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KB 1970-1-36 / Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura
36 / Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura
After being instructed by Kamsa, the demon Kesi assumed the
form of a terrible horse. He entered the area of Vrndavana
, his great mane flying and his hooves
digging up the earth. He began to whinny and terrify the whole
world. Krsna saw that the demon was terrifying all the
residents of Vrndavana with his whinnying and his tail wheeling
in the sky like a big cloud. Krsna could understand that the
horse was challenging Him to fight. The Lord accepted his
challenge and stood before the Kesi demon. As He called him to
fight, the horse began to proceed towards Krsna, making a
horrible sound like a roaring lion
. Kesi rushed toward the Lord
with great speed and tried to trample Him with his legs, which
were strong, forceful, and as hard as stone. Krsna, however,
immediately caught hold of his legs and thus baffled him. Being
somewhat angry, Krsna began to move around the
horse dextrously. After a few rounds, He threw
him a hundred yards away, just as Garuda throws a big snake.
Thrown by Krsna, the horse immediately passed out, but after a
little while he regained consciousness and with great anger and
force rushed toward Krsna again, this time with his mouth
open. As soon as Kesi reached Him, Krsna pushed His left hand
within the horse's mouth
. The horse felt great pain
because the hand of Krsna felt to him like a hot iron rod.
Immediately his teeth fell out. Krsna's hand within the mouth
of the horse at once began to inflate, and Kesi's throat choked
up. As the great horse began to suffocate, perspiration
appeared on his body, and he began to throw his legs hither and
thither. As his last breath came, his eyeballs bulged in their
sockets, and he passed stool and urine simultaneously. Thus the
vital force of his life expired. When the horse was dead, his
mouth became loose and Krsna could extract His hand without
difficulty. He did not feel any surprise that the Kesi demon
was killed so easily, but the demigods were amazed,
and out of their great appreciation they offered Krsna
greetings by showering flowers.
After this incident, Narada Muni, the greatest of all devotees,
came to see Krsna in a solitary place and began to talk with
Him. "My dear Lord Krsna," he said, "You are the unlimited
Supersoul, the supreme controller of all mystic powers, the
Lord of the whole universe, the all-pervading Personality of
Godhead. You are the resting place of the cosmic manifestation,
the master of all the devotees and the Lord of everyone. My
dear Lord, as the Supersoul of all living entities, You remain
concealed within their hearts exactly as fire remains concealed
in every piece of fuel. You are the witness of all the
activities of the living entities, and You are the supreme
controller within their hearts. You are self-sufficient; before
the creation, You existed, and by Your energy You have created
the whole material universe. According to Your perfect plan,
this material world is created by the interaction of the modes
of nature, and by You they are maintained and annihilated.
Although You are unaffected by all these activities, You are
the supreme controller eternally. My dear Lord, You have
advented Yourself on the surface of this world just to kill all
the so-called kings who are actually demons. These hobgoblins
are cheating people in the dress of the princely order. You
have advented Yourself to fulfill Your own statement that You
come within this material world just to protect the principles
of religion and annihilate unwanted miscreants. My dear Lord, I
am therefore sure that the day after tomorrow I shall see
demons like Canura, Mustika and the other wrestlers and
elephants, as well as Kamsa himself, killed by You. And I shall
see this with my own eyes. After this, I hope I shall be able
to see the killing of other demons like Sankha, Yavana, Mura,
and Narakasura. I shall also see how You take away the parijata
flower from the kingdom of heaven, and how You defeat the King
of heaven himself.
"My dear Lord," Narada Muni continued, "I shall then be able to
see how You marry princesses, the daughters of chivalrous kings,
by paying the price of ksatriya strength." (Whenever a
ksatriya wants to marry a very beautiful and qualified princess
of a great king, he must fight his competitors and emerge
victorious. Then he is given the hand of the princess in
charity.)
"I shall also see how You save King Nrga from a hellish
condition," said Narada Muni. "This You shall enact in Dvaraka.
I shall also be able to see how You get Your wife and the
Syamantaka jewel and how You save the son of a brahmana from
death after he has already been transferred to another planet.
After this, I will be able to see You kill the Paundraka demon
and burn to ashes the kingdom of Kasi. I will see how You kill
the King of Cedi and Dantavakra in great fights, on
behalf of Maharaja Yudhisthira. Besides all this, it will be
possible for me to see many other chivalrous activities while
You remain in Dvaraka. And all these activities performed by
Your grace will be sung by great poets for all time.
And at the battle of Kuruksetra You will take part as the
chariot driver of Your friend Arjuna, and as the invincible
death incarnation, eternal time, You will vanquish all
belligerents assembled there. I shall see a large number of
military forces killed in that battlefield. My Lord, let me
offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. You are
situated completely in the transcendental position in perfect
knowledge and bliss. You are complete in Yourself and are
beyond all desires. By exhibiting Your internal potency,
You have set up the influence of maya. Your unlimited potency
cannot even be measured by anyone. My dear Lord, You are the
supreme controller. You are under Your own internal potency,
and it is simply vain to think that You are dependent on any of
Your creations.
