Bakasur Vadh at Khadirvan (Present Day In Khayara Gaon Teh-Chhata Dist-Mathura)

Bakasur Vadh At Khadirvan-
बकासुर का वध (Killing of Bakasur)-

 


वत्सासुर के बाद कंस ने बकासुर को भेजा। बकासुर एक बगुले का रूप धारण करके श्रीकृष्ण को मारने के लिए पहुंचा था। उस समय कान्हा और सभी बालक खेल रहे थे। तब बगुले ने कृष्ण को निगल लिया और कुछ ही देर बाद कान्हा ने उस बगुले को चीरकर उसका वध कर दिया।

श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण का उल्लेख-
एक दिन की बात है, सब ग्वालबाल अपने झुंड-के-झुंड बछड़ों को पानी पिलाने के लिए जलाशय के तट पर ले गये। उन्होंने पहले बछड़ों को जल पिलाया और फिर स्वयं भी पिया। ग्वालबालों ने देखा कि वहाँ एक बहुत बड़ा जीव बैठा हुआ है। वह ऐसा मालूम पड़ता था, मानों इन्द्र के वज्र से कटकर कोई पहाड़ का टुकड़ा गिरा हुआ है। ग्वालबाल उसे देखकर डर गये। वह ‘बक’ नाम का एक बड़ा भारी असुर था, जो बगुले का रूप धर के वहाँ आया था। उसकी चोंच बड़ी तीखी थी और वह स्वयं बड़ा बलवान था। उसने झपटकर कृष्ण को निगल लिया। जब बलराम आदि बालकों ने देखा कि वह बड़ा भारी बगुला श्रीकृष्ण को निगल गया है, तब उनकी वही गति हुई जो प्राण निकल जान पर इन्द्रियों की होती हैं। वे अचेत हो गये। परीक्षित! श्रीकृष्ण लोकपितामह ब्रह्मा के भी पिता हैं। वे लीला से ही गोपाल-बालक बने हुए हैं। जब वे बगुले के तालु के नीचे पहुँचे, तब वे आग के समान उसका तालु जलाने लगे। अतः उस दैत्य ने श्रीकृष्ण के शरीर पर बिना किसी प्रकार का घाव किये ही झटपट उन्हें उगल दिया और फिर बड़े क्रोध से अपनी कठोर चोंच से उन पर चोट करने के लिए टूट पड़ा। कंस का सखा बकासुर अभी भक्तवत्सल भगवान श्रीकृष्ण पर झपट ही रहा था कि उन्होंने अपने दोनों हाथों से उसके दोनों ठोर पकड़ लिये और ग्वालबालों के देखते-देखते खेल-ही-खेले में उसे वैसे ही चीर डाला, जैसे कोई वीरण[3] को चीर डाले। इससे देवताओं को बड़ा आनन्द हुआ। सभी देवता भगवान श्रीकृष्ण पर नंदनवन के बेला, चमेली आदि के फूल बरसाने लगे तथा नगारे, शंख आदि बजाकर एवं स्त्रोतों के द्वारा उनको प्रसन्न करने लगे। यह सब देखकर सब-के-सब ग्वालबाल आश्चर्यचकित हो गये। जब बलराम आदि बालकों ने देखा कि श्रीकृष्ण बगुले के मुँह से निकलकर हमारे पास आ गये हैं, तब उन्हें ऐसा आनन्द हुआ, मानो प्राणों के संचार से इन्द्रियाँ सचेत और आनन्दित हो गयीं हों। सब ने भगवान को अलग-अलग गले लगाया। इसके बाद अपने-अपने बछड़े हाँककर सब ब्रज में आये और वहाँ उन्होंने उन्होंने घर के लोगों से सारी घटना कह सुनायी।

