The Glories of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana
Lord Shiva said, "My dear Parvati, now I will tell you the glories of the Fifteenth Chapter
of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, kindly listen carefully.
In Gaudadesa, there was a king of the name Narasingha. He was so powerful that he was
able to defeat the demigods. The commander of his army was known by the name
Sarabhmerund. He was very greedy and along with the prince, he planned to kill the king,
and become the ruler of Gaudadesa. But before he was able to carry out his plan, he got
cholera and very quickly died.
After he took his next birth as a horse in the country known as Sindhu. That horse was very beautiful
and was very fast at running. He had all
the qualities of a prize horse, one day, the son of a very rich man of
Gaudadesa saw that
horse and decided to buy him with the intention of selling him to the king of Gaudadesa.
After having purchased that horse, he took him to the capital of Gaudadesa, When he
reached the city he went straight to the palace of the king and requested the guards to
inform the king of his arrival.
When he came before the king, the long inquired from him, "What has brought you
here?" That business man replied, "Oh, king, in Sindhu I found a horse of the highest
quality and it's equal cannot be found in the whole universe. I paid very much money for
it". The king ordered, "Bring that horse immediately." That horse was very quickly
brought before the king who became very pleased with the high qualities of the horse.
After having examined the horse, the king paid to that businessman whatever amount he
had requested without thinking twice.
After some days the king decided to go hunting. Riding that horse, he set off for the
forest, where he saw a deer, to which he immediately gave chase. Following behind that
deer, he followed in every direction it turned. After some time he left the rest of his party
far behind. After chasing for a long time and becoming very tired and thirsty, he stopped
to take rest. He tied the horse to the branch of a tree and he himself sat down on a large
rock.
After a little while he saw a piece of parchment blowing in the wind and land next to him
on the rock. On that piece of parchment was written half a shloka of the Fifteenth Chapter
of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita. The king started to read, and as the first sound came out of
his mouth,, that horse fell down to the ground and gave up that horse-body. He attained a
transcendental four-armed form and immediately sat down in a flower-airplane, which
had come from Vaikuntha to take him to that transcendental abode Vaikuntha.
The king noticed that close by there was a beautiful ashram, which was surrounded by
fruit-trees. Sitting in that ashram was a brahmana who had complete control over his
senses. The king offered respects to that brahmana and with folded hands inquired from
him, "How was it possible that my horse was able to attain Vaikuntha?" The brahmana,
whose name was Vishnusharma, replied, "Oh, king, previously, you had a commander-in
chief of your army, who was known by the name Sarabhmerund. He had planned along
with the prince to usurp you from your throne. Before he was able to, he got cholera and
died, after which he took birth as that horse. By chance he heard some words from the
Fifteenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita and attained Vaikuntha."
The king offered his respects to that brahmana and returned to his capital and again and
again read what was written on that parchment. After a short time he installed his son as
the king of Gaudadesa and himself went off to the forest, where he recited regularly the
Fifteenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita and very quickly, attained the lotus feet of
Lord Vishnu.
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