Narada was in a dilemma. He wondered, “This Ashareeri didn’t say what that Salkarma is. How I can find out what it is? Where am I to find those saints who can help me? What am I to do now?”

Narada’s Efforts to Find out What the Salkarma Is

Leaving Jnanam and Vairagyam in that pathetic condition, on the banks of River Yamuna, Narada left that place. He travelled to various holy places and met many saintly people. He told them the miserable story of Jnanam and Vairagyam. He asked them whether they have heard of the “Salkarma” that could revive these sons of Bhakti.

Some of the saints listened carefully but were not able to help him. Some others said that the Salkarma cannot be accomplished. Some saints said that it was difficult to find out what this noble Karma was. Some of them kept quiet and others ran away from there, the minute they heard Narada’s question.

Everybody present there began discussing about the Salkarma. They thought, “ If Jnanam and Vairagyam could not be rejuvenated even with the chanting of the Vedas, Vedanta Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, what else can help them?” Even Devarshi Narada, who is the “giver of knowledge” didn’t know what the Salkarma was. Then who else would know?