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KB 1970-2-3 / Five Queens Married by Krsna
3 / Five Queens Married by Krsna
There was a great rumor
that the five Pandava brothers, along with their mother Kunti,
had, under the plan of Dhrtarastra,
died in a fire accident in the house of shellac in which they
were living. But then the five brothers were detected at the
marriage ceremony of Draupadi; so again another rumor spread
that the Pandavas and their mother were not dead. It was a
rumor, but actually it was so; they returned to their capital
city, Hastinapura, and people saw them face to face. When this
news was carried to Krsna and Balarama, Krsna wanted to see
them personally, and therefore Krsna decided to go to
Hastinapura.
This time, Krsna visited Hastinapura in state, as a royal
prince, accompanied by His commander-in-chief, Yuyudhana, and
by many other soldiers. He had not actually been invited to
visit the city, yet He went to see the Pandavas out of His
affection for His great devotees. He visited the Pandavas
without warning, and all of them got up from their respective
seats as soon as they saw Him. Krsna is called Mukunda because
as soon as one comes in constant touch with Krsna or sees Him
in full Krsna consciousness, one immediately becomes freed from
all material anxieties. Not only that, but he immediately
becomes blessed with all spiritual bliss.
On receiving Krsna, the Pandavas became very enlivened,
just as if awakened from unconsciousness or from loss of life.
When a man is lying unconscious, his senses and the different
parts of his body are not active, but when he regains his
consciousness, the senses immediately become active. Similarly,
the Pandavas received Krsna as if they had just regained their
consciousness, and so they became very much enlivened. Lord
Krsna embraced every one of them, and by the touch of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Pandavas immediately became
freed from all reactions of material contamination, and
therefore they were smiling in spiritual bliss. By
seeing the face of Lord Krsna, everyone was transcendentally
satisfied. Lord Krsna, although the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, was playing the part of an ordinary human being, and
thus He immediately touched the feet of Yudhisthira and Bhima
because they were His two older cousins. Arjuna embraced Krsna
as a friend of the same age, whereas the two younger brothers,
namely Nakula and Sahadeva, touched the lotus feet of Krsna to
show Him respect. After an exchange of greetings according to
the social etiquette befitting the position of the Pandavas and
Lord Krsna, Krsna was offered an exalted seat. When He was
comfortably seated, the newly married Draupadi, young and very
beautiful in her natural feminine gracefulness, came before
Lord Krsna to offer her respectful greetings. The Yadavas who
accompanied Krsna to Hastinapura were also very respectfully
received; specifically, Satyaki, or Yuyudhana, was also offered
a nice seat. In this way, when everyone else was properly
seated, the five brothers took their seats nearby Lord Krsna.
After meeting with the five brothers, Lord Krsna personally
went to visit Srimati Kuntidevi, the mother of the Pandavas,
who was also the paternal aunt of Krsna. In offering His
respects to His aunt, Krsna also touched her feet. Kuntidevi's
eyes became wet, and, in great love, she feelingly embraced
Lord Krsna. She then inquired from Him about the well-being of
her paternal family members -- her brother Vasudeva, his wife,
and other members of the family. Similarly, Krsna also inquired
from His aunt about the welfare of the Pandava families.
Although Kuntidevi was related to Krsna by family ties, she
knew immediately after meeting Him that He was the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. She remembered the past calamities of
her life and how by the grace of Krsna the Pandavas and their
mother had been saved. She knew perfectly well
that no one, without Krsna's grace, could have saved
them from the fire accident designed by Dhrtarastra and his
sons. In a choked up voice, she began to narrate before
Krsna the past history of their life.
Srimati Kunti said: "My dear Krsna, I remember the day when You
sent my brother Akrura to gather information about us. This
means that You always remember us automatically. When You sent
Akrura, I could understand that there was no possibility of our
being put into danger. All good fortune in our life began when
You sent Akrura to us. Since then, I have been convinced that
we are not without protection. We may be put into various types
of dangerous conditions by our family members, the Kurus, but I
am confident that You remember us and that you always keep us
safe and sound. Devotees who simply think of
You are always immune from all kinds of material dangers, and
what to speak of ourselves, who are personally remembered by
You. So, my dear Krsna, there is no question of bad luck; we
are always in an auspicious position because of Your grace. But
because You have bestowed a special favor on us, people should
not mistakenly think that You are partial to some and
inattentive to others. You make no such distinction. No one is
Your favorite and no one is Your enemy. As the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, You are equal to everyone, and everyone
can take advantage of Your special protection. The fact is that
although You are equal to everyone, You are especially inclined
to the devotees who always think of You. The devotees are
related to You by ties of love. As such, they cannot forget You
even for a moment. You are present in everyone's heart, but
because the devotees always remember You, You also respond
accordingly. Although the mother has affection for all the
children, she takes special care of the one who is fully
dependent. I know certainly, my dear Krsna, that being seated
in everyone's heart, You always create auspicious situations
for Your unalloyed devotees."
Then King Yudhisthira also praised Krsna as the Supreme
Personality and universal friend of everyone, but because Krsna
was taking special care of the Pandavas, King Yudhisthira said:
"My dear Krsna, we do not know what sort of pious activities we
have executed in our past lives that have made You so kind and
graceful to us. We know very well that the great mystics who
are always engaged in meditation to capture You do not find it
easy to obtain such grace, nor can they draw any personal
attention from You. I cannot understand why You are so kind
upon us. We are not yogis, but, on the contrary, we are
attached to material contaminations. We are householders
dealing in politics, worldly affairs. I do not know why You are
so kind upon us."
Being requested by King Yudhisthira, Krsna agreed to stay in
Hastinapura for four months during the rainy season. The four
months of the rainy season are called Caturmasya. During this
period, the generally itinerant preachers and brahmanas stop at
a certain place and live under rigid regulative principles.
