The discourse of the Guest
Parvatl said—After the departure of the sages, what did the king who was upset by the curse of the Brahmana do after hearing about the result of the deeds. О lord, thereafter what did the guest Brahmana do? Did he go to the place of the king or not? You kindly tell me.
Mahes’vara said—After the departure of the sages, the worried king at the instance of the royal priest Vasistha fell at the feet of the Brahmana. Thereafter the Brahmana also shedding all his anger blessed him.
Wearing a serene smile on his face and finding the Brahmana in a pleasant mood, the king spoke to him with folded hands with tears flowing from his eyes.
The king said—“O sage, in which race have you been bom and what is your name? Where do you live and tell me what is your purpose of arrival here? You are indeed none else than lord Visnu appearing in the form of a Brahmana who has deceitfully taken to the human form and whose eyes are having the lustre of a Brahmana and like the flames of fire.
О lord, who is your Guru and the supreme god of devotion in this land of Bharata. You are filled with immense knowledge but why do you appear in such a shabby form? О sage, you kindly accept this kingdom with all the treasures and let me serve you as your servant together with my wife and son.
You rule over the seven oceans, seven continents, eighteen islands filled with mountains and forests. You rule over the country. Becoming a great king on earth, you become the proud owner of the invaluable gems and occupy the well established lion-throne.
On hearing the words of the king, the sage smiled. Thereafter he started speaking on a spiritual theme which was unknown to anyone.
The guest said—Marlci was the son the Brahma and Kasyapa was the son of Marlci all the sons of Kas’yapa achieved the desired god- hood.
Out of them the great knowledgeable Tvasta went to Puskara-ksetra and performed tapas there for a thousand divine years, observing great austerities. He performed great tapas for the lord for achieving Brahman. He was therefore blessed with a son.
Thereafter he got a glorious son of universal form who was appointed by Indra as his priest after Brhaspati left him in anger.
As soon as in the yajna of grand mother performed by Daityas, the offering of ghee was made by the Brahmana, Indra at the command of his mother killed that Brahmana.
О king the same son of Visvarupa happened to be my father. My name is Sutapa. I am a recluse and belong to the race of Kas’yapa, lord Siva who is the embodiment of knowledge and learning and happens to be my teacher. Lord Krsna who happens to be the soul of everyone and beyond Prakrti happens to be my chief god whom I adore always with devotion at the lotus-like feet of the lord. Therefore I have no desire for riches and learnings. I am also not desirous of the salvation of Salokya, Sayujya, SarUpya and Samlpya which might deprive me of the adoration of lord Krsna, the husband of Radhika. I also consider the Brahmanhood, etemalship to be like the bubble of the water. All these things, О king, are of no consequence and are considered by me as an obstruction in the devotion. I am not desirous of the place of Indra, Manu, SOrya which are all perishable like a line drawn over the water. Therefore, this kingship is of no consequence for me. О king Suyajna, learning about the arrival of the sages in your yajha I have arrived here to bestow the devotion of Krsna on you. In reality, I have not pronounced a curse on you, but on the other hand*, you have been gratified with the same. The universe drags one to degradation. You had fallen and actually I have redeemed ✓ you.
Because neither the sacred places are filled with water nor the gods reside in images made of earth or stone. But they get purified with a simple look. The devotees of Lord Krishna purify everyone with a glance.
Therefore, О king, entrust the kingship to your son and proceed on to the forest for performing tapas. О son, О king, you entrust the care of your chaste wife and the kingdom to your son and proceed at once to the forest for tapas because everything right from a straw to Brahma is false. Therefore you recite the name of lord Krsna who happens to be the beloved of Radha who could be won over by immense devotion. He is beyond Prakrti and also beyond the reach of Brahma, Vis nua and Siva.
By his grace, Brahma creates the universe, Vis nu maintains it and Siva destroys it and by his grace the Dikpalas got all the quarters and roam about in all the directions for safety.
At his command the wind-blow, the sun remains the lord of the day, the moon becomes the lord of the night, he grows all the crops on earth with abundance and by his command the death reigns in the entire universe in all the times. By his command Indra drops the rain, the fire burns, the rulers controlling the people also get terrified with the god of death and rule the country faithfully. In time the universe comes to an end, in time the universe is created.
In the entire country the seven oceans appear. In the same country the land is filled with mountains and also surrounded by the nether world. О king, the seven heavens, the land with seven continents filled with mountains, the seven Patala the nether-world, together with the seven oceans, stir the globe. Thus in every globe Brahma, Visnu, Siva and other gods reside. The gods, humans, Narayana, Gandharvas, demons and others are all false.
О king, the entire Prakrti and the globe are false creations, Brahma dwells on the lotus emerging from the navel of lord Visnu residing in the ocean, on the lotus flower as the seed remains on the lotus. The vast bed on which Vis
nu resides as a Mahayogi is filled with Prakrti and is also beyond Prakrti; people adore such a lord always.
Lord Krishna who happens to be a great lord, the soul of all and the lord of the death gets terrified from him like the god of death. He remains in the hair pit of Mahavisnu in whose every hair-pit a globe is enshrined.
O king, even Lord Krishna is unable to count the hair on the body of lord Visnu and the number of globes enshrined therein what to speak of others?
Lord Mahavishnu also is born of the same source by Prakrti. At the will of lord Krsna, a globe is bom out of the womb of Prakrti.
Therefore Brahma, Visnu and Siva residing in all the globes together with Mahavirat and the small Virat emerge* from the nature, the same Mulaprakrti is free of the seed of everyone, which in due course of time merges into lord Krs na and always adores him.
Therefore all the people are terrified by the death and because of their birth from Prakrti they at the same time appear from it and merge into the same.
Thus I have imparted to you the great knowledge which I have received from lord Siva; what more do you want to listen to from me?
