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Krishna Leela Series Part 03 Birth Of Krishna
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KRISHNA
LEELA
Discourse 3
Mahabharata – Udyoga Parva 71.4krishir bhu-vacakah sabdo nas ca nirvriti-vacakah / tayor aikyam param brahma krishna ity abhidhiyate
"The word 'krish' is the attractive feature of the Lord's existence, and 'na' means 'spiritual pleasure.' When the verb krish is added to na, it becomes krishna, which indicates the Absolute Truth."
Padma Puranaramante yogino 'nante nityanande cidatmani / iti rama padenaiva param brahmadbhidhiyate "The param brahma is known as Rama because the yogis take pleasure (ramante) in meditating on His eternal, blissful form." (padma purana)
Hare is vocative of Hara, the energy of God
KRISHNA & RAMA & HARE - MEANINGS
BIRTH
OF
LORD
KRISHNA
DEVELOPMENTS
Background Narada Muni’s
Instigation
Kamsa’s Heightened Atrocities
THE KILLING OF DEVAKI’S 1ST 6 CHILDRENTHE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA – SRI BALARAMAYOGAMAYAPRAYERS OF THE DEMIGODSTHE APPEARANCE OF LORD KRISHNA
BACKGROUND
KAMSA AS KALANEMI
SURASENA, NANDA MAHARAJA & OTHERS AS DEMIGODS
WHY DOES NARADA MUNI DO THIS?
NARADA MUNI’S INSTIGATION
ARRESTS VASUDEVA & DEVAKI
IMPRISONS UGRASENA
OCCUPIES THE KINGDOM OF SURASENA
FULL CONTROL OF YADU, BHOJA & ANDHAKA DYNASTIES
6 CHILDREN KILLED
KAMSA’S STATE OF MIND
KAMSA’S HEIGHTENED ATROCITIES
DEVAKI BECOMES PREGNANT FOR THE 7TH TIME
WHO IS ANANTA ?
– A PLENARY EXPANSION OF KRISHNA
THE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA
BALARAMA
Maha Sankarshana
Karanodakasayi Vishnu
Garbhodakasayi Vishnu
Kshirodakasayi Vishnu
Sesha
1
BALARAMA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EXPANSIONS
2
KARANODAKASAYI VISHNU
3
GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU
4
KSHIRODAKASAYI VISHNU - PARAMATMA
5
ANANTASESHA – UNLIMITED SERVANT
SANKARSHANA & SHANKARA
LAKSHMANA IN RAMA LILA
BALARAMA IN KRISHNA LILA
WHAT IS YOGAMAYA?
YOGAMAYA
INTERNAL POTENCY
__
WHAT IS MAHAMAYA?
EXTERNAL POLICY
YOGAMAYA’S ROLE IN LILA
The Lord’s words to Yogamaya
Transfer of Sesha from the womb of Devaki to the womb of Rohini
Devaki’s pregnancy deemed a miscarriage
PRAYERS OF THE DEVAS & ASSURANCE TO DEVAKI
The Lord appears in the heart of Vasudeva
and then transfers Himself into the heart
of Devaki.
Effulgence of Vasudeva & Devaki
Devaki appeared like suppressed fire or
misused education.
Kamsa’s Predicament
CONSTELLATIONS ROHINI
NAKSHATRA &
ASHTAMI TITHI
AUSPICIOUS SYMPTOMS IN ALL DIRECTIONS
KHAMANIKYA ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE
THE LORD IS ABOUT TO APPEAR
THE LORD APPEARS
The Lord appears in His 4-handed form fully decorated.
Descriptions
Vasudeva is astounded
- Freedom from all fear & anxiety
THE LORD APPEARS
Vasudeva offers charity in his mind
PRAYERS
Vasudeva offers charity in his mind
The Divine Nature of the Lord’s Forms
His being within and without everything
Expanded & Localised
God
Form or Formless?
GOD
Brahmajyoti Paramatma Bhagavan
Sat Sat & Chit Sat & Chit & Ananda
GOD IS ULTIMATELY SAT-CHIT-ANANDA VIGRAHA (FORM)
Sat – Existence / Chit – Consciousness / Ananda - Bliss
PRAYERS
Paramatma & Jivatma
2 Birds on a Tree
Mundaka Upanishad
Svetasvatara Upanishad
PRAYERS
Universal Form
anor aniyan
mahato mahiyan
Katha Upanishad
Localised and Pervasive
PRAYER
DELIVERANCE
PRAYER
BANYAN TREE
sri-bhagavan uvaca urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham
asvattham prahur avyayam chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa veda-vit
The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the
Vedas.
Bhagavad Gita 15.1
VATSALYA – PARENTAL AFFECTION
Prishnigarbha Upendra Krishna
Sutapa
&
Prishni
Kashyapa
&
Aditi
Vasudeva
&
Devaki
THE LORD RESPONDS TO PRAYERS – ASSURANCE & HISTORY
UPENDRA WITH KASHYAPA & ADITI
The Lord’s Instructions to Vasudeva
Escaping from the Prison
Carry Me across Yamuna to Gokula
Storm & River gave way
Nanda Maharaja’s house
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