowing this, Draupathi also left and finally all the people has embedded themself into Krishna.

After this Parikshit has become Maharaja and started ruling the kingdom with proper justice, law and order. He married to his maternal uncle i.e. Uttarudu daughter Hiravathi and gave birth to 4 sons. He won lot of Kingdoms and battles. He was unanimous ruler. Parikshit Maharaja was following a good habit of performing Yagas in the right way which they were supposed to be performed, and because of that habit, the people who were not interested in Yagas, use to come and sit in the Yagas. People use to explain, him the greatness of Krishna, and the effection and love that Krishna has shown on his Grandfathers such as Dharmaraju, Bheema, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva. Parikshit use to be very happy by listening to those stories of Krishna and use to present gifts to the people who have told about such stories. Parikshit use to feel happy in the stories of Krishna.

Learnings:

> Vidurah is telling the situation and the things to be performed during the old age and helps in submitting yourself to God.

> One is lucky to have the parents alive, and if you touch the feet of the parents and take the blessing from them daily then it is equivalent to performing the Pooja to 33 crores of Gods and Godess as the parents are the live format of God. Dharmaraju has done Namaskar to his elder parents who wanted to kill him, so why can’t one do Namaskar to the parents itself? If one is not doing that, than they do not have a minimal right to be on the floor where Bhagavatham has developed. This is the question from Bhagavatham.

> The moment you drop Krishna from your life, then defeat will start dancing on you. Till the time you belief Krishna is there with you, then you will be suceeding.

Whoever has listen, to Drutharastra episode, entry of Vidurah, departure of Pandavas, will get the opportunity of getting help from Krishna in dedicating their concentration on the feet of Krishna. Such a great episode it is.

Chanting of Name of the God just before closing the part

Bhagavathapriya Govinda            

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

Varahamurthyvi Govinda              

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

Anadarakshaka Govinda

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

SitaNayaka Govinda        

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

VeenkataRamana Govinda           

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

ShankaChakradara Govinda         

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

SahasraNama Govinda   

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

LakshmanaAgraja Govinda           

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

KasturiTilaka Govinda     

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

Kanchanambaradara Govinda     

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

Lakshmivallaba Govinda

govinda hari govinda

gokulananadana govinda

Sarvam Sri Umamaheshwara paraBrahmarpana Masthu

Swasthi