113 - Durvasa enlightened by Parvati

Narayana said- Durvasa accompanied with his pupils went to meet Shiva with his mind filled with devotion, leaving the city of Dvaraka. He proceeded towards Kailasa. On reaching Kailasa, the sage together with his pupils purified themselves and started adoring Shiiva and Parvati. Thereafter he spoke all the details about Sri Krishna and the tattva of his tapas and the detachment of his mind from them. On hearing the words of the sage, the chaste Parvati smiled and in the presence of Shiva spoke truthful words which were quite beneficial.

Parvati said- O sage, you are unaware of the tattva of dharma and still you consider yourself to be quite religious. Where are you moving leaving your childless wife? The one who disowns a youthful wife having no son who is quite chaste and devoted towards her husband becoming an ascetic, Brahmachari or Yati or goes to a distant place for carrying out business or becomes a mendicant or a wandering ascetic in order to rid himself of the cycle of birth and death, he can never get redemption. He surely becomes responsible for the destruction of his dharma. Because with the curse of the wife, he has to fall in the hell after death his glory in this world is lost. This has been ordained by Brahma. O Brahmana, therefore you go back to Dvaraka and protect your dharma.

Ekanamsha was born out of my amsha and therefore maintain her with devotion, O son, the water of the feet of lord Krishna is blissful like kalpavruksha which is adored by Lakshmi and is inaccessible by all. The gods like Shiva, Sanaka and other sages recite the glory of lord Krishna whose name is like the charming nectar. Where are you going leaving him? O sage, the one who recites the name of the lord at his lotus-like feet, he is relieved of the sin committed by him up to a hundred births. There is no doubt about it. By reciting his name, all his sins committed during childhood, boyhood, in youthful age as well as in old age, knowingly or unknowingly, gets destroyed. The one who looks at the lotus-like feet of Sri Krishna. he becomes always adorable. This is the total truth; such a person is relieved of all the sins performed by him during the crores of births.

All the holy places get sanctified with such a type of devotee of lord Krishna. Those who are connected with lord Krishna only that vrata, tapas, truth, merit and -adoration become successful because by doing so one is relieved of the cycle of the birth. In case Brahmana well-versed in the Vedas is deprived of the devotion of lord Krishna even a devotee of the lord becomes degraded by talking to such a person. The Brahmana who consume the left-over or is devoted to him, such an auspicious soul, is competent enough to purify the fire and the wind besides the entire universe. O Brahmana, living lord Krishna where are you going to perform tapas.

The devotees achieve the fruit of their tapas by merely reciting the name of Sri Krishna. A teacher who is deprived of the devotion of the lord Krishna he happens to be a great enemy and renders the life of his pupil infructuous. On hearing the words of Parvati, Shiva was overwhelmed with love and his limbs felt emotional. Thereafter he prayed to goddess Parvati. The sage Durvasa offering his salutation at the feet of Shiva and Parvati, devoting his mind at the lotus-like feet of Sri Krishna went back to Dvaraka. Reaching there he started offering prayer to lord Krishna.

He then went to the abode of Ekanamsha and then enjoyed her company. At the command of Yudhisthira, Krishna went to Hastinapura.

He then talked to Kunti, the king Yudhisthira and his brothers delightfully and with great efforts he killed Jarasandha and Salva; he then made Yudhisthira to perform the Rajasuya- yajna through the sages and the kings gave away suitable amount of dakshina.

In that yajna he killed Sishupala and Dantavaktra. With the fall of Sishupala, he went to Vaikuntha at once but finding Vishnu absent from that place he returned and started adoring Madhava. Sishupala said- O Medhava, you are the creator of the Vedas, the post-Vedic literature, the gods, the demons and all other creatures.

You are the creator of the smaller creatures of the universe and go on through the kalpas. You happen to be Brahma, Shiva and Sesha by your illusion, the Manush, the sages, the gods, Dikpalas, represents your form in one’s way or the other.

You are Purusha as well as Prakruti and the eunuchs; you are the cause as will as the deed beside being the producer and the produce.

The good or bad qualities of a machine depend upon the machine man. This has been ordained in the Vedas. All the humans are machines while you happen to be the machine man. Therefore, everything is established in you.

O teacher of the universe, I am your wicked gate-keeper, therefore you forgive my sins and save me from the curse of Brahma.

Thus speaking both Jaya and Vijaya (Sishupala and Dantavaktra) reached the gate of Vaikuntha.

All were surprised with the reciting of the stotra of Sishupala. All of them considered Krishna to be the lord, in all respect.

Thereafter, Rajasuya-yajna was performed and creating dissension's, made the Kauravas but fight with Pandavas. The merciful lord went back to Mathura in order to relieve the earth of her burden where he stayed for a long time and brought back to life the son of a Brahmana woman; who was brought back from the place of the dead and restored to his parents.

Devaki was extremely pleased at this. She also demanded back her dead sons; the lord brought back her dead son from the place of the dead and entrusted them to the care of Devaki.

Thereafter he removed the poverty of Sudhama who had come take to refuge with him. Consuming the fried paddy of Sudhama, the lord who is always graceful to his devotees, blessed him to be graced by the goddess of riches for seven generations.

His kingdom equated the city of Amaravati and he becomes as rich as Kubera himself.

 He achieved in fallible devotion of lord Hari, the inaccessible slavehood and infallible place of Goloka.

He than stole away the Parijata tree from the place of Indra shattering his pride and made Satya to perform Punyaka vrata. He encouraged the performing of the auspicious deeds, he presented himself as dakshina to Sanatkumara that yajna.

He served food to the Brahmana and also offered the gems to them; he increased his prestige before Satyabhama.

O sage, he promoted the popularity of RukminI and other spouses among the Vaishnavas, the gods and the Brahmanas besides other religions. The lord then bestowed to Uddhava the divine knowledge. He imparted the knowledge of Gita to Arjuna in the fare-front of the battle-field. The merciful lord relieved the earth of her burden and bestowed the Rajalaksmi on earth to Yudhusthira. He made Durga to be adored as the village deity, everywhere to whom several types of naivedya and the pleasant incense, lamps etc. were offered performing the homas. The Brahmanas were served with the food and in order to please Parvati; he built a beautiful palace of Parvati and Ganesha studded with invaluable several gems on the Raivata mountain. For the pleasure of Parvati, he also built a palace for Ganesa on the Raivata mountain. At that point of time five lakhs of sweet balls of sesamum seeds were made and seven lakhs of modakas, hundreds of heaps of sugar, the ripe banana fruit, ten lakhs of sweet dishes, charming payasam, fried, ghee, butter, curd, milk, incense, lamps, garland of Parijdta flowers, fragrant sandal- paste, fragrance and the costumes sanctified by fire were distributed.

He performed a yajha comprising of crores of homas, served the Brahmanas the food and offer prayer to Ganapati. At that point of time, ten types of musical instruments were sounded Samba then adored SQrya to get rid of the leprosy, he had attracted for a year. Samba continue to consume the havisya food together with his mother. He adored Surya with several types of offerings. SQrya then himself appeared before Samba and bestowed to him several blessing and his stotra.