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The Great Sage Narada Visits the Different Homes of Lord Krishna

BG 4.8

pariträëäya sädhünäàvinäçäya ca duñkåtämdharma-saàsthäpanärthäyasambhavämi yuge yuge

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.

mac-cittä mad-gata-präëäbodhayantaù parasparamkathayantaç ca mäà nityaàtuñyanti ca ramanti ca

BG 10.9

The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me.

Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati started a newspaper – ‘Nadiya Prakash’

The fallen souls are very eager to receive novel informations every day, and the transcendentalists like Vyäsadeva or Närada can supply such eager people in general with unlimited news from the spiritual world. SB 1.5.13

Sage Narada hears about Lord Krishna marrying 16000 princesses

Astonished that Lord Krishna had expanded into 16000 forms

And married all the princesses simultaneously in different palaces

Became inquisitive to see how Lord Krishna was managing

Desired to see these pastimes

Sets out to visit Krishna at Dvaraka

Parks and orchards

Beautiful birds chirping

Peacocks dancing

Lakes full of lilies and swans

900,000 marble palaces

Gates and doors of silver

Bedecked with sapphires and emeralds

Beautifully decorated highways & streets

Shade giving trees on either side of roads

Full of residential houses, temples, etc

Viswakarma constructed ingenious palaces

Great kings from all over the world came to worship Lord Krishna

Pillars made with corals

Ceilings bedecked with jewels

Walls studded with sapphires and emeralds

Canopies decorated with strings of pearls

Well dressed servants were busy with household work

Rukmini devi herself fanned Lord Krishna

Lord bowed down at Narada Muni’s feet

Had him sit on His chair, washed his feet

Sweetly asked “What can I do in your service?”

Narada Muni did not object Lord Krishna taking his foot water on His head

Brahmanyadeva – worshipped by brahmanas

You appear by Your own will

Fortunate to have Your darshan

Devas meditate upon Your lotus feet

My request is that I may not forget Your lotus feet at any time

na dhanam na janam na sundarim

kavitam va jagadisa kamaye

mama janmani janmanisvare

bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

Naradji wanted to see activities of Yogamaya hence he entered into the palace of another queen

Lord Krishna was engaged in playing chess with His dear wife and Uddhava

Lord worshipped Naradji just as He had in Rukmini’s palace and asked, ‘What can I do for you?’

Naradji silently left the palace in great astonishment

In another palace Lord Krishna was engaged as an affectionate father

In another palace Lord was preparing to take His bath

Naradji entered each and every of the 16108 palaces and found the Lord engaged in different activities

In one palace Lord Krishna was engaged in performing panca suna sacrifice

In another He was feeding brahmanas

In yet another he was chanting Gayatri mantra

In some palaces He was practicing sword fighting

In some He was seen riding on elephants and on horses

In some palaces He was giving well-decoratedcows in charity

In some palaces He was enjoying in the swimming pool

taking rest,

discussing with ministers,

engaged in economic development,

satisfying elderly superiors,

getting his children married,

acting as a spy to understand motives of different citizens

Watching the Supersoul of all playing the part of a human being, Naradji smiling within asked permission from the Lord to travel and broadcast His glories all over the universe

In some palaces the Lord was …

The supreme enforcer of principles was executing them, to teach the whole world

Lord demonstrated path of sanctifying ordinary house-hold life

So that people may follow His footsteps

Showed that He was attached to the4 principles of civilized life

A Krishna conscious house-holder’s life is transcendental to vedic injunctions

Anyone who attentively hears the narrations of the Lord's pastimes in Dvaraka or supports a preacher of the Krsna consciousness movement will certainly find it very easy to traverse the path of liberation and taste the nectar of the lotus feet of Lord Krsna. And thus he will be engaged in His devotional service.