Virochanakumar Bali talks about Kaal to Deity King Indra and Goddess Laxmi leaves Bali and goes to the Deities
After Yudhisthira was crowned as King of Hastinapur, Lord Krishna freed amazing Bhishma from all of his sufferings before his death and asked him to relieve Yudhisthira from mourning over the dead Kshatriyas by the way of advising him on Dharma. Yudhishthira requested his pitamaha to
tell him with what intelligence any Bhupal could roam on this planet, who would
have emerged as corrupted Rajalakshmi and had been overwhelmed by the
punishment of Kaal. Bhishma in response to the Abhyudaya-Parabhava gave an
example to Yudhishthira of ancient records within the form of discussion among Virochanakumar
Bali and deity king Indra and why did Goddess Laxmi depart the demons. Allow us
to understand it in brief.
In the past, after the war of Devasura,
after the demons were over, Lord Vishnu in the form of Vamana measured the
three worlds with his feet and when Indra, who accomplished a hundred yajnas,
became the king of the deities, the deities were worshipped everywhere. The
human beings of the four classes started out living in their respective
religions. The three worlds began to rise and seeing each person happy,
swayambhu Lord Brahma became very satisfied. Indra, having won over all of the
demons, went to grandfather Brahma and with folded hands, he bowed down and
asked, “Lord! Where does Bali live? He, whose wealth was never empty at the
same time as donating, I am now not able to discover that king Bali, even after
attempting to find him. That king Bali could walk as
wind, rain as Varuna, make light as sun and moon, heat all beings like fire and
quench absolutely everyone's thirst by becoming water. At the same time, by
leaving laziness, he could shine in all directions, could set and rain. I'm now not able to find that person even after looking. You tell me the
address of king Bali.” Lord Brahma said, “Maghavan! It is not a good thing for
you that you are asking me for the address of Bali. One should not lie when
asked, that's why I'm telling you the precise address. In a void
house, Any best living being that is available in camel, cow, gardabha or equine
animals, consider him as Bali.” Indra then asked Lord Brahma if he would meet
king Bali in the solitary house, should he kill him or now not. Brahma stated to
him that Bali didn't deserve to be slaughtered, but, he could ask him about
fair treatment at will.
At the order of Lord Brahma, Devaraj Indra
mounted on his gajraja named Airavata, who was embellished with four lovely
teeth and was endowed with divine beauty, went out to visit the three worlds.
At that time Trilokinath was surrounded by way of Indra, Rudra, Vasu, Aditya,
Ashwini Kumar, rishis, Gandharvas, Nagas, Siddhas and Vidyadhars etc. Even as
roaming around, they reached the seashore at some point. There he noticed Virochanakumar
Bali in a mountain cave as told by Lord Brahma, who hid in the guise of a
gardabha. Seeing him standing fearless and without
formlessness, Indra said to him like this,
“demon! Why do not you sense pain on seeing the prosperity of your enemy? Do
you not grieve through bravery or by way of serving elders or due to the fact
your moral sense is purified by penance? For an ordinary man, this patience is
certainly the maximum difficult. You are in the power of your
enemies and degraded by way of the kingdom- in such a deplorable state, by
which force do you not grieve? , you had attained the very best position among
your caste-brethren and had occupied the most excellent and exceptional
pleasures; however right now your gems and kingdom have been seized. In the beginning, you had grown to be the deities
of the three worlds by sitting in the kingdom of your forefathers. Now that
kingdom was snatched by your enemies; why don't you feel sad even after seeing
this? You had been tied by Varuna’s loop, wounded with a thunderbolt, your
spouse and money have been additionally caught, your Rajalakshmi has been
destroyed and you have lost your wealth. Who apart from you could show
enthusiasm to live to tell the tale even after the kingdom of the three worlds
is destroyed? Demon! You're consuming the husk by falling into the donkey's
yoni. You have attained this lowly yoni. Do you sense sorry for this or not?
These days I am seeing your circumstance which was never visible earlier. You
have fallen into the hands of your enemies. You have emerged as inferior to Rajalakshmi
and friends and your strength might have been destroyed. Earlier you used to
give heat to all of the humans surrounded by your companions and kindred
brothers and used to travel without thinking about the deities. All the demons
used to live below your rule, waiting for your face. For your kingdom, the
earth produced grain without ploughing it. However nowadays this hassle has
come upon you. Do you grieve for this or now not? How must have been your state
of mind at the time when you lived on the east bank of the ocean enjoying
diverse pleasures and dispensing wealth for your brothers and sisters? You have
spent a few years in the vihara, decorated with Rajalakshmi. At that time,
thousands of Goddesses of golden brilliance, who were embellished with all of
the Padma garlands, used to dance in front of you. There was a time, whilst
above you stood a huge gold-plated umbrella, and six thousand Gandharvas
performed their dancing in front of you, singing songs in seven Swaras. Even as
performing the yajna, the very massive valuable pillar of your yajna mandap was
made completely of gold. While you used to donate ten crore cows thousands of
times constantly, daityaraj! What thoughts must have been bobbing up to your
mind at that point? While you had circumambulated the whole earth even as
acting the yajna via the approach of Shamyakshepa, how much enthusiasm must
have been in your heart at that point? Now I don't See a gold plate
with you, I see neither an umbrella nor a cloak, and even that divine garland
given by Lord Brahma isn't visible around your neck.”
