Under the directions of Shree Hari, saints and devotees prepare to return to their own towns.
Under the directions of Shree Hari, saints and devotees prepare to return to their own towns.
Suvrat said:-
O King! thereafter all those devotees, who were directed to leave, saluted Him, with reverence and left for their respective lodgments. Shri Hari also headed towards his holy residence. 1
The devotees were reluctant to go to their own town. However, being committed to the instructions of Shri Hari, they agreed to leave and started making provisions for their journey. They packed the Prasada (offered) by Shri Hari, in small jute bags and since these were to be carried too far off places, they fastened them (nicely) with a twine. 2-3
They stacked the clothes, utensils, provisions and other things, into big jute bags. They then (loaded them) in the fully-equipped carts and got all set to leave the place next morning. 4
After concluding the morning rituals, all the sages were ready with bags fastened with a rope. They carried their books on their shoulders. 5
All Brahmins, and other sages eager to see Shri Hari, arrived in the king’s courtyard. They carried sticks on their shoulders. 6
Shri Hari, who loved His devotees, in order to give them (His) Darshana climbed His horse and went out of the town, due to the fear of the rushing of His devotees in the crowd. All the other sages, attendants other people followed Him. 7-8
Shri Hari, to give delight to His devotees, after a ride at a distance of half a mile, stopped on the road near a lake made by the king. 9
All the groups of the saints, and a big crowd, inclusive ladies, came there quickly and bowed to Him. 10
People prayed to Him, O Lord Shri Hari! in near future please send all the sages to our town and give Your Darshana as early as possible. 11
All the saints who were going to the different cities by His order, with folded hands, prayed and praised Shri Hari with love. 12
Saints perform Stuti of Shree Hari, while going for Vicharan.
Saints said:-
You are our Lord. You are our God. You are the Supreme Brahman described in the Vedas. From time to time you have taken the form of a human being. With your eternal powers you have taken forms of all the movable and immovable objects. You have incarnated yourself in the form of a Boar and Tortoise, in order to protect the world. 13
O Lord, who takes utmost care of religion, in each era. You incarnate yourself to save Gods, sages and other religious people, and devastate the demons who conspire against religion. We know that all these incarnated forms were endowed with entire selfmajesty. You hold the weapons like Sudarshana Chakra etc. which represent Your chivalrous deeds in all these incarnations with proper decorum. 14
O You Lotus-eyed one! You have taken this human form to root out our ignorance in all the three states of awakening, sleep and dream, and to give the knowledge of eternal religion and eternal state of the ultimate abode, making free from all the earthly wishes and duties. 15
O Lord, you are the quintessence of faith, peace (tranquility), forgiveness, expertise, modesty, (endurance), tolerance, compassion, contentment, friendship, fearlessness, serenity, self restraint, austerity, wisdom, morality, good deeds, detachment, repentance, discrimination, yoga of eight types, memory and prosperity. 16
O Lord! You have manifested (The qualities like) overcoming of all the desires, insipidness, un-avaricious-ness, unassuming nature, firmness, (possessor) of knowledge and realization in this idol. This could not have been possible in any other incarnation. Hence, this idol (of Shri Hari) itself deserves to be worshipped by the sages and the Brahmins. 17
O Lord! Who else is capable of liberating those, who are born on this earth because of their wicked deeds, and who are thrown into total confusion because of the (false) scriptures taught by the imagination of those possessed of wicked and demonic elements? It is therefore very difficult to discourage them from being influenced by the unrighteous path. 18
O Lord, You always protect Your own disciples, from ego, anger, jealousy, pride, quarrel, bad words, violence, death, bad behavior, ignorance and greed. You also protect them from the five vices: dense darkness of ignorance etc. This way You take delight in promoting the ultimate status of ascetism: Paramahamsa etc., with self-prowess. 19
Those who are capable of doing pious duties like Havana, have become greedy of money and food, and are busy in fulfilling their lust. With illogical arguments they disagree with philosophical theories. Your teachings (sermon) enlighten them as the sun enlightens and dissolves the darkness. 20
In this world all men and women obsessed by lust, have become shameless and leading a life like monkey. People of this generation is similar to that of the Yakshas who ran after the Brahma itself in order to devour Him. The women folk of these days resemble those three types of women who are born from the mouth of the demon named Bala. 21
