SRI KRISHNA JANMASTAMI KI JAYA! Today is the most auspicious day when Lord Sri Krishna appeared in this world approximately 5,000 years ago. By His appearance He accomplishes many things. He delivers the pious and annihilates the miscreants. He appears along with many of His associates from the spiritual world to display a sample of His transcendental pastimes in the spiritual world for attracting us, the fallen, conditioned souls of this world to come back to the spiritual world to rejoin Him for an amazingly blissful eternal existence with Him in His divine abode. There is no greater cause for celebration than this. Therefore devotees all over the world absorb themselves fully in Krishna consciousness on this day. They completely fast up from all eating (water is allowed) up until midnight at which time they participate in an arati ceremony to commemorate Krishnas appearing in this world at midnight. And then they honor a feast of Krishna prasadam. ~ SB 3.5.43,44 Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya O Lord, You assume incarnations for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation, and therefore we all take shelter of Your lotus feet because they always award remembrance and courage to Your devotees. TEXT 43 viśvasya janma-sthiti-saṁyamārthe kṛtāvatārasya padāmbujaṁ te vrajema sarve śaraṇaṁ yad īśa smṛtaṁ prayacchaty abhayaṁ sva-puṁsām Purport: For the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestations there are three incarnations: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara (Lord Śiva). They are the controllers or masters of the three modes of material nature, which cause the phenomenal manifestation. Viṣṇu is the master of the mode of goodness, Brahmā is the master of the mode of passion, and Maheśvara is the master of the mode of ignorance. There are different kinds of devotees according to the modes of nature. Persons in the mode of goodness worship Lord Viṣṇu, those in the mode of passion worship Lord Brahmā, and those in the mode of ignorance worship Lord Śiva. All three of these deities are incarnations of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa because He is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. The demigods directly refer to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and not to the different incarnations. The incarnation of Viṣṇu in the material world is, however, directly worshiped by the demigods. It is learned from various scriptures that the demigods approach Lord Viṣṇu in the ocean of milk and submit their grievances whenever there is some difficulty in the administration of universal affairs. Although they are incarnations of the Lord, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva worship Lord Viṣṇu, and thus they are also counted amongst the demigods and not as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Persons who worship Lord Viṣṇu are called demigods, and persons who do not do so are called asuras, or demons. Viṣṇu always takes the part of the demigods, but Brahmā and Śiva sometimes take the side of the demons; it is not that they become one in interest with them, but sometimes they do something in order to gain control over the demons. TEXT 44 yat sānubandhe ’sati deha-gehe mamāham ity ūḍha-durāgrahāṇām puṁsāṁ sudūraṁ vasato ’pi puryāṁ bhajema tat te bhagavan padābjam O Lord, persons who are entangled by undesirable eagerness for the temporary body and kinsmen, and who are bound by thoughts of “mine” and “I,” are unable to see Your lotus feet, although Your lotus feet are situated within their own bodies. But let us take shelter of Your lotus feet. Śrīla Prabhupāda Purport: The whole Vedic philosophy of life is that one should get rid of the material encagement of gross and subtle bodies, which only cause one to continue in a condemned life of miseries. This material body continues as long as one is not detached from the false conception of lording it over material nature. The impetus for lording it over material nature is the sense of “mine” and “I.” “I am the lord of all that I survey. So many things I possess, and I shall possess more and more. Who can be richer than I in wealth and education? I am the master, and I am God. Who else is there but me?” All these ideas reflect the philosophy of ahaṁ mama, the conception that “I am everything.” Persons conducted by such a conception of life can never get liberation from material bondage. But even a person perpetually condemned to the miseries of material existence can get relief from bondage if he simply agrees to hear only kṛṣṇa-kathā. In this age of Kali, the process of hearing kṛṣṇa-kathā is the most effective means to gain release from unwanted family affection and thus find permanent freedom in life. The age of Kali is full of sinful reactions, and people are more and more addicted to the qualities of this age, but simply by hearing and chanting of kṛṣṇa-kathā one is sure to go back to Godhead. Therefore, people should be trained to hear only kṛṣṇa-kathā—by all means—in order to get relief from all miseries. Jay GurudevaJi Ki ... Chant these names with love and you will feel the ecstasy: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare ... Hare Krishna ... Jay Jagannath ...
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:30:49 +0000
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