Monday, 25 December 2017

krida

Children have natural attitude to play. And, Krsna's playful pastimes are natural attraction for a conditioned soul. Hence children can from very beginning cultivate taste for devotional service very easily and can be raised upto to the stage of ruci, asakti and prema. The book involves detailed description of the psychology of a child at different age groups and how sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana be achieved at every stage. Children can be raised upto the platform of exchanging loving devotional relationship with the Supreme Lord. The book goes on to deal in great detail with each and every game Lord Kṛṣṇa played with His cowherd friends. King Pariksit used to play similarly in love of Krsna as explained by acaryas.

http://www.krsnakrida.cteindia.org
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=krsnakrida

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Nine Attachments

In the 2nd Canto, Chapter 4, verse two of Srimad Bhagavatam we find an amazing qualification of Maharaj Parikshit by which he was able to give up his attachment for everything at the end of his life. Let see how with only one shot (whole-hearted attraction), he could give up nine strong attachments.

aatma-jaayaa sutaagaara / pashu dravina bandhushu
raajye caavikale nityam / virudhaam mamataam jahau

"Maharaja Parikshit, as a result of his wholehearted attraction for Lord Krishna, was able to give up all deep-rooted affection for his personal body, his wife, his children, his palace, his animals like horses and elephants, his treasury house, his friends and relatives, and his undisputed kingdom."

Suta Goswami very nicely lists the nine different kinds of attachments as follows in the above verse.

1. aatma—body; 
2. jaayaa—wife; 
3. suta—son; 
4. aagaara—palace; 
5. pashu - horses and elephants - (nowadays cars like BMW and Mercedes);
6. dravina—treasury house; 
7 8. bandhushu—unto friends and relatives; 

Friday, 28 October 2016

Whether seven days are enough

Shuka says there was once a King called Khatvanga , when this rajarishi enquired devatas as to how much longevity was leftover , Devatas said only a muhurtha .

[Note : one muhurtha is two ghati . One ghati is 24 minutes and hence Muhurtha is 48 minutes.]

Khatvanga raja after ascertaining his life would end after 48 minutes , immediately withdrew his senses from all the material enjoyments of life. and attaining unattached mental state to all his belongings and being completely engrossed in the Glories of Lord achieved Moksha.

Shukamuni says ‘ Oh King Parikshit if Moksha has been achieved in one muhurtha 48minutes by king Khatvanga , then by that measure you have complete seven days . each day has 30 muhurtha and you have 210 muhurthas at your disposal.

In this world No one can guarantee whether he will get up alive next day morning to see the rising SUN and his family . [ that means death can strike any moment , it is always uncertain] But Fortunate are You ‘ Oh Parikshit that RISHI Sringi has cursed you to DIE after seven days. He has ensured that you would LIVE Definitely for next seven days . King Parikshit is indebted to RISHI kumar for having cursed him and the recourse[ optimistic ] that King took over next seven days of Listening to SRIMADBHAGAVATA MAHAPURANA, definitely gave him Moksha .

Khatvanga / Family Tree
http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Khatvanga_Maharaja
http://srimad-bhagavatam.com/?g=70487

Vasishtha struck her abdomen with a stone and the child was born. Due to the unusual circumstances of his birth, the boy received the name Asmaka (the child born of a stone). 
http://nitaaiveda.com/Compiled_and_Imp_Scriptures/Shrimad_Bhagavatam/Canto-9/Kalmasapada._Khatvanga_Maharaja.htm 

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