…because both Dhruva and the Sages have no other Desire than to serve the Lord’s Lotus Feet.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: “My dear King, Lord Viṣṇu, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, appeared as Vāmanadeva in the sacrificial arena of Bali Mahārāja. Then He extended His left foot to the end of the universe and pierced a hole in its covering with the nail of His big toe. Through the hole, the pure water of the Causal Ocean entered this universe as the Ganges River. Having washed the lotus feet of the Lord, which are covered with reddish powder, the water of the Ganges acquired a very beautiful pink color. Every living being can immediately purify his mind of material contamination by touching the transcendental water of the Ganges, yet its waters remain ever pure.
Because the Ganges directly touches the lotus feet of the Lord before descending within this universe, she is known as Viṣṇupadī. Later she received other names like Jāhnavī and Bhāgīrathī. After one thousand millenniums, the water of the Ganges descended on Dhruvaloka, the topmost planet in this universe. Therefore all learned sages and scholars proclaim Dhruvaloka to be Viṣṇupada [“situated on Lord Viṣṇu’s lotus feet”].”
“The seven great sages [Marīci, Vasiṣṭha, Atri and so on] reside on planets beneath Dhruvaloka. Well aware of the influence of the water of the Ganges, to this day they keep Ganges water on the tufts of hair on their heads. They have concluded that this is the ultimate wealth, the perfection of all austerities, and the best means of prosecuting transcendental life. Having obtained uninterrupted devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they neglect all other beneficial processes like religion, economic development, sense gratification and even merging into the Supreme. Just as jñānīs think that merging into the existence of the Lord is the highest truth, these seven exalted personalities accept devotional service as the perfection of life.”
Transcendentalists are divided into two primary groups: the nirviśeṣa-vādīs, or impersonalists, and the bhaktas, or devotees. The impersonalists do not accept spiritual varieties of life. They want to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord in His Brahman feature (the brahmajyoti). The devotees, however, desire to take part in the transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord.
In the upper planetary system, the topmost planet is Dhruvaloka, and beneath Dhruvaloka are the seven planets occupied by the great sages, beginning with Marīci, Vasiṣṭha and Atri. All these sages regard devotional service as the highest perfection of life. Therefore they all carry the holy water of the Ganges on their heads.
This verse proves that for one who has achieved the platform of pure devotional service, nothing else is important, even so-called liberation (kaivalya). Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī states that only by achieving pure devotional service of the Lord can one give up all other engagements as insignificant. Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī confirms his statement as follows:
kaivalyaṁ narakāyate tri-daśa-pūr ākāśa-puṣpāyate
durdāntendriya-kāla-sarpa-paṭalī protkhāta-daṁṣṭrāyate
viśvaṁ pūrṇa-sukhāyate vidhi-mahendrādiś ca kīṭāyate
yat kāruṇya-kaṭākṣa-vaibhavavatāṁ taṁ gauram eva stumaḥ
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has perfectly enunciated and broadcast the process of bhakti-yoga. Consequently, for one who has taken shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the highest perfection of the Māyāvādīs, kaivalya, or becoming one with the Supreme, is considered hellish, to say nothing of the karmīs’ aspiration to be promoted to the heavenly planets.
Devotees consider such goals to be worthless phantasmagoria. There are also yogīs, who try to control their senses, but they can never succeed without coming to the stage of devotional service. The senses are compared to poisonous snakes, but the senses of a bhakta engaged in the service of the Lord are like snakes with their poisonous fangs removed. The yogī tries to suppress his senses, but even great mystics like Viśvāmitra fail in the attempt. Viśvāmitra was conquered by his senses when he was captivated by Menakā during his meditation. She later gave birth to Śakuntalā. The wisest persons in the world, therefore, are the bhakti-yogīs, as Lord Kṛṣṇa confirms in Bhagavad-gītā (6.47):
yoginām api sarveṣāṁ
mad-gatenāntarātmanā
śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ
sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
“Of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.”
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“After purifying the seven planets near Dhruvaloka [the polestar], the Ganges water is carried through the spaceways of the demigods in billions of celestial airplanes. Then it inundates the moon [Candraloka] and finally reaches Lord Brahmā’s abode atop Mount Meru.”
We should always remember that the Ganges River comes from the Causal Ocean, beyond the covering of the universe. After the water of the Causal Ocean leaks through the hole created by Lord Vāmanadeva, it flows down to Dhruvaloka (the polestar) and then to the seven planets beneath Dhruvaloka. Then it is carried to the moon by innumerable celestial airplanes, and then it falls to the top of Mount Meru, which is known as Sumeru-parvata.
In this way, the water of the Ganges finally reaches the lower planets and the peaks of the Himalayas, and from there it flows through Hardwar and throughout the plains of India, purifying the entire land. How the Ganges water reaches the various planets from the top of the universe is explained herein.