Although Lord Krsna is above all regulative principles, He
agreed to stay at Hastinapura out of affection for the Pandavas.
Taking this opportunity of Krsna's residence in Hastinapura,
all the citizens of the town got the privilege of seeing Him
now and then, and thus they merged into transcendental bliss
simply by seeing Lord Krsna eye to eye.
One day while Krsna was staying with the Pandavas, He and
Arjuna prepared themselves to go to the forest to hunt. Both of
them sat down on the chariot, which flew a flag with a
picture of Hanuman. Arjuna's special chariot is always marked
with the picture of Hanuman, and therefore his name is also
Kapidhvaja. (Kapi means Hanuman, and dhvaja means "flag.")
Thus Arjuna went to the forest with his bow and
infallible arrows. He dressed himself with suitable protective
garments, for he was to practice
killing many enemies. He specifically
entered that part of the forest where there were many tigers,
deer and various other animals. Krsna did not go with
Arjuna to practice animal killing because He doesn't
have to practice anything; He is self-sufficient. He
accompanied Arjuna to see how he was practicing because in the
future he would have to kill many enemies. After entering the
forest, Arjuna killed many tigers, boars, bison, gavayas (a
kind of wild animal), rhinoceroses, deer, hares, porcupines and
similar other animals, which he pierced with his arrows. Some
of the dead animals, which were fit to be offered in the
sacrifices, were carried by the servants and sent to King
Yudhisthira. Other ferocious animals, such as tigers and
rhinoceroses, were killed only to stop disturbances in the
forest. Since there are many sages and saintly persons who are
residents of the forests, it is the duty of the ksatriya kings
to keep even the forest in a peaceful condition for living.
Arjuna felt tired and thirsty from hunting, and therefore he
went to the bank of the Yamuna along with Krsna. When both the
Krsnas, namely Krsna and Arjuna
(Arjuna is sometimes called Krsna, as is Draupadi), reached the
bank of the Yamuna, they washed their hands and feet and mouths
and drank the clear water of the Yamuna. While they were
resting and drinking water, they saw a beautiful girl of
marriageable age walking alone on the bank of the Yamuna. Krsna
asked His friend Arjuna to go forward and ask the girl who she
was. By the order of Krsna, Arjuna immediately approached the
girl, who was very beautiful. She had an attractive body and
nice glittering teeth and smiling face. Arjuna inquired, "My
dear girl, you are so beautiful with your raised breasts -- may
I ask you who you are? We are surprised to see you loitering
here alone. What is your purpose in coming here? We can guess
only that you are searching after a suitable husband. If you
don't mind, you can disclose your purpose. I shall try to
satisfy you."
The beautiful girl was the river Yamuna personified. She
replied, "Sir, I am the daughter of the sun-god, and I am now
performing penance and austerity to have Lord Visnu as my
husband. I think He is the Supreme Person and just suitable to
become my husband. I disclose my desire thus because you wanted
to know it."
The girl continued, "My dear sir, I know you are the hero
Arjuna; so I may further say that I'll not accept anyone
as my husband besides Lord Visnu, because He is the only
protector of all living entities and the bestower of liberation
for all conditioned souls. I shall be thankful unto you if you
pray to Lord Visnu to become pleased with me." The girl Yamuna
knew it well that Arjuna was a great devotee of Lord Krsna and
that if he would pray, Krsna would never deny his request. To
approach Krsna directly may sometimes be futile, but to
approach Krsna through His devotee is sure to be successful.
She further told Arjuna, "My name is Kalindi, and I live within
the water of the Yamuna. My father was kind enough to
construct a special house for me within the waters of the
Yamuna, and I have vowed to remain in the water as long as I
cannot find Lord Krsna." The message of the
girl Kalindi was duly carried to Krsna by Arjuna although Krsna,
as the Supersoul of everyone's heart, knew everything. Without
further discussion, Krsna immediately accepted Kalindi and
asked her to sit down on the chariot. Then all of them
approached King Yudhisthira.
After this, Krsna was asked by King Yudhisthira to help in
constructing a suitable house to be planned by the great
architect Visvakarma, the celestial engineer in the heavenly
kingdom. Krsna immediately called for Visvakarma, and He made
him construct a wonderful city according to the desire of King
Yudhisthira. When this city was constructed, Maharaja
Yudhisthira requested Krsna to live with them a few days more
in order to give them the pleasure of His association. Lord
Krsna accepted the request of Maharaja Yudhisthira and remained
there for many days more.
In the meantime, Krsna engaged in the pastime of offering
Khandava Forest, which belonged to King Indra. Krsna wanted to
give it to Agni, the fire-god. Khandava Forest contained
many varieties of drugs, and Agni required to eat them for
rejuvenation. Agni, however, did not touch Khandava Forest
directly, but requested Krsna to help him. Agni knew that Krsna
was very much pleased with him because he had formerly given
Him the Sudarsana disc. So in order to satisfy Agni, Krsna
became the chariot driver of Arjuna, and both went to the
Khandava Forest. After Agni had eaten up the Khandava Forest,
he was very much pleased. This time, he offered a
specific bow known as Gandiva, four white horses, one chariot,
and an invincible quiver with two specific arrows considered to
be talismans, which had so much power that no warrior could
counteract them. When the Khandava Forest was being devoured by
the fire-god, Agni, there was a demon of the name Maya who was
saved by Arjuna from the devastating fire. For this reason,
that former demon became a great friend of Arjuna, and in order
to please Arjuna he constructed a nice assembly house within
the city constructed by Visvakarma. This assembly house had
some corners so puzzling that when Duryodhana came to visit
this house he was misdirected, accepting water as land and land
as water. Duryodhana thus became insulted by the opulence of
the Pandavas, and he became their determined enemy.
