Story of #Sukadeva Goswami<\/b><\/p>\n
\u263a In his previous life Sukadeva Goswami was a<\/p>\n
parrot. But he was not any ordinary parrot.<\/p>\n
He was the personal parrot of Srimati<\/p>\n
Radharani. He used to take messages from<\/p>\n
Her to Krishna.<\/p>\n
\u263a When Srimati Radharani was about to leave<\/p>\n
this world back to the spiritual world, She<\/p>\n
told her parrot, called Suka, to stay here. But<\/p>\n
the parrot did not want to stay here without<\/p>\n
Her. Then Srimati Radharani assured her<\/p>\n
wherever the transcendental pastimes of the<\/p>\n
Supreme Lord are being narrated, you will not<\/p>\n
feel separation from Me.<\/p>\n
\u263a Thus the parrot Suka started looking out for<\/p>\n
a place where Hari Katha was going on. He<\/p>\n
finally reached Kailash, the place where Lord Shiva and Parvati live. Lord Shiva<\/p>\n
was reciting Srimad Bhagavatam to Parvati. The Parrot Suka hide himself in the<\/p>\n
green leaves of the tree under which Lord Shiva was sitting and started hearing<\/p>\n
the nectarean pastimes of his beloved lord.<\/p>\n
\u263a Lord Shiva was completely absorbed in reciting Srimad Bhagavatam. Every few<\/p>\n
minutes Parvati would make some sounds like, Hmmmm\u2026 so that Lord Shiva would<\/p>\n
know that she was still listening. However after sometime she went to sleep and<\/p>\n
stopped making any sound. Then Suka, who was hiding behind the leaves, started<\/p>\n
making sound in the same way as Parvati.<\/p>\n
\u263a When the Srimad Bhagavatam was about to end Parvati woke up. Lord Shiva<\/p>\n
wanted to know how she liked the narration. Parvati begged forgiveness from<\/p>\n
the Lord and admitted that she had gone off to sleep.<\/p>\n
\u263a Lord Shiva was amazed and asked her who was making that sound. When she said<\/p>\n
that she did not know, Lord Shiva started looking all around to see if someone<\/p>\n
was hiding and hearing these pastimes. He finally spotted the parrot hiding in<\/p>\n
the tree.<\/p>\n
\u263a Lord Shiva started thinking that the parrot was not qualified to hear Srimad<\/p>\n
Bhagavatam. If an unqualified person hears these transcendental narrations<\/p>\n
there will be lots of disturbances therefore he wanted to kill the parrot<\/p>\n
immediately.<\/p>\n
\u263a Lord Shiva took his trident and ran towards the parrot. Seeing Lord Shiva, Suka<\/p>\n
started flying away, Lord Shiva followed him. Finally the parrot reached theGopal\u2019s Fun School (GFS) RS No. Gopinath-Nitai-009<\/p>\n
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare \/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare<\/p>\n
hermitage of Srila Vyasadev. Srila Vyasadev was narrating Srimad Bhagavatam<\/p>\n
to his wife, Bitika. While hearing his wife yawned. At that point the parrot<\/p>\n
entered into her open mouth. Lord Shiva also reached the hermitage. He<\/p>\n
inquired from Vyasadev if he had seen the parrot.<\/p>\n
\u263a Then Lord Shiva narrated him the whole incident. Lord Shiva told Srila<\/p>\n
Vyasadev that anyone who hears Srimad Bhagavatam gets free from the<\/p>\n
cycle of birth and death and becomes eternal. Srila Vyasadev commented<\/p>\n
that since the parrot had become eternal by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam, he<\/p>\n
could not be killed. So Lord Shiva went away.<\/p>\n
\u263a The Parrot, Suka, inside the body of Bitika took the form of a baby within<\/p>\n
her womb. However He did not come out of the womb at the usual time.<\/p>\n
Instead of nine month he stayed in the womb for 16 years.<\/p>\n
\u263a This boy became famous as Sukadeva Goswami. He was the one who narrated<\/p>\n
Srimad Bhagavatam to Maharaj Parikshit.<\/p>\n
What do we learn from Sukadeva Goswami?<\/b><\/p>\n
\u263a We should all attentively hear the pastimes of the Supreme Lord and<\/p>\n
understand the philosophy of our scriptures. Then we should preach to<\/p>\n
others so that they can also become devotees of the Supreme Lord. That<\/p>\n
is the perfection of hearing and chanting.<\/p>\n
\u263a Because he had first heard the Bhagavatam himself from great<\/p>\n
personalities like Lord Shiva and Sri Vyasadev. We must hear from the<\/p>\n
devotees of the Lord, and not just form anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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