Asvanikumaras freed of the curse; Praise of the Vaisnava Brahmanas
Saunaka said, “what did the Brahmana do after disowning his own wife? What is the name of the son born of Asvinlkumaras. To which race do they belong?
Sauti said, Sutapa was the name of that Brahmana ascetic. He had been the great sage in the family of Bharadvaja. He went to the Himalaya mountain and performed tapas there for a lakh of years. The great tapas illumined himself with the lustre of his penance. Once he witnessed the lustre of Sri Krishna in the sky for a while and he sought for a boon for his eternal devotion in the lord. He did not seek for salvation.
Then the divine from the sky declared, “O Brahman, you marry yourself. After you enjoy your worldly life, I shall bestow upon you my eternal devotion for ever.
Thereafter Brahma himself gave him a girl named Manasi. О best of the sages, with his union with her a son named Kalyanamitra was born.
With the reciting of whose name, a person is relieved of the danger like the fall of lightening or vajra. With the reciting of the name of Kalyanamitra, one also gets his own relatives restored to him, who are otherwise difficult to get.
Thereafter, the great sage Sutapa, after disowning his wife also pronounced a curse over Asvani Kumara, the son of Surya, “you will be deprived of the place of grace with your brothers and also the share in the yajna. Your body will be infested with decease and will earn a black spot.
Saying this Sutapa went to his abode carrying the child with him. The sun of the other hand also reached the sage with his sons.
О Saunaka, Surya, the lord of the three worlds, reached the abode of Sutapa with his ailing sons. All of them then started eulogising the sage.
Sun said, “O Brahmana, I beg forgiveness О lord you represent the form of Visnu in all the three yugas. О graet sage Bhardvaja, you forgive the fault of my sons.
О Brahmana, all the three gods like Brahma, Visnu and Siva, gladly consume the fruits the fruits, flowers and the water offered by the Brahmanas. All the gods who are adored by the Brahmanas are always adored there. No other birth is better than the birth of a Brahmana because the Brahmanas are the form of lord himself.
With the pleasing of a Brahmana, the lord himself gets pleasant and with the pleasing of the Lord Narayana all the gods are pleased.
There is no place more sacred them the Ganga. There is no other god better than Krishna. There is no one else who could bear the pain more peacefully than the earth.
There is no dharma greater than the truthfulness. There is no lady more chaste than Parvati and no one is dearer in the universe than the son.
There is no enemy greater than the ailment; no one mere respectable than the teacher, no relative is greater than the mother and there is no friend greater than the father.
Ekadasi-vrata is the best of all the vratas and there is no tapas is greater than the fasting. The gems are best of all the riches and of all the gems, the gem of knowledge is most precious.
Brahmana is best of all the castes and there is no teacher better than a Brahmana. These are the words spoken by Brahma, who was bom out of the lotus”
Listening to the words of the Sun God, Sutapa, born in the Bharadvaja family, then bowed in reverence to the Sun and he relieved both his sons-of ailment, with the influence of his divine powers. Thereafter Sutapa also said to Surya, “Both of these sons will also have the part in the Yajna restored to them. Thereafter bowing at the feet of the Sun, getting panic at the delay in performing of the tapas, he swiftly went to the bank of the Ganga. Surya then accompanied by both the sons, retreated to his abode, with the grace of the Brahmana, both of them, got their position restored besides the part of the Yajna. О Brahmana, whosoever, recites the prayer of Surya, get always victorious by the grace of the Brahmana.
Early in the morning who bows at the feet of Brahmana, he earns the merit of having a both at all the holy places.
There are several sacred places in the earth and an equal number of them do exist in the oceans. An equal number of the sacred places are enshrined in the feet of the Brahmanas. Therefore who so ever, sips the water of the Brahmana’s feet, their ancestors drink water in the lotus leaves till the earth lasts.
The one who sips the sacred water of a Brahmana’s feet, he achieves the merit of bathing at all the holy places and the dlksa at the
yujnas.
О Brahmana, even if a single person sips with devotion the caniamrta of a Brahmana for a mouth, he is relieved of all ailments.
Whether one is an intellect or a fool, a Brahmana, who gets himself sanctified by perfonning Sandhya-vandana and adores the lord with devotion, he can be equated with Vis nu. A Brahmana should not be attacked while running or while pronouncing a curse, should not be attacked. A Brahmana who is devoted to the lord, is hundred times more adorable than the cows.
Those who drink the carnamrta and naivaidya from the Brahmana they achieve the merit of perfonning the RajasUya yajna.
One who does not eat the food on the Ekadasl day and adores lord Krsna daily, his caranodaka when consumed becomes like the sacred place.
The one who consumes the naivedya of lord Krishna daily such a great soul gets purified on earth and is freed from the cycle of the birth and death.
Brahma, who emerged from the lotus also stated that the food from noble Brahmana which is not offered to lord Krishna is like the refuse and the milk is like the urine.
Brahma and his sons are the devotees of Visnu and Brahmanas are bom in his race. Then how can he disregard the lord?
Not only the Brahmana, but also his father, grand father and great grand father, who remain adverse to lord Krsna they are considered to be dead even when they still remain alive on earth.
The teacher, parents, friend, relative and any one else who does not inspire a person to be devoted to lord Krsna, have to denounced.
О Brahmana, A Vaisnava Candala is better than the universe Brahmana. Therefore a Candala Vaisnava, helps in achieving salvation and A vaisnava Brahmana achieves the hell. Such of the Brahmanas who are unclean and fools and are not devoted to Visnu they can be called as the Brahmanas for name sake only like a snake which is without the poison.
When the name of Visnu spoken by a teacher enters the ear, it is treated to be quite sacred by Brahma. Such a Vaisnava redeems several of the generation in the maternal and paternal faces and enters the abode of Visnu.
Though there are four castes viz.: Brahmana, Ksatriya, Vaisya and Sudra, but Vaisnavas of the world belong to one and the same caste.
The Vaisnavas are always devoted at the lotus like feet of the lord and lord Krishna, takes care of them remaining besides them and he does not hesitate the use of Sudarshana Chakra in order to save them. He always remains with his devotees.