खादिरवन : यह ब्रज के १२ वनों में से एक है। यहाँ श्री कृष्ण-बलराम सखाओं के साथ तर-तरह की लीलाएं करते थे। यहाँ पर खजूर के बहुत वृक्ष थे। यहाँ पर श्री कृष्ण गोचारण के समय सभी सखाओं के साथ पके हुए खजूर खाते थे। श्री कृष्ण जी ने यहाँ वकासुर नामक असुर का वध किया था।

present name of this village is "Khayra", and lies three miles south of Chhata and three miles south-east of Javat. Krishna would come to herd His cows here. Sangam-kund, where a meeting (sangam) between the gopis and Krishna took place, is situated here. Lokanath Goswami performed sadhan-bhajan on the bank of this pond in a solitary place. Occasionally, Bhugarbha Goswami would also come here and perform bhajan together with Lokanath Goswami. Nearby is a very charming kadamb grove. Krishna, Balram and the sakhas performed many kinds of childhood pastimes here. Every year when the dates ripened, Krishna and the sakhas would come here to herd the cows and eat ripe dates.
Story

Once, Bakasur, a demon sent by Kansa, appeared here as a huge crane to swallow Krishna. He opened wide his massive beak, his lower beak touching the ground, and his upper beak touching the sky, and then ran at Krishna with great speed to swallow Him. When all the sakhas saw this fearful form, they became filled with fright and began to shout, "Khayo re, khayo re! – He will eat Krishna, he will eat Krishna!" But Krishna remained fearless. He put His foot on the demon's lower beak, and catching the upper beak with His hand, split it just as one might split a straw. The sakhas joyfully cried out, "Khayo re, khayo re! – Krishna ate him, Krishna ate him!" The name of this village became Khayore because of this pastime. This place is also called Khadedvan or Khadirvan, because in order to kill Bakasur, Krishna had to chase him. The Hindi word for "to chase" is khadedna. This forest is also called Khadirvan because of the khadira trees growing here, the astringent extract of which is used for making pan.

सौभरि जी बारे में और जानने के लिए क्लिक करें
श्री प्रभुदत्त ब्रह्मचारी जी
ब्रजराज बलदाऊ मन्दिर के संस्थापक श्री कल्याणदेवचार्य
माँ सती हरदेवी पलसों
श्री बलदाऊ जी मन्दिर, बल्देव, मथुरा
सौभरि ब्राह्मण समाज के गोत्र, उपगोत्र व गांवों के नाम के बारे में जानिए ।

Saubhari Muni who had achieved siddhis through tapas

Saubhari Muni who had achieved siddhis through tapas (austerity) was once taking a dip in the Yamuna river for bath. At that time, he saw a big fish having sexual pleasure with its partner thereby getting extreme happiness. Seeing this, Saubhari got a desire to enjoy the same. Therefore he decided to marry some girl.

Explanation

Desire is something which affects even people who have achieved great siddhis through control of the mind. Mind is such that it is very tough to control it at all times. A person who has controlled the mind will succumb to some desire at other times. The only way to control the mind once and for all is through surrendering totally to the ultimate reality of Lord with the knowledge that there is nothing here but the Lord alone. This knowledge and surrender alone can get the mind controlled for eternity – this control is not temporary like the control through yoga sadhanas because with this surrender, the mind itself vanishes. The seeker is never under the control of the mind but the mind is ever under the control of the Lord – the Lord is only present in the mind always and hence the mind is under the control of the thought of the Lord.

All other means of control of the mind are temporary. Mind can be easily controlled initially by yoga sadhanas or prayanama or meditation – but this isn’t permanent control. In order to have the mind always under control, the seeker will have do the yoga sadhana at all times. Also since desires have not been fulfilled completely through knowledge of the Lord, there is always chance of desires arising in the mind depending on the situation or environment or surroundings.
This is exactly what we see in Saubhari Muni. The Muni who had controlled his mind and attained yoga siddhis couldn’t control sexual desire when he saw a fish couple indulging in sexual pleasure. Mahatmas have proclaimed that taste (tongue) and sexual desire (through the organ of procreation) are the two of the toughest organs to have controlled. We have to thus constantly remember that desire in the form of external objects is always trying to lure our mind – one false step like Saubhari and we are into the ocean of samsaara from which it will be impossible to come out unless we seek another Mahatma. Therefore we as seekers of the ultimate reality of Lord should always have the organ of taste and procreation under control – it is ofcourse impossible to get rid of these organs but we can keep them under control. Keeping the organs under control doesn’t mean that we should eat less but only means that we have to constantly remember the Lord and offer the actions performed by these organs to the Lord. In such a case, there would be no effect of the activities which would lead us into the ocean of samsaara – instead even if there is any desire, that will be fulfilled and destroyed by the ultimate reality of Lord itself. The knowledge of thought of the Lord will destroy such desire into ashes even as fire burns firewood into ashes.