Celestial airplanes carry the water from the planets of the sages to other planets. So-called advanced scientists of the modern age are trying to go to the higher planets, but at the same time they are experiencing a power shortage on earth. If they were actually capable scientists, they could personally go by airplane to other planets, but this they are unable to do. Having now given up their moon excursions, they are attempting to go to other planets, but without success.
Fifth Canto, Seventeenth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Descent of the River Ganges.” Text 1,3,4
From the Eighth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Description of Future Manus.”
INTRO:
Of the fourteen Manus, six Manus have already been described. Now, this chapter will consecutively describe each Manu from the seventh to the fourteenth.
The SEVENTH Manu, who is the son of Vivasvān, is known as Śrāddhadeva. He has ten sons, named Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Diṣṭa, Tarūṣa, Pṛṣadhra and Vasumān. In this manvantara, or reign of Manu, among the demigods are the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Viśvedevas, Maruts, Aśvinī-kumāras and Ṛbhus. The king of heaven, Indra, is known as Purandara, and THE SEVEN SAGES are known as Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja. During THIS PERIOD OF MANU, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu appears from the womb of Aditi in His incarnation as the son of Kaśyapa.
In the period of the EIGHT Manu, the Manu is Sāvarṇi. His sons are headed by Nirmoka, and among the demigods are the Sutapās. Bali, the son of Virocana, is Indra, and Gālava and Paraśurāma are among THE SEVEN SAGES. In this age of Manu, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears as Sārvabhauma, the son of Devaguhya and Sarasvatī.
The total duration of the periods ruled by these Manus is calculated to be one thousand catur-yugas, or 4,300,000 times 1,000 years.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/8/13
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:
S.B.8.13.11
“O King, when the period of the eighth Manu arrives, Sāvarṇi will become the Manu. Nirmoka and Virajaska will be among his sons.”
PURPORT
The present reign is that of Vaivasvata Manu. According to astronomical calculations, we are now in the twenty-eighth yuga of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives for seventy-one yugas, and fourteen such Manus rule in one day of Lord Brahmā. We are now in the period of Vaivasvata Manu, the seventh Manu, and the eighth Manu will come into existence after many millions of years. But Śukadeva Gosvāmī, having heard from authorities, foretells that the eighth Manu will be Sāvarṇi and that Nirmoka and Virajaska will be among his sons. Śāstra can foretell what will happen millions and millions of years in the future.
8.13.12
“In the period of the eighth Manu, among the demigods will be the Sutapās, the Virajas and the Amṛtaprabhas. The king of the demigods, Indra, will be Bali Mahārāja, the son of Virocana.”
8.13.13
“Bali Mahārāja gave a gift of three paces of land to Lord Viṣṇu, and because of this charity he lost all the three worlds. Later, however, when Lord Viṣṇu is pleased because of Bali’s giving everything to Him, Bali Mahārāja will achieve the perfection of life.”
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gītā (7.3) it is stated, manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye: out of many millions of people, one may attempt to achieve success in life. This success is explained here. Rāddham indra-padaṁ hitvā tataḥsiddhim avāpsyati. Siddhi consists of achieving the favor of Lord Viṣṇu, not the yoga-siddhis. The yoga-siddhis—aṇimā, laghimā, mahimā, prāpti, prākāmya, īśitva, vaśitva and kāmāvasāyitā—are temporary. The ultimate siddhi is to achieve the favor of Lord Viṣṇu.
8.13.14
“With great affection, the Personality of Godhead bound Bali and then installed him in the kingdom of Sutala, which is more opulent than the heavenly planets. Mahārāja Bali now resides on that planet and is more comfortably situated than Indra.”
8.13.15
“O King, during the eighth manvantara, the great personalities Gālava, Dīptimān, Paraśurāma, Aśvatthāmā, Kṛpācārya, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and our father, Vyāsadeva, the incarnation of Nārāyaṇa, will be the seven sages. For the present, they are all residing in their respective āśramas.”
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‘WILL BE THE SEVEN SAGES’
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Note: Imagine, Aśvatthāmā will be/get the job as one of the Seven Sages. WHAT??? He, the heinous son of Droṇācārya, murdered the 5 sleeping princes, the innocent sons of Draupadi. A child murderer! That Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya, had improperly but also irreligiously thrown the brahmāstra to finish the last life in the Pāṇḍava family, Maharaja Pariksit.
That begs the question as to what did He do to deserve to still be alive? Other way around: He is being punished to not die, that’s his punishment and purification for the next 63 cycles of the 4 yugas or or 4,300,000 times 63. Still, what did he do, as foretold by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, to be awarded such an exalted, super special Job as one of the Seven Saptarishis with an own planet just below Dhruvaloka in the next manvantara ???