Listening to these and many different
harsh things, Indra despised Bali. Virochanakumar Bali listened to the awful
things with remarkable pleasure and without bringing any panic in his mind,
answered him, “Indra! When I have been taken prisoner well by means of enemies
or Kaal, then what will be the benefit to you through making such exaggerated
things in front of me? I see, these days you are standing in front of me
lifting the thunderbolt but earlier you probably did not have the power to do
so. Now by some means, the power has arrived. Who else can say this type of
cruel word besides you? The one who, in spite of being powerful, shows mercy
to a brave enemy who is in his hands, good people consider him to be an Uttam purush.
While a dispute and warfare break out between individuals, then there's no fact
as to who will win. One of them wins and the other is defeated. Don't you think that it is your strength and might via that
you had gained over me. These days which you are thus endowed with royalty or
we who've reached this humble state, all this has neither been done by way of
you nor ours.
The stupidity you have
proven here is astounding to me. You're the king of the deities. You do not
deserve to mention something that hurts others like this. About which gems
you're asking me hidden in the cave. Right now you're wealthy and my prosperity is long gone, in this sort
of state that you need to sing your praises in front of me, it isn't in
accordance with your family and reputation. The ones whose mind is pure and
those who're glad about expertise, those who are forgiving, sages, do no longer
grieve once they suffer and additionally do not grow with joy whilst prosperity
is achieved. You are self-praising in front of me because of your impure
intelligence. While you will be in a scenario like mine, then you may no
longer be able to say the sort of thing.”
Having said this, hissing like a snake,
Indra laughed again to indicate his excellence and said, “demon king! Formerly,
surrounded by lots of vehicles and brothers and sisters, you used to torment
all of the worlds and tour without thinking about the deities. In the past you had subdued all of the worlds
and attained unmatched happiness; but right now in the external world, you have
got had this awful fall, considering all this, do you feel unhappy or not?” Bali
stated, “Indra! The Kalachakra is changeable by nature, through it I can change
the whole lot here. Due to the
fact this whole global is perishable, all these our bodies of beings are
incurable. This is why I by no means grieve. I've also not received this body
from any corruption.
Life and body both arise at birth,
grow together and die at the same time I'm no longer compelled even after
having this body. After I consequently realize the impermanence of the body and
the incompatibility of the soul, knowing this then what could hurt me? Indra!
Just as the sea is the final refuge of the waters, so the remaining motion of
the body is dying. Men who realize this thoroughly, by no means fall in desire.
People who are under the influence of passion and attachment do not know this
very well and whose intellect is destroyed, they're very unhappy once they fall
in trouble. One that attains good intellect, that person destroys all sins
through that intellect.
While he's free from sin, he attains
the quality of sattva, and is situated within the mode of sattva, he attains Sattvik happiness. Those slow-witted people who're corrupted by the quality of
sattva, they are born again and again in this world and are usually inspired by
each lust, anger and so on. I do now not wish for financial achievement, life
and glad outcomes, nor do I envy the outcomes of misfortune, demise and sorrow,
the person who kills someone, he himself, being dead, kills only the dead. One
that kills and the one who's killed, each of them does not realize the soul
(due to the fact the soul is neither the act nor the doer of the killing
process). Everybody who takes pride in his manhood by killing or conquering
someone is not definitely the doer of that effort. Due to the fact the one
who's the doer of the world, the one who's the supreme soul, he is the doer of
that action also, who does both the destruction of the entire world and the
creation? It's far completed by the actions of all beings and it's also
intended by someone else (God). Earth, water, fire, air and space are the
causes of the bodies of all beings. So what is the need for mourning and
lamentation for them? Whether or not a person is a great scholar or a little
learned, strong or weak, stunning or unpleasant, lucky or unfortunate, a
critical period absorbs all by its own brilliance. Consequently, being subject
to all of them, what can be the pain of me, who is aware of the fleetingness of
the world? Whom Kaal has already killed, the same is killed through someone else.
Which has already been destroyed. The same thing is destroyed by a person and
the individual that is obvious to get it, that person takes possession.
Even after thinking a lot, I am not able to look at the end of the divine
creator Kaal. His move is nowhere to be seen. In this solitary
residence, you have come here knowing me to devour husk, taking the form of a
hornet and blaspheming me. If I want, I will reveal many such terrible forms,
seeing which you'll run away from me. Indra! It is Kaal that receives
everything, It is Kaal who gives the whole lot and it's far Kaal who has
executed the whole thing. In the past,
when I was indignant, the whole world used to get upset. This global every now
and then increases and from time to time decreases. This is its eternal nature.
I know this thoroughly you furthermore may look at the world on this manner. Domination and influence aren't subject to us. Your
thoughts are now like that of an infant as earlier than.