We have to remember that scriptures doesn’t proclaim a seeker to get rid of the desire of taste and sexual pleasure – as this isn’t possible for the majority of people either due to being involved in marriage or due to strong vasana (latent tendency to indulge in such pleasure) in the mind. Scriptures only say that enjoy those desires but remember the Lord alone with enjoyment of the desires. Slowly the seeker will find the vasana getting away from the mind and the thought of Lord alone will remain in the mind. Though such a seeker might indulge in worldly pleasures as they come, his mind will never crave for such desires but will always be contemplating on the ultimate reality of Lord.

We will see in the next day as to what this desire can lead a seeker to through Saubhari’s story.

Saubhari Muni thus went to the palace and asked the king to marry one of his daughters to him. The king was in trouble now as he didn’t know which girl would like this muni who was very old. Therefore the king said to the muni to go inside and choose any of his daughters to marry. The king thought that all his daughters would not accept marriage with this old man. But the muni understood the king’s state. Thereby through yoga siddhi, he turned into a young and beautiful man. Thereby he went inside and all of the 50 daughters got attracted to him. Thus Saubhari was married to all of the 50 daughters of the king.

Explanation

It is but a quite controversial topic as to whether a seeker has to follow the path of grihastha or the path of sanyaasa in order to realize the ultimate reality of Lord. Grihastha people would say that grihastha is superior because the seeker remembers the Lord amidst all troubles and distractions in the world. Sanyaasins would say that sanyaasa is superior because here you renounce everything and live only depending on the Lord.

Balakrishnan Nair is one of the exception to the above two types of jnaanis who proclaim the path which they have taken as superior. Balakrishnan Nair always emphasizes that it isn’t important as to what we are doing or where we are – but what is important is whether we are remembering the ultimate reality of Lord with the knowledge that there is nothing here but the Lord alone exists, one without a second. Great grihasthas like Ambariksha, Janaka and others have realized the ultimate reality of Lord whereas many sanyaasins like Durvaasa and others had to realize the reality through these grihasthas.

Thus it is not important whether we are sanyaasins or grihasthas but it is important to remember the ultimate reality of Lord. The moment we forget the ultimate reality of Lord and aren’t aware enough to focus the mind back to the Lord once he is forgotten, we will end up in the ocean of samsaara. This is exactly what happened with Saubhari Muni. He was not focused on the Lord and hence one single desire came to his mind. This desire didn’t stop with itself – he had to change himself into a young man in order to get married to the daughters of the king. The tapas that the Muni had done for ages were used just to fulfill a desire!!! This is what happens when we forget the ultimate reality of Lord. Let’s say that a devotee is trying to remember the Lord but forgets the Lord at some point of time. Then he will try to use the devotion (the tapas or austerity which led him to becoming a devotee) will be used for getting either name or fame or money (through singing bhajans like the current day bhajan singers of the gang of Jalota, Jagjit Singh etc.). These people tend to forget that it is tapas and grace of the Lord that they have been gifted with beautiful voice capable of always singing about the Lord and for the Lord alone. Instead they forget the Lord thereby getting desire to sing for others!!! Isn’t singing for others social service??? JThe Lord never proclaims seekers to do social service – instead he tells that all service offered to the Lord is social service because the Lord is the protector of the entire society. Social service forgetting the Lord will only lead to more and more things to be done for the world – which will make the seeker take birth again and again in order to fulfill those desires. But a seeker who is offering everything unto the Lord is doing social service to the world – his very presence will instigate devotion and thereby bliss to people surrounding him. Each of his words will lead seekers from ignorance and troubles into knowledge and bliss.

Thus we have to constantly remember that there is only thing that we have to do and are supposed to do in the world – which is remembering the Lord at all times. Whatever be the action that we do, we have to remember the Lord. This alone is social service, this alone is real devotion, this alone is knowledge and this alone will lead us from the ocean of samsaara to realization of the ultimate reality of Lord.