After a few days, Krsna took permission from King
Yudhisthira to return to Dvaraka. When He got permission, He
went to His country, accompanied by Satyaki, the leader of
the Yadus who were living in Hastinapura with Him. Kalindi also
returned with Krsna to Dvaraka. After returning, Krsna
consulted many learned astrologers to find the suitable moment
at which to marry Kalindi, and then He married her with great
pomp. This marriage ceremony gave much pleasure to the
relatives of both parties, and all of them enjoyed the great
occasion.
The kings of Avantipura (now known as Ujjain) were named Vinda
and Anuvinda. Both kings were under the control of Duryodhana.
They had one sister named Mitravinda, who was a very qualified,
learned and elegant girl. She was the daughter of one of Krsna'
s aunts. She was to select her husband in the assembly of
princes, but she strongly desired to have Krsna as her husband.
During the assembly for selecting her husband, however, Krsna
was present, and He forcibly carried away Mitravinda in the
presence of all other royal princes. Being unable to resist
Krsna, the princes were left simply looking at each other.
After this incident, Krsna married the daughter of the King of
Kosala. The King of Kosala Province was called Nagnajit. He was
very pious and was a follower of the Vedic ritualistic
ceremonies. His most beautiful daughter was named Satya.
Sometimes Satya was called Nagnajiti, for she was the daughter
of King Nagnajit. King Nagnajit wanted to give the hand of his
daughter to any prince who could defeat seven very strong,
stalwart bulls maintained by him. No one in the princely order
could defeat the seven bulls, and therefore no one could claim
the hand of Satya. The seven bulls were very strong, and they
could hardly bear even the smell of any prince. Many princes
approached this kingdom and tried to subdue these bulls, but
instead of controlling them, they themselves were defeated.
This news was spread all over the country, and when Krsna heard
that the girl Satya could be achieved only by defeating
the seven bulls, He prepared Himself to go to the kingdom of
Kosala. With many soldiers, He approached that part of the
country, known as Ayodhya, making a regular state visit.
When it was known to the King of Kosala that Krsna had come
to ask the hand of his daughter, he became very pleased.
With great respect and pomp, he welcomed Krsna to the kingdom.
When Krsna approached him, he offered Him a suitable
sitting place and articles for reception. Everything appeared
to be very elegant. Krsna also offered him respectful
obeisances, thinking him to be His future father-in-law.
When Satya, the daughter of King Nagnajit, understood that
Krsna Himself had come to marry her, she was very much pleased
that the husband of the goddess of fortune had so kindly come
there to accept her. She had cherished the idea
of marrying Krsna for a long time and was following the
principles of austerities in order to obtain her desired
husband. She then began to think, "If I have performed any
pious activities to the best of my capacity and if I have
sincerely thought all along to have Krsna as my husband, then
Krsna may be pleased to fulfill my long-cherished desire." She
began to offer prayers to Krsna mentally, thinking, "I do not
know how the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be pleased upon
me. He is the master and Lord of everyone. Even the goddess of
fortune, whose place is next to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and Lord Siva, Lord Brahma and many other demigods of
different planets always offer their respectful obeisances unto
the Lord. The Lord also sometimes descends on this earth in
different incarnations in order to fulfill the desire of His
devotees. He is so exalted and great that I do not know how to
satisfy Him." She thought that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead could be pleased only out of His own causeless mercy
upon the devotee; otherwise, there was no other means to please
Him. Lord Caitanya, in the same way, prayed in His Siksastaka
verses, "My Lord, I am Your eternal servant. Somehow or other I
have fallen into this material existence. If You kindly pick Me
up and fix Me as an atom of dust at Your lotus feet, it will be
a great favor to Your eternal servant." The Lord can be pleased
only by a humble attitude in the service spirit. The more we
render service unto the Lord under the direction of the
spiritual master, the more we make advancement on the path of
approaching the Lord. We cannot demand any grace or mercy from
the Lord because of our service rendered to Him. He may accept
or not accept our service, but the only means to satisfy the
Lord is through the service attitude, and nothing else.
King Nagnajit was already a pious king, and having Krsna
in his palace, he began to worship Him to the best of his
knowledge and capacity. He presented himself before the Lord
thus: "My dear Lord, You are the proprietor of the whole cosmic
manifestation, and You are Narayana, the rest of all
living creatures. You are self-sufficient and pleased with Your
personal opulences, so how can I offer You anything? And how
could I please You by such offering? It is not possible,
because I am an insignificant living being. Actually I have no
capacity to render any service unto You."
Krsna is the Supersoul of all living creatures, so He could
understand the mind of Satya, the daughter of King Nagnajit. He
was also very much pleased with the respectful worship of the
King in offering Him a sitting place, eatables, residence,
etc. He was appreciative, therefore, that both the girl
and the father of the girl were anxious to have Him as their
intimate relative. He began to smile and in a great voice said,
"My dear King Nagnajit, you know very well that anyone in the
princely order who is regular in his position will never ask
anything from anyone, however exalted he may be. Such requests
by a ksatriya king from another person have been deliberately
forbidden by the learned Vedic followers. If a ksatriya breaks
this regulation, his action is condemned by learned scholars.
But in spite of this rigid regulative principle, I am asking
you for the hand of your beautiful daughter just to establish
our relationship in return for your great reception of Me. You
may also be pleased to be informed that in our family tradition
there is no scope for our offering anything in exchange for
accepting your daughter. We cannot pay any price which you may
impose for delivering her." In other words, Krsna wanted the
hand of Satya from the King without fulfilling the condition of
defeating the seven bulls.