One day the Deities, humans, ancestors,
Gandharvas, and the demons were all under me. My enemies, taking refuge in me,
being interested in their intellectual hatred, used to mention that in the
direction wherein Virochanakumara is, our salutations are also there. I do now
not grieve in any respect for my downfall, it is the determination of my
intellect that I am constantly under the control of God, the ruler of all. A majestic man born in a high family is seen living an unhappy life
along with his ministers, he had the same destiny. A foolish man born in a low
caste, born of misconduct, is seen leading a happy lifestyle along with his
ministers. A woman who has a great demeanour is seen as a widow, and the
alternative kulakshana and an unpleasant lady are seen as saubhagyavati.
I'm in this situation at the moment and
karma is being done by this body of mine, all this isn't carried out by me.
Prosperity and poverty (in keeping with Prarabdha) come alternately. I see that
presently you are elevated to the position of Devarajan. You are sitting in
your radiant and shining form. And roaring at me again and again. But if Kaal
had not attacked me like this and rode on my head, I'd have thrown you on this
planet by just punching you even though I am not carrying a thunderbolt these
days. But this isn't the time for me to show my might, but the time has come
for me to remain calm. It's far Kaal that sustains everybody by means of
establishing them in specific states and Kaal simplest weakens everyone.
One day I was worshipped by Danaveshwara and I also used to roar and unfold my majesty everywhere. Whilst I am also attacked by way of Kaal, then on whom will he not assault? Devarajan!
All of you, who are called the twelve mahatma Adityas, I on my own had kept the
glory of all of you. I used to turn out to be the sun and lift the water of the
earth with my rays and rain like a cloud. I used to provide warmth to Triloki
and spread light by turning it into energy. I used to guard human beings from robbers. I continually gave charity and used to do it from the
people. I used to be the ruler of all the worlds and being the Lord, I used to
keep absolutely everyone under the guideline of restraint, today that
sovereignty of mine has ended. All that opulence of mine is not being demonstrated now. Kaal alternately consumes all the world according to
its wish. The Vedavetta purush says that the month and the paksha are the abode
or body of Kaal. Day and night are its coverings or clothes. The seasons are
the door or thoughts-sense and the year is the mouth. That time is like age.
Some scholars say with the power of their minds that all this is Kaal Sangyak-Brahman.
That Kaalrupa Brahman is as deep and deep as an ocean filled with limitless
waters. It has no beginning or end. He has been defined as Kshara and Akshara.
Those who are Tatvdarshi, they without a doubt believe that - the Kaal-form para brahman himself, being formless, also enters the soul within all beings. It
is Lord Kaal who changes the kingdom of all beings. No one can recognize his
greatness. A man cannot do anything after being defeated through the dignity of
Kaal. Wherein will you move without achieving the Kaal that is the momentum of
all beings? A man cannot go away it even by walking - he can not cross far from
him, nor can he get out of his clutches by way of status. All the senses like
listening to etc. Are not capable of perceiving that duration inclusive of five
distinctions, month-paksha and many others. A few people name him Agni and a
few Prajapati. Different human beings name Kaal as season, month, paksha, day,
moment, foram, noon and midday. This is also known as the learned purush
muhurta. Despite being one, its miles are said to be of many types. The
complete world is beneath him.
Shachipati Indra! With power and might
as you are, many thousand Indras have ended. You consider yourself to be the
most powerful and mighty devraj; however, the potent Kaal will pacify you too. You, me and our ancestors even can't even violate the obedience
of Kaal. You, having attained this supremely perfect Rajalakshmi, know that it
will remain with you in a constant state, your perception is false because it
does no longer live tied in one place. Indra! This Lakshmi has lived with
thousands of men higher than you. At this time this mischievous has left me and
gone to you. Now don't behave like this again. You must imbibe peace.
Understanding your situation like mine, this Lakshmi soon will visit a person
else.
And as you are these days, I was once
the same, at the time wherein we're lying, from time to time you'll be within
the same situation; therefore, do not insult me by thinking that I've done a
totally difficult feat. Every man receives happiness and sorrow in turn. Indra!
You have also attained Indrapada not by way of your might, however with the aid
of Kaal. Kaal is taking me towards terrible times and displaying your good
days. The service of parents, worship of the deities and different virtuous
behaviour aren't fascinating to a man in horrific days. Neither knowledge, nor
austerity, nor charity, nor friends nor brothers and sisters can save a person
who's tormented by Kaal. People cannot prevent the coming calamities even after
struggling with loads of blows by any means other than the power of the mind.
No person can shield those who are hurt through Kaal. You who consider yourself
to be the doer of this case, that is a matter of sorrow for you. If the person
doing the work himself was the doer there would in no way have been anyone else
who created it. It's far created via others. This is why there is no different
doer besides Kaal. With the help of Kaal, I conquered you and now you have
defeated me with the assist of the same. Simplest Kaal accompanies the living
beings or gives them the strength to move and it destroys all of the people.
Your intellect is straightforward; this is why you do now not recognize your
destruction that will truly occur someday or the other thru him.