"You have taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, or the Vrsni dynasty.
Your advent on the surface of the earth in Your original form
of eternal blissful knowledge is Your own pastime. You are not
dependent on anything but Yourself; therefore I offer my
respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet."
Narada Muni wanted to impress upon people in general that Krsna
is fully independent. His activities, such as His appearance in
the family of Yadu or His friendship with Arjuna, do not
necessarily oblige Him to act to enjoy their results. They are
all pastimes, and for Him they are all play. But for us they
are actual, tangible facts.
After offering his respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, Narada
Muni took permission and left. After He had killed the Kesi
demon, Krsna returned to tending the cows with His friends in
the forest as though nothing had happened. Thus Krsna is
eternally engaged in His transcendental activities in Vrndavana
with His friends, the cowherd boys and gopis, but sometimes He
exhibits the extraordinary prowess of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead by killing different types of demons.
Later that morning Krsna went to play with His cowherd
boy friends on the top of the Govardhana Hill. They were
imitating the play of thieves and police. Some of the boys
became police constables, and some became thieves, and some
took the role of lambs. While they were thus enjoying their
childhood pastimes, a demon known by the name of Vyomasura, "
the demon who flies in the sky," appeared on the scene. He was
the son of another great demon named Maya. These demons can
perform wonderful magic. Vyomasura took the part of a cowherd
boy playing as thief and stole many boys who were playing the
parts of lambs. One after another he took away almost all the
boys and put them in the caves of the mountain and sealed the
mouths of the caves with stones. Krsna could understand the
trick the demon was playing; therefore He caught hold of him
exactly as a lion catches hold of a lamb. The demon tried to
expand himself like a hill to escape arrest, but Krsna did not
allow him to get out of His clutches. He was immediately thrown
on the ground with great force and killed, just as an animal is
killed in the slaughterhouse. After killing the Vyoma demon,
Lord Krsna released all His friends from the caves of the
mountain. He was then praised by His friends and by the
demigods for these wonderful acts. He again returned to
Vrndavana with His cows and friends.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-sixth
Chapter of Krsna, "Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura."
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KB 37: Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura
CHAPTER THIRTY–SEVEN
Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura
After being instructed by Kamsa, the demon Kesi assumed the
form of a terrible horse. He entered the area of Vrndavana with
the speed of the mind, his great mane flying and his hooves
digging up the earth. He began to whinny and terrify the whole
forest. Krsna saw that the demon was terrifying all the
residents of Vrndavana with his whinnying and his tail wheeling
in the sky like a big cloud. Krsna could understand that the
horse was challenging Him to fight. The Lord accepted his
challenge and stood before the Kesi demon, calling him to
fight. The horse then ran toward Krsna, making a
horrible sound like a roaring lion, his jaws spread wide open
as if to swallow the whole sky. Kesi rushed toward the Lord
with great speed and tried to trample Him with his legs, which
were strong, forceful and as hard as stone. Krsna, however,
immediately caught hold of his legs and thus baffled him. Krsna
was somewhat angry, and thus He began to whirl the
horse around. After a few rounds, He contemptuously threw
him a hundred yards away, just as Garuda throws a big snake.
Thrown by Krsna, the horse immediately passed out, but after a
little while he regained consciousness and with great anger and
force again rushed toward Krsna with his mouth
open. As soon as Kesi reached Him, Krsna pushed His left arm
within the horse's mouth, and it looked as though a big snake
had entered a hole in the field. The horse felt great pain
because Krsna's arm felt to him like a hot iron rod.
Immediately his teeth fell out. Krsna's arm within the mouth
of the horse at once began to expand, and Kesi's throat choked
up. As the great horse suffocated, perspiration
appeared on his body, and he threw his legs hither and
thither. As his last breath came, his eyeballs bulged in their
sockets and he passed stool and urine simultaneously. Thus the
vital force of his life expired. When the horse was dead, his
mouth became loose, and Krsna could extract His arm without
difficulty. He did not feel any surprise that the Kesi demon
was killed so easily, but the demigods in the sky were amazed,
and out of their great appreciation they offered Krsna
greetings by showering flowers.
After this incident, Narada Muni, the greatest of all devotees,
came to see Krsna in a solitary place and began to talk with
Him. "My dear Lord Krsna," he said, "You are the unlimited
Supersoul, the supreme controller of all mystic powers, the
Lord of the whole universe, the all-pervading Personality of
Godhead. You are the resting place of the cosmic manifestation,
the master of all the devotees and the Lord of everyone. My
dear Lord, as the Supersoul of all living entities, You remain
concealed within their hearts exactly as fire remains concealed
in every piece of fuel. You are the witness of all the
activities of the living entities, and You are the supreme
controller within their hearts. You are self-sufficient; before
the creation, You existed, and by Your energy You have created
all the material elements. According to Your perfect plan,
this material world is created by the interaction of the modes
of nature, and by You it is maintained and annihilated.
