Passage 6

In English

We should regard Narada as one who is eternal and present at all times, producing celestial music. In each Kalpa, a Yuga called the Dwapara Yuga comes again and again. The other three Yugas, Thretha Yuga, Kritha Yuga and Kali Yuga also come again and again in a cyclic manner. We should not regard Bhagavatha as something that happened in the Dwapara Yuga which has just gone by. Vyasa should not be interpreted as just one individual who existed in one Dwapara Yuga. Any individual who can explain in detail the significance of the Bhagavatha should indeed be regarded as a Vyasa; and in every Kalpa, at the end of the Dwapara Yuga there will be a Vyasa. The story of Bhagavatha must be regarded as having happened in the very first Kalpa and in the first Dwapara Yuga. This has been taught by Brahma to Narada and then by Narada to Vyasa. In that manner, in each Kalpa and in each Dwapara Yuga, the incidents have been coordinated and preached. It is not right to think that Bhagavatha is something that happened in a particular Yuga about five thousand years ago. Similarly Krishna is not someone who was existing in the Dwapara Yuga that has just gone by. In the Maha Yuga, Thretha Yuga and in all other Yugas too, the aspects of Krishna existed. Indeed, that individual who can satisfy your yearning pertaining to the divine can be called Krishna. Such a view of Krishna leads us to the concept which will remove the darkness in our minds and brings enlightenment. The word Krishna can be elaborated by saying, Krushi tee iti Krishnaha. He will plough the field of our heart and sow good seeds in the form of good thoughts. You can also think of an aspect of Krishna as the one which gives you happiness. Thus, karsha tee iti Krishnaha, krushi tee iti Krishnaha, kusha tee iti Krishnaha are three different aspects of Krishna. These are three different forms of Sath, Chith, and Ananda and these are present in all the Yugas. Because of our approach being generally very narrow, we are thinking in a narrow manner that Krishna is an individual and that he was the son of Devaki and Vasudeva. Similarly, it is not necessary to think that Rama belongs to the Thretha Yuga alone and that he is the son of Dasaratha and Kausalya. Our Puranas have taught us that what gives us Rama or attraction and bliss is the aspect of Rama. We should not think that the Avatar of Rama or of Krishna are confined to the Dwapara Yuga or the Thretha Yuga. They come always in all the Yugas and help humanity. After this Kali Yuga, there will be another Maha Yuga; and the Dwapara Yuga and Thretha Yuga will repeat themselves, and the aspects of Rama and Krishna will come again. This is the manner in which events and situations will come in a cyclical form. If we have Tuesday which comes to us today, the same Tuesday will again come on the eighth day from now. It is not right to think that that is a different or a new Tuesday. The same Tuesday is coming again. What we call the rainy season now, will come again after a year. It is not an entirely different season. The same season is coming again. When we talk today as the time of Vasanta, it will come again after some time, and all these aspects repeat themselves after some time.