HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA LEELA
15--TH DISCOURSE
CHAPTER 14 (continued)
PRAYERS OFFERED BYLORD BRAHMA TO LORD KRISHNA
BG 13.18
jyotisam api taj jyotistamasah param ucyate
jnanam jneyam jnana-gamyamhridi sarvasya visthitam
TranslationHe is the source of light in all luminous objects.
He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, and He is the goal of knowledge. He is
situated in everyone’s heart.
Su
prem
e Brah
man
as effulg
ent as su
n
Isha Upanishad 15
hiranmayena patrena satyasyapihitam mukham tat tvam pushann apavrinu satya-dharmaya drishtaye
BrhadAranyaka Upanishad
I.3.28
asato ma sadgamayatamaso ma jyotirgamaya
mrtyorma amrtam gamaya
Chaitanya CharitAmrtaMadhya Leela 22.31
krishna -- -- surya-sama; maya haya andhakara
yahan krishna, tahan nahi
mayara adhikara
janmAdy asya yatah - Vedanta Sutra 1.1
BH
AG
AV
AD
GIT
A 4.9
janma karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so 'rjuna
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
Brahman
ParamAtma
BhagavAn
Energy
Localised
Personality
Fu
nctio
n o
f the S
up
ersou
l (Param
atma)
BG 15.15
sarvasya caham hridi sannivishtho mattah smrtir jnAnam apohanam ca
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedAnta-krd veda vid eva ca’ham
Remembrance & Forgetfulness
Mundaka & SvetAshvatara Upanishads
2 Birds on A Tree
Th
e Lo
rd’s T
wo
-han
ded
Fo
rm
Universal Form
4-handed – then … 2-handed
Krishna’s original form - saumya vapuh (BG 11.50)
Human-like form- mAnusham roopam
(BG 11.51)
sudurdarsham - very rare (BG 11.52)
Th
e Lo
rd’s T
wo
-han
ded
Fo
rm
BG 18.65
man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo 'si me
Always think of Me and become My devotee.
Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because
you are My very dear friend.
Sn
ake & R
op
e - Reality &
Illusio
n
bhajahure mana sri nandanandana abhaya charanaravindaredurlabha manava janama satsanghe taroho ei bhava sindure
Rope & Snake – why fear?
Attachment to material body causes fear
How to see life ?
FEAR
BG 7.14
daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te
This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of
material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have
surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.
Mukti - Liberation – what is it ? svarupena vyavasthiti – sarvopAdhi vinirmuktam verses
- to be counted amongst devotees
-whichever condition, as servant
Radha Krishna prana mora jivane marane gati ara nahi mora
Not concerned with what form
- Even non-human bodies can be fortunate – animals in vraja
- desires the position of vrajavasis
Lo
rd B
rahm
a desires …
Th
e Po
sition
of th
e VrajavA
sis …
Fortune of Gopis & cows – supply breast milk to
Krishna
Surprised at the position of Nanda and Yasoda &
cowherds
Why? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute
Truth, is existing here as their most intimate lovable
object.
“Let others worship the Mahabharata if they are afraid of material existence and want to become liberated from that condition. But as far as I am concerned, I wish only to worship Maharaja Nanda, because the supreme absolute Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is crawling in his courtyard as his own child.”
- Nectar of Devotion
Th
e surren
der o
f the V
rajavAsis …
gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor
dasa-dasanu-dasah
(PadyAvali 74)
Mere elaborate sacrifices won’t do
Pure devotional service is the only way
VrajavAsis see Krishna in everything
Demigods control senses but
vrajavAsis not controlled by them
Directly under Krishna’s control
Favoured by the dust of VrajavAsis
Prahlada Maharaja - pAda rajobhishekam
Birth as humble grass
If not fortunate, birth outside immediate area
Why?Touched by the feet of
devotees
Lo
rd B
rahm
a desires …
All Vedas searching after the lotus feet of Krishna
Om tad vishnor paramam padam – Rg Veda
Vedas ca sarvair aham eva vedyam – BG 15.15
Mukunda – meaning
Krish
na is in
deb
ted …
Spontaneous bhakti vs
Regulated bhakti
How will Lord repay the service of the vrajavasis?
Kindness of Lord – Putana, Aghasura, Bakasura
Spiritual vs material – attachment
Everything forgotten for Krishna
Nothing Material – Mistake to think so
Unable to understand You with body, mind and speech
False Ego
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
Brahma circumambulates and returns
Lord appears as He was on very same day as Gopas’ and calves’
disappearance
Inconceivable nature of Lord’s energies
parasya shakti vividhaiva shruyate svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca
– svetasvatara 6.8
They laughed & thought Krishna not willing to leave their lunchtime
company
Krishna was smiling - His pastimes for last 1 year
Entrance into Vrndavana village – descriptions
Boys glorifying with songs
Parikshit Maharaja’s Question:
Why so much love?- VrajavAsis?-Cows & Calves during 1 year?
Sukadeva Goswami’s Answer:
-Love of Self & Love of Krishna
-Krishna is All-attractive
-Without being an expansion of Krsna, nothing can be attractive
Reservoir of All-Pleasure
sarva-loka-namaskrtam[SB 3.28.17]
mahatma’s vision and brahma-bhuta stagena socati na kanksati bg18.54
Remembrance of Vraja Pastimes
Su
kadeva G
osw
ami &
Pariksh
it Mah
araja
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