Krishna Leela Series Part 43 – Chapter 48Krishna Pleases His Devotees

Recap…

• Uddhava visit to Vrndavan

• Krishna hears details of Vrndavana

• Conditions of His father & mother

• Gopis and Cowherd boys

BG: 4.8

pariträëäya sädhünäà

vinäçäya ca duñkåtämdharma-

saàsthäpanärthäya

sambhavämi yuge yuge

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to

reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after

millennium.

Krishna Pleases His devotees

• Hunchback Kubja & Beautiful lady

• Krishna decides to go to Kubja’s house.

• Society Girl, wants to satisfy her senses with Krishna

• She is not trained, wants to serve Krishna in her own way.

• Krishna thinks of His devotees always.

• Moon light goes to crooked person’s courtyard also.

• Kubja welcomes Krishna & Uddhava.

• Krishna sits on chair, Uddhava sits on the floor.

• Beautiful decoration

• Kubja hesitates to come before Krishna.

• Krishna pulls her to sit beside Him.

• Allows to embrace & smell His lotus feet

• All sins and lusty desires washed away

• CC – Krishna causes to forget their lusty material desires.

• Krishna pleased her with sweet words & left.

• Madhurya RASA – Topmost rasa

• Do not imitate like sahajiyAs

• Bhu Shakti – Kubja

• Chit Shakti – Srimati Radharani

• Lakshmi Sahasra..Brahma Samhita

• Krishna went to Kubja just to reward her for her service.

• To purify her and make her a pure devotee

• Krishna & Balarama visit Akrura’s house

• Akrura’s welcome & service

• Akrura’s prayer

• 9 Devotional prayers – Offering prayers.

• Cause of all causes

• Ishvarah Parama Krishna..-Brahma Samhita

• ParamAtma & JivAtma• Remembrance &

forgetfulness, witness, sanction

• Everything emanates from Krishna

• BG: 10.8 – Aham sarvasya ...

• Creates • Maintains• Not affected by

the material energy

• Annihilates

Difference between God and Living Entity

Achyuta

Part and Parcel

avajänanti mäà müòhä

mänuñéà tanum äçritam

paraà bhävam ajänanto

mama bhüta-maheçvaram BG: 9.11 - Fools deride Me

when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.

pariträëäya sädhünäà

vinäçäya ca duñkåtäm

dharma-saàsthäpanärthäya

sambhavämi yuge yuge BG: 4.8 - To deliver the pious

and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.

• Mission – To kill atheistic royal families & destroy huge military strength

• Home is purified with Krishna’s presence

• Affectionate to the devotees. Will do anything for the devotees.

• suhrdam sarva bhutAnAm – Fulfills all desires. Friend of everyone.

Difficult to Understand Krishna

SB 2.6.35: Although I am known as the great Brahmä, perfect in the disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom, and although I have undergone all austerities and am an expert in mystic powers and self-realization, and although I am recognized as such by the great forefathers of the living entities, who offer me respectful obeisances, still I cannot understand Him, the Lord, the very source of my birth.

• Big Yogis and Jnanis cannot understand Krishna, but bhaktAs can.• Akrura – wife, possessions are material bondage. Release me.

Krishna’s talk..

• You are my uncle & superior.

• We are your children, please maintain us.

• Demigods can offer boon to the worshipers.

• Devotees free to offer benediction to all the living entities.

• Please go to HastinApura & see the arrangement for the Pandavas.

Krishna’s talk ...

• Pandavas had lost their father.

• Under charge of DhrtarAshtra

• Blind by birth, also blind in his affection for his cruel sons.

• Report – DhrtarAshtra’s dealing with Pandavas

• Krishna wants to favour them.

• Krishna, Balarama and Uddhava return home.