Kamsa dispatches Akrura to bring Krishna Balram from Vrindavan.

                                                                            ----- By Veerendra Ekbote

         As the title suggests there are 4 personalities involved in this story.

         The first character involved in this story is the demon-king Kamsa who is illegally ruling the kingdom of Mathura after usurping the throne from his father Ugrasena. Since he is Devaki’s brother he is also the maternal uncle of Krishna and Balra

"Brahmaji wanted to create the whole cosmic situation as it was in the previous millennium, and because, in the last devastation, knowledge of the Absolute Truth was altogether erased from the universe, he desired that the same knowledge again be renovated; otherwise there would be no meaning in the creation. Because transcendental knowledge is a prime necessity, the ever-conditioned souls are given a chance for liberation in every millennium of creation.

This mission of Brahmaji was fulfilled by

"Lord Siva is described here as caracara-guru, the spiritual master of all animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhutanatha, which means "the worshipable deity of the dull-headed." Bhuta is also sometimes taken to indicate the ghosts. Lord Siva takes charge of reforming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and demoniac and the highly learned Vaisnavas. It is also stated, vaisnav

"The Ramanuja-sampradaya, they are called Sri-sampradaya. They worship Laksmi-Narayana. Everyone worships the Lord and His potency, spiritual potency. Just like we worship Radha-Krsna, similarly, the Ramanuja-sampradaya, they worship Laksmi-Narayana or Sita-Rama. So we should follow the sampradaya. Sampradaya - vihina ye mantras te viphala matah."
Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 02-25-76, Mayapur

"Thus Krsna should not be thought of as being alone but should be considered as eterna

"Brahma is mahajana. Or there are twelve, twelve mahajanas stated in the sastras, and Brahma is one of them. Svayambhu. Brahma's name is Svayambhu. The other day we were discussing Svayambhu. Or Atmabhu. Atmabhu. Because he is born out of the abdomen of the father, not of the mother. ...Father is the seed-giving, life-giving agent. So this life was not transferred to anyone else to take the body. The life-giver, father, gave him the body. Therefore Brahma is called Svayambhu."
Srila Prabhupada L

"The Mayavadis say that the world created by maya is false, and that actually there is no living entity but only one spiritual effulgence. They further say that God is imaginary, that people think of God only because of ignorance, and that when the Supreme Absolute Truth is befooled by the external energy, maya, He becomes a jiva, or living entity. Upon hearing all these nonsensical ideas from the nondevotee, a devotee is greatly afflicted, as if his heart and soul were broken."
Caitanya-caritam

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada had difficulty sleeping this past night, because of the disturbance from different sounds during my shift.  I received a report from Jayapataka Swami, and knowing Srila Prabhupada was eager to hear about Mayapur, I read the letter to him.  We were asked to leave Bangladesh because of the Mayapur incident.

Prabhavisnu Prabhu, who was in charge of the Dacca preaching, brought the letter.  He came to see Sr

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada desired to taste South Indian-style cooking.  Abhirama's wife had made iddli previously, but they had been hard, like stone.  So Prabhupada asked that Palika come for a few days.  After lunch, however, Srila Prabhupada said, "There is no need to call her.  I have no taste, so what is the use?"

In the afternoon, Prabhupada called me and Srila Prabhupada said, "I was very happy when you dropped Palika.  Now you

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

CHANTING LOUDLY AND DISTRIBUTING PRASADAM – THAT IS WONDERFUL PREACHING

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

14-Feb-2014 - Appearance Day of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
Appearing as the son of a king, Shri Narottama Dasa Thakura (Shri Thakura Mahasaya) showed all the bodily symptoms of a mahapurusha (an exalted divine person). He had long arms, a deep navel, golden-complexion, beautiful eyes shaped like the lotus petals. In school, he was a sruti dhara (able to memorize whatever he hears) Although he quickly mastered Sanskrit

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This morning when Prabhupada awoke, I sat behind him on the bed, lightly massaging his back.  Then I asked, "Srila Prabhupada, what have you been thinking of the past few days?"

Prabhupada understood my question perfectly and replied, "I have been thinking that if I have to live for six months, until February, 1978, why not die now?  Pariksit Maharaja had only seven days."

"But the astrologer said you could live beyond t

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

When rabbits are being attacked by bigger animals, they close their eyes and think, "I am not going to be killed." But they are killed anyway. Similarly, we may deny the existence of God and the law of God, but still God and His law are there. In the high-court you may say, "I don't care for the law of the government," but you will be forced to accept the government law. If you deny the state law, then you will be put i

TEXT 6

yathakasa-sthito nityam
vayuh sarvatra-go mahan
tatha sarvani bhutani
mat-sthanity upadharaya

SYNONYMS

yatha--as much as; akasa-sthitah--situated in space; nityam--always; vayuh--wind; sarvatra-gah--blowing everywhere; mahan--great; tatha--similarly; sarvani--everything; bhutani--created beings; mat-sthani--situated in Me; iti--thus; upadharaya--try to understand.

TRANSLATION

As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in ethereal space, know that in the same manner all beings rest

Lecture on Boat of Srila Prabhupada's Mercy by Niranjana Swami 09 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(After reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and seriously practicing the path of devotional service, Niranjana Swami took initiation from him in 1974, in Boston, USA. In 1986, he took sannyasa vows in Mayapur, India, and then proceeded to travel extensively throughout North America, the former Soviet Union, and India, lecturing on the teachings found within the books of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. D

Lecture on Navadha Bhakti by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at ISKOCN Mayapur on 23 Sept 2013

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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Lecture on Ashwatthama - Beware of the temptation to Punish by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Vaisesika Prabhu 08 Feb 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur

(In his youth, William Suczek spent years searching for God and for the meaning of life. His prayers and intense austerities, which included vows of poverty, fasting and silence- unusual for a teenager were answered when a friend gave him a copy of Back to Godhead magazine in 1973. As soon as he saw the photo of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupda the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, he knew that his search