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Sarvasadgunamahatmye esha krishnam anubratah
Rantideva iva oudarye yayatir iva dharmikah.
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Sarvasadgunamahatmye—glorfied by all godly attributes, Esha—this child, Krishnam—like Lord Krishna, Anubratah—follower of His footprints, Rantideva—a king of the name, Iva—like, Oudarye—in the matter of magnanimity, Yayatir—a king of the name, Iva—like, Dharmikah—in the matter of religiosity.
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This child will almost be as good as Lord Shri Krishna by following His foot prints and by magnanimity he will become as good as king Rantideva while in religiosity he will be like Maharaj Yayati.
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The last instruction of Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagwat Geeta is that one should give up everything and should follow the foot prints of the Lord alone. Less intelligent persons do not agree to this great instruction of the Lord as ill luck would have it but one who is actually intelligent, catch up this sublime instruction of the Lord and is immensely benefitted by such abidance. Foolish people do not know that association is the cause of acquiring the quality of the person so associated. Association of fire makes the object heated even in the material sense. Therefore association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead makes one equally qualified like the Lord. As we have discussed previously, one can achieve seventy eight percent of Godly qualities by the Lord's intimate association. To follow the instruction of the Lord is to associate with the Lord. The Lord is not a material object that one has to feel His presence for such association. The Lord is present everywhere and at all times. It is quite possible to have His association simply by following His instruction because the Lord and His instruction, the Lord and His Name, Fame, Attributes and paraphernalia all are identical with Him being absolute knowledge. Maharaj Parikshit is associated with the Lord even from the womb of his mother upto the last day of his valuable life and as such he acquired all the essential good qualities of the Lord in all perfection.
#$p##b#Rantideva#/b#:- An ancient king prior to the Mahabharat period referred to by Narada Muni while instructing Sanjaya as mentioned in Mahabharat (Dronaparva 67 Ch) He was a great king liberal for hospitality and distribution of foodstuff. Even Lord Sri Krishna also eulogised his acts of charity and hospitality. He was blessed by the great Vasistha Muni for supplying him cold water and thus he achieved the heavenly planet. He used to supply fruits, roots and leaves to the Rishis and thus he was blessed by them for fulfilling his desires. Although a Kshatiriya by birth he never took flesh in his life. He was specially hospitable to Vasistha Muni and by his blessings only he attained higher planetary residence He is one of those pious kings whose names are remembered in the morning and evening.
#$p##b#Yayati#/b#: The great emperor of the world and the original forefather of all great nations of the world who belong to the Aryan and Indo-European stock. He is the son of Maharaj Nahusha and he became the emperor of the world on account of his elder brother becoming a great and liberated saintly mystic. He ruled over the world for several thousands of years and performed many sacrifices and pious activities recorded in the history although his early youth was too much lustful and full of romantic stories. He fell in love with Devayani the most beloved daughter of Sukracharya. Devayani wished to marry him but at first he refused to accept her on account of her becoming the daughter of a Brahmin. According to Shastras a Brahmin could marry the daughter of a Kshatriya but a Kshatriya could not marry the daughter of a Brahmin. They were very much cautious about Varnasankara population in the world. Shukracharya specially amended this law of forbidden marriage and induced Emperor Yayati to accept Devayani. Devayani had a girl friend of the name Sarmistha who also fell in love with the emperor and thus went with her friend Devayani. Shukracharya forbade Emperor Yayati not to call Sharmistha at his bed room but Yayati could not strictly follow his instruction. He secretly married Sharmistha also and begot sons in her. When it was known to Devyani she went away to her father and lodged the complaint. Yayati was much attached with Devayani and when he went to his father-in-law's place to call her, Shukracharya was angry upon him and cursed him to become impotent. Yayati begged his father-in-law to withdraw his curse but the sage asked Yayati to ask youthfulness from his sons and let them become old as the condition of his becoming potent. He had five sons two from Devayani and three from Sharmistha. From his five sons namely 1. Yadu, 2 Turvasu, 3. Druhyu, 4. Anu, and 5. Puru five famous dynasties namely 1. the Yadu dynasty 2 the Yavan (Turks) dynasty, 3. the Bhoja dynasty 4. Mlechcha dynasty (Greeks) and the 5. Pourab dynasty all emanated to spread all over the world. He reached the heavenly planets by dint of his pious acts but he fell down from there on account of his self advertisement and ill-faming other great souls. After his fall down his daughter and grandson bestowed upon him their accumulated virtues and by the help of his grand son and friend Sivih he was again promoted to the heavenly kingdoms becoming one of the assembly member of Yamaraja where he is staying as a devotee. He performed more than one thousands of different sacrifices, gave in charity very liberally and was very influential king; and his majestical power was felt all over the world. His youngest son agreed to award him his, youthfulness but when he was in his sense of lustful desires even for one thousands of years, he became detached from worldly life and returned youthfulness again to his son Puru. He wanted to hand over the kingdom to Puru but his noblemen and the subjects did not agree. But when he explained to his subjects the greatness of Puru they agreed to accept Puru as the King and thus Emperor Yayati retired from family life and left home for the forest.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=māhātmye&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#māhātmye#/i# — glorified by all godly attributes; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eṣaḥ#/i# — this child; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇam#/i# — like Lord Kṛṣṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anuvrataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anuvrataḥ#/i# — a follower in His footsteps; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rantidevaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#rantidevaḥ#/i# — Rantideva; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iva#/i# — like; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=udāraḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#udāraḥ#/i# — in the matter of magnanimity; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yayātiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yayātiḥ#/i# — Yayāti; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iva#/i# — like; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dhārmikaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dhārmikaḥ#/i# — concerning religion.