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8.13.16
“In the eighth manvantara, the greatly powerful Personality of Godhead Sārvabhauma will take birth. His father will be Devaguhya, and His mother will be Sarasvatī. He will take the kingdom away from Purandara [Lord Indra] and give it to Bali Mahārāja.”
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Note: Purandara has the job of the present Indra and can rule for another 63 cycles of the four yugas or 4,300,000 times 63. Than Bali Mahārāja will get the job of Indra in the next change of administration. WOW what a HUGE, incredibly LOOOOOONG lifetime FOR ALL OF THEM. I don’t need to go anywhere, I can see the whole universe in the pages of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/8/13/17?d=1
From the Fifth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Orbits of the Planets.”
Text 17
Situated 8,800,000 miles above Saturn, or 20,800,000 miles above earth, are THE SEVEN SAINTLY SAGES, who are always thinking of the well-being of the inhabitants of the universe. They circumambulate the supreme abode of Lord Viṣṇu, known as Dhruvaloka, the polestar.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/5/22/17
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From the Fifth Canto, Twenty-third Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Śiśumāra planetary System.”
Summary
This chapter describes how all the planetary systems take shelter of the polestar, Dhruvaloka. It also describes the totality of these planetary systems to be Śiśumāra, another expansion of the external body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dhruvaloka, the abode of Lord Viṣṇu within this universe, is situated 1,300,000 yojanas from the SEVEN STARS. In the planetary system of Dhruvaloka are the planets of the fire-god, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma, all of whom are very respectful to the great devotee Dhruva, who lives on the polestar. Like bulls yoked to a central pivot, all the planetary systems revolve around Dhruvaloka, impelled by eternal time. Those who worship the virāṭ-puruṣa, the universal form of the Lord, conceive of this entire rotating system of planets as an animal known as śiśumāra. This imaginary śiśumāra is another form of the Lord.
The head of the śiśumāra form is downward, and its body appears like that of a coiled snake.
On the END OF ITS TAIL is Dhruvaloka, on the BODY OF THE TAIL are Prajāpati, Agni, Indra and Dharma, and on the ROOT OF THE TAIL are Dhātā and Vidhātā.
ON ITS WAIST ARE THE SEVEN GREAT SAGES.
The entire body of the śiśumāra faces toward its right and appears like a coil of stars. On the right side of this coil are the fourteen prominent stars from Abhijit to Punarvasu, and on the left side are the fourteen prominent stars from Puṣyā to Uttarāṣāḍhā. The stars known as Punarvasu and Puṣyā are on the right and left hips of the śiśumāra, and the stars known as Ārdrā and Aśleṣā are on the right and left feet of the śiśumāra.
Other stars are also fixed on different sides of the Śiśumāra planetary system according to the calculations of Vedic astronomers. To concentrate their minds, yogīs worship the Śiśumāra planetary system, which is technically known as the kuṇḍalini-cakra.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/5/23/23_summary?d=1
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Text 1
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, 1,300,000 YOJANAS [10,400,000 MILES] ABOVE THE PLANETS OF THE SEVEN SAGES is the place that learned scholars describe as the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. There the son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, the great devotee Mahārāja Dhruva, still resides as the life source of all the living entities who live until the end of the creation. Agni, Indra, Prajāpati, Kaśyapa and Dharma all assemble there to offer him honor and respectful obeisances. They circumambulate him with their right sides toward him. I have already described the glorious activities of Mahārāja Dhruva [in the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam].
Text 5
This form of the śiśumāra has its head downward and its body coiled. On the end of its tail is the planet of Dhruva, on the body of its tail are the planets of the demigods Prajāpati, Agni, Indra and Dharma, and at the base of its tail are the planets of the demigods Dhātā and Vidhātā. Where THE HIPS might be on the śiśumāra are THE SEVEN SAINTLY SAGES like Vasiṣṭha and Aṅgirā. The coiled body of the Śiśumāra-cakra turns toward its right side, on which the fourteen constellations from Abhijit to Punarvasu are located. On its left side are the fourteen stars from Puṣyā to Uttarāṣāḍhā. Thus its body is balanced because its sides are occupied by an equal number of stars. On the back of the śiśumāra is the group of stars known as Ajavīthī, and ON ITS ABDOMEN IS THE GANGES that flows in the sky [the Milky Way].
TWENTY-SEVEN MAHA-YUGAS
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From the Ninth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni.”
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TEXT 27
uttānabarhir ānarto
bhūriṣeṇa iti trayaḥ
śaryāter abhavan putrā
ānartād revato ’bhavat
SYNONYMS
uttānabarhiḥ—Uttānabarhi; ānartaḥ—Ānarta; bhūriṣeṇaḥ—Bhūriṣeṇa; iti—thus; trayaḥ—three; śaryāteḥ—of King Śaryāti; abhavan—were begotten; putrāḥ—sons; ānartāt—from Ānarta; revataḥ—Revata; abhavat—was born.