After hearing the statement of Lord Krsna, King Nagnajit said, "
My dear Lord, You are the reservoir of all pleasure, all
opulences and all qualities. The goddess of fortune, Laksmiji,
always lives on Your chest. Under these circumstances, who can
be a better husband for my daughter? Both myself and my
daughter have always prayed for this opportunity. You are
the chief of the Yadu dynasty. You may kindly know that from
the very beginning I have made a vow to marry my daughter to a
suitable candidate, one who can come out victorious in the test
I have devised. I have imposed this test just to understand the
prowess and position of my intended son-in-law. You are Lord
Krsna, and You are the chief of all heroes. I am sure You shall
be able to bring these seven bulls under control without any
difficulty. Until now they have never been subdued by any
prince; anyone who has attempted to bring them under control
has simply had his limbs broken."
King Nagnajit continued his request: "Krsna, if You'll kindly
bridle the seven bulls and bring them under control, then
undoubtedly You will be selected as the desired husband of my
daughter, Satya." After hearing this statement, Krsna could
understand that the King did not want to break his vow. Thus,
in order to fulfill his desire, He tightened His belt and
prepared to fight with the bulls. He immediately divided
Himself into seven Krsnas, and each one of Them immediately
caught hold of a bull and bridled its nose, thus bringing it
under control as if it were a plaything.
Krsna's dividing Himself into seven is very significant. It was
known to Satya, the daughter of King Nagnajit, that Krsna had
already married many other wives, and still she was attached to
Krsna. In order to encourage her, He immediately expanded
Himself into seven. The purport is that Krsna is one, but He
has unlimited forms of expansions. He married many hundereds of
thousands of wives, but this does not mean that while He was
with one wife the others were bereft of His association. Krsna
could associate with each and every wife by His expansions.
When Krsna brought the bulls under His control by bridling
their noses, their strength and pride were immediately smashed.
The name and fame which the bulls had attained was thus
vanquished. When the bulls had been bridled by Krsna, He
pulled them strongly, just as a child pulls a toy wooden bull.
Upon seeing this advantage of Krsna, King Nagnajit became very
much astonished and immediately, with great pleasure, brought
his daughter Satya before Krsna and handed her over to Him.
Krsna also immediately accepted Satya as His wife. Then there
was a marriage ceremony with great pomp. The queens of King
Nagnajit also were very much pleased because their
daughter Satya got Krsna as her husband. Since the King and
queens were very pleased on this auspicious occasion,
there was a celebration all over the city in honor of the
marriage. Everywhere was heard the sounds of the conchshell
and kettledrum and various other vibrations of music and song.
The learned brahmanas began to shower their blessings upon
the newly married couple. In jubilation, all the inhabitants of
the city dressed themselves with colorful garments and
ornaments. King Nagnajit was so pleased that he began to
give a dowry to the daughter and son-in-law, as follows.
First of all he gave them ten thousand cows and three thousand
well-dressed young maidservants, ornamented up to their necks.
This system of dowry is still current in India especially for
ksatriya princes. Also, when a ksatriya prince is married, at
least a dozen maidservants of similar age are given along with
the bride. After giving the cows and maidservants, the King
also enriched the dowry by giving 9,000 elephants and a hundred
times more chariots than elephants. This means that he gave 900,
000 chariots. And he gave a hundred times more horses than
chariots, or 90,000,000 horses, and a hundred times more
slaves than horses. Such slaves and maidservants were
maintained by the royal princes with all
provisions, as if they were their own children or family
members. After giving this dowry as described, the king of the
Kosala Province bade his daughter and great son-in-law be
seated on a chariot. He allowed them to go to their home,
guarded by a division of well-equipped soldiers. When they
were travelling fast to their new home, his heart
became enlivened with affection for them.
Before this marriage of Satya with Krsna, there had been many
competitive engagements with the bulls of King Nagnajit, and
many other princes of the Yadu dynasty and of other dynasties
as well had tried to win the hand of Satya. When the frustrated
princes of the other dynasties heard that Krsna was successful
in getting the hand of Satya by subduing the bulls, naturally
they became envious. While Krsna was traveling to Dvaraka, all
the frustrated and defeated princes encircled Him and began to
shower their arrows on the bridal party. When they attacked
Krsna's party and threw arrows like incessant torrents of rain,
Arjuna, the best friend of Krsna, took charge of the challenge,
and he alone drove them off very easily to please
his great friend Krsna on the occasion of His marriage. He
immediately took up his bow of the name Gandiva and chased
away all the princes; exactly as a lion drives away all other
small animals simply by chasing them, Arjuna drove away all the
princes without killing even one of them. After this, the
chief of the Yadu dynasty, Lord Krsna, along with His newly
married wife and a huge dowry, entered the city of Dvaraka
with great pomp. Krsna then lived there with His wife very
peacefully.
Krsna had another aunt, His father's
sister, whose name was Srutakirti, and who was married and
lived in the Kekaya province. She had a daughter whose name was
Bhadra. Bhadra also wanted to marry Krsna, and her brother
handed her over to Him unconditionally. Krsna also accepted her
as His bona fide wife. Thereafter, Krsna married a daughter of
the king of the Madras province, and her name was Laksmana.
Laksmana had all good qualities. She was also forcibly
married by Krsna, who took her in the same way that Garuda
snatched the jar of nectar from the hands of the demons.
Krsna kidnapped this girl in the presence of many other princes
in the assembly of her svayamvara. Svayamvara is a
ceremony in which the bride can select her own husband from an
assembly of many princes.
The description of Krsna's marriage with the five girls
mentioned in this chapter is not sufficient. He had many other
thousands of wives besides them. The other
thousands of wives were accepted by Krsna after killing one
demon named Bhaumasura. All these thousands of girls were held
captive in the palace of Bhaumasura, and Krsna released them
and married them.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume,
Third Chapter, of Krsna, "Five Queens Married by Krsna."
