Krishna Leela Series - Part 14 - Prayers Offered by Lord Brahma To Lord Krishna - Part 1

HARE KRISHNA

KRISHNA LEELA

14--TH DISCOURSE

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BALARAMA POORNIMA

16TH AUGUST

JHULAN YATRA

12TH - 16TH AUGUSTKRISHNA JANMASHTAMI

23RD / 24TH AUGUST

RADHASHTAMI

8TH SEPTEMBER

VYASAPOOJA

25TH

AUGUST

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Lord Brahma steals Gopas &

Calves

Lord Krishna expands for a year

Brahma’s bewilderment

Krishna’s mercy

CHAPTER 14

PRAYERS OFFERED BYLORD BRAHMA TO LORD KRISHNA

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Krishna the only worshipful Supreme Lord

Pleased by humble prayers (uttamashloka)

Offers obeisances (vandanam)

The Lord’s bodily features

meghashyAmala komalAngo

King Kulasekhara (MukundamAlA)

GHANASHYAMA

SHYAMASUNDARA

pitAmbara

Yellow Silk Garments

silver electric aura

THE LO

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BR

AH

MA

SAM

HITA

5.30

venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayatAksham

barhAvatamsam asitAmbuda-sundarAngam

kandarpa-koti-kamanIya-vishesha-shObham

govindam Adi-purusham tam aham bhajAmi

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, withblooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.

Lord’s features

ConchshellEarrings

peacock feather on head

wearing helmet

forest flower garlands (vanamAlA)

morsel of food in left hand

cane & bugle, buffalo horn and flute

small lotus feet

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BRAHMA-Master of all Vedic knowledge – Adikavi

creator of THIS universe (secondary creation)

Unable to understand Krishna’s personality achintya rupam

An uneducated village boy?

The Lord’s Body is not Material

BR

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MA

’S HU

MILITY

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AVA

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ITA 8.9

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāramaṇor aṇīyāṁsam anusmared yaḥ

sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpamāditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt

One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature.

BR

AH

MA

SAM

HITA

5.32

angani yasya sakalendriya-vrtti-manti

pasyanti panti kalayanti ciramjaganti

ananda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full ofbliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor.Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, thefull-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains andmanifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.

For devotees’ benefit

Offence mitigated by Mercy

Transcendental QualityParatvam & Soulabhyam

Unable to estimate Lord’s transcendental personality

& pastimes

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ITA 4.9

janma karma ca me divyam

evam yo vetti tattvatah

tyaktva deham punar janma

naiti mam eti so 'rjuna

One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.

jnAne prayAsam udapAsya namanta eva

jIvanti san-mukharitAm bhavadIya vArtAm

sthAne sthitAh shruti-gatAm tanu-vAn-manobhir

ye prAyasho ‘jita jito ‘py asi tais tri-lokyAm

Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds.

SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 10.14.3

Conquering The Unconquerable - Ajita

Karma, Jnana & Bhakti

Beating Empty Husk of Rice Paddy

SAMADHI

Studying the cosmic nature

Lord’s Qualities are uncountable

nirguna

correct understanding

Ever

Expanding

Qualities

Beyond

Estimation

BR

AH

MA

’S PRESU

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Testing Krishna

Humbled

Atomic Weapon vs

Sun’s Energy

Expansive Energy Brahma vs Krishna

Like a Little Child within the womb of his mother

Entire Manifestation existing on the energy of the Lord

Mother is never offended by the kicking of the child

BR

AH

MA

SAM

HITA

5.52

yac-chaksur esha savita sakala-grahana

raja samasta-sura-murtir asesha-teja

yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrita-kala-cakro

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

The sun, who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul, is the eye of this world. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey, mounting the wheel of time.

BR

AH

MA

’S OR

IGIN

Born from the lotus flower

Lotus stem contains 3 planetarysystems

Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka

Where is this lotus coming from?

NA

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YAN

A - M

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nAra – aggregate total of all jivasayana – resting place

NArAyana – He who is the resting place of all living creatures

NArAyana – He who rests on the Garbhodaka Ocean

WHO IS ANANTA ?

A PLENARY EXPANSION OF

KRISHNA

THE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA / BALARAMA

1

BALARAMA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL OTHER EXPANSIONS

KRISHNA FIRST EXPANDS AS BALARAMA

Maha Sankarshana

KaranodakasAyi Vishnu

GarbhodakasAyi Vishnu

KshirodakasAyi Vishnu

Sesha

BalaramaKrishna

2

KARANODAKASAYI VISHNU expands into

GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU

3

GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU

4

KSHIRODAKASAYI VISHNU - PARAMATMA

Brahma Vishnu Shiva

SANKARSHANA & SHANKARA

Krishna’s Achintya shakti

The Supreme Controller of Maya

Within cosmic manifestationYET

Cosmic manifestation is within Him

Yashoda’s darshan of Universal Form

Krishna as Adi-Narayana

Why?

First Alone

Expanded Energies

Vishnu forms

Worshipped by elements& devatas

Again Alone

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A IS SVA

YAM

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AVA

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Appearance in All forms, both Originaland as Avatar

All through the agency of Yogamaya or Atmamaya

Material world A place of misery

IIPleasing only because of

originatingfrom Krishna

VEDIC

EVIDEN

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govindam Adi purushamBrahma Samhita

aksharaBody as Indestructible

sac-cid-Ananda vigrahaBrahma Samhita

niranjana Uncontaminated Pastimes

amrtam sasvatam brahmeGopala Tapani