THE NECTAR OF SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM -DRINKING IT AND ASSIMILATING IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE
It is known to everyone that Srimad BHAGAVATAM was told to the King Parikshit by Sukh Dev ji Maharaj, son of Shri Ved Vyas ji, who created Srimad BHAGAVATAM.
While describing the beauty of Srimad BHAGAVATAM, Sri Ved Vyas ji, through the following stanza,
nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ
śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam
pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayam
muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ
(Volume 1, Chapter 1, Stanza 3)
explains the worth and value of this great work for those who are eager to understand the concepts of Srimad BHAGAVATAM. The poetical beauty of the above stanza attracts those interested in this work in such a way that, as one works through this great creation called Srimad BHAGAVATAM, he really comes to know how each word mentioned here is true.
The above stanza compares Srimad BHAGAVATAM as the tasty fruits of the Vedas encompassed in the Kalpataru tree. When we say "fruit" it is the essence - accumulated nectar - of all good things (Amrita Drava Samyutam) born in the tree, which again is born out of nature's good blessings. Shuk Dev ji Maharaj is compared here to a parrot who tastes the fruits from this tree. By coincidence, some fruits fall down from the beak of that parrot. Such fruits contain the essence of the Truth. Even if one picks up and tastes few such fallen fruits, he gets enchanted in this great work.
We can also interpret it in another way. A parrot repeats exactly what is told to it. So, Sukha Dev ji Maharaj tells through Srimad BHAGAVATAM only the essence of Vedas as the nectar of the fruit got assimilated in him. All our saints and seers propagated only the nectar of knowledge and wisdom originally conveyed in the Vedas, which was conveyed to Brahma, the creator, by none other other than God Himself. Such saints and seers tell us that the Truth is one and The Only One.
Sages like Sukh Dev ji Maharaj have attained such mental state of mind that they need not know anything in this world because they are beyond all knowledge. Even such sages want to drink repeatedly the essence of this fruit called Srimad BHAGAVATAM.
This being the case with enlightened persons, what to talk of ordinary people! A little interest in this great work by an ordinary person definitely attracts him more and more to the understanding of the concepts and be part and parcel of this great knowledge and devotion to God. In fact Ved Vyas ji is not asking us to read his work, but drink it and enjoy its taste. Assimilation is far more superior than mere storage of knowledge. The concepts of this great work has to be assimilated as part and parcel of one's own life. This is only possible when one lives through it and be one with it.
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