Story of #Sukadeva Goswami

Story of #Sukadeva Goswami

☺ In his previous life Sukadeva Goswami was a

parrot. But he was not any ordinary parrot.

He was the personal parrot of Srimati

Radharani. He used to take messages from

Her to Krishna.

☺ When Srimati Radharani was about to leave

this world back to the spiritual world, She

told her parrot, called Suka, to stay here. But

the parrot did not want to stay here without

Her. Then Srimati Radharani assured her

wherever the transcendental pastimes of the

Supreme Lord are being narrated, you will not

feel separation from Me.

☺ Thus the parrot Suka started looking out for

a place where Hari Katha was going on. He

finally reached Kailash, the place where Lord Shiva and Parvati live. Lord Shiva

was reciting Srimad Bhagavatam to Parvati. The Parrot Suka hide himself in the

green leaves of the tree under which Lord Shiva was sitting and started hearing

the nectarean pastimes of his beloved lord.

☺ Lord Shiva was completely absorbed in reciting Srimad Bhagavatam. Every few

minutes Parvati would make some sounds like, Hmmmm… so that Lord Shiva would

know that she was still listening. However after sometime she went to sleep and

stopped making any sound. Then Suka, who was hiding behind the leaves, started

making sound in the same way as Parvati.

☺ When the Srimad Bhagavatam was about to end Parvati woke up. Lord Shiva

wanted to know how she liked the narration. Parvati begged forgiveness from

the Lord and admitted that she had gone off to sleep.

☺ Lord Shiva was amazed and asked her who was making that sound. When she said

that she did not know, Lord Shiva started looking all around to see if someone

was hiding and hearing these pastimes. He finally spotted the parrot hiding in

the tree.

☺ Lord Shiva started thinking that the parrot was not qualified to hear Srimad

Bhagavatam. If an unqualified person hears these transcendental narrations

there will be lots of disturbances therefore he wanted to kill the parrot

immediately.

☺ Lord Shiva took his trident and ran towards the parrot. Seeing Lord Shiva, Suka

started flying away, Lord Shiva followed him. Finally the parrot reached theGopal’s Fun School (GFS) RS No. Gopinath-Nitai-009

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

hermitage of Srila Vyasadev. Srila Vyasadev was narrating Srimad Bhagavatam

to his wife, Bitika. While hearing his wife yawned. At that point the parrot

entered into her open mouth. Lord Shiva also reached the hermitage. He

inquired from Vyasadev if he had seen the parrot.

☺ Then Lord Shiva narrated him the whole incident. Lord Shiva told Srila

Vyasadev that anyone who hears Srimad Bhagavatam gets free from the

cycle of birth and death and becomes eternal. Srila Vyasadev commented

that since the parrot had become eternal by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam, he

could not be killed. So Lord Shiva went away.

☺ The Parrot, Suka, inside the body of Bitika took the form of a baby within

her womb. However He did not come out of the womb at the usual time.

Instead of nine month he stayed in the womb for 16 years.

☺ This boy became famous as Sukadeva Goswami. He was the one who narrated

Srimad Bhagavatam to Maharaj Parikshit.

What do we learn from Sukadeva Goswami?

☺ We should all attentively hear the pastimes of the Supreme Lord and

understand the philosophy of our scriptures. Then we should preach to

others so that they can also become devotees of the Supreme Lord. That

is the perfection of hearing and chanting.

☺ Because he had first heard the Bhagavatam himself from great

personalities like Lord Shiva and Sri Vyasadev. We must hear from the

devotees of the Lord, and not just form anyone.

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