CONVERSATION BETWEEN INDRA AND SAGE BAKA

Sage Baka explains to Indra the pleasure and sorrows of a long-lived person 

The brief conversation or sambad between sage Baka and Deity King Indra is radiant. I have prior specified almost the discussion between Goddess Saraswati and Tarkshya sage. We all ought to go through these valuable talks. Sage Markandeya had said about these to the Pandavas amid their exile period. Sage Baka and Indra used to be incredible buddies. These dialogues are about the bliss and distress of a long-lived individual.

After Indra had triumphed over the daityas or demons within the Devasura Sangram( the war between deities and demons or Daityas), He was crowned as the ruler of three lokas. He used to rain on time and reasonably treat all the individuals. One day in order to know the prosperity of his individuals, he meandered on his Mount Airavata elephant and come to the wonderful hermitage of Sage Baka. Sage Baka invited Indra inside out of fondness, worshipped him, and offered fruits. 

That time Indra seeing Sage Baka had as of now come to the age of one lac year, inquired him, "Based on your own experience thorough out your life, tell me what are the distresses of a long-lived individual?"

Sage answered, "Longlived individual has got to remain along with side repulsive individuals, watch the passing of his own adored people and proceed with living the life through grieving about them and get accompanied by evil persons in his life. These are the great sorrows of a long-lived individual. 

Also, he has to observe his wife, and sons die before him, melancholy over the death of his brothers and relatives, and to outlive he has to endure mortification for being dependent on others. For the most part, it is insulting on account of being destitute.

Besides he has to see progress and success of shameful individuals and devastation and passing of his dynasty." Sage Baka then alluded to Indra that Indra himself being the king, must have seen how vicissitudes occurred between lowborn individuals and delicate families and what deities, demons, people, Gandharvas, and Nagas did after getting to be their alternate extremes. A respectable individual also suffers because of acts of lowborn individuals. 

The absurd individuals enjoy whereas shrewd get to be hopeless. Wealthy individuals bother the poor. A long-lived individual had to see all these. These kinds of grievances and sufferings are generally found in Human yonis.

At that point, Indra inquired, "What kind of delights that a long-lived individual gets all through his life?"

Sage answered, "A long-lived individual who prepares a meal at least once a day at his put without depending on any awful companions is the most joyful. In the event that He doesn't get to count his days, doesn't have to think about getting his food every day and is never alluded to as a 'glutton person' (who eats Unquenchably) at that point, it is known as the most prominent pleasure for him. One who gets nourishment by means of his endeavours and not by taking anybody else's help remains enchanted.

Without showing lowliness in front of others and getting food on his own is considered joy. But getting sweet dishes from others after being insulted by them isn't at all great. Indeed astute individuals are impugned to live life by taking others' shelter. In case he wishes to eat food from others at that point he is no less than a dog. Such a meal of misery and evil-minded individuals is damned. 

Nothing may be more pleasurable for him than having his food after performing Bali-vaishvadeva vidhi (offering food to God before eating) and after offering it to visitors, spirits, and pitrs. Also Having his food after Yajnasesa or Yajnashesha( the remains of oblation or sacrifice) is considered the purest and sweetest for him.

That Long-lived individual who eats only after offering his nourishment to the guests gets sacredness from those Brahmin guests comparable to righteousness earned by giving thousands of cows conjointly his wrongdoings gets devastated amid his youthful age by such a noble act. Additionally, to get rid of all his corrupt acts instantly, he has got to sprinkle with the utsarga water again the Pratigraha water that a Brahmin holds in his hand during the time the individual gives Dakshina to him. After hearing all this, Deity King Indra left for heaven. 

Ref: Mahabharata book

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