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OF CULTURE
● संस्कृतिमा
GOVERNMENT OF
FOREWORD
SL
creator, preserver and destroyer of the
universe. He is often identified with
relentless time or fate. He is represented
in the Bhagavata as having become
incarnate as Krishna to reduce the over-
population of the world. War was one
of the well-known means by which the
evil of over-population was rectified in
the world. When the author of the
Bhagavata describes Krishna as assuming
responsibility for the drunken brawls and
mutual slaughter of the turbulent
Tadavas, he is simply identified with the
evolutionary process of the world. The
story is also intended to emphasise the
evils of addiction to liquor.
The value of the Bhagavata to the
devout consists not so much in the stories
and legends with which it abounds or in
the charming lyrics or in the beauty of
its poetic descriptions or in the portrayal
of human nature with its intense human
interest, but in its exposition of the main
theme of the book. The essential truths
which it emphasises again and again are
the imperish ability of the soul, the good-
ness, power and helpfulness of God and
the attainment of salvation by the method
of Bhakti. The path of Bhakti or devotion
has sometimes been represented by
hostile critics. The true spirit of religion
implies the adoration and love of God
and the desire for union with God. The
● संस्कृतिमा
GOVERNMENT OF
FOREWORD
SL
creator, preserver and destroyer of the
universe. He is often identified with
relentless time or fate. He is represented
in the Bhagavata as having become
incarnate as Krishna to reduce the over-
population of the world. War was one
of the well-known means by which the
evil of over-population was rectified in
the world. When the author of the
Bhagavata describes Krishna as assuming
responsibility for the drunken brawls and
mutual slaughter of the turbulent
Tadavas, he is simply identified with the
evolutionary process of the world. The
story is also intended to emphasise the
evils of addiction to liquor.
The value of the Bhagavata to the
devout consists not so much in the stories
and legends with which it abounds or in
the charming lyrics or in the beauty of
its poetic descriptions or in the portrayal
of human nature with its intense human
interest, but in its exposition of the main
theme of the book. The essential truths
which it emphasises again and again are
the imperish ability of the soul, the good-
ness, power and helpfulness of God and
the attainment of salvation by the method
of Bhakti. The path of Bhakti or devotion
has sometimes been represented by
hostile critics. The true spirit of religion
implies the adoration and love of God
and the desire for union with God. The