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KB 1970-1-26 / Wonderful Krsna
26 / Wonderful Krsna
Without understanding the intricacies of Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon
spiritual opulences, the innocent cowherd boys and men of
Vrndavana began to discuss the wonderful activities of Krsna
which surpass the activities of all men.
One of them said, "My dear friends, considering His wonderful
activities, how is it possible that such an uncommon boy would
come and live with us in Vrndavana? It is really not possible.
Just imagine! He is now only seven years old! How was it
possible for Him to lift Govardhana Hill in one hand and hold
it up just like the king of elephants holds a lotus flower? To
lift a lotus flower is a most insignificant thing for an
elephant, and similarly Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill without
exertion. When He was simply a small baby and could not even
see properly, He killed a great demon, Putana. While sucking
her breast, He also sucked out her life-air. Krsna killed the
Putana demon exactly as eternal time kills a living creature in
due course. When He was only three months old, He was sleeping
underneath a hand-driven cart. Being hungry for His mother's
breast, He began to cry and throw His legs upwards. And from
the kicking of His small feet the cart immediately broke apart
and fell to pieces. When He was only one year old, He was
carried away by the Trnavarta demon disguised as a whirlwind,
and although He was taken very high in the sky, He simply hung
on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky
and immediately die. Once His mother, being disturbed by His
stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child
pushed it towards a pair of trees known as yamala arjuna and
caused them to fall. Once, when He was engaged in tending the
calves in the forest along with His elder brother, Balarama, a
demon named Bakasura appeared, and Krsna at once bifurcated the
demon's beaks. When the demon known as Vatsasura entered among
the calves tended by Krsna with a desire to kill Him, He
immediately detected the demon, killed him, and threw him into
a tree. When Krsna, along with His brother, Balarama, entered
the Talavana forest, the demon known as Dhenukasura, in the
shape of an ass, attacked Them and was immediately killed by
Balarama, who caught his hind legs and threw him in a palm
tree. Although the Dhenukasura demon was assisted by his
cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the
Talavana forest was then open for the use of the animals and
inhabitants of Vrndavana. When Pralambasura entered amongst
His cowherd boy friends, He caused his
death by Balarama. Thereafter, Krsna saved His friends and
cows from the severe forest fire, and He chastised the Kaliya
serpent in the lake of Yamuna and forced him to leave
the vicinity of the Yamuna River; He thereby made the water of
the Yamuna poisonless."
Another one of the friends of Nanda Maharaja said, "My dear
Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son Krsna.
We want to forget Him, but this is impossible. Why are we so
naturally affectionate toward Him? Just imagine how wonderful
it is! On one hand He is only a boy of seven years old, and on
the other hand there is a huge hill like Govardhana Hill, and
He lifted it so easily! O Nanda Maharaja, we are now in great
doubt -- your son Krsna must be one of the demigods. He is not
at all an ordinary boy. Maybe He is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead."
On hearing the praises of the cowherd men in Vrndavana, King
Nanda said, "My dear friends, in reply to you I can simply
present the statement of Gargamuni so that your doubts may
be cleared. When he came to perform the name-giving ceremony,
he said that this boy descends in different periods of time in
different colors and that this time He has appeared in
Vrndavana in a dark color and is known as Krsna. Previously,
He has white color, then red color, then yellow color.
He also said that this boy was once the son of Vasudeva, and
everyone who knows of His previous birth calls Him Vasudeva.
Actually he said that my son has many varieties of names,
according to His different qualities and activities. Gargacarya
assured me that this boy will be all-auspicious for my family
and that He will be able to give transcendental blissful
pleasure to all the cowherd men and cows in Vrndavana. Even
though we will be put into various kinds of difficulties, by
the grace of this boy we will be very easily freed from them.
He also said that formerly this boy saved the world from an
unregulated condition, and He saved all honest men from the
hands of the dishonest. He also said that any fortunate
man who becomes attached to this boy, Krsna, is never
vanquished or defeated by his enemy. On the whole, He is
exactly like Lord Visnu, who always takes the side of the
demigods, who are consequently never defeated by the demons.
Gargacarya thus concluded that my child would grow to be
exactly like Visnu in transcendental beauty, qualification,
activities, influence and opulence, and so we should not be
very astonished by His wonderful activities. After telling me
this, Gargacarya returned home, and since then we have been
continually seeing the wonderful activities of this child.
According to the version of Gargacarya, I consider that He must
be Narayana Himself, or maybe a plenary portion of Narayana."
When all the cowherd men very attentively heard the
statements of Gargacarya through Nanda Maharaja, they better
appreciated the wonderful activities of Krsna and became very
jubilant and satisfied. They began to praise Nanda Maharaja,
because by consulting him their doubts about Krsna were cleared.
They said, "Let Krsna, who is so kind, beautiful and merciful,
protect us. When angry Indra sent torrents of rain, accompanied
by showers of ice blocks and high wind, He immediately took
compassion upon us and saved us and our families, cows and
valuable possessions by picking up the Govardhana Hill, just as
a child picks up a mushroom. He saved us so wonderfully. May He
continue to mercifully glance over us and our cows.
May we live peacefully under the protection of wonderful Krsna."
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-sixth Chapter
of Krsna, "Wonderful Krsna."
