Sevak

H H RADHANATH SWAMI

I would like to welcome my senior and worshipable God-sister who is very very dear to Srila Prabhupad and all Vaishnavas. The illustrious wife of His Grace Bhurijan Prabhu. Let us very enthusiastically welcome Jagatarini Mataji. So actually I felt that you did not chant very loudly for such a great vaishnava. Mataji Haribol.  We are very honored that you have come. Sri Radharani is  personally blessing us in your presence and of course Her Grace Malati Devi Mataji is also with us today. Let us once again show our gratitude to her. By the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupad, our most merciful previous Acharyas and the assembled Vaishnavas we have come to the twelve forests of  Vrindavan Kamyavan . We are sitting on the banks Madhurya Kunda also known as Sangam Kunda which is a place where Krishna would meet Sri Radharani and Gopis and they would perform Rasa Lila and so many extra-ordinary past times here. Khadiravan is also a place for Sri Krishna, Balaram and the Gopas, eternally performed their Lila as cowherd boys.

BAKASURA COMES

One day Krishna, Balaram and cowherd boys came to a large reservoir of water. The Gopas  would first had the calves drink to the cool pure waters of Vrindavan. And then they would also drink themselves After drinking to the full satisfaction, they all sat back to relax. Suddenly before their eyes they saw the most astonishing sight. It looked like a enormous mountain that was moving. This was a friend of Kamsa , Bakasura who assumed the form of a gigantic duck with a long pointed beak that was deadly like a sword. Suddenly Bakasura leaped upon them and in an instant before anyone could understand what was happening Bakasura swallowed up Krishna. Sri Balaram and the Gopas were anguished. All of a sudden Krishna was gone eaten by this enormous demon. Balaram and the Gopas in anguish fell to the ground unconscious, practically breathless, on the verge of death. Now Balaramji he has the power to eat and kill this demon, but due to sudden disappearance of Krishna, due to his intense affection for Krishna, even he became completely affected.

KRISHNA IN THE THROAT OF BAKASURA

Krishna, He was then in the throat of Bakasura, his effulgence radiated intense heat. It was unbearable for Bakasura. Unbearable. He was trying as much as could  just to devour Krishna but the heat was intolerable. Just as when a person has a disease called jaundice, when he eats sugar candy which is very sweet by nature, it tastes bitter. Because of this human’s disease of envy and violence, the sweetest of all sweet. It was being described yesterday that there is nothing sweeter than Krishna’s beautiful form and his beautiful face. He is extraordinarily sweet. And his very smile is the source of all sweetness in all of creation material and spiritual. The form of Krishna. actually Krishna is non-different from Prasad. So we also eat Krishna in that way. But Krishna is happy and Prasad tastes very nice to us because Krishna reciprocates with us as Prasad. Prasad Krishna’s is mercy which is non-different from Krishna. this is energy. Bakasura swallowed Krishna directly. Although he is sweeter than the sweetest, because of his diseased consciousness he tasted Krishna as very very very bitter. Krishna tell in Gita

ye yathä mäm prapadyante

täms tathaiva bhajämy aham

mama vartmänuvartante

manusyäù pärtha sarvaçaù

According to how we surrender to Krishna, Krishna reveals himself accordingly. Krishna’s body is cool soft tender like a petal of the lotus flower, a blue lotus flower. But to Bakasura, Krishna’s form was hard and burning hot as a thunderbolt. It was unbearable.

KRISHNA KILLS BAKASURA

Ultimately Bakasura could do nothing but vomit Krishna out of his mouth. Then Krishna was there on the ground and Bakasura with massive deadly made too sharp sword sort of a beak he tried to stab Krishna and pierce Krishna to kill him. But Krishna very gracefully, very pleasingly just dodged in a dancing way all of the attempts. But when this demon was trying to kill Krishna the cowherd boys and Balaram they were anguished. They were suffering terribly due their intense love for Krishna. when Krishna saw that, in order to please the Gopas with one hand he grabbed the bottom of Bakasura’s beak. And with the other hand he took the top part of the beak and then he tore them apart with such force that he literally whipped Bakasura’s face in half. He bifurcated the demon just like a small child effortlessly bifurcates a piece of  grass. Sir Krishna Bhagavan Ki jai! Bakasura fell dead and demigods they were so very much rejoicing they were showering and showering malika flowers upon Krishna and they were playing conch shells and offering prayers. The cowherd boys headed by Balarama, they regained their life  and they all approached Krishna one by one and embraced him with such loving feelings.

VRAJAVASIS DISCUSS THE GLORIES OF KRISHNA

Coming from Khadiravan they returned to the village of Vraj and they had already composed beautiful songs about  the leela of Krishna’s killing of Bakasura and they were singing very very loudly. They were playing their flutes and playing their buffalo horns and they all came decorated with the dust of the cows, smiling and dancing with the little calves. They came to Vraj and all the Vrajvasis heard this beautiful song. When they heard the story of how Bakasura swallowed Krishna the Gopas and the Gopis they gazed upon Krishna, lovingly gazed upon him as if he had just come back from death. And Nanda Maharaj, he was explaining that how amazing it is that every time a cause of death comes before our Gopal the cause of death is killed. It is because the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Narayan protects innocent and helpless children like our Krishna. and then he remarked the word of Gargamuni are true.

Nanda Maharaj and the Gopas spent that evening together discussing  ecstatically the pastimes of Krishna. They were describing amongst each other with hearts overflowing with love Krishna was mischievous Krishna was mischievous being and he is killing demons. That time some elder Gopas from a distant place came to Vrindavan. And they saw Nanda Maharaj and Gopas discussing discussing dicussing  Krishna’s stealing butter and Krishna’s doing all mischievous naughty things. And these elder cowherd men they were very serious they said what are you doing? Human life is very rare. Human life is meant liberation. You should not discuss family and wives and children. This is the cause of bondage. You should be discussing transcendental knowledge, detachment. You should be describing the glories of the Supreme Lord Narayan. Then you will attain liberation. Nanda Maharaj and the Gopas completely ignored everything that was said. In fact they paid no attention what so ever. They just continued discussing the beautiful, beautiful pastimes of Krishna and Balaram and chanting their holy names.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

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