prOshTapadi bhAgavatha

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prOshTapadi bhAgavatha

In the month of bhAdrapada from pratipad to pourNima, traditionally bhAgavatha purANa is heard. This is called prOshTapadi bhAgavatha.

Following are some of the links where prOshTapadi bhAgavatha is available:

http://madhvaradio.org/ has prOshTapadi bhAgavatha series by :-

H.H. Sri 1008 Sri VidhyAdhIsha tIrtha Swamiji of Phalimar Matha http://www.madhvaradio.org/pbgvdt/

H.H. Sri 1008 Sri Vishvesha tIrtha Swamiji of Sri Pejawara Matha
http://www.jitamitra.org/bhp_mp3/

and Vidvan Sri A.Haridasa Bhat.

Note: Madhwaradio website requires registration (free)


Bhagavatha by Sri.Bannanje Govindacharya:
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/home/Bhagavata-BannanjeGovindacharya.php

There is a bhAgavatha saptAha series rendered by Sri.Bannanje Govindacharya at
www.anandamala.org


Pibata Bhagavata by H.H. Sri 1008 Sri Satyathma Theertharu of Sri Uttaradi mutha :
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Devotional/home/PibataBhagavata.php

Shrimadh Bhagavatha Shri G.N.Jayathirthacharya (Current pontiff of Vyasaraja Mutha):
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Harikathe/home/ShriMadhBhagavatha.php

Adhika Masa Special Upanyasa - 33 Bhagavata Dharmagalu by H.H. Sri 1008 Sri Satyatma tIrtharu of Sri Uttaradi mutha at
http://www.uttaradimath.org/Audio/33_bhagavata_dharmagalu/33bg.html

akhaMDa bhAgavatha pravachana held at mantralaya:
http://www.gururaghavendra1.org/~srsmutt/aradhana07/pravachana.html

Bhagavata saptaha by Sri 1008 Sri Suvidyendra Tirtharu is availabale at :
http://www.sripurandaraashrama.org/Bhagavata.html



pibata bhAgavatham rasamAlayaM muhurahO rasikA bhuvi bhAvukAH!

Just before creation, Narayana gives upadEsha to chaturmukha brahma. This is in 4 shlokas and is called chatusshloki bhAgavatam. (These 4 verses appear in the 2nd skaMda and 9th chapter of the bhagavatam.)

This was then passed on to nArada from brahma , who then told it to vEdavyAsa dEvaru. vEdavyASa then elaborated the bhAgvata mahApurANa. vEdavyAsa passed on the purANa to His son shukAchArya. When shukAchArya recited the bhAgavatam on the banks of the Ganga to parIkshit rAja, sUta purANika was also present there. sUta then narrated the entire purANa to shounaka and other sages in naimiShAraNya. It contains 18000 verses.

Therefore the Rushi parampare for bhAgavatam is

nArAyaNa -> chaturmukha brahma -> nArada -> vEdavyASa -> shukAchArya -> sUta -> shounakAdi Rushis

There is yet another Rushi parampare for bhAgavatam.
nArAyaNa -> shESha (saMkarShaNa) -> sAMkhyAna -> parAshara -> maitrEya -> vidura
This parampare can be inferred from the bhAgavatam.

Following is the chatusshlOki bhAgavatam (also called as mUla bhAgavatam):

ahamEvAsamagrE cha nAnyadyatsadasatparaM
pashchAdahaM tvamEtachcha yO&vashiShEta sO&smyahaM||1||

RutE&rthaM yatpratIyEta na pratIyEta chAtmani
tadvidyAdAtmanO mAyAM yathAbhAsO yathA tamaH||2||

yathA mahAMti bhUtAni bhUtEShUchChAvachEShu cha
praviShTAnyapraviShTAni tathA tEShu na tEShvahaM||3||

EtAvadEva jij~gAsyaM tatvajij~gAsunA&&tmanaH
Anvaya vyatirEkAbhyAM yatsyArvatra sarvadA||4||

This is considered good for pArayaNa.

Ref: Shri Vishnutirthara Shrimadbhagavatha Saroddhara (Shri Madhvabhushana Bhima Rao, Davanagere), publisher: sarvajnacharya seva sangha, Davanagere and pravachana on bhagavatha by Shri Suvidyendra Tirtharu.


It is said in the Bhagavatha that a person who remembers the story of gajEndra mOksha as soon as one wakes up in the morning, is blessed with hari smaraNe during maraNa kAla.
There is a sankshipta gajEndra mOksha in the 2nd canto and is easy for pArayaNe. Here are the 2 verses:

aMtaH sarasyurubalEna padE gRuhIto
grAhENa yUthapatiraMbuja hasta ArtaH|
AhEdamAdi puruShAkhila lOka nAtha
tIrthashravaH shravaNa maMgala nAmadhEya||

smRutvA haristamaraNArthinaM apramEyash-
-chakrAyudhaH patagarAja bhujAdhirUDhaH|
chakrENa nakravadanaM vinipAtya tasmAd
hastE pragRuhya bhagavAn kRupayOjjahAra||

Rough Translation (do correct me): The king of elephants was held at his feet by a crocodile which was of superior strength in the lake. Taking a lotus, the elephant called out to the Lord as Adi puruSha, lOka nAtha, tIrthashravaH and shravaNa maMgala nAmadhEya.

Having heard his plea, the Lord who is apramEya, with the chakra came on the shoulders of garuDa and killed the crocodile with His chakra and freed the elephant by His hands.