The moment we forget the Lord, all siddhis and powers will be used for gratification of desires and sensual pleasures. Maya which is the illusory power of the Lord is so strong that forget the ruler of Lord and it will bind even great devotees like Durvaasa and others.

Saubhari forgot the Lord and thereby used his siddhi to become young in order to wed the daughters of the King. It is grace of the Lord (his tapas lead him to this grace) that he got not one but fifty wives (Jcan’t say whether it is his luck or unluck as today people struggle even with one single wifeJJJ). But the usage of siddhi for fulfillment of one desire didn’t stop here. We will see as to what all the muni had to do to satisfy the single desire of enjoying sexual pleasure in the next day.

ओमन सौभरि भुर्रक, भरनाकलां, मथुरा

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सौभरि ब्राह्मणों से सम्बंधित प्रश्न

श्री कल्याण देवाचार्य

सौभरि कथा

श्री दाऊजी मंदिर

सौभरि जी बारे में और जानने के लिए क्लिक करें
श्री प्रभुदत्त ब्रह्मचारी जी
ब्रजराज बलदाऊ मन्दिर के संस्थापक श्री कल्याणदेवचार्य
माँ सती हरदेवी पलसों
श्री बलदाऊ जी मन्दिर, बल्देव, मथुरा
सौभरि ब्राह्मण समाज के गोत्र, उपगोत्र व गांवों के नाम के बारे में जानिए ।

Brahamrishi Saubhari Ji

Brahmrishi Saubhari Ji: Master in Meditation-

ऋषियों को वेदों ने प्रजापति के अंग-भूत की संज्ञा दी है; उन्हें जन्म से ही सच्चे धर्म का ज्ञान था एवं आचरण भी उसी के अनुरूप होता था। वे त्रिकालदर्शी होते थे। सतयुग के उन्हीं श्रेष्ठ ऋषियों में थे महर्षि सौभरि। ब्रह्मा जी के पौत्रमहर्षि घोर के पौत्र ऋषि सौभरि मंत्रद्रष्टा महर्षि कण्व के पुत्र थे।

सदैव तपस्या में लीन रहने वाले ऋषि कण्व का रमणीक आश्रम था जहां शिष्यों की शिक्षा-दीक्षा अनवरत चलती रहती थी। उस काल में वृत्तासुर का आतंक संत-महात्माओं के लिए कष्टदायक बना हुआ था। उसने इन्द्र से इन्द्रासन बलपूर्वक छीन लिया था। वृत्तासुर को भस्म करने के लिए इन्द्र ने महर्षि दधीचि से प्रार्थना की तथा उनकी अस्थियां प्राप्त कर बज्र बनाया और वृत्तासुर को मार दिया। वृत्तासुरके भस्म होने के बाद बज्र सृष्टि को भी अपने तेज से जलाने लगा। इस समाचार को नारद जी ने भगवान विष्णु से कहा और सृष्टि की रक्षा हेतु निवेदन किया। भगवान विष्णु ने नारद जी को बताया कि जहां एक ओर बज्रमें नष्ट करने की शक्ति है; तो दूसरी ओर सृजन करने की विलक्षण क्षमता भी है। विष्णु जी ने नारद जी से भूमण्डल पर महर्षि दधीचि के समकक्ष किसी तपस्वी ऋषि का नाम बताने को कहा। नारद ने महर्षि कण्व की प्रशंसा करते हुए उन्हीं का नाम इस हेतु प्रस्तावित किया। भगवान विष्णु महर्षि कण्व के आश्रम पर पहुंचे और बज्र के तेज को ग्रहण करने का आग्रह किया। ऋषिश्रेष्ठ ने सृष्टि के कल्याण के लिए उस तेज को ग्रहण करना स्वीकार किया। विष्णु भगवान ने कहा कि बज्रका तेज संहारक के साथ-साथ गर्भोत्पादक भी है। कुछ दिनों बाद ऋषि पत्नी गर्भवती हुई। पुत्ररत्न की प्राप्ति हुई। ये ही आगे चलकर तपोधन महर्षि सौभरि हुए।
बालक सौभरि ने पिता कण्व से तत्वमसि का ज्ञान प्राप्त किया। ऋषि कण्व ने उन्हें सबका मूल सत् बताया। जगत का ईश्वर हमारी अपनी ही अन्तरात्मा स्वरूप है उसे दूरवर्ती कहना ही नास्तिकता है। ऋषि ने आगे कहा-वत्स! जगत की अनन्त शक्ति तुम्हारे अन्दर है। मन के कुसंस्कार उसे ढके हैं, उन्हें भगाओ, साहसी बनो, सत्य को समझो और आचरण में ढालो। कण्व पुन:बोले-पुत्र! जैसे समुद्र के जल से वृष्टि हुई वह पानी नदी रूप हो समुद्र में मिल गया।नदियां समुद्र में मिलकर अपने नाम तथा रूप को त्याग देती हैं; ठीक इसी प्रकार जीव भी सत् से निकल कर सत् में ही लीन हो जाता है। सूक्ष्म तत्व सबकी आत्मा है, वह सत् है। वह सत् तू ही है। तत्वमसि तत्वज्ञान प्राप्त कर एवं पिताजी से आज्ञा प्राप्त कर सबसे मिलकर हर्षित हो सौभरि वनगमन करते हैं।

महर्षि सौभरि सृष्टि के आदि महामान्य महर्षियों में हैं। ऋग्वेद की विनियोग परंपरा तथा आर्षानुक्रमणी से ज्ञात होता है कि ब्रह्मा से अंगिरा, अंगिरासे घोर, घोर से कण्व और कण्व से सौभरि हुए। इसके अनुसार सौभरि बहुऋचाचार्यमहामहिम ब्रह्मा के पौत्र के पौत्र हुए। मान्यता है कि फाल्गुन कृष्ण त्रयोदशी को इन्होंने जन्म ग्रहण किया। महर्षि सौभरि एक हजार वर्ष तक यमुना हृद जहां ब्रज का कालीदह और वृन्दावन का सुनरखवन है, में समाधिस्थ हो तपस्या करते हैं। इन्द्रादिक समस्त देव उनकी परीक्षा के लिए महर्षि नारद को भेजते हैं। नारद जी भी सौभरिजी के तप एवं ज्ञान से प्रभावित हो वंदन करते हैं तथा सभी देवगण उनका पुष्प वर्षा कर अभिनंदन करते हैं। इधरअयोध्या के चक्रवर्ती सम्राट राजा मान्धाता वर्षा न होने के कारण राज्य में अकाल पडने से बहुत दुखी थे। अपनी सहधर्मिणी से प्रजा के कष्टों की चर्चा कर ही रहे थे; कि घूमते-घूमते नारद जी सम्राट मान्धाताके राजमहल में पधारे। सम्राट ने अपनी व्यथा नारद जी को निवेदित कर दी। नारद जी ने अयोध्या नरेश को परामर्श दिया कि वे शास्त्रों के मर्मज्ञ, यशस्वी एवं त्रिकालदर्शी महर्षि सौभरि से यज्ञ करायें। निश्चय ही आपके राज्य एवं प्रजा का कल्याण होगा। राजा मान्धातानारद जी के परामर्श अंतर्गत ब्रह्मर्षि सौभरिके यमुना हृदस्थित आश्रम में पहुंचे तथा अपनी व्यथा कथा अर्पित की। महर्षि ने ससम्मान अयोध्यापति को आतिथ्य दिया और प्रात:काल जनकल्याणकारी यज्ञ कराने हेतु अयोध्यापतिके साथ अयोध्या पहुंच जाते हैं।
यज्ञ एक माह तक अनवरत रूप से अपना आनंद प्रस्फुटित करता है और वर्षा प्रारम्भ हो जाती है। सम्राट दम्पति ब्रह्मर्षि को अत्यधिक सम्मान सहित उनके आश्रम तक पहुंचाने आये। महर्षि का अपनी तपस्या के अंतर्गत नैतिक नियम था किआटे की गोलियां बनाकर मछलियों को प्रतिदिन भोज्य प्रदान किया करते थे। शरणागत वत्सल महर्षि सौभरि की ख्याति भी सर्वत्र पुष्पित थी। विष्णु भगवान का वाहन होने के दर्प में गरुड मछलियों एवं रमणक द्वीप के निवासी कद्रूपुत्र सर्पो को अपना भोजन बनाने लगा। सर्पो ने शेषनाग से अपना दुख सुनाया। शेषनाग जी ने शरणागत वत्सल महर्षि सौभरि की छत्रछाया में शरण लेने का परामर्श उन्हें दिया। कालियनाग के साथ पीडित सर्प सौभरिजी की शरणागत हुए। मुनिवर ने सभी को आश्वस्त किया तथा मछली एवं अहिभक्षीगरुड को शाप दिया कि यदि उनके सुनरखस्थित क्षेत्र में पद रखा तो भस्म हो जाएगा। इस क्षेत्र को महर्षि ने अहिवास क्षेत्र घोषित कर दिया। तभी से महर्षि सौभरि अहि को वास देने के कारण अहिवासी कहलाये। इस प्रकार उस स्थल में अहि,मछली तथा सभी जीव जन्तु, शान्ति पूर्वक निवास करते रहे।
तपस्या करते बहुत काल हो जाने पर भगवान विष्णु एक दिवस सौभरिजी के पास आकर निर्देश देते हैं कि सृष्टि की प्रगति के लिए ऋषि जी गृहस्थ धर्म में प्रवेश करें और इसके लिए नृपश्रेष्ठ मान्धाताके अन्त:पुर की एक कन्या से पाणिग्रहण करें। इच्छा न होने के बावजूद सृष्टि कल्याण के लिए भगवान विष्णु के निर्देशानुसार महर्षि सम्राट मान्धाताके यहां पहुंचे तो उनकी पचासों कन्याओं ने उनको वर बनाने की इच्छा जताई। कन्याओं का पाणिग्रहण वेद रीति से सौभरि के साथ कर दिया तथा अपार दहेज देकर उनके आश्रम अहिवास (सुनरख) को विदा किया। योग माया ने महर्षि के निर्देश पर सभी के लिए अलग-अलग आवासों की व्यवस्था कर दी। महर्षि सौभरि पत्नियों के साथ योग बल से रहते थे। एक दिवस मान्धातापुत्रियों का कुशल-क्षेम जानने महर्षि के आश्रम आये। प्रत्येक पुत्री के प्रासाद में नृपको महर्षि मिलते तथा पुत्री सर्वथा आनन्दित। महर्षि ने राजा को काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह एवं अहंकार को त्यागने का उपदेश किया। महर्षि सौभरि के गुणवान एवं रूपवान पांच सहस्रपुत्र-पुत्रियां हुए तथा पौत्र-प्रपौत्र भी हुए जो अहिवासी कहलाये। एक दिन महर्षि को लगा कि उनका काम पूरा हो गया है और सभी पत्‍ि‌नयों एवं परिवार को बताकर पुन:तपस्या की ओर बढने की इच्छा हुई।
ऋषि पत्नियों ने भी महर्षि के साथ ही तपस्या में सहयोग करने का आग्रह किया। तपस्या में लीन हो प्रभु दर्शन कर समाधिस्थ हो गए। महर्षि का तपस्थल आज भी एक टीले के रूप में विद्यमान है जहां मंदिर में महर्षि सौभरि की पूजा होती है। भक्त उदार मना महर्षि की आराधना कर मनचाहा मनोरथ प्राप्त करते हैं।

He was a great yogi who used to perform intense tapasya within the waters of the Yamuna. One time he opened his eyes and chanced upon a pair of fish engaged in mating. That great muni fell from his high achievement in yoga and emerged out of the waters with a mind to engage in lustful activities.

  He approached Maandhaata, a great king, and asked for the hand of all his fifty daughters in marriage. Maandhaata feared going to hell - since giving a young daughter in marriage to an old, infirm man was a grave sin. He dismissed the request by stating that he will arrange a swayamvar for his daughters.
  
Saubhari, who could read the minds of others, understood this. He made 49 other copies of himself by his attainments in Yog, and also made himself very young and strong. Thus, he married all 50 daughters of Maandhaata and started a great family with thousands of grandchildren.

   Once, when he was sitting on the banks of the same Yamuna, he remembered his exalted position before, and lamented very loudly about his downfall. 

   Saubhari is also associated with Kaaliya and Garuda. Garuda used to eat the fish of the river, Yamuna. The king of fishes pleaded the sage, who'd been engaged in austerities within those very waters at the time, to stop this menace. Saubhari declared to Garuda that if he came anywhere near the Yamuna again, he would die. Knowing this secret, the famous naag Kaaliya had migrated from the island of Ramnaka to a lake within Yamuna (which had been absolutely giant as a river at the time) and polluted its waters with his terrible poison.

The Story of Maharshi Saubhari-

Saubhari Rishi was a great rishi mentioned esp in the Srimad Bhagavatam 9th canto chapter 6. This is the beginning of the pastime of Saubhari Rishi. According to Vishvanatha Cakravarti T?hakura, Mandhata was the king of Mathura, and Saubhari Rishi was engaged in austerity while submerged deep within the River Yamuna. “When the Rishi felt sexual desire, he emerged from the water and went to King Mandhata to ask that one of the King’s daughters become his wife.

Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogi. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings. Thereafter, when Saubhari Muni became quite a young and beautiful person, the messenger of the palace took him inside the residential quarters of the princesses, which were extremely opulent. All fifty princesses then accepted him as their husband, although he was only one man. Thereafter, the princesses, being attracted by Saubhari Muni, gave up their sisterly relationship and quarrelled among themselves, each one of them contending, “This man is just suitable for me, and not for you.” In this way there ensued a great disagreement. Because Saubhari Muni was expert in chanting mantras perfectly, his severe austerities resulted in an opulent home, with garments, ornaments, properly dressed and decorated maidservants and manservants, and varieties of parks with clear-water lakes and gardens. In the gardens, fragrant with varieties of flowers, birds chirped and bees hummed, surrounded by professional singers. Saubhari Muni’s home was amply provided with valuable beds, seats, ornaments, and arrangements for bathing, and there were varieties of sandalwood creams, flower garlands, and palatable dishes. Thus surrounded by opulent paraphernalia, the muni engaged in family affairs with his numerous wives. In this way, Saubhari Muni enjoyed sense gratification in the material world, but he was not at all satisfied, just as a fire never ceases blazing if constantly supplied with drops of fat.

Thereafter, one day while Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras, was sitting in a secluded place, he thought to himself about the cause of his falldown, which was simply that he had associated himself with the sexual affairs of the fish. Alas! While practising austerity, even within the depths of the water, and while observing all the rules and regulations practised by saintly persons, I lost the results of my long austerities simply by association with the sexual affairs of fish. Everyone should observe this fall down and learn from it. When Saubhari Muni, who was quite conversant with the self, went to the forest, he performed severe penances.

In this way, in the fire at the time of death, he ultimately engaged himself in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Saubhari Muni had fallen from his austerity because of a vais?n?ava-aparadha. The pastime is that when Garud?a wanted to eat fish, Saubhari Muni unnecessarily gave the fish shelter under his care. Because Garud?a’s plans for eating were disappointed, Saubhari Muni certainly committed a great offence to a Vaishnava. Because of this vaishnava-aparadha, an offence at the lotus feet of a Vaishnava, Saubhari Muni fell from his exalted position of mystic tapasya. One should not, therefore, impede the activities of a Vaishnava.

This is the lesson we must learn from this incident concerning Saubhari Muni. Saubhari Rishi was a great yogi. Yogic perfection makes available eight material opulences — an?ima, laghima, mahima, praapti, praakaamya, ishitva, vashitva and kaamaavasaayitaa. Saubhari Muni exhibited super-excellence in material enjoyment by dint of his yogic perfection. The word bahv-richa means “expert in chanting mantras.” As material opulence can be achieved by ordinary material means, it can also be achieved by subtle means through mantras. By chanting mantras, Saubhari Muni arranged for material opulence, but this was not perfection in life. As will be seen, Saubhari Muni became very dissatisfied with material opulence and thus left everything and reentered the forest in the vanaprastha order and achieved final success. Those who are not atma-tattva-vit, who do not know the spiritual value of life, can be satisfied with external material opulences, but those who are atma-tattva-vit are not inspired by material opulence. This is the instruction we can derive from the life and activities of Saubhari Muni .

ओमन सौभरि भुर्रक, भरनाकलां, मथुरा

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