O merciful Lord, You alone are able to protect them. Since olden days, it is said that a man makes educator of his own attitude and aptitude. Therefore, these impure people become disciples of impure educator, then how will they lead a good pious life? 22
O Lord, please favour them with your omnipotent strength, who is behaving badly, viciously and who have earned money by incorrect means. O Lord, with your preaching, they, who have good qualities, will attain the ultimate abode like saints. 23
O Lord, You scientifically and logically plead with their intellect; and preach them good way of life. Whosoever are beloved to you and also, who have Your image in their mind, i.e. who always remember You, O God, You attract them with Your precious qualities to Your own attitude. 24
O Lord, it is said that, with great qualities of Your appearance, extraordinarily wicked people also regulate their mind. In your previous incarnated form, you killed demons like Diti’s sons. Now you will be famous for killing like lust, ego, anger and jealousy. O Lord, then main powerful demons like Bali and Hiranyakashipu troubled the directional gods like Brahma, sun and moon, becoming the partakers of Yajnas. They also were not able to conquer the powerful inner enemies like anger etc. You kill even these enemies, so you are the god of Gods. 25-26
O Lord, nobody, however powerful enemy he may be, is able to defeat you. Nobody is able to defeat even to them who are your disciples. Therefore, whatever is your name, you are the God of gods. 27
O Lord, in you previous incarnated forms you destroyed demons like Hiranyakashyapu and became famous in Vedas and in the entire world. Now you have enlarged yourself and you have established yourself all above the universe and mortal beings. 28
O Lord, you save them who, even facing great difficulties, try to worship you and want to be free from worldly duties. In this world, people, who notice good things minutely, will acknowledge your this action greater than your actions in past in which you killed many demons. 29
Whoever Gods, demons, sages, men and women got the highest position; they all came down from that position because of their lust, jealousy, anger, greed or ego. So you only are capable to save the people. 30
O Lord, blessed is the Brahmin Devasharma, along with his kinsmen, born in Kousala state and also his wife Premavati, whom Lord Narayan is born. Although born in this Kali era, blessed are we all, who are fortunate to see your lotus-feet. We bow down to You, O Shri Hari, Who are the doyen of all the Brahmins. 31
Suvrat said:-
O King, this manner all the saints praised and worshipped Shri Hari. He also greeted them and asked them to travel far and wide for the cause of the mankind. 32
Then, Shri Hari, paying due respects to all the devotees, as he also was feeling bad, with moist eyes told them to proceed; and He too, went back. 33
Having moistened the hearts of the returning devotees in their horse-carts which were touching His feet in the guies of the floating dust particles and thereby adoring in and appreciating the speed of the golden horses, Lord, the ancient sage, Who accompanied them in the form of praise sung by them retreated to His town. 34
Then Shri Hari exhibiting his excellence in riding the horse in all four types, like pacing, trotting jumping, and galloping, made all his disciples happy and thus He came in front of all the saints and the citizens; and strolled amongst them. They very much rejoiced when they looked at His fascinating figure again coming back to the city. Then, all the devotees left for their own countries meditating on Him throughout the way in their minds as they remembered Him (His image). Shri Hari too, after arriving at the palace of the king in the city, came near the altar and smilingly made the horse stride a few steps towards the wooden pole. 35-37
He (Shri Hari), in order to gratify Jaya and other ladies, caused His horse take the Ardhapulayita stride. 38
O king, then Shri Hari, descending from (His) horse, entered in His hermitage and rested comfortably on His seat. 39
Then, Shri Hari, who seemed to be very much relaxed, whose face was beautiful like lotus, praised Jaya and Lalita, talked with His desciples, Soma and others. I am indeed very happy, since the celebration of this festival has turned out to be exactly what I had visualized. To speak the truth, this (our) festival did not fall short of anything whatsoever. Even (many) kings coming together would not have been able to celebrate such a kind of a festival. On this earth, we shall never come across people of such temperament. Truly Lalitaba and Jaya are both alike. (They cannot be compared to anybody) . O my disciple King, you surpass your (revered) father in qualities. You are (really) an incomparable king! 40-44
Suvrat Said:-
O King, in this manner the doyen of sages (Shri Hari) praised His disciples at the same time, displayed His valiant deeds. Incidentally, some women devotees also came there to worship Him. 45
Thus ends the forty-second chapter entitled, ‘Narration of description of the praise of Shri Hari sung by the group of sages,’ in the third prakaran of Satsangi Jivan, the life story of Lord Narayan, also titled as Dharmashastra. (the rules of the code of conduct). 42