Story of Prachethas

We are going to see the story of ‘Prachethas’ in the coming eight chapters of this fourth canto of Srimad Bhagavatham.

The last eleven chapters narrated the stories of Dhruva and Prithu who could achieve ‘Kama Purushartha’ through devotion towards the Lord. Here, the story of Prachethas describes, how they attained ‘Moksha Purushartha’ through devotion.

In Prithu’s lineage, Prachethas were the ten sons of ‘Pracheena Barhishath’ (also called ‘Pracheena Barhis’ as he was constantly conducting Yagas) and ‘Sathadruthi’.

Please note that we are going to the part of penance or ‘spiritual seeking’ of these noble men directly.  The story says that they went on penance to seek the Lord’s blessings as their father asked them to give birth to children. They knew that only with God’s grace, one could get noble children.  Living peacefully in this world is possible, only with divine grace!

‘Prachethas’ means those people who have abundance of ‘Sathwa Guna’ in their minds. It is no wonder that they were not much interested in a worldly life, yet, as obedient sons, they wanted to satisfy their