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This child will be almost as good as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa by following in His footsteps. In magnanimity he will become as great as King Rantideva. And in religion he will be like Mahārāja Yayāti.
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The last instruction of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is that one should give up everything and should follow in the footsteps of the Lord alone. Less intelligent persons do not agree to this great instruction of the Lord, as ill luck would have it, but one who is actually intelligent catches up this sublime instruction and is immensely benefited. Foolish people do not know that association is the cause of acquiring qualities. Association with fire makes an object hot, even in the material sense. Therefore, association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead makes one qualified like the Lord. As we have discussed previously, one can achieve seventy-eight percent of the godly qualities by the Lord's intimate association. To follow the instructions of the Lord is to associate with the Lord. #i#The Lord is not a material object whose presence one has to feel for such association.#/i# The Lord is present everywhere and at all times. It is quite possible to have His association simply by following His instruction because the Lord and His instruction and the Lord and His name, fame, attributes and paraphernalia are all identical with Him, being absolute knowledge. Mahārāja Parīkṣit associated with the Lord even from the womb of his mother up to the last day of his valuable life, and thus he acquired all the essential good qualities of the Lord in all perfection.
#$p##b#Rantideva:#/b# An ancient king prior to the #i#Mahābhārata#/i# period, referred to by Nārada Muni while instructing Sañjaya, as mentioned in #i#Mahābhārata#/i# (#i#Droṇa-parva#/i# 67). He was a great king, liberal for hospitality and distribution of foodstuff. Even Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa praised his acts of charity and hospitality. He was blessed by the great Vasiṣṭha Muni for supplying him cold water, and thus he achieved the heavenly planet. He used to supply fruits, roots and leaves to the #i#ṛṣis#/i#, and thus he was blessed by them with fulfillment of his desires. #i#Although a kṣatriya by birth, he never ate flesh in his life#/i#. He was especially hospitable to Vasiṣṭha Muni, and by his blessings only he attained the higher planetary residence. He is one of those pious kings whose names are remembered in the morning and evening.
#$p##b#Yayāti:#/b# The great emperor of the world and the original forefather of all great nations of the world who belong to the Āryan and Indo-European stock. He is the son of Mahārāja Nabuṣa, and he became the emperor of the world due to his elder brother's becoming a great and liberated saintly mystic. He ruled over the world for several thousands of years and performed many sacrifices and pious activities recorded in history, although his early youth was very lustful and full of romantic stories. He fell in love with Devayānī, the most beloved daughter of Śukrācārya. Devayānī wished to marry him, but at first he refused to accept her because of her being a daughter of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. According to #i#śāstras#/i#, a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# could marry the daughter of a #i#kṣatriya#/i# but a #i#kṣatriya#/i# could not marry the daughter of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. They were very much cautious about #i#varṇa-saṅkara#/i# population in the world. Śukrācārya amended this law of forbidden marriage and induced Emperor Yayāti to accept Devayānī. Devayānī had a girl friend named Śarmiṣṭhā, who also fell in love with the emperor and thus went with her friend Devayānī. Śukrācārya forbade Emperor Yayāti to call Śarmiṣṭhā into his bedroom, but Yayāti could not strictly follow his instruction. He secretly married Śarmiṣṭhā also and begot sons by her. When this was known by Devayānī, she went to her father and lodged a complaint. Yayāti was much attached to Devayānī, and when he went to his father-in-law's place to call her, Śukrācārya was angry with him and cursed him to become impotent. Yayāti begged his father-in-law to withdraw his curse, but the sage asked Yayāti to ask youthfulness from his sons and let them become old as the condition of his becoming potent. He had five sons, two from Devayānī and three from Śarmiṣṭhā. From his five sons, namely (1) Yadu, (2) Turvasu, (3) Druhyu, (4) Anu and (5) Pūru, five famous dynasties, namely (1) the Yadu dynasty, (2) the Yavana (Turk) dynasty, (3) the Bhoja dynasty, (4) the Mleccha dynasty (Greek) and (5) the Paurava dynasty, all emanated to spread all over the world. He reached the heavenly planets by dint of his pious acts, but he fell down from there because of his self-advertisement and criticizing other great souls. After his fall, his daughter and grandson bestowed upon him their accumulated virtues, and by the help of his grandson and friend Śibi, he was again promoted to the heavenly kingdom, becoming one of the assembly members of Yamarāja, with whom he is staying as a devotee. He performed more than one thousand different sacrifices, gave in charity very liberally and was a very influential king. His majestic power was felt all over the world. His youngest son agreed to award him his youthfulness when he was troubled with lustful desires, even for one thousand years. Finally he became detached from worldly life and returned the youthfulness again to his son Pūru. He wanted to hand over the kingdom to Pūru, but his noblemen and the subjects did not agree. But when he explained to his subjects the greatness of Pūru, they agreed to accept Pūru as the King, and thus Emperor Yayāti retired from family life and left home for the forest.
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