There are a few people inside the globe
who consider you to have attained excellence by your personal might and provide
you with more importance. But a person like me who knows the nature of the
world, the cause of progress and downfall is Kaal-Prarabdha. Someone who's suffering from Kaal can become bereaved,
bewildered. Be it me or is there some other man like me, whilst he is
encroached upon by way of Kaal (Prarabdha), his intellect is constantly in
danger and becomes like a broken boat. Even though today you are so insolent
and are igniting very brightly; but whilst times alternate, that is, when your
destiny is bad, then like me, Kaal will make you its victim - will corrupt you
with Indrapad. Due to the exchange of the Indras in every era (in each manvantara)
thus far, many thousand Indras of the deities have long gone to the grasp of Kaal;
therefore, it's miles very hard for everybody to violate Kaal.
Having attained this body, you consider
yourself to be very big like the everlasting God, Lord Brahma, who gave birth
to all beings; however this Indrapada of yours has not proved to be unmoving or
eternal till these days for anyone– so many have come and long gone on this.
Only due to your stupidity do you consider it yours. Deveshwar! Being
perishable, you trust in that which isn't always worthy of religion, and that
is risky, you consider it strong; however, there's nothing surprising in this.
Due to the fact the only whose heart has been taken over by Kaal, he's
constantly affected by the same opposite feeling, due to your delusion, ‘the Rajalakshmi
is mine’, thinking like this, you want to get it, it's far neither yours nor
mine and neither is the others.
I can't count the number of kings it
has deserted so far. Even after, you many kings will possess it. The ones who
have formerly owned the whole earth along with trees, medicines, gems,
animals, forests and food, I do not see them all in the intervening time.
Prithu, Ilanandan, Pururava, Maya, Bhima, Narakasura, Shambrasur, Ashwagriva, Puloma, Svarbhanu, Amitdhwaja, Prahlada, Namuchi, Daksha, Viprachitti, Virochana, Hrinisheva, Suhotra Bhuriha, Pushpavan, Taurus, Satyasheshu, bahu,
Kapila, Kartswar, Vahni, Visvadanstra, Nairiti, Sanchaska, Varitaksha, Varahasva, Ruchiprabh, Vishwajit, Pratirupa, Vrishanda, Vishkara, Madhu, Hiranyakashipu and Kaitabha—these and plenty of different demons have all turn
out to be the masters of this earth. Those aforesaid and many different demon
kings, whose names we have been hearing of earlier and long in the past, who
are affected by Kaal, have all left this earth; because Kaal is the most
effective. It isn't that you alone have executed the rituals of a hundred
Yajnas. All those kings performed one hundred sacrifices. All have been pious
and all had been constantly engaged in the sacrifice. They all had the strength
to move in the sky and were going to take iron in front of the enemy in war.
They all have been embellished with strong bodies. Their arms were thick and
strong like a Parigha. All of them knew hundreds of Maya and used to take the
form as preferred.
All of them were in no way heard of
being defeated after accomplishing samarangana. All Vedoktas have been
rapid-trackers and were fantastically erudite scholars. All were lokeshwars and
all had attained the preferred opulence. Those great kings had never been
blessed with opulence earlier than. They were all worth donors and without
jealousy. They used to treat all of the dwelling beings in a proper manner.
They all were born from the womb of Daksha-girls and they had been all the descendants of the mighty heroic Prajapati kashyapa. All those kings were
igniting and majestic with their brilliance, but Kaal destroyed all of them.
While you revel in this earth and leave it again, then you will no longer be
able to forestall your grief. You surrender the desire for lovemaking and
enjoyment and surrender this item of Rajalakshmi. In this situation, if your
kingdom is destroyed, then you'll be able to endure that grief. Leaving the fear of past and destiny, stay your life with
anything that is available in the present. I used to be constantly careful,
however, if I was attacked by way of Kaal who in no way wait, then you too will soon be attacked by means of that. Excuse me for this harsh
fact at the moment, you pierce me right here together with your eloquence
because of fear. Keeping myself in restraint, I sit quietly; that is why you
must have started considering yourself fantastic.
I have been troubled; that is why you're thundering
status in front of me. Otherwise, who is this kind of hero within the world,
who can live in front of me in a war? The invisible Kaal has attacked me, it's
why you are standing in front of me. Due to the influence of Kaal, now all of the parts of me, are not so healthy. I
was knocked down from Indrapada and you were made Indra in heaven. You have
ended up the adoration of all of you in this strange living world because of
the reverse of Kaal. Tell me, by doing which what precise deed you became Indra
today and by which evil deed I fell down from Indrapada? Kaal (Prarabdha) is the
creator and destroyer of all. All different things can't be attributed to it;
therefore, a learned guy must neither sense very glad nor get much distressed
upon getting destruction, opulence, happiness, Abhyudaya or defeat. You
know very well how we are. I recognize you well; still, why do you give up your
shame. In truth, it's far Kaal itself that is doing all this. You know the most
about the attempt I've made before.
