Chapter Two
TULASI PERFORMS AUSTERITIES
As soon as she was born, Tulasi resolved to go to the mountainous region of Badarinatha to practice severe austerities. Though many persons tried to dissuade her, no one
was able to; for she was determined to stay and pray in the forest till Lord
Krsna appeared and agreed to become her husband. During a period of one hundred
thousand celestial years, she endured the following:
The Transcendental Marketplace!
"The mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nithyananda decends through Their devotees. Devotees who have received krsna-prema by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are able to distribute this love of Godhead. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura illustrates this process by using the analogy: 'the transcendental marketplace of the Lord.
In compliance with Lord Caitanya's order, everyone must accept Krishna consciousness and also share it with others. According to individual capaci
“Radha Krishna Pranay Bikriti HladinishaktirAsmaat
Ekatmanabapi bhubi pura dehabhedang gatou tou"
- (Swarup Damodar Goswamipad)
The above sloka gives us
some idea about what Srimati Radha is. The meaning of the sloka as given by
Krisnadas Kaviraj in Chaitanya Charitamrita.
“ Radhika hayen
Krishner pranay-bikar
Swarupshakti
Hladini naam janhar” --
“ RadhaKrishna Ek
Atma dui deha dhori
Anyonye bilase rasa
aswadan kori “ -- (2)
To talk about SriRadha, the above definitions are invaluable and possibly the b
The demigods went cheerfully to their own abodes, Lord Siva continuing his practice of austerity.
Dharmadhvaja and Kusadhvaja performed harsh asceticism and worshiped GoddessLaksmi. Thereafter, they separately obtained the blessings they desired. ByGoddess Laksmi's favor, they again became the rulers of the earth. Theyacquired great spiritual merits, were married, and begot children. KingDharmadhvaja was married to Madhavi. After some time, she became pregnant witha partial incarnation of Godde
How to get shelter at Krishna’s lotus feet ?
If the conditioned soul engages in the service of the Lord and simultaneously carries out the orders of his spiritual master and serves him, he can get out of the clutches of maya and become eligible for shelter at Krishna’s lotus feet.
Chaitanya Charithaamrutha,
Madhya Leela, Chapter - 22, Text – 25
Actually, although Krsna was acting so wonderfully, Maharaja Nanda and mother Yasoda could not think of Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Instead, they always accepted Him as their beloved child. Thus Nanda Maharaja did not accept the fact that Varuna worshiped Krsna because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rather he took it that because Krsna was such a wonderful child He was respected even by Varuna.The friends of Nanda Maharaja, all the cowhe
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