TRANSLATION
King Śaryāti begot three sons, named Uttānabarhi, Ānarta and Bhūriṣeṇa. From Ānarta came a son named Revata.
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TEXT 28
so ’ntaḥ-samudre nagarīṁ
vinirmāya kuśasthalīm
āsthito ’bhuṅkta viṣayān
ānartādīn arindama
tasya putra-śataṁ jajñe
kakudmi-jyeṣṭham uttamam
SYNONYMS
saḥ—Revata; antaḥ-samudre—in the depths of the ocean; nagarīm—a town; vinirmāya—after constructing; kuśasthalīm—named Kuśasthalī; āsthitaḥ—lived there; abhuṅkta—enjoyed material happiness; viṣayān—kingdoms; ānarta-ādīn—Ānarta and others; arim-dama—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, subduer of enemies; tasya—his; putra-śatam—one hundred sons; jajñe—were born; kakudmi-jyeṣṭham—of whom the eldest was Kakudmī; uttamam—most powerful and opulent.
TRANSLATION
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, subduer of enemies, this Revata constructed a kingdom known as Kuśasthalī in the depths of the ocean. There he lived and ruled such tracts of land as Ānarta, etc. He had one hundred very nice sons, of whom the eldest was Kakudmī.
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TEXT 29
kakudmī revatīṁ kanyāṁ
svām ādāya vibhuṁ gataḥ
putryā varaṁ paripraṣṭuṁ
brahmalokam apāvṛtam
SYNONYMS
kakudmī—King Kakudmī; revatīm—named Revatī; kanyām—the daughter of Kakudmī; svām—his own; ādāya—taking; vibhum—before Lord Brahmā; gataḥ—he went; putryāḥ—of his daughter; varam—a husband; paripraṣṭum—to inquire about; brahmalokam—Brahmaloka; apāvṛtam—transcendental to the three qualities.
TRANSLATION
Taking his own daughter, Revatī, Kakudmī went to Lord Brahmā in Brahmaloka, which is transcendental to the three modes of material nature, and inquired about a husband for her.
PURPORT
It appears that Brahmaloka, the abode of Lord Brahmā, is also transcendental, above the three modes of material nature (apāvṛtam).
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TEXT 30
āvartamāne gāndharve
sthito ’labdha-kṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇam
tad-anta ādyam ānamya
svābhiprāyaṁ nyavedayat
SYNONYMS
āvartamāne—because of being engaged; gāndharve—in hearing songs from the Gandharvas; sthitaḥ—situated; alabdha-kṣaṇaḥ—there was no time to talk; kṣaṇam—even a moment; tat-ante—when it ended; ādyam—unto the original teacher of the universe (Lord Brahmā); ānamya—after offering obeisances; sva-abhiprāyam—his own desire; nyavedayat—Kakudmī submitted.
TRANSLATION
When Kakudmī arrived there, Lord Brahmā was engaged in hearing musical performances by the Gandharvas and had not a moment to talk with him. Therefore Kakudmī waited, and at the end of the musical performances he offered his obeisances to Lord Brahmā and thus submitted his long-standing desire.
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TEXT 31
tac chrutvā bhagavān brahmā
prahasya tam uvāca ha
aho rājan niruddhās te
kālena hṛdi ye kṛtāḥ
SYNONYMS
tat—that; śrutvā—hearing; bhagavān—the most powerful; brahmā—Lord Brahmā; prahasya—after laughing; tam—unto King Kakudmī; uvāca ha—said; aho—alas; rājan—O King; niruddhāḥ—all gone; te—all of them; kālena—by the course of time; hṛdi—within the core of the heart; ye—all of them; kṛtāḥ—who have been decided upon for acceptance as your son-in-law.
TRANSLATION
After hearing his words, Lord Brahmā, who is most powerful, laughed loudly and said to Kakudmī: O King, all those whom you may have decided within the core of your heart to accept as your son-in-law have passed away in the course of time.
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TEXT 32
tat putra-pautra-naptṝṇāṁ
gotrāṇi ca na śṛṇmahe
kālo ’bhiyātas tri-ṇava-
catur-yuga-vikalpitaḥ
SYNONYMS
tat—there; putra—of the sons; pautra—of the grandsons; naptṝṇām—and of the descendants; gotrāṇi—the family dynasties; ca—also; na—not; śṛṇmahe—we do hear of; kālaḥ—time; abhiyātaḥ—have passed; tri—three; nava—nine; catur-yuga—four yugas (Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali); vikalpitaḥ—thus measured.
TRANSLATION
Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. Those upon whom you may have decided are now gone, and so are their sons, grandsons and other descendants. You cannot even hear about their names.