You have seen my might in lots of
battles. At this juncture, it will suffice to give one illustration. You
remember very well the time when the Devasura Sangram occurred earlier. I on my
own defeated all of the Adityas, Rudras, Sadhyas, Vasus and Marudganas. At my
pace, all the deities left the battlefield and ran away collectively. What a
number of mountains, which include forests and wooded area dwellers, I had
repeatedly stricken on you. On your head too, I had damaged many mountains with
strong stones; but what can I do at this time; because it is very tough to disregard Kaal. Even now my pace is very lousy for you. However whilst Kaal has taken
its flip, the fire of Kaal has surrounded me from all facets and I'm truly sure
by Kaalpasha, then you are praising yourself by way of standing in front of me.
Just as a person ties an animal with a rope, similarly this dreadful Kaal
purush holds me in his loop. Profit and loss, satisfaction and pain, lust and
anger, Abhyudaya-Parabhava, slaughter, freedom from imprisonment and
imprisonment-all these are attained only by Kaal (Prarabdha).
A man is glad by doing those deeds
after getting the cooperation of Kaal, but through not getting the cooperation
of Kaal, by doing the same matters once more, he becomes a participant of
sorrow. One who is aware of the impact of Kaal, he does now not grieve even
after being affected by it. Due to the fact mourning doesn't assist in
suffering, I don't grieve while the grief of the mourning man does not cast off
his distress, on the contrary, the power of the grieving man is weakened. If it
happens, then why mourn? Thinking of this, I do not grieve.”
On listening to this, the thousand-eyed
deity king Indra, preventing his anger, thus stated, “demon king! Seeing my
hand raised up along with the thunderbolt and Varuna pasha, the death that has
come from the desire to kill is also heart-wrenching. Then whose intellect
won't be troubled? Your mind is tattva-knowing and stable. This is why it
doesn't get disillusioned at all. True mighty hero! You sincerely do not get
disenchanted due to endurance. Seeing this whole world going in the direction
of destruction, which bodied person can believe in wealth, luxuries, pleasures
or even in his very own body? I recognise this world lying inside the darkish
and occult black fire simplest for a moment. There's no way for one of these
people who has come under the grip of Kaal. Even the maximum subtle and evil
ghosts are being cooked in Kalagni, they too aren't going to eliminate it. No
person can control it. The incarnate beings sleep in ecstasy. But Kaal is
usually alert and wakeful. No one has ever seen such a thing before that Kaal
will be removed in spite of one's efforts. Kaal is ancient (Anadi), eternal,
dharma shape and has an equal vision for all beings. Kaal cannot be prevented
via anyone and no person can violate it. Just as a person giving credit harass
the borrowers by adding up the accounts of interest, in an identical way, he
keeps on giving pain to the living beings by way of calculating the day, night,
month, moment, kastha, laba and even art. As the velocity of a river all at
once increases and takes away the tree by way of the shore. In addition ‘i will
do it today and I will do it tomorrow’, a person who says this commonly gets
stuck by Kaal. ‘hey! I simply noticed him and how did he die now, in this
manner the babbles of different human beings are heard for those who are
abducted through Kaal. Wealth and pleasures are destroyed. Place and opulence
are snatched away and the life of this living world is also taken away by Kaal.
The end of ascending is falling down and the end of birth is death. All that is
seen is perishable.
Kaal doesn't see who's small and who's
huge. Everybody is being thrown into the black fire, but no one is conscious
'human beings lose their conscience through being trapped in jealousy,
pleasure, greed, lust, anger, fear, attachment and pride, but you are learned,
knowledgeable and ascetic. You recognize the essence of all matters. You
recognize Kaal and its essence. You are gifted in the knowledge of all the
scriptures, skilled in the interpretation of the tattva, the ideal of
individuals who are mindful and knowledgeable. This is why you are seeing Kaal
actually. You have created the essence of all the worlds along with your mind,
you're the most liberated despite the fact that you roam everywhere. You have
no attachment anywhere. You have conquered your senses. It truly is why Rajoguna and Tamoguna can't contact you. You worship that soul who's free from
pleasure, devoid of agony, warm-hearted of all beings and peaceful. 'Looking at
you, kindness has come to my heart. I do no longer need to kill the sort of
sensible man by means of preserving him in bondage. The biggest religion is not
to behave cruelly in the direction of anyone. I have full grace on you. After
some time, the loops of Varuna devata who bind you'll automatically depart you.
Great asura! While people begin behaving contrary to justice, then your welfare
will be there. While the daughter-in-law will start asking service from her old
mother-in-law and the son too, out of disillusionment, order his father to do
different types of work, Shudras will start washing their feet by brahmins and
fearlessly making women of brahmin caste as their spouse, while men fearlessly
establish themselves in non-human species, whilst humans of high caste and low
caste will begin ingesting together in a container and gifts could be offered by them
all together for the worship of God. The complete varna dharma will turn into nil,
then step by step every one of your loops (Bandhan) will be loosened. You have
no worry from us. You await time and uninterrupted, having healthy thoughts and
disease-free, live fortuitously."
