Years passed. Meanwhile, for Pandu’s wives the desire to have children became more and more overbearing. Then, even knowing the curse inflicted on her husband, they decided to talk to him to find a solution. “The … Read More
Nistha, that is, the steadfast faith of a devotee who has achieved perfection in pure devotion, endowed with total dependence on Krishna, is described in the Siksastaka (8) as follows: aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam adarsanan … Read More
Table of Contents Table of Contents 7 Udyoga Parva 11 The Council of Allies 11 Arjuna And Duryodhana In Dvaraka 13 Krishna, Arjuna’s Charioteer 16 The Arrival Of The Armies 17 Dhritarastra’s Message 19 Sanjaya and … Read More
These inconceivable workings of the yogamaya potency[1] cannot be understood by the limited conceptual power of the conditioned soul. This is confirmed by the following statement of Srila Vyasadeva in the Prabhasa-khanda of the Mahabharata: … Read More
Krishna’s pastimes of crawling about and drinking His mother’s breast milk gradually stopped. Soon He walked on His lotus feet and started stealing butter. Is there anyone who did not feel unlimited bliss when the … Read More
The fruit vendor One day, a fruit vendor came before the house of Nanda Maharaja. Upon hearing the vendor call, “If anyone wants fruits, please come and take them from me!” Child Krishna immediately took … Read More
calasi yad vrajac carayan pasun nalina-sundaram natha te padam sila-trnankuraih sidatiti nah kalilatam manah kanta gacchati Dear master, dear lover, when You leave the shepherds’ village to take the cows to pasture, our minds are … Read More
Nityananda Prabhu incarnates as His plenary expansion Ananta Sesa. As Lord Sesa He transforms His body to become the garments, bracelets, and other ornaments worn by Visnu and Krishna. Expanding again as the pastime-potency, lila-sakti, … Read More
There is a Shrine here on the banks at Candra-sarovara known as the Sringara Mandira that commemorates this particular pastime. The word ‘sringara’ means ‘dressing’ or ‘decorating’. Where is it? On the side of Sankarsana Kunda, towards the … Read More
58.The original form of the Supreme Lord is considered not different from the Lord’s direct expansions. For this reason it is considered that Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of Srimati Saci Devi, is non-different from … Read More
Brahmā tried to understand who they were and how they were uninfluenced by his mystic power, but he could not ascertain it. In other words, he himself came under the spell of his own mystic power. … Read More
King Sura, of the Vrishni lineage, had a son named Vasudeva and a daughter named Pritha. His cousin Kuntibhoja, on the other hand, had not been able to have children, so, Sura decided to give him … Read More
Vicitravirya lived happily with his queens, but not for long. A deadly disease killed him while he was still very young. Satyavati was desperate. She had lost her husband and two children in a very short … Read More
As in Hastinapura, in Upaplavya in the course of the debate differences of opinion arose. Two divergent tendencies had been created on the basic attitude to adopt: should a possible path to peace be … Read More
Five of the sixty-four devotional service activities are particularly important: associating with devotees, chanting the holy names, listening to Srimad Bhagavatam, living in Mathura, and worshiping the deity with devotion. Of these five activities, the … Read More
Just as Lord Krishnacandra, who is non-different from the Panca-tattva, formerly appeared in this world, so Lord Caitanya also appeared in this world. The members of the Panca-tattva are non-different from Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Had … Read More
Vallabhacarya’s daughter, Srimati Laksmipriya, was an incarnation of Srimati Laksmi Devi, the goddess of fortune. One day, as she was walking with her friends towards the bank of the Ganges to bathe, she entered the path … Read More
When Vicitravirya was coming of age, Bhishma and Satyavati began to think about his eventual marriage. They learned that the three beautiful and virtuous princesses of Kashi, Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika had reached the right age … Read More
In those days, among the upper social classes, the Kshatriyas were the only ones allowed to hunt, but only certain animal species. They thus learned to kill to defend their territories. One day, while Shantanu was … Read More
As soon as Duryodhana left his bedroom, Krishna looked at Arjuna in amazement. “What is the point of this, my friend?” You have chosen me even though I have no intention of taking up arms instead … Read More