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KB 58: Five Queens Married by Krsna
CHAPTER FIFTY–EIGHT
Five Queens Married by Krsna
As mentioned in the last chapter, there was a great rumor
that the five Pandava brothers, along with their mother Kunti,
had died, according to the plan of the sons of Dhrtarastra,
in a fire accident in the house of lac in which they
were living. But then the five brothers were detected at the
marriage ceremony of Draupadi, so another rumor spread
that the Pandavas and their mother were not dead. It was a
rumor, but actually it was so; they returned to their capital
city, Hastinapura, and people saw them face to face. When this
news was carried to Krsna and Balarama, Krsna wanted to see
them personally, and therefore He decided to go to
Hastinapura.
This time Krsna visited Hastinapura in state, as a royal
prince, accompanied by His commander in chief, Yuyudhana, and
by many other soldiers. He had not actually been invited to
visit the city, yet He went to see the Pandavas out of His
affection for His great devotees. He visited the Pandavas
without warning, and all of them got up from their respective
seats as soon as they saw Him. Krsna is called Mukunda because
as soon as one comes in constant touch with Krsna or sees Him
in full Krsna consciousness, one immediately becomes freed from
all material anxieties. Not only that, but one is
immediately blessed with all spiritual bliss.
Receiving Krsna, the Pandavas were enlivened,
just as if awakened from unconsciousness or loss of life.
When a man is lying unconscious, his senses and the different
parts of his body are inactive, but when he regains his
consciousness the senses immediately become active. Similarly,
the Pandavas received Krsna as if they had just regained their
consciousness, and so they were very much enlivened. Lord
Krsna embraced every one of them, and by the touch of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead the Pandavas immediately became
freed from all reactions of material contamination and
were therefore smiling in spiritual bliss. By
seeing the face of Lord Krsna, everyone was transcendentally
satisfied. Lord Krsna, although the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, was playing the part of an ordinary human being, and
thus He immediately touched the feet of Yudhisthira and Bhima
because they were His two older cousins. Arjuna embraced Krsna
as a friend of the same age, whereas the two younger brothers,
namely Nakula and Sahadeva, touched the lotus feet of Krsna to
show Him respect. After an exchange of greetings according to
the social etiquette befitting the position of the Pandavas and
Lord Krsna, Krsna was offered an exalted seat. When He was
comfortably seated, the newly married Draupadi, young and very
beautiful in her natural feminine gracefulness, came before
Lord Krsna to offer her respectful greetings. The Yadavas who
accompanied Krsna to Hastinapura were also very respectfully
received; specifically, Satyaki, or Yuyudhana, was also offered
a nice seat. In this way, when everyone else was properly
seated, the five brothers took their seats near Lord Krsna.
After meeting with the five brothers, Lord Krsna personally
went to visit Srimati Kuntidevi, the mother of the Pandavas,
who was also Krsna's paternal aunt. In offering His
respects to His aunt, Krsna also touched her feet. Kuntidevi's
eyes became wet, and, in great love, she feelingly embraced
Lord Krsna. She then inquired from Him about the well-being of
her paternal family members -- her brother Vasudeva, his wife
and other members of the family. Similarly, Krsna also inquired
from His aunt about the welfare of the Pandava family.
Although Kuntidevi was related to Krsna by family ties, she
knew immediately after meeting Him that He is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. She remembered the past calamities of
her life and how by the grace of Krsna she and her
sons, the Pandavas, had been saved. She knew perfectly well
that without Krsna's grace no one could have saved
them from the fire "accident" designed by the sons of
Dhrtarastra. In a choked-up voice, she began to narrate before
Krsna the history of their life.
Srimati Kunti said, "My dear Krsna, I remember the day when You
sent my brother Akrura to gather information about us. This
means that You always remember us automatically. When You sent
Akrura, I could understand that there was no possibility of our
being put in danger. All good fortune in our life began when
You sent Akrura to us. Since then, I have been convinced that
we are not without protection. We may be put into various types
of dangerous conditions by our family members, the Kurus, but I
am confident that You remember us and always keep us
safe and sound. Even ordinary devotees who simply think of
You are always immune to all kinds of material danger, and
what to speak of ourselves, who are personally remembered by
You. So, my dear Krsna, there is no question of bad luck; we
are always in an auspicious position because of Your grace. Yet
although You have bestowed a special favor on us, people should
not mistakenly think that You are partial to some and
inattentive to others. You make no such distinction. No one is
Your favorite and no one is Your enemy. As the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, You are equal to everyone, and everyone
can take advantage of Your special protection. The fact is that
although You are equal to everyone, You are especially inclined
to the devotees who always think of You. The devotees are
related to You by ties of love. As such, they cannot forget You
even for a moment. You are present in everyone's heart, but
because the devotees always remember You, You respond
accordingly. Although a mother has affection for all her
children, she takes special care of the one who is fully
dependent. I know certainly, my dear Krsna, that being seated
in everyone's heart, You always create auspicious situations
for Your unalloyed devotees."
Then King Yudhisthira also praised Krsna as the Supreme
Personality and universal friend of everyone, but because Krsna
was taking special care of the Pandavas, King Yudhisthira said,
"My dear Krsna, we do not know what sort of pious activities we
have executed in our past lives that have made You so kind and
gracious to us. We know very well that the great mystics who
always engage in meditation to capture You do not find it
easy to obtain such grace, nor can they draw any personal
attention from You. I cannot understand why You are so kind
to us. We are not yogis; on the contrary, we are
attached to material contaminations. We are householders
dealing in politics, worldly affairs. I do not know why You are
so kind to us."