Indra requested, “Duhsahe! You have
resided in the body of king Bali for a long time, now are you leaving him for
my sake or for Bali's own advantage?” Goddess Lakshmi said, “Indra! The dhaata or the
creator can't in any way appoint me to any work. But I should obey Kaal’s
order. The equal Kaal has seemed present to inspire me to give up on Bali. You don't ignore that Kaal.” Indra requested, “Lakshmi! How and why did you
depart Bali? How will you no longer give up on me? Tell me this.”Lakshmi
stated, “I live in truth, charity, fasting, penance, might and righteousness.
King Bali has turned far from these. He changed into the benevolent, honest and
jeetendriya of the first brahmins; but afterwards, he became guilty of brahmins
and he touched ghee with his bare left fingers. In advance he constantly used
to perform yajna; however, later on, suffering and bewildered by Kaal, he
himself certainly ordered all of the humans that all of them ought to worship
him only. Thus being despised by him, I will now live in your simplest. You
ought to usually be cautious and keep me by penance and might.” Indra said,
“Kamallaye! There is no such individual amongst deities, men or all beings, who
alone can bear your burden. Tell me the way in which you can stay near me
forever. I will obey you exactly.” Goddess Lakshmi
stated, “deities, Gandharvas, asuras and rakshasas, none alone can bear my
burden. You divide me into four elements via the
approach prescribed within the Veda."
Indra instructed Goddess Lakshmi to keep her one foot on this gracious earth,
which creates the completion of bhutas in the human global, that holds
everybody, consequently, she ought to undergo the weight of her feet. Goddess Lakshmi
did that as a consequence. After that, Indra requested her to keep her 2d feet
inside the water considering the truth that it flows everywhere; therefore, it
should endure the burden of her second foot. To set up her third feet, Indra
informed her approximately Agnideva, in which Vedas, yajnas and whole deities
are revered. Goddess Lakshmi observed Indra’s instructions and kept her third foot in
fire. Indra then informed her that the brahmin devotees and the honest superior
guys among men must bear the weight of her fourth foot. Goddess Lakshmi established
her fourth foot among the saints and asked Indra to defend her from all
aspects. Indra ascertained her to punish those beings who might reason her
ache.
After that, being deserted by way of Goddess
Lakshmi, the demon king Bali said, "so long as the sun shines in the east,
it'll also illuminate the south, west and north directions. While the sun will
continue to be located only in the mid-day, not going to Astachala, at that
point again there will be a war of deities and I will defeat all the deities in
it. When the sun will be located in one location i.e. Brahmaloka and start
giving warmness to all of the lower worlds, at that point I will actually win
you over within the war of devasura.” Indra answered, “Lord Brahma has
commanded me not to kill you; that's why I'm not leaving my thunderbolt to your
head. Move wherever you need. Notable asura! May you be well. The
sun will by no means, ever be located in the mid-day and provide heat to all of
the world. Lord Brahma has already established limits for them, so in line with
the same reality, the sun moves around constantly, supplying warmness to all
the worlds. He has two routes - north and south. There's Uttarayan for six
months and Dakshinayana for six months. With this, the sun God travels, creating
winter and heat inside the whole world.”
(by dividing the Vaivasvata Manvantara
into eight parts, whilst the last-eighth element starts to pass, then the four
puris of Indra, Yama, Varun and Kuvera will be destroyed within the four
directions of the east. At that point, being situated only within the Brahmaloka,
the sun will illuminate the complete lower world. At the same time, the Savarnika Manvantara will begin, in which king Bali will be Indra.)
After conquering the demons, he was
multiplied to the position of Devraj, and being the Ekchhatra emperor, was
ecstatic with joy. At that point, the extraordinary sages worshipped Indra, the
Lord of the complete pastoral world. Agnideva began to bear the Havisham for the
deities in the Yagyamandapa and Deveshwar Indra additionally began consuming
the nectar offered through the servants. The superior brahmins, who had the
energy to reach anywhere, praised Deveshwar Indra, who became radiant and
without anger. Then Indra went to heaven and started experiencing bliss.
Now allow us to understand approximately
the pre-signs of evil for which Goddess Laxmi leaves us and the virtues that
attract her.
Once upon a time, the first-rate
ascetic and sinless Narada used to roam in the three worlds in line with his
wish. Under the influence of his splendid penance, he could see each of the
higher and lower worlds, and being like the sages of Brahmaloka, they were
illumined by immense brilliance. Sooner or later, getting up early in the
morning, wishing to take a bath in the holy water, went to the banks of the
Ganges that flowed through the Dhruvadwara and descended inside it. At the
equal time, Indra additionally got here to the same bank of the Ganges. Then
each of them immersed themselves in the Ganges and concentrated their minds and
briefly completed the task of chanting Gayatri. After this, each of them sat
down at the stunning Ganga full of satisfactory golden sand and started
telling and listening to the stories heard from the mouths of virtuous men, Gods
and sages. Each of them was concentrating and discussing the ancient stories
that Lord Bhaskar, who was adorned with the ray of rays.