PURPORT
During Lord Brahmā’s day, fourteen Manus or one thousand mahā-yugas pass away. Brahmā informed King Kakudmī that twenty-seven mahā-yugas, each consisting of the four periods Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali, had already passed. All the kings and other great personalities born in those yugas had now departed from memory into obscurity. This is the way of time as it moves through past, present and future.
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TEXT 33
tad gaccha deva-devāṁśo
baladevo mahā-balaḥ
kanyā-ratnam idaṁ rājan
nara-ratnāya dehi bhoḥ
SYNONYMS
tat—therefore; gaccha—you go; deva-deva-aṁśaḥ—whose plenary portion is Lord Viṣṇu; baladevaḥ—known as Baladeva; mahā-balaḥ—the supreme powerful; kanyā-ratnam—your beautiful daughter; idam—this; rājan—O King; nara-ratnāya—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always youthful; dehi—just give to Him (in charity); bhoḥ—O King.
TRANSLATION
O King, leave here and offer your daughter to Lord Baladeva, who is still present. He is most powerful. Indeed, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose plenary portion is Lord Viṣṇu. Your daughter is fit to be given to Him in charity.
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TEXT 34
bhuvo bhārāvatārāya
bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ
avatīrṇo nijāṁśena
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ
SYNONYMS
bhuvaḥ—of the world; bhāra-avatārāya—to lessen the burden; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhūta-bhāvanaḥ—always the well-wisher of all the living entities; avatīrṇaḥ—now He has descended; nija-aṁśena—with all the paraphernalia that is part of Him; puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ—He is simply worshiped by hearing and chanting, by which one becomes purified.
TRANSLATION
Lord Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who hears and chants about Him is purified. Because He is always the well-wisher of all living entities, He has descended with all His paraphernalia to purify the entire world and lessen its burden.
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TEXT 35
ity ādiṣṭo ’bhivandyājaṁ
nṛpaḥ sva-puram āgataḥ
tyaktaṁ puṇya-jana-trāsād
bhrātṛbhir dikṣv avasthitaiḥ
SYNONYMS
iti—thus; ādiṣṭaḥ—being ordered by Lord Brahmā; abhivandya—after offering obeisances; ajam—unto Lord Brahmā; nṛpaḥ—the King; sva-puram—to his own residence; āgataḥ—returned; tyaktam—which was vacant; puṇya-jana—of higher living entities; trāsāt—because of their fear; bhrātṛbhiḥ—by his brothers; dikṣu—in different directions; avasthitaiḥ—who were residing.
TRANSLATION
Having received this order from Lord Brahmā, Kakudmī offered obeisances unto him and returned to his own residence. He then saw that his residence was vacant, having been abandoned by his brothers and other relatives, who were living in all directions because of fear of such higher living beings as the Yakṣas.
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TEXT 36
sutāṁ dattvānavadyāṅgīṁ
balāya bala-śāline
badary-ākhyaṁ gato rājā
taptuṁ nārāyaṇāśramam
SYNONYMS
sutām—his daughter; dattvā—after delivering; anavadya-aṅgīm—having a perfect body; balāya—unto Lord Baladeva; bala-śāline—unto the most powerful, the supreme powerful; badarī-ākhyam—named Badarikāśrama; gataḥ—he went; rājā—the King; taptum—to perform austerities; nārāyaṇa-āśramam—to the place of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the King gave his most beautiful daughter in charity to the supremely powerful Baladeva and then retired from worldly life and went to Badarikāśrama to please Nara-Nārāyaṇa.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/9/3/32?d=1
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Note:
> The present reign is that of Vaivasvata Manu. According to astronomical calculations, we are now in the twenty-eighth yuga of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives for seventy-one yugas, and fourteen such Manus rule in one day of Lord Brahmā. We are now in the period of Vaivasvata Manu, the seventh Manu Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. Those upon whom you may have decided are now gone, and so are their sons, grandsons and other descendants. You cannot even hear about their names <
This shows that ALL these great personalities, kings and descendants of the present Manu, which are so explicitly described in chapter 2 of the Ninth Canto Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, are alive and present in their abodes. They took birth in the first Yuga of this present Manu, Vaivasvata Manu. One of the Vaivasvata Manus descendants, King Kakudmī, was advised 5000 years ago to offer his beloved daughter Revati to Lord Balarama.
From the first Yuga to the present 28s Yuga makes 27 x 4.300.000. This is the proof. The proof that everybody and everything that we hear from the scriptures is real, alive and factual in as much that we can see the Sun, the Moon and the Stars and each other every day. Revati was married to Lord Baladev just 5000 years ago which is a second compared to the passing of 27 Yugas.
This also than is the proof that what is generally understood as "earth" is, must be completely different than what we think it is.
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2.4.5 The crucial test of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is that one should get positive enlightenment by such an act.