Being requested by King Yudhisthira, Krsna agreed to stay in
Hastinapura for four months during the rainy season. The four
months of the rainy season are called Caturmasya. During this
period, the generally itinerant preachers and brahmanas stop at
a certain place and live under rigid regulative principles.
Although Lord Krsna is above all regulative principles, He
agreed to stay at Hastinapura out of affection for the Pandavas.
Taking this opportunity of Krsna's residence in Hastinapura,
all the citizens of the city got the privilege of seeing Him
now and then, and thus they merged into transcendental bliss
simply by seeing Lord Krsna face to face.
One day, while Krsna was staying with the Pandavas, He and
Arjuna prepared themselves to go to the forest to hunt. Both of
them sat down on Arjuna's chariot, which flew a flag with a
picture of Hanuman. Arjuna's special chariot is always marked
with the picture of Hanuman, and therefore he is also
named Kapidhvaja. (Kapi means Hanuman, and dhvaja means "flag.")
Thus Arjuna prepared to go to the forest with his bow and
infallible arrows. He dressed himself with suitable protective
garments, for he was to practice for the time when he would be
killing many enemies on the battlefield. He specifically
entered that part of the forest where there were many tigers,
deer and various other animals. The reason Krsna went with
Arjuna was not to practice animal-killing, for He doesn't
have to practice anything; He is self-sufficient. He
accompanied Arjuna to see how he was practicing because in the
future he would have to kill many enemies. After entering the
forest, Arjuna killed many tigers, boars, bison, gavayas (a
kind of wild animal), rhinoceroses, deer, hares, porcupines and
similar other animals, which he pierced with his arrows. Some
of the dead animals that were fit to be offered in
sacrifices were carried by servants and sent to King
Yudhisthira. The ferocious animals, such as tigers and
rhinoceroses, were killed only to stop disturbances in the
forest. Since there are many sages and saintly persons who are
residents of the forest, it is the duty of the ksatriya kings
to keep even the forest in a peaceful condition for living.
Arjuna felt tired and thirsty from hunting, and therefore he
went to the bank of the Yamuna along with Krsna. When both the
Krsnas, namely Krsna and Arjuna, reached the bank of the Yamuna
(Arjuna is sometimes called Krsna, as is Draupadi),
they washed their hands, feet and mouths
and drank the clear water of the Yamuna. While
resting and drinking water, they saw a beautiful girl of
marriageable age walking alone on the bank of the Yamuna. Krsna
asked His friend Arjuna to go forward and ask the girl who she
was. By the order of Krsna, Arjuna immediately approached the
girl, who was very beautiful. She had an attractive body,
nice, glittering teeth and a smiling face. Arjuna inquired, "My
dear girl, you are so beautiful with your raised breasts. May
I ask you who you are? We are surprised to see you loitering
here alone. What is your purpose in coming here? We can guess
only that you are searching after a suitable husband. If you
don't mind, you can disclose your purpose. I shall try to
satisfy you."
The beautiful girl was the river Yamuna personified. She
replied, "Sir, I am the daughter of the sun-god, and I am now
performing penance and austerity to have Lord Visnu as my
husband. I think He is the Supreme Person and just suitable to
become my husband. I disclose my desire thus because you wanted
to know it."
The girl continued: "My dear sir, I know that you are the hero
Arjuna; so I may further say that I shall not accept anyone
as my husband besides Lord Visnu, because He is the only
protector of all living entities and the bestower of liberation
for all conditioned souls. I shall be thankful unto you if you
pray to Lord Visnu to be pleased with me." The girl Yamuna
knew it well that Arjuna was a great devotee of Lord Krsna and
that if he would pray, Krsna would never deny his request. To
approach Krsna directly may sometimes be futile, but to
approach Krsna through His devotee is sure to be successful.
She further told Arjuna, "My name is Kalindi, and I live within
the waters of the Yamuna. My father was kind enough to
construct a special house for me within the waters of the
Yamuna, and I have vowed to remain in the water as long as I
cannot find Lord Krsna." Arjuna duly carried the message of the
girl Kalindi to Krsna, although Krsna,
as the Supersoul in everyone's heart, knew everything. Without
further discussion, Krsna immediately accepted Kalindi and
asked her to sit down on the chariot. Then all of them
approached King Yudhisthira.
After this, Krsna was asked by King Yudhisthira to help in
constructing a suitable house to be planned by the great
architect Visvakarma, the celestial engineer in the heavenly
kingdom. Krsna immediately called for Visvakarma and made
him construct a wonderful city according to the desire of King
Yudhisthira. When this city was constructed, Maharaja
Yudhisthira requested Krsna to live with them a few days more
to give them the pleasure of His association. Lord
Krsna accepted the request of Maharaja Yudhisthira and remained
there for many days more.
In the meantime, Krsna engaged in the pastime of offering the
Khandava forest, which belonged to King Indra. Krsna wanted to
give it to Agni, the fire-god. The Khandava forest contained
many varieties of drugs, and Agni required to eat them for
rejuvenation. Agni, however, did not touch the Khandava forest
directly but requested Krsna to help him. Agni knew that Krsna
was very much pleased with him because he had formerly given
Him the Sudarsana disc. So in order to satisfy Agni, Krsna
became the chariot driver of Arjuna, and both went to the
Khandava forest. After Agni had eaten up the Khandava forest,
he was very much pleased. At this time he offered Arjuna a
special bow known as Gandiva, four white horses, one chariot
and an invincible quiver with two special arrows considered to
be talismans, which had so much power that no warrior could
counteract them. When the Khandava forest was being devoured by
the fire-god, Agni, there was a demon of the name Maya who was
saved by Arjuna from the devastating fire. For this reason,
that former demon became a great friend of Arjuna, and in order
to please Arjuna he constructed a nice assembly house within
the city constructed by Visvakarma. This assembly house had
some corners so puzzling that when Duryodhana came to visit
this house he was misdirected, accepting water as land and land
as water. Duryodhana was thus insulted by the opulence of
the Pandavas, and he became their determined enemy.
