(Bhagavatham 5.3.1 – 5.3.5)

Nabhi’s story

Agneedhra’s son Nabhi and his wife Merudevi had a long married life but they were not blessed with a child. So they decided to do penance to seek the Lord’s blessings.

Bhagavatham says, even though the Lord can not be pleased by offerings, place, time and chanting HE is available to the sincere devotee.

As Bhagavan appeared to bless them Nabhi and his Rithiks stood up and prostrated.

They could only utter ‘Namaskaram’ as they were tongue tied.

Note –  we can see in Bhagavatham that whenever the great men and women wanted to gain some thing or achieve some thing or fulfill their desire, they surrendered it before Bhagavan. Every thing was a Prasad from the Lord and they enjoyed it with a humble mind.

More than that, we can see the way our minds function here. The Rithiks feel that the mind is so accustomed to the world and matter. Such a mind is unable to transcend the world and how can it explain the intangible, infinite nature of God?