Slokam 5

It took a thousand years for the Pracheta brothers to overcome the effects of the sins and brutalities committed by Vena.

It is mentioned in the slokam that ,  the father of the Pracheta brothers, Pracheta Barhis, was visited by Sri Narada,  who granted Him, liberation. The point to note here is that Pracheta Barhis had raised his sons well and had pointed them in the correct direction.  Although he is not mentioned to have taken to isolation,  he is endowed with the ultimate attainment by Sri Narada, in recognition of his effort in pointing his ten sons in the right direction. 

Two points clearly emerge from this slokam.  One is that the attainment of the higher state of life is an endowment from the Paramathma.  The higher state cannot be attained unless the Paramathma gives it to us.  He will not award the endowment, unless our attainment is pure, genuine  and unconditional. 

The second point to note is that there is no set procedure to reach that final objective. 

The path to obtaining the Paramathma’s endowment is only one. That path is the purification of the intent that lies behind our thoughts. The intent should be dharmic, always.  The actions should be performed with tyagam or sacrifice, with no expectation of rewards.  The worldly actions, if performed in this manner,  will be the perfect way to discharge our karma, without developing any attachments.  The actions may be that of a kshatriya, a shudra, a vysya or a brahmin.  It is not necessary that it should be only attained through isolation and meditation. 

The paths have been made available in an infinite number of ways, to suit the needs of each one of us. 

The Pracheta brothers meditated in isolation for ten thousand years, to free themselves of all bondings that resulted from Vena’s perpetration of cruelty and inducement of suffering in other people. 

May we realize that the path assigned to us in this life is meant to be used to attain only the objective of attainment of permanence,  and use it only for this purpose.