KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 2.7.22 :
- The kṣatriyas, or the ruling administrators of any part of the universe, either on this planet or on other planets, are factually the representatives of the Almighty Personality of Godhead, and they are meant to lead the subjects towards the path of God realization.
- It is the duty of the father, spiritual master, and ultimately the state to take up the responsibility of leading the citizens towards this end.
- The whole creation of material existence is made for the purpose of God realization, just to give a chance to the fallen souls who rebelled against the will of the Supreme Father and thus became conditioned by material nature.
- Mystery of material creation – with the coming forth of material nature these living entities are again given a chance to act in the material world and prepare themselves to enter into the spiritual world. That is the mystery of this material creation.
- In the scriptures the Lord says that those attracted by this material nature are undergoing a hard struggle for existence
- Those going against the prescribed rules and regulations of conditional life are called brahmojjhita-pathas, or persons going against the path of the Absolute Truth, and they are liable to be punished.
- Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in such a state of worldly affairs and killed all the miscreant kings twenty-one times.
- The kings or administrators are chastised in all circumstances whenever they become godless and plan a godless civilization. That is the order of the Almighty.
- Sukanyā had been given a husband who was too old to be compatible with her. Because Cyavana Muni was diseased and very old, he was certainly unfit for the beautiful daughter of King Śaryāti. Nonetheless, her father expected her to be faithful to her husband.
- According to Vedic culture, even if a young woman is given an old husband, she must respectfully serve him. This is chastity. It is not that because she dislikes her husband she may give him up and accept another. This is against Vedic culture.
- For a woman of the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya or vaiśya class to accept another husband in the presence of the husband she has married, or to file for divorce or accept a boyfriend or paramour, is unacceptable in the Vedic culture.
- If she does so, she is certainly responsible for the degradation of her father’s family and the family of her husband.
- Therefore King Śaryāti, who did not know the real facts of Cyavana Muni’s transformation, was surprised to see the behavior of his daughter.
SB 2.7.22 TRANSLATION:
When the ruling administrators, who are known as the kṣatriyas, turned astray from the path of the Absolute Truth, being desirous to suffer in hell, the Lord, in His incarnation as the sage Paraśurāma, uprooted those unwanted kings, who appeared as the thorns of the earth. Thus He thrice seven times uprooted the kṣatriyas with His keenly sharpened chopper.
The kṣatriyas, or the ruling administrators of any part of the universe, either on this planet or on other planets, are factually the representatives of the Almighty Personality of Godhead, and they are meant to lead the subjects towards the path of God realization. Every state and its administrators, regardless of the nature of the administration — monarchy or democracy, oligarchy or dictatorship or autocracy — have the prime responsibility to lead the citizens toward God realization. This is essential for all human beings, and it is the duty of the father, spiritual master, and ultimately the state to take up the responsibility of leading the citizens towards this end. The whole creation of material existence is made for this purpose, just to give a chance to the fallen souls who rebelled against the will of the Supreme Father and thus became conditioned by material nature.The force of material nature gradually leads one to a hellish condition of perpetual pains and miseries. Those going against the prescribed rules and regulations of conditional life are called brahmojjhita-pathas, or persons going against the path of the Absolute Truth, and they are liable to be punished. Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in such a state of worldly affairs and killed all the miscreant kings twenty-one times. Many kṣatriya kings fled from India to other parts of the world at that time, and according to the authority of the Mahābhārata, the kings of Egypt originally migrated from India because of Paraśurāma’s program of chastisement. The kings or administrators are similarly chastised in all circumstances whenever they become godless and plan a godless civilization. That is the order of the Almighty.
Not only Brahmanas, Ksatriyas are also meant to help people to go back to Godhead. There is a purpose for this creation as opposed to so called modern scientists and philosophers and so called experts say. Material nature is an opportunity for living entities to regain the original position in spiritual world by engaging in dev service. There is a plan of the lord. This plan of the lord should be promoted and supported by Brahmanas and Ksatriyas and . However due to accumulation of material opulence, power and position people get puffed up they forget what their real duty is due to engaging in sinful activities and exploit nature due to their own sense gratification. This is the general theme of modern education and theme today. People think purpose of life is to have sense gratification. The more you have sense gratification the more real man you are the more participant you are in the opportunities offered in the material world. This is completely wrong concept it ruins people’s lives and keeps them anchored in the repetition of birth death old age and disease.
Mystery of material creation. Everything is in BG and SB.