Although You are unaffected by all these activities, You are
the supreme controller eternally. My dear Lord, You have
advented Yourself on the surface of this earth just to kill all
the so-called kings who are actually demons. These hobgoblins
are cheating people in the dress of the princely order. You
have advented Yourself to fulfill Your own statement that You
come within this material world just to protect the principles
of religion and annihilate unwanted miscreants. My dear Lord, I
am therefore sure that the day after tomorrow I shall see
demons like Canura, Mustika and the other wrestlers and
elephants, as well as Kamsa himself, killed by You. I shall
see this with my own eyes. After this I shall be able
to see the killing of other demons, like Sankha, Yavana, Mura
and Narakasura. I shall also see how You take away the parijata
flower from the kingdom of heaven and how You defeat the King
of heaven himself.
"My dear Lord," Narada Muni continued, "I shall then be able to
see how You marry princesses, the daughters of chivalrous kings,
by paying the price of ksatriya strength." (Whenever a
ksatriya wants to marry a very beautiful and qualified daughter
of a great king, he must fight his competitors and emerge
victorious. Then he is given the hand of the princess in
charity.)
"I shall also see how You save King Nrga from a hellish
condition," said Narada Muni. "This You shall enact in Dvaraka.
I shall also be able to see how You get Your wife and the
Syamantaka jewel and how You save the son of a brahmana from
death after he has already been transferred to another planet.
After this, I will be able to see You kill the Paundraka demon
and burn to ashes the kingdom of Kasi. I will see how You kill
the King of Cedi and Dantavakra during the great
sacrifice of Maharaja Yudhisthira. Besides all this, it will be
possible for me to see many other chivalrous activities while
You remain in Dvaraka. And all these activities performed by
Your Grace will be sung by great poets throughout the world.
And at the Battle of Kuruksetra You will take part as the
chariot driver of Your friend Arjuna, and as the invincible
death incarnation, eternal time, You will vanquish all
belligerents assembled there. I shall see a large number of
military forces killed on that battlefield. My Lord, let me
offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. You are
situated completely in the transcendental position, in perfect
knowledge and bliss. You are complete in fulfilling
all Your desires. By exhibiting Your internal potency,
You have set up the influence of maya. Your unlimited potency
cannot even be measured by anyone. My dear Lord, You are the
supreme controller. You are under Your own internal potency,
and it is simply vain to think that You are dependent on any of
Your creations.
"You have taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, or the Vrsni dynasty.
Your advent on the surface of the earth in Your original form
of eternal blissful knowledge is Your own pastime. You are not
dependent on anything but Yourself; therefore I offer my
respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet." After offering his
respectful obeisances to Lord Krsna, Narada Muni took
permission and left.
Narada Muni wanted to impress upon people in general that Krsna
is fully independent. His activities, such as His appearance in
the family of Yadu or His friendship with Arjuna, do not
necessarily oblige Him to act to enjoy their results. They are
all pastimes, and for Him they are all play. But for us they
are actual, tangible facts.
After
He had killed the Kesi
demon, Krsna returned to tending the cows with His friends in
the forest as though nothing had happened. Thus Krsna is
eternally engaged in His transcendental activities in Vrndavana
with His friends, the cowherd boys and gopis, but sometimes He
exhibits the extraordinary prowess of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead by killing different types of demons.
Later that morning, Krsna went to play with His cowherd
boyfriends on the top of the Govardhana Hill. They were
imitating the play of thieves and police. Some of the boys
became police constables, and some became thieves, and some
took the role of lambs. While they were thus enjoying their
childhood pastimes, a demon known by the name of Vyomasura, "
the demon who flies in the sky," appeared on the scene. He was
the son of another great demon, named Maya. These demons can
perform wonderful magic. Vyomasura took the part of a cowherd
boy playing as a thief and stole many boys who were playing the
parts of lambs. One after another he took away almost all the
boys and put them in the caves of the mountain and sealed the
mouths of the caves with stones. Krsna could understand the
trick the demon was playing; therefore He caught hold of him
exactly as a lion catches hold of a lamb. The demon tried to
expand himself like a hill to escape arrest, but Krsna did not
allow him to get out of His clutches. He was immediately thrown
to the ground with great force and killed, just as an animal is
killed in the slaughterhouse. After killing the Vyoma demon,
Lord Krsna released all His friends from the caves of the
mountain. He was then praised by His friends and by the
demigods for these wonderful acts. He again returned to
Vrndavana with His cows and friends.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-seventh
Chapter of Krsna, "Killing the Kesi Demon and Vyomasura."
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