Legends and Teachings of the Greatest Hindu Divine Sage Narada

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B.L. Raina was a pioneer in the field of population and the family planning movement, a medical historian and author of several books; especially on population and health science in ancient India. He was the recipient of Padma Shri in 1969, among other awards.

He served in the Army Medical Corps (1940-56), held various appointments including the assignment of the Chief Collator and Editor of the Medical history of the Indian Armed Forces in World War II. He was seconded to the Ministry of Health in 1956. He was the first Director, Family Planning, Ministry of Health, and the first Director, Central Family Planning Institute (1956-69).

He was widely traveled. He was United Nations Senior Family Planning Advisor in Egypt; Inter Regional Advisor for Middle- East and Africa Employers orientation in Population Action; international Labour Organization, Geneva; United Nations Expert in Family Planning Training in Singapore (1974) and for a number of year's member of World Health Organization. Expert Panel on Human reproduction.

Narada is an ubiquitous and unique Rsi. He is mentioned in the Vedas, Brahmasutras, Upanisads, Mahabharata and Puranas. He is described as a trouble-shooter and a back-biter as also a divine sage - the embodiment of righteousness and pathfinder for moksa, liberation. The eternal truths and quest for reality are presented through symbolic images, allegories, legends and interesting stories. All subjects related to living beings and the world around them are discussed by him or in the works associated with his name. He drew attention to the need of investigation on the extent of the world (and its resources) before drawing plans for population growth. Discussions on widely diverse subjects are associated with him, such as the total devotion to Visnu, the Supreme Being, manusmriti, moksa- dharma and yoga on the one hand and music, health, astronomy and legal codes on the other hand. Vyasa, the author of Vedas, Brahma-Sutra, Mahabharata and Puranas, was Narada's student. Sri Krsna said: "I am Narada among the Divine Sages". This statement places Narada in the category of the Greatest Divine sage, as Sri Krsna is the embodiment of the Supreme Being.