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mohini : Note: Imagine, Aśvatthāmā will be/get the job as one of the Seven Sages. WHAT??? He, the heinous son of Droṇācārya, murdered the 5 sleeping princes, the innocent sons of Draupadi. A child murderer! That Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya, had improperly but also irreligiously thrown the brahmāstra to finish the last life in the Pāṇḍava family, Maharaja Pariksit.
That begs the question as to what did He do to deserve to still be alive? Other way around: He is being punished to not die, that’s his punishment and purification for the next 63 cycles of the 4 yugas or or 4,300,000 times 63. Still, what did he do, as foretold by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, to be awarded such an exalted, super special Job as one of the Seven Saptarishis with an own planet just below Dhruvaloka in the next manvantara ???
Mahesh: Thank-you Mohini, for bringing up Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya’s history. There is more here.
SB 4.7.13 P The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa
Although Daksa felt defeated, he knew that his punishment was simply the great mercy of Lord Siva. He remembered that Lord Siva and Lord Visnu are never neglectful of the brahmanas, even though the brahmanas are sometimes unqualified. ACCORDING TO VEDIC CIVILIZATION, A DESCENDANT OF A BRAHMANA FAMILY SHOULD NEVER BE HEAVILY PUNISHED. THIS WAS EXEMPLIFIED IN ARJUNA’S TREATMENT OF ASVATTHAMA. ASVATTHAMA WAS THE SON OF A GREAT BRAHMANA, DRONACARYA, AND IN SPITE OF HIS HAVING COMMITTED THE GREAT OFFENSE OF KILLING ALL THE SLEEPING SONS OF THE PANDAVAS, FOR WHICH HE WAS CONDEMNED EVEN BY LORD KRSNA, ARJUNA EXCUSED HIM BY NOT KILLING HIM BECAUSE HE HAPPENED TO BE THE SON OF A BRAHMANA. THE WORD BRAHMA-BANDHUSU USED HERE IS SIGNIFICANT. BRAHMA-BANDHU MEANS A PERSON WHO IS BORN OF A BRAHMANA FATHER BUT WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE NOT UP TO THE STANDARD OF THE BRAHMANAS. Such a person is not a brahmana but a brahma-bandhu. DAKSA PROVED HIMSELF TO BE A BRAHMA-BANDHU. HE WAS BORN OF A GREAT BRAHMANA FATHER, LORD BRAHMA, BUT HIS TREATMENT OF LORD SIVA WAS NOT EXACTLY BRAHMINICAL; THEREFORE HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS NOT A PERFECT BRAHMANA. LORD SIVA AND LORD VISNU, HOWEVER, ARE AFFECTIONATE EVEN TO AN IMPERFECT BRAHMANA. LORD SIVA PUNISHED DAKSA NOT AS ONE DOES HIS ENEMY; RATHER, HE PUNISHED DAKSA JUST TO BRING HIM TO HIS SENSES, SO THAT HE WOULD KNOW THAT HE HAD DONE WRONG. Daksa could understand this, and he acknowledged the great mercy of Lord Krsna and Lord Siva towards the fallen brahmanas, including even himself. Although he was fallen, his vow was to execute the sacrifice, as is the duty of brahmanas, and thus he began his prayers to Lord Siva.
SB 9.12.6 P The Dynasty of Kusa, the Son of Lord Ramacandra
At least five thousand years ago, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami ascertained the existence of Maru in Kalapa-grama and said that Maru, having achieved a yoga-siddha body, would continue to exist until the end of Kali-yuga, which is calculated to continue for 432,000 years. Such is the perfection of mystic power. BY CONTROLLING THE BREATH, THE PERFECT YOGI CAN CONTINUE HIS LIFE FOR AS LONG AS HE LIKES. SOMETIMES WE HEAR FROM THE VEDIC LITERATURE THAT SOME PERSONALITIES FROM THE VEDIC AGE, SUCH AS VYASADEVA AND ASVATTHAMA, ARE STILL LIVING. HERE WE UNDERSTAND THAT MARU IS ALSO STILL LIVING. WE ARE SOMETIMES SURPRISED THAT A MORTAL BODY CAN LIVE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. THE EXPLANATION OF THIS LONGEVITY IS GIVEN HERE BY THE WORD YOGA-SIDDHA. IF ONE BECOMES PERFECT IN THE PRACTICE OF YOGA, HE CAN LIVE AS LONG AS HE LIKES. The demonstration of some trifling yoga-siddha does not constitute perfection. Here is a factual example of perfection: a yoga-siddha can live as long as he likes.
