(Unable to bear the increasing popularity of Shree Hari, evil gurus and kings conspire to kill Him.)
(Unable to bear the increasing popularity of Shree Hari, evil gurus and kings conspire to kill Him.)
Suvrat spoke:-
Influence of the Lord had spread in all ten directions, which made the beings that were graced by Him happy, but infuriated the demons. 1.
Demoniacal preceptors having seen their pupils taking His shelter became intolerant of His might. 2.
O king, those preceptors, foes of Shri Hari, and the rulers born with demonic inheritance got together to torment Him (Shri Hari). 3.
They sent hostile forces such as mean deities, the attendants of Kali and Bhairav and other voracious hunters, invoked by observing severe penance, etc., to kill Shri Hari. 4.
A mere glance of Shri Hari made them seethe (burn) within themselves, and they ran helter-skelter back to their principals wailing and vented their irredeemable torment on them. 5.
Some went near Him with rancour, fraudulently threw fists of black-grams spelled with hymns on Him. 6.
Some men tried to kill Him by deadly poison and some deputed alluring female witches to harm Him. 7.
Shri Hari was unperturbed by these deadly attacks on Him. Those who caused distress were subjected to sufferings by their own sins. 8.
Of these, some families were extirpated, the rich lost their fortune and the kings who were treacherous were dethroned and became bankrupts. 9.
Some gathered in groups and stood in His way holding weapons, ready to kill Him. 10.
Deluded by Shri Hari’s miraculous Maya (magic powers), they could not kill him even when he passed by them. 11.
Thus all those miscreants tried to the best of their ability, wisdom, pelf and force to destroy Him. 12.
O king, Shri Hari whose splendour is unmatched and who was simply unsurpassable even to the godheads, not one of them was able to defeat Him. 13.
When miscreants were unable to harm Him directly, they then opted to harass His devout devotees everywhere. 14.
Evil forces turn ire on Shri Hari’s devotees.
Whichever holy place these sages went on pilgrimage, the ruling kings and demon-preceptors of that place troubled them. 15.
Some evil-minded men used to tear pictures of Shri Krishna and some used to condemn Him by breaking His throne. 16.
Some used to tear asunder the Tulsi garland worn around their neck, and some used to wash off the Tilak marks on their forehead. 17.
Some stole their books, clothes and broke the holy vessels that they used for daily rituals, and some threw things like meat, fish that should not be eaten, in their food. 18.
Some malignant men forced the sages to touch women who were not to be touched at all and also persuaded them to speak to females, and those who did not heed were beaten up. 19.
They tore their under-garments and soiled their food; some broke their utensils with fury. 20.
They ridiculed them with unspeakable words without reason. The demons were thus becoming impatient of their magnanimity and tortured them variously. 21.
Evacuating the saints and sages from asylums the ones built by Shri Hari Himself at places, the malicious men destroyed those charitable homes as well. 22.
The all forgiving sages endured all kinds of afflictions that came their way. They had subdued their anger, and their senses were comparable to the likes of divine sages Shuka, Rishabhdev and others. 23.
Then sages thus having been driven away by malignant men came back to Narayan Muni, from all eight quarters. 24.
Having honoured them, Lord Narayan Muni asked them about their experience. They began relating. 25.
Shri Hari’s advice to the sages.
The all-knowing Nilakanth having heard everything from them said ‘their time of destruction has come indeed, for they have transgressed you.’ 26.
If one harasses innocent saints, he would perish along with his men even though he might be on par with Shiva. 27.
A man who verily troubles the saints, his life span, wealth, success, merits and his whole line of generation and fortune would
meet with peril. 28.
The Kings and preceptors who were born into demoniacal family have now lost even their little merits because of their treachery towards you. 29.
By their own evil-doings, all the sinners will perish very soon like Kans, Kesi, Bakasur and others of the past. 30.
Some king has come from northwest by the wish of Krishna (consort of Radhika) to protect our saints and punish those culprits. 31.
Shri Hari predicts advent of a protector.
Indeed, he belongs in the royal scion of Kimpurushas, and was enthroned by Shri Ramachandra. He is the home of arts, a good statesman and a pupil of Ishana. 32.
He is of fair complexion with completely shaven face having long hairs on the head, wearing clean clothes and holding weapons. 33.
He is skillful in six expedient tenets as well as four strategies of political science and in settling eighteen kinds of transactions. 34.
He is adept in arranging military arrays in various patterns and figures like Garud (Eagle array), Makar (crocodile array), Krounch (bird array), Chakram (Discus array), Suchimukham (needle face array), Vajra (in the shape of Vajrayudh), Sarvato Bhadram Ardhachandra (crescent moon), Sakatam (cart array) and Srungataka (square). He marshals his military forces in these various ways moving them across the land. 35 - 36.
Though he is a king, he remains in ascetic attire, abandoning gold and other ornaments. He studiously follows ten tenets of his religion as laid down by the preceptor. 37.
The first of the tenets is, ‘there is no god indeed other than the real preceptor that is Christ in human form.’ The second one will be told next. 38.
One should devote his mind and inclination to him, thinking that he is the Lord. The third one is that there should be no taking of false oath in presence of the preceptor. 39.
He alone should be adored whole day and night on Sundays. Both father and mother should be honoured always. 40.
The sixth principle is that ‘one should never hurt others and no gesturing toward another’s wife and no stealing of other’s possessions. 41.
And that there should be no providing of false evidence is the ninth principle and the last one is that there should not be any greed for other’s money and things. 42.
Thus the best of the kings who is following the ten principles (commandments) will protect us by punishing those irreligious elements. 43.
Till then, O sinless men, you live here incognito. Indeed there is sense in living in a manner appropriate to the time and place. 44.
In the past, to escape from the enemy’s torments Pandavs lived incognito in Viratnagar though they had the support of Krishna. 45.
Dharma will be victorious and not Ad harm, Truth wins, not Untruth. Have faith in this ancient belief, think of it to be the ultimate truth, and be without worry. 46.
Suvrat continued:-
Thus the sages addressed by Nilkanth followed the same path, meditating only Him. 47.
O king, the group of sages, not being recognized by demons or their preceptors or kings, wandered about earth as rags, discarding their prominent marks of Vaishnavism as well as their ego and self-pride. 48.
Thus ends the thirty fourth chapter entitled ‘Torments caused by demoniacal preceptors ‘ in the second Prakarana of Satsangijivan, the life story of Lord Narayan, also titled as ‘Dharmashastra’ (the rules of the code of conduct). 34
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