BHAGEERATHA AND THE STORY OF GANGA

RAMAYANA

King Saagara waited in vain  for the return of the princes who had gone in search of the sacrificial horse.

After some days he called his grand son Amsuman and said ' I am anxious to know what has happened to the princes who went to paatala . You are brave go thither.,well-armed , find out what has happened and come back crowned with success.

Amsumaan went closely following the path of the princes and reached the neither world where he saw and paid salutations to the mighty elephants standing at the four quarters. These guardians of the quarters uttered encouraging words and said he would succeed in his mission. 

When in due course Amsumaan entered and went round paataala he was delighted when he found the sacrificial horse grazing contentedly there, but was perplexed and distressed when he saw heaps of ashes all over the place . Could they be all that remained of his valiant uncles?"

Garuda, the bird-king, brother of Sumathi, Sagaraa's second wife, who chanced to be there told Ansumaan ." those ash-heaps are all that is left of the sixty thousand sons of Sagara who were consumed by the wrathful glances of Sage Kapila. Dear child, take the horse and complete the yaaga. If those ashes are to be watered according to custom so that the souls of the princes may rest in peace, Ganga should be brought down here from the land of the Devas.  
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BHAGAVAD-GITA

3-5
Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature, therefore no one can refrain from doing something,not even for a movement.

3-6
One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender. 

 3-7
On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active sense by the mind and begins karma-yoga (  in Krishna Consciousness)without attachment , he is by far superior. 

3-8
Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one's philosophical body without work
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పోతనభాగవతము

"సత్యం పరం ధీమహి" అనే గాయత్రీ మహా మంత్రంతో ఆరంభించడంవల్ల గాయత్రీ పరదేవతా స్వరూపమైనది ఈ మహా గ్రంథం." గాయత్రిని అతిశయింపజేస్తూ ధర్మప్రస్థారాన్నీవృత్రాసుర సంహరాన్నీఅభివర్ణించే గ్రంథాన్ని భాగవతం అంటారు." అని మత్స్య పురాణంలో చెప్పి ఉండటంవల్ల ఇది శ్రీ మహా భాగవతం అని ప్రసిద్ధి గాంచింది.
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