NoD 42 Fraternal Loving Affairs
There is a nice example of the friendship between Krsna and Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. WHEN THE FIGHTING WAS GOING ON, ASVATTHAMA, THE SON OF DRONACARYA, UNCEREMONIOUSLY ATTACKED KRSNA, ALTHOUGH ACCORDING TO THE PREVAILING RULES OF CHIVALRY ONE’S CHARIOT DRIVER SHOULD NEVER BE ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY. ASVATTHAMA BEHAVED HEINOUSLY IN SO MANY WAYS THAT HE DID NOT HESITATE TO ATTACK KRSNA’S BODY, ALTHOUGH KRSNA WAS ACTING ONLY AS CHARIOTEER FOR ARJUNA. When Arjuna saw that Asvatthama was releasing various kinds of arrows to hurt Krsna, he immediately stood in front of Krsna to intercept all of them. At that time, although Arjuna was being harmed by those arrows, he felt an ecstatic love for Krsna, and the arrows appeared to him like showers of flowers.
Note: WHAT IS INTERESTING IS: we do not find any mention of WHO the sons of the Draupadi were in their PAST LIVES that resulted in their murder by Aśvatthāmā. Lets not forget, the six sons of Devaki killed by Kamsa (KALANEMI) were in their PAST LIVES— sons of Kamsa—– who were CURSED by HIRANYAKASIPU— their grandfather.
SB 10.1.69 P The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction
FORMERLY AN ASURA NAMED KALANEMI HAD SIX SONS, NAMED HAMSA, SUVIKRAMA, KRATHA, DAMANA, RIPURMARDANA AND KRODHAHANTA. THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE SAD-GARBHAS, OR SIX GARBHAS, AND THEY WERE ALL EQUALLY POWERFUL AND EXPERT IN MILITARY AFFAIRS. These sad-garbhas gave up the association of Hiranyakasipu, their grandfather, and underwent great austerities to satisfy Lord Brahma, who, upon being satisfied, agreed to give them whatever benediction they might desire. WHEN ASKED BY LORD BRAHMA TO STATE WHAT THEY WANTED, THE SAD-GARBHAS REPLIED, “DEAR LORD BRAHMA, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BENEDICTION, GIVE US THE BLESSING THAT WE WILL NOT BE KILLED BY ANY DEMIGOD, MAHA-ROGA, YAKSA, GANDHARVA-PATI, SIDDHA, CARANA OR HUMAN BEING, NOR BY GREAT SAGES WHO ARE PERFECT IN THEIR PENANCES AND AUSTERITIES.” BRAHMA UNDERSTOOD THEIR PURPOSE AND FULFILLED THEIR DESIRE. BUT WHEN HIRANYAKASIPU CAME TO KNOW OF THESE EVENTS, HE WAS VERY ANGRY AT HIS GRANDSONS. “YOU HAVE GIVEN UP MY ASSOCIATION AND HAVE GONE TO WORSHIP LORD BRAHMA,” HE SAID, “AND THEREFORE I NO LONGER HAVE ANY AFFECTION FOR YOU. YOU HAVE TRIED TO SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THE HANDS OF THE DEMIGODS, BUT I CURSE YOU IN THIS WAY: YOUR FATHER WILL TAKE BIRTH AS KAMSA AND KILL ALL OF YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL TAKE BIRTH AS SONS OF DEVAKI.” BECAUSE OF THIS CURSE, THE GRANDSONS OF HIRANYAKASIPU HAD TO TAKE BIRTH FROM THE WOMB OF DEVAKI AND BE KILLED BY KAMSA, ALTHOUGH HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THEIR FATHER. This description is mentioned in the Hari-vamsa, Visnu-parva, Second Chapter. According to the comments of the Vaisnava-tosani, the son of Devaki known as Kirtiman was the third incarnation. In his first incarnation he was known as Smara and was the son of Marici, and later he became the son of Kalanemi. This is mentioned in the histories.
Pamho agtacbsp,still nowadays many yogis use the holy water of Ganga river to travel to others planets therefore many yogis are ageless very ancient, I been at maha kumbha Mela and I saw many yogis,the weakest coming down to prayaga from himalaya through the current water of the gange but the strongest come to the meeting by their mystyc ways, there was lord brahma at maha kumbha Mela also in 2001 he come every 144.000 years and many great personalities came there with their invisible powers. When can go even to brahma loka through the spiritual help of mother Ganga and the water of the gange remain always pure that’s the power of tadiyanam samarcanam the paraphernalia of VASUDEVA SUTAM DEVAM.agtacbsp
Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class
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When Jamadagni was killed by the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna, as described in this chapter, Paraśurāma rid the entire world of kṣatriyas twenty-one times. This chapter also describes the descendants of Viśvāmitra.
