Bharata
Varsa or India, by Haripada dasa
Formerly
India was called Bharata Varsa, in honor of the great Holy King
Bharatha Maharaja, in the 18th chapter of the Nectar of devotion the
great Holy King is glorified.
There
is a good example of this detachment in relation to the character of
King Bharata. In the Fifth Canto, Chapter 14, verse 43, of
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said: "Emperor Bharata was so
attracted to the beauty of the lotus feet of Kṛiṣhṇa that even
in his youth life he abandoned all kinds of family attachments ,
children, friends, kingdom, etc., as if they were untouchable feces.
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I
remember a walk of Srila Prabhupada that said that this planet Earth
is very good for spiritual atorrealization, and that the best place
for spiritual life is India, and the best of India is Bengal, there
is a saying that says what it is done in Bengal, all of India does
it, and this is because Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu appeared over 500
years ago. He is Krishna himself playing the role of Krishna's
devotee, to teach us all to be Krishna's devotees.
The
entire spiritual culture of India was shattered by caste brahmanas,
they invented that no one can be a brahmana if one is not born in a
brahmana family, Srila Prabhupada and the whole guru parallax
shattered this invented idea, in the sastras or Scriptures it is said
that if one is brahmana but not a devotee of Krishna, he is the
lowest of mankind, and if one is born in a family of dogs, but
becomes a devotee of Krishna, he is the most glorified and fortunate
person.