Seeing the entire circle of Suryadev, both of them stood up and performed their way. In the sky near the rising sun, he saw a divine light like the second sun, which was shining like a blazing fireplace regarded to be steadily approaching both of them. That radiance was a vimana of Lord Vishnu, which seemed to be unique, illuminating the three worlds with its transcendental radiance. It was also flying on the same skyway via which the solar and garuda flow. In that vimana, both of them noticed Lakshmidevi, who's famous through the name of Padma, seated on a lotus flower. Many most beautiful stunning apsaras were standing in front of him. She was as radiant as the solar and had the flames of blazing fire. It was getting equally bright. Her ornaments of the constellations were shining similarly, necklaces of pearl-like runes in her neck were enhancing her splendour. Lakshmidevi descended from the front of that plane and came to Indra and Devarshi Narada. In the front of Naradji Lord Indra, with folded hands, surrendered to the Goddess and worshipped her uniquely.
Goddess
Laxmi said, “Indra! I usually reside within those beings who follow their
dharma, never deviate from it and are engrossed in the way of attainment of
heaven. Earlier the demons used to engage in charity, study and yajna-yag. They
worshipped the deities, gurus, ancestors and guests. The truth was additionally
followed here. They kept their doors clean by sweeping them. They used to win
the heart of their woman with love, did Agnihotra every day and were gurusavi,
jitendraya, brahmin devotees and truthful. They had religion, had conquered
anger. They were donors. They did not look at the merits of others and have
been free from jealousy. They used to guard their wife, son and minister etc.
They never scolded each other because of bad good fortune. Each person was
patient. They are in no way irritated by the prosperity of others. They used to
acquire cash with the aid of giving donations, fees and many others. And lived
by Aryan-people behaviour. They knew how to show mercy, have been a great grace
to others.
They have been all simple-natured and
had firm devotion. All of them had conquered their senses, they kept their
servants and ministers satisfied. They were grateful and sweet-spoken.
Respecting everyone properly, giving money to everyone, consuming shame and
following the rules and policies. Constantly used to take a special bath at
festivals, apply sandalwood to his limbs and wear beautiful embellishes. By
nature, they were engaged in fasting and penance. Everyone was a believer and
used to self-study the Vedas. They never slept in the morning. They used to
wake up before sunrise. They never ate curd and sattu during the night, stored
their mind and senses below control, got up early in the morning to have
darshan, recited the Vedas, saw other auspicious matters and worshipped the
brahmins. Usually engaged in the discussion of dharma and stayed away from Pratigraha.
They slept only in half of the night
and did not sleep all through the day, used to show mercy to the miserly,
orphans, old, weak, sick and women and distributed meals and garments for them.
They usually consoled the troubled, depressed,, nervous, diseased, weak and the
sufferer and person that had lost the entirety. They did no longer violence
against each other. They had been collectively pleasant in all duties and had
been devoted to the service of teachers and elders. They used to worship
ancestors, deities and guests duly and after offering them, they used to get
the remaining meals inside the form of prasad. They had been all sincere and
ascetic. They did not eat good food alone. In advance, giving it to others used to keep it back for their own consumption. They had been in no way in
contact with a different woman. They used to take pity at the creatures
thinking about them as his own in no way considered it good to surrender semen
in the sky, in animals, in the opposite yoni and on festive occasions.
Regular charity, cleverness,
simplicity, enthusiasm, egolessness, utmost harmony, forgiveness, fact,
charity, austerity, defecation, compassion, gentle words, the spirit of not
quarrelling with friends – most of these virtues had been constantly present in
him. Sleepiness, drowsiness, disappointment, fault-sightedness, ignorance,
unhappiness, sadness and desire and many others couldn't input into them, for
that reason I have lived with the demons of good characteristics for many ages
from the time of creation till now. However, with the passage of time, there
was a contrast in their qualities.
I noticed that there is no religion in
the demons. They are possessed by lust and anger. When old humans sit down in
that assembly and say something, then the evil demons make fun of all the one's
old men, finding fault in them. Young demons, sitting on high rugs, do not
arise like before, even after the arrival of old people, they do not appreciate
them by means of bowing down. As quickly as the father lives, the son becomes
the master. By means of becoming the servants of the enemies, they brazenly
declare that action in front of others. Those who've acquired wonderful wealth
through actions condemned against religion, in an equal way, their desire to
earn cash has accelerated. The demons make a loud noise in the night time and
the fire of Agnihotra has started burning slowly in there.
Sons and women have started oppressing fathers and husbands respectively. The demons, in spite of their sincerity, do not greet their parents, old men, teachers, guests and teachers. They do not even pay attention to the upbringing of the children. The demons themselves eat food without imparting alms and performing sacrificial Vaishvadeva rituals, worshipping the deities, ancestors, teachers and guests and offering food to them. The demons and their cooks do no longer observe the practice of defecation thru mind, speech and motion. Their meals are left unattended. Grains are scattered in their homes and they are eaten by crows and rats. They depart the milk exposed and contact the ghee with bare hands. The residence-wives of the demons do no longer cope with the spade, sickle, box, bronze utensils and all different things and things scattered right here and there inside the residence. The boundary partitions and homes of their villages and towns fall apart. But they don't repair it. Demons bind animals in the house, however, do not serve them by giving them fodder and water. Small kids keep looking with hope and the demons themselves eat the meals items. Leaving the servants and all other relatives hungry, they eat themselves. Kheer, khichdi, meat, pua and poori and many others food is made only for their very own meals and they consume meat unnecessarily. Now they have started out sleeping till dawn. They understand the morning to be night too. They fight day and night in their house.