When Jamadagni’s wife, Reṇukā, went to bring water from the Ganges and saw the King of the Gandharvas enjoying the company of Apsarās, she was captivated, and she slightly desired to associate with him. Because of this sinful desire, she was punished by her husband. Paraśurāma killed his mother and brothers, but later, by dint of the austerities of Jamadagni, they were revived. The sons of Kārtavīryārjuna, however, remembering the death of their father, wanted to take revenge against Lord Paraśurāma, and therefore when Paraśurāma was absent from the āśrama, they killed Jamadagni, who was meditating on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Paraśurāma returned to the āśrama and saw his father killed, he was very sorry, and after asking his brothers to take care of the dead body, he went out with determination to kill all the kṣatriyas on the surface of the world. Taking up his axe, he went to Māhiṣmatī-pura, the capital of Kārtavīryārjuna, and killed all of Kārtavīryārjuna’s sons, whose blood became a great river. Paraśurāma, however, was not satisfied with killing only the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna; later, when the kṣatriyas became disturbing, he killed them twenty-one times, so that there were no kṣatriyas on the surface of the earth. Thereafter, Paraśurāma joined the head of his father to the dead body and performed various sacrifices to please the Supreme Lord. Thus Jamadagni got life again in his body, and later he was promoted to the higher planetary system known as Saptarṣi-maṇḍala. Paraśurāma, the son of Jamadagni, still lives in Mahendra-parvata. In the next manvantara, he will become a preacher of Vedic knowledge.
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From the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class.”
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21-22 After completing the sacrifice, Lord Paraśurāma gave the eastern direction to the hotā as a gift, the south to the brahmā, the west to the adhvaryu, the north to the udgātā, and the four corners—northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest—to the other priests. He gave the middle to Kaśyapaand the place known as Āryāvarta to the upadraṣṭā. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests.
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23/ Thereafter, having completed the ritualistic sacrificial ceremonies, Lord Paraśurāma took the bath known as the avabhṛtha-snāna. Standing on the bank of the great river Sarasvatī, cleared of all sins, Lord Paraśurāma appeared like the sun in a clear, cloudless sky.
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23/ Thus Jamadagni, being worshiped by Lord Paraśurāma, was brought back to life with full remembrance, and he became one of the seven sages in the group of seven stars
PURPORT
The seven stars revolving around the polestar at the zenith are called saptarṣi-maṇḍala. On these seven stars, which form the topmost part of our planetary system, reside seven sages: Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja. These seven stars are seen every night, and they each make a complete orbit around the polestar within twenty-four hours. Along with these seven stars, all the others stars also orbit from east to west. The upper portion of the universe is called the north, and the lower portion is called the south. Even in our ordinary dealings, while studying a map, we regard the upper portion of the map as north.
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24/ My dear King Parīkṣit, in the next manvantara the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead Lord Paraśurāma, the son of Jamadagni, will be a great propounder of Vedic knowledge. In other words, he will be one of the seven sages.
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25/ Lord Paraśurāma still lives as an intelligent brāhmaṇa in the mountainous country known as Mahendra. Completely satisfied, having given up all the weapons of a kṣatriya, he is always worshiped, adored and offered prayers for his exalted character and activities by such celestial beings as the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Gandharvas.
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26/ In this way the supreme soul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord and the supreme controller, descended as an incarnation in the Bhṛgu dynasty and released the universe from the burden of undesirable kings by killing them many times.
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From the Eighth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord”
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TEXT 4
dhātuḥ kamaṇḍalu-jalaṁ tad urukramasya
pādāvanejana-pavitratayā narendra
svardhuny abhūn nabhasi sā patatī nimārṣṭi
loka-trayaṁ bhagavato viśadeva kīrtiḥ
SYNONYMS
dhātuḥ—of Lord Brahmā; kamaṇḍalu-jalam—water from the kamaṇḍalu; tat—that; urukramasya—of Lord Viṣṇu; pāda-avanejana-pavitratayā—because of washing the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu and thus being transcendentally pure; nara-indra—O King; svardhunī—the river named Svardhunī of the celestial world; abhūt—so became; nabhasi—in outer space; sā—that water; patatī—flowing down; nimārṣṭi—purifying; loka-trayam—the three worlds; bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viśadā—so purified; iva—just like; kīrtiḥ—the fame or the glorious activities.
TRANSLATION
O King, the water from Lord Brahmā’s kamaṇḍalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vāmanadeva, who is known as Urukrama, the wonderful actor. Thus that water became so pure that it was transformed into the water of the Ganges, which went flowing down from the sky, purifying the three worlds like the pure fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
Here we understand that the Ganges began when the water from Lord Brahmā’s kamaṇḍalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vāmanadeva. But in the Fifth Canto it is stated that the Ganges began when Vāmanadeva’s left foot pierced the covering of the universe so that the transcendental water of the Causal Ocean leaked through. And elsewhere it is also stated that Lord Nārāyaṇa appeared as the water of the Ganges. The water of the Ganges, therefore, is a combination of three transcendental waters, and thus the Ganges is able to purify the three worlds. This is the description given by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura.
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