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KB 26: Wonderful Krsna
CHAPTER TWENTY–SIX
Wonderful Krsna
Without understanding the intricacies of Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon
spiritual opulences, the innocent cowherd boys and men of
Vrndavana began to discuss His wonderful activities,
which surpass the activities of all men.
One of them said, "My dear friends, considering His wonderful
activities, how is it possible that such an uncommon boy would
come and live with us in Vrndavana? It is really not possible.
Just imagine! He is now only seven years old! How is it
possible for Him to lift Govardhana Hill in one hand and hold
it up just as the king of elephants holds a lotus flower? To
lift a lotus flower is a most insignificant thing for an
elephant, and similarly Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill without
exertion. When He was simply a small baby and could not even
see properly, He killed a great demon, Putana. While sucking
her breast, He also sucked out her life air. Krsna killed the
Putana demon exactly as eternal time kills a living creature in
due course. When He was only three months old, He was sleeping
underneath a hand-driven cart. Being hungry for His mother's
breast, He began to cry and throw His legs upwards. And from
the kicking of His small feet the cart immediately broke apart
and fell to pieces. When He was only one year old, He was
carried away by the Trnavarta demon disguised as a whirlwind,
and although He was taken very high in the sky, He simply hung
on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky
and immediately die. Once His mother, being disturbed by His
stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child
pulled it toward a pair of trees known as yamala-arjuna and
caused them to fall. Once, when He was engaged in tending the
calves in the forest along with His elder brother, Balarama, a
demon named Bakasura appeared, and Krsna at once bifurcated the
demon's beak. When the demon known as Vatsasura entered among
the calves tended by Krsna with a desire to kill Him, He
immediately detected the demon, killed him and threw him into
a tree. When Krsna, along with His brother, Balarama, entered
the Talavana forest, the demon known as Dhenukasura, in the
shape of an ass, attacked Them and was immediately killed by
Balarama, who caught his hind legs and threw him into a palm
tree. Although the Dhenukasura demon was assisted by his
cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the
Talavana forest was then open for the use of the animals and
inhabitants of Vrndavana. When Pralambasura entered amongst
Krsna's cowherd boyfriends, Krsna caused him to be
killed by Balarama. Thereafter, Krsna saved His friends and
cows from a severe forest fire, and He chastised the Kaliya
serpent in the lake of the Yamuna River and forced him to leave
the vicinity of the Yamuna; He thereby made the water of
the Yamuna poisonless."
Another one of the friends of Nanda Maharaja said, "My dear
Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son Krsna.
We want to forget Him, but this is impossible. Why are we so
naturally affectionate toward Him? Just imagine how wonderful
it is! On one hand He is only a boy of seven years, and on
the other hand there is a huge hill like Govardhana Hill, and
He lifted it so easily! O Nanda Maharaja, we are now in great
doubt -- your son Krsna must be one of the demigods. He is not
at all an ordinary boy. Maybe He is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead."
On hearing the praises of the cowherd men in Vrndavana, King
Nanda said, "My dear friends, in reply to you I can simply
present the statement of Garga Muni so that your doubts may
be cleared. When he came to perform the name-giving ceremony,
he said that this boy descends in different periods of time in
different colors and that this time He has appeared in
Vrndavana in a blackish color, known as krsna.
Previously He had a white color, then a red color, then a
yellow color. He also said that this boy was once the son of
Vasudeva, and everyone who knows of His previous birth calls
Him Vasudeva. Actually, he said that my son has many varieties
of names, according to His different qualities and activities.
Gargacarya assured me that this boy would be all-auspicious for
my family and that He would be able to give transcendental
blissful pleasure to all the cowherd men and cows in Vrndavana.
Even though we would be put into various kinds of difficulties,
by the grace of this boy we would be very easily freed from
them. He also said that formerly this boy saved the world from
an unregulated condition, and He saved all honest men from the
hands of the dishonest thieves. He also said that any fortunate
man who becomes attached to this boy, Krsna, is never
vanquished or defeated by his enemy. On the whole, He is
exactly like Lord Visnu, who always takes the side of the
demigods, who are consequently never defeated by the demons.
Gargacarya thus concluded that my child would grow to be
exactly like Visnu in transcendental beauty, qualification,
activities, influence and opulence, and so we should not be
very astonished by His wonderful activities. After telling me
this, Gargacarya returned home, and since then we have been
continually seeing the wonderful activities of this child.
According to the version of Gargacarya, I consider that He must
be Narayana Himself, or maybe a plenary portion of Narayana."
When all the cowherd men had very attentively heard the
statements of Gargacarya through Nanda Maharaja, they better
appreciated the wonderful activities of Krsna and became very
jubilant and satisfied. They began to praise Nanda Maharaja,
because by consulting him their doubts about Krsna were cleared.
They said, "Let Krsna, who is so kind, beautiful and merciful,
protect us. When angry Indra sent torrents of rain, accompanied
by showers of ice blocks and high wind, Krsna immediately took
compassion upon us and saved us and our families, cows and
valuable possessions by picking up Govardhana Hill, just as
a child picks up a mushroom. He saved us so wonderfully. May He
continue to glance mercifully over us and our cows.
May we live peacefully under the protection of wonderful Krsna."
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-sixth Chapter
of Krsna, "Wonderful Krsna."
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