The non-Aryans sitting there do not
attend the service of the Arya purush. The unrighteous demonic ashram residents
have malice with the mahatmas and even among themselves. Now they have started
having Varnasankar children here. There is no purity left in anybody. Brahmins
who are learned scholars of Vedas and people who simply do not realize even one
hymn of the Vedas, those demons do not recognize any difference or speciality
between them, nor do they have any difference in honouring or insulting them.
The maids there, wearing beautiful
necklaces and other adorns, dressed up in graceful apparel and walk, stand
sarcastically like misogynistic women. At the identical time, they adopt that
misdeed, whose conduct is accomplished by way of miscreants. On the occasions
of sports, rituals and monasteries, the women there dressing up as men and men
in the guise of women meet each other and experience notable joy. Many
demons were given jagirs by their ancestors in the shape of donations to the
deserving brahmins. Because of atheism, they do not permit them to live with
them, although they could continue to exist through different viable ways, they
get rid of that given. The merchants who're with the demons usually swindle
others' money and amongst brahmins, Kshatriyas and vaishyas, Shudras have
additionally grown to be a Tapodhana.
Some people do self-study of the Vedas
without following the vow of Brahmacharya. Some humans practice vain
(non-Vedic) fasting. The disciple does not want to serve the guru. There are
additionally a few gurus who keep disciples as friends. When father and mother
get tired like festivities, then they haven't any dominion in the house. Those
old couples beg for meals from their sons. There the Vedavattas who's
knowledgeable and in solemnity like the ocean, they have become involved in
farming etc. The gurus put on the clothes of these disciples nicely and
decorate their garments and even if there's no inspiration from their aspect,
they themselves do the work in their messengers and so forth. The daughter-in-law
has started ruling over the servants in front of her father-in-law. She
additionally gives orders to her husband and calls her husband in front of each
person and talks to him. The father takes care of the son with unique effort.
Fearing their anger, they distribute all the wealth to their sons and they
themselves spend their lives with great pain. Individuals who had been
considered to be well-wishers and friends, when they see the relative's wealth
destroyed by way of fire, stolen or taken away by the king, then they make fun
of him out of malice. The demons have turned out to be ungrateful, atheists,
patricians and keen on guru-spouse. They devour what ought to not be eaten.
This is why they've emerged as childless.
Ever in view that these demons have adopted
these practices opposite to religion, for the reason that then I have decided
that I will not live in the house of those demons. Deveshwar! It truly is why I
personally have come right here for you. On being worshipped by you, other
deities will also honour me in front of them. Where I can live, seven more Goddesses
will reside there, in front of them will also be the eighth Jaya Devi. These
eight Goddesses are very dear and superior to me and have surrendered to me.
The names of these Goddesses are as follows – Asha, Shraddha, Dhriti, Shanti,
Vijiti, Sananti, Ama and eighth Vritti (Jaya). This 8th Goddess is the
precursor of all those seven. Those Goddesses and I've come to your kingdom by
abandoning all the one's demons. The conscience of the deities is loyal to
religion. It truly is why we are able to now live right here.”
After that Devarshi Narada and deity
king Indra greeted Goddess Lakshmi for her happiness. At that point, Vayudeva,
who is a friend of the God of fire, with a pleasant odour and pleasant touch
and who gives satisfaction to all of the senses, started flowing slowly at the
devmargas. In that holiest and desired region, almost all the deities appeared
to peer Indra such as Rajalakshmi, after that Indra Lakshmidevi and his awesome
sage Narada, riding on green coloured horses, sat on the chariot and went to
Amaravati, the capital of heaven and were glad about the deities. Thereupon the clear and luminous sky started
out to rain nectar in the house of swayambhu Lord Brahma. On the arrival of Lakshmi
Ji in heaven, Indra dev rained on time to irrigate the world's agriculture
according to the seasons. Nobody deviated from the path of dharma and the
earth, adorned with many seas, began to roar as though for the victory of the
people of Tribhuvan within the shape of these seas. At that time, the virtuous
human beings stayed at the auspicious route of the virtuous, and the deities,
kinnars, yakshas, demons and people became prosperous and beneficiant. The
matter of sudden death was not even there. Even throughout heavy velocity of
wind a single flower and fruit by no means fell down from a tree. All of the Dhenus used to offer milk and so forth as
consistent with her desire. No harsh words ever got here out of everybody's
mouth.
(Morals: whose wife and sons have died,
happiness has been snatched away or wealth has been destroyed and because of
these reasons, who is trapped in difficult calamity, it is useful for him to
have endurance. The body of one whose patient does not perish due to fear.
Mourninglessness produces happiness and good health, when the body becomes
disease-free, a person earns wealth and prosperity once more. The wise guy who
constantly takes the help of the Sattvik mindset, is the one who attains
opulence and persistence, and he's industrialized in all moves.)
Ref: Mahabharata book shanti parva