KRISHNA

LEELA

Discourse 3

Mahabharata – Udyoga Parva 71.4krishir bhu-vacakah sabdo nas ca nirvriti-vacakah / tayor aikyam param brahma krishna ity abhidhiyate

"The word 'krish' is the attractive feature of the Lord's existence, and 'na' means 'spiritual pleasure.' When the verb krish is added to na, it becomes krishna, which indicates the Absolute Truth."

Padma Puranaramante yogino 'nante nityanande cidatmani / iti rama padenaiva param brahmadbhidhiyate "The param brahma is known as