BG 13.20 (Mystery of the material creation)
But with the coming forth of material nature these living entities are again given a chance to act in the material world and prepare themselves to enter into the spiritual world. That is the mystery of this material creation. Actually the living entity is originally the spiritual part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but due to his rebellious nature, he is conditioned within material nature. It really does not matter how these living entities or superior entities of the Supreme Lord have come in contact with material nature. The Supreme Personality of Godhead knows, however, how and why this actually took place. In the scriptures the Lord says that those attracted by this material nature are undergoing a hard struggle for existence. But we should know it with certainty from the descriptions of these few verses that all transformations and influences of material nature by the three modes are also productions of material nature. All transformations and variety in respect to living entities are due to the body. As far as spirit is concerned, living entities are all the same.
It is not that there is no real purpose of material world it happened by chance ..
Teleological tendency of self perfection.. It leads to organizing matter so there is systematic arrangement of nature.. Nothing happens by itself.. Nature did not happen by itself.. Nature is created by Krsna..
Modern philosophers reject the idea that there is a purpose for the creation or for anyone.. They reject the existence of the God. There is no purpose to be achieved in this material world everything is chaotic although scientists say the nature has an order..
Here in the story of Parasuram.. Ksatriyas started acted in sinful ways..and killed father of Parasuram.. Jamadagni and Parsasuram killed 21 generations of Ksatriyas.. And many ksatriyas ran away from Bharath. We will continue about Parasurama today..
Lets come back to the discussion of Cyavana Muni –
Ayurvedic – Ayur – Longevity, Vedic – Knowledge.. Knowledge of longevity and ultimately attain immortality. How to rejuvenate a person and even bring back dead body to life.
Ashwini kumaras – are not demi gods.. They cannot drink the Soma rasa (Elixir of youth). Milk, gold,. Cyavana muni promises Ashwini kumaras to give them soma rasa if they give him youth. They agree and take Cyavana muni into Bindu sarovar along with themselves.. All three come rejuvenated.. So handsome.. Sukanya asks who is her husband is.. Indra gets angry that Cyavana muni gave Ashwini kumaras who are not demi gods soma rasa.. He comes to harm Ashwini kumaras but Cyavana stops him..
SB 9.3.18
Thereafter, King Śaryāti, desiring to perform a sacrifice, went to the residence of Cyavana Muni. There he saw by the side of his daughter a very beautiful young man, as bright as the sun.
SB 9.3.19
After receiving obeisances from his daughter, the King, instead of offering blessings to her, appeared very displeased and spoke as follows.
SB 9.3.20
O unchaste girl, what is this that you have desired to do? You have cheated the most respectable husband, who is honored by everyone, for I see that because he was old, diseased and therefore unattractive, you have left his company to accept as your husband this young man, who appears to be a beggar from the street.
This shows the values of Vedic culture. According to the circumstances, Sukanyā had been given a husband who was too old to be compatible with her. Because Cyavana Muni was diseased and very old, he was certainly unfit for the beautiful daughter of King Śaryāti. Nonetheless, her father expected her to be faithful to her husband. When he suddenly saw that his daughter had accepted someone else, even though the man was young and handsome, he immediately chastised her as asatī, unchaste, because he assumed that she had accepted another man in the presence of her husband. According to Vedic culture, even if a young woman is given an old husband, she must respectfully serve him. This is chastity. It is not that because she dislikes her husband she may give him up and accept another. This is against Vedic culture. According to Vedic culture, a woman must accept the husband given to her by her parents and remain chaste and faithful to him. Therefore King Śaryāti was surprised to see a young man by the side of Sukanyā.
When the feminists hear this they say this is horrible this is patriarchal agenda that renders women like slaves. But we just said that the purpose of life is to go back to godhead.. When you ask a young couple what is the purpose of getting married? They say they want to enjoy life… Enjoying life in the material world – eating, mating, defending.. This is not purpose of life.. The satisfaction of the dog sleeping on the road is the same as the man sleeping on a soft bed. The satisfaction of the dog mating is the same as the man mating.. That is the not purpose of life…
Sukanya being married to the old man is a benediction.. She becomes a chaste wife.. Chaste wife has mystical powers.. For example Sita Devi
Woman do not understand this, they think that their power is in divorce.. But the greatest of women are of vedic culture.. They have developed great invincible powers due to their chastity..
SB 9.3.21
O my daughter, who were born in a respectable family, how have you degraded your consciousness in this way? How is it that you are shamelessly maintaining a paramour? You will thus degrade the dynasties of both your father and your husband to hellish life.
It is quite clear that according to Vedic culture a woman who accepts a paramour or second husband in the presence of the husband she has married is certainly responsible for the degradation of her father’s family and the family of her husband. The rules of Vedic culture in this regard are strictly observed in the respectable families of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas even today; only the śūdras are degraded in this matter. For a woman of the brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya or vaiśya class to accept another husband in the presence of the husband she has married, or to file for divorce or accept a boyfriend or paramour, is unacceptable in the Vedic culture. Therefore King Śaryāti, who did not know the real facts of Cyavana Muni’s transformation, was surprised to see the behavior of his daughter