Markandeya Samasya English

This English translation of the Markandeya Samasya portion of the Mahabharata is in fluent English without commentary. This same translation with the original Sanskrit and a narrative explanation is published under the title of Krishna Cosmic Body. This is the amazing narrative of Yogi Markandeya's survival of the cosmic dissolution of our universe and his re-instatement when it was created again. It tells of his entry into the divine infant Krishna, where he toured for millions of...
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This English translation of the Markandeya Samasya portion of the Mahabharata is in fluent English without commentary. This same translation with the original Sanskrit and a narrative explanation is published under the title of Krishna Cosmic Body. This is the amazing narrative of Yogi Markandeya's survival of the cosmic dissolution of our universe and his re-instatement when it was created again. It tells of his entry into the divine infant Krishna, where he toured for millions of years through many existential locals as a tiny human being, like a bacteria in the body of a human. Originally this tale was described in the Mahabharata, an ancient Sanskrit literature from India. The value of this story is its conveyance that our universe may exist in the body of a deity, who is existing in the body of another ultimate source deity. At first Markandeya deals with the cosmic dissolution being aware that his existential status relies on the energy in the mind of a deity named Brahma. When Brahma fell asleep, all living beings inevitably slept in a blank mental state without objectivity and without distinct subjectivity either. Somehow Markandeya developed the ability to transcend this Brahma. The yogi survived during Brahma's sleep only to find himself in a violent ocean of cosmic water. He struggled for survival in that causal existence in which there were fearful astral aquatic creatures. Suddenly at a distance, he saw a gigantic banyan tree standing out of the water. He swam to it and saw an infant on a divine bedstead. The child has no concern for the dangers. Markandeya inquired of the kid's identity and location and was then drawn through the infant's mouth and into the infant's body where he spent millions of years. Then he was expelled and found himself in the cosmic sea again. The infant then explained the situation. He released the yogi to the original existence of the sub deity, Brahma. This Mahabharata story was told by Vaishampaiana to King Janamejaya. It is valuable reading for all persons who do existential research.