After a few days, Lord Krsna took permission from King
Yudhisthira to return to Dvaraka. When He got permission, He
returned to His country accompanied by Satyaki, the leader of
the Yadus who were living in Hastinapura with Him. Kalindi also
returned with Krsna to Dvaraka. After returning, Krsna
consulted many learned astrologers to find the suitable moment
at which to marry Kalindi, and then He married her with great
pomp. This marriage ceremony gave much pleasure to the
relatives of both parties, and all of them enjoyed the great
occasion.
The kings of Avantipura (now known as Ujjain) were named Vindya
and Anuvindya. Both kings were under the control of Duryodhana.
They had one sister, named Mitravinda, who was a very qualified,
learned and elegant girl, the daughter of one of Krsna'
s aunts. She was to select her husband in an assembly of
princes, but she strongly desired to have Krsna as her husband.
During the assembly for selecting her husband, Krsna
was present, and He forcibly carried away Mitravinda in the
presence of all the other royal princes. Being unable to resist
Krsna, the princes were left simply looking at one another.
After this incident, Krsna married the daughter of the King of
Kosala. The king of Kosala province was called Nagnajit. He was
very pious and was a follower of the Vedic ritualistic
ceremonies. His most beautiful daughter was named Satya.
Sometimes Satya was called Nagnajiti, for she was the daughter
of King Nagnajit. King Nagnajit wanted to give the hand of his
daughter to any prince who could defeat seven very strong,
stalwart bulls maintained by him. No one in the princely order
could defeat the seven bulls, and therefore no one could claim
the hand of Satya. The seven bulls were very strong, and they
could hardly bear even the smell of any prince. Many princes
visited this kingdom and tried to subdue the bulls, but
instead of controlling them, they themselves were defeated.
This news spread all over the country, and when Krsna heard
that one could achieve the girl Satya only by defeating
the seven bulls, He prepared Himself to go to the kingdom of
Kosala. With many soldiers, He approached that part of the
country, known as Ayodhya, making a regular state visit.
When it became known to the King of Kosala that Krsna had come
to ask the hand of his daughter, he was very much pleased.
With great respect and pomp, he welcomed Krsna to the kingdom.
When Krsna approached him, he offered the Lord a suitable
sitting place and articles for reception. Everything appeared
very elegant. Krsna also offered him respectful
obeisances, thinking him to be His future father-in-law.
When Satya understood that
Krsna Himself had come to marry her, she was very much pleased
that the husband of the goddess of fortune had so kindly come
there to accept her. For a long time she had cherished the idea
of marrying Krsna and was following the
principles of austerities to obtain her desired
husband. She then began to think, "If I have performed any
pious activities to the best of my ability, and if I have
sincerely thought all along to have Krsna as my husband, then
Krsna may be pleased to fulfill my long-cherished desire." She
began to offer prayers to Krsna mentally, thinking, "I do not
know how the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be pleased with
me. He is the master and Lord of everyone. Even the goddess of
fortune, whose place is next to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and Lord Siva, Lord Brahma and many other demigods of
different planets always offer their respectful obeisances unto
the Lord. The Lord also sometimes descends to this earth in
different incarnations to fulfill the desire of His
devotees. He is so exalted and great that I do not know how to
satisfy Him." She thought that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead could be pleased only out of His own causeless mercy
upon the devotee; otherwise, there was no means to please
Him. Lord Caitanya, in the same way, prayed in His Siksastaka
verses, "My Lord, I am Your eternal servant. Somehow or other I
have fallen into this material existence. If You kindly pick Me
up and fix Me as an atom of dust at Your lotus feet, it will be
a great favor to Your eternal servant." The Lord can be pleased
only by a humble attitude in the service spirit. The more we
render service unto the Lord under the direction of the
spiritual master, the more we make advancement on the path
approaching the Lord. We cannot demand any grace or mercy from
the Lord because of our service rendered to Him. He may accept
or not accept our service, but the only means to satisfy the
Lord is through the service attitude, and nothing else.
King Nagnajit was a pious king, and having Lord Krsna
in his palace, he began to worship Him to the best of his
knowledge and ability. He presented himself before the Lord
thus: "My dear Lord, You are the proprietor of the whole cosmic
manifestation, and You are Narayana, the resting place of all
living creatures. You are self-sufficient and pleased with Your
personal opulences, so how can I offer You anything? And how
could I please You by such an offering? It is not possible,
because I am an insignificant living being. Actually I have no
ability to render any service unto You."
Krsna is the Supersoul of all living creatures, so He could
understand the mind of Satya. He
was also very much pleased with the respectful worship of the
King in offering Him a sitting place, eatables, a residence
and so on. He was appreciative, therefore, that both the girl
and her father were eager to have Him as their
intimate relative. He smiled and in a grave voice said,
"My dear King Nagnajit, you know very well that anyone in the
princely order who is regular in his position will never ask
anything from anyone, however exalted he may be. Such requests
by a ksatriya king have been deliberately
forbidden by the learned Vedic followers. If a ksatriya breaks
this regulation, his action is condemned by learned scholars.
But in spite of this rigid regulative principle, I am asking
you for the hand of your beautiful daughter just to establish
our relationship in return for your great reception of Me. You
may also be pleased to be informed that in Our family tradition
there is no scope for Our offering anything in exchange for
accepting your daughter. We cannot pay any price you may
impose for delivering her." In other words, Krsna wanted the
hand of Satya from the King without fulfilling the condition of
defeating the seven bulls.
After hearing the statement of Lord Krsna, King Nagnajit said, "
My dear Lord, You are the reservoir of all pleasure, all
opulences and all qualities. The goddess of fortune, Laksmiji,
always lives on Your chest. Under these circumstances, who can
be a better husband for my daughter? Both my
daughter and I have always prayed for this opportunity. You are
the chief of the Yadu dynasty. You may kindly know that from
the very beginning I have made a vow to marry my daughter to a
suitable candidate, one who can come out victorious in the test
I have devised. I have imposed this test just to understand the
prowess and position of my intended son-in-law. You, Lord
Krsna, are the chief of all heroes. I am sure You will
be able to bring these seven bulls under control without any
difficulty. Until now they have never been subdued by any
prince; anyone who has attempted to bring them under control
has simply had his limbs broken."
King Nagnajit continued his request: "Krsna, if You'll kindly
bridle the seven bulls and bring them under control, then
undoubtedly You will be selected as the desired husband of my
daughter, Satya." After hearing this statement, Krsna could
understand that the King did not want to break his vow. Thus,
in order to fulfill his desire, He tightened His belt and
prepared to fight with the bulls. He immediately divided
Himself into seven Krsnas, and each one of Them immediately
caught hold of a bull and bridled its nose, thus bringing it
under control as if it were a plaything.
Krsna's dividing Himself into seven is very significant. It was
known to Satya, the daughter of King Nagnajit, that Krsna had
already married many other wives, but still she was attached to
Krsna. In order to encourage her, Krsna immediately expanded
Himself into seven. The purport is that Krsna is one, but He
has unlimited forms of expansions. He married many
thousands of wives, but this does not mean that while He was
with one wife the others were bereft of His association. Krsna
could associate with each and every wife by His expansions.
When Krsna brought the bulls under His control by bridling
their noses, their strength and pride were immediately smashed.
The name and fame which the bulls had attained was thus
vanquished. When Krsna had the bulls bridled, He
pulled them strongly, just as a child pulls a toy wooden bull.
Upon seeing this advantage of Krsna, King Nagnajit became very
much astonished and immediately, with great pleasure, brought
his daughter Satya before Krsna and handed her over to Him.
Krsna also immediately accepted Satya as His wife. Then there
was a marriage ceremony with great pomp. The queens of King
Nagnajit were also very much pleased because their
daughter Satya got Krsna as her husband. Since the King and
queens were very much pleased on this auspicious occasion,
there was a celebration all over the city in honor of the
marriage. Everywhere were heard the sounds of the conchshell
and kettledrum and various other vibrations of music and song.
The learned brahmanas showered their blessings upon
the newly married couple. In jubilation, all the inhabitants of
the city dressed themselves with colorful garments and
ornaments. King Nagnajit was so much pleased that he gave
a dowry to his daughter and son-in-law, as follows.
First of all he gave them 10,000 cows and 3,000
well-dressed young maidservants, ornamented up to their necks.
This system of dowry is still current in India, especially for
ksatriya princes. When a ksatriya prince is married, at
least a dozen maidservants of similar age are given along with
the bride. After giving the cows and maidservants, the King
enriched the dowry by giving 9,000 elephants and a hundred
times more chariots than elephants. This means that he gave 900,
000 chariots. And he gave a hundred times more horses than
chariots, or 90,000,000 horses, and a hundred times more
menservants than horses. Royal princes
maintained such menservants and maidservants with all
provisions, as if they were their own children or family
members. After giving this dowry, the king of
Kosala Province bade his daughter and great son-in-law be
seated on a chariot and allowed them to go to their home,
guarded by a division of well-equipped soldiers. As they
traveled fast to their new home, the King's heart
was enlivened with affection for them.
Before this marriage of Satya with Krsna, there had been many
competitive engagements with the bulls of King Nagnajit, and
many other princes of the Yadu dynasty and of other dynasties
as well had tried to win the hand of Satya. When the frustrated
princes of the other dynasties heard that Krsna was successful
in getting the hand of Satya by subduing the bulls, naturally
they became envious. While Krsna was traveling to Dvaraka, all
the frustrated and defeated princes encircled Him and began to
shower their arrows on the bridal party. When they attacked
Krsna's party and shot arrows like incessant torrents of rain,
Arjuna, the best friend of Krsna, took charge of the challenge,
and he alone very easily drove them off to please
his great friend Krsna on the occasion of His marriage. Arjuna
immediately took up his bow, Gandiva, and chased
away all the princes; exactly as a lion drives away all
small animals simply by chasing them, Arjuna drove away all the
princes, without killing even one of them. After this, the
chief of the Yadu dynasty, Lord Krsna, along with His newly
married wife and the huge dowry, entered the city of Dvaraka
with great pomp. Krsna then lived there with His wife very
peacefully.
Besides Kuntidevi, Krsna had another paternal aunt;
her name was Srutakirti, and she was married and
lived in Kekaya Province. She had a daughter whose name was
Bhadra. Bhadra wanted to marry Krsna, and her brother
handed her over to Him unconditionally. Krsna accepted her
as His bona fide wife. Thereafter, Krsna married a daughter of
the King of Madras Province. Her name was Laksmana,
and she had all good qualities. She was also forcibly
married by Krsna, who took her in the same way that Garuda
snatched the jar of nectar from the hands of the demigods.
Krsna kidnapped this girl in the presence of many other princes
in the assembly of her svayamvara. The svayamvara is a
ceremony in which the bride can select her own husband from an
assembly of many princes.
The description of Krsna's marriage with the five girls
mentioned in this chapter is not sufficient. He had many other
thousands of wives besides them. Krsna accepted the other
thousands of wives after killing a
demon named Bhaumasura. All these thousands of girls were held
captive in the palace of Bhaumasura, and Krsna released them
and married them.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-eighth
Chapter of Krsna, "Five Queens Married by Krsna."
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