Srimad Bhagawatham

It was a really hot afternoon, with the sun at its zenith.


They were at the trough of the valley and there was no sign of any habitation for miles around. He looked around, the whole area was deserted. The sweat falling from his brow to the ground went up in a small, simmering steam of air. He spurred his horse on to a trot and rode on with his trusted rajrakshaks, the king’s personal guard.

As they approached the crest he could see a lone figure standing in anticipation of his arrival. It was completely black in color, almost demonlike with a huge mane of hair and an upraised sword. The king recognized this figure as a demon who had visited their kingdom a longtime back.

On seeing this demon the entourage stopped and the demon addressed the king

“Well met, Raja Parikshit”

The King said

“I remember meeting you, but have seem to have forgotten your name” to which the demon replied

“ I am Kali. The Kali of Kaliyug. Well met, Raja Parikshit”

And thus begins the Bhagawatham, the most revered among the Puranic scriptures.


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P.s - and thus begins a very challenging project by me to tell whatever i have learnt about the bhagawatham. I welcome criticism and comments. Anil

The gift called DAD

Sometimes we do wonder, why or rather how can one love another so much....till college i was terrified of DAD...Mom was my confidante , friend and everything but DAD & i would run and hide sumwhere...and so it was till i completed my engineering..... you know, it seems so stupid but we went to a talk show (Will write about that later) on and i told the same thing on television.

I was all wrong, i got my job (the first to be placed in my college) and came to meet dad in his office. He said its good but you study further. at that juncture family finances were on an all time low, my granddad had passed away and me getting a job would have definitely helped stabilise the financial picture of the family. But even then he asked me to study further.


Then it started, throughout my Masters programme, then through these 5 years, i could see what facets of appa i had missed all along ... and then i i reclaimed what i had lost for 21 yrs in a span of 60 months.... but thats part of the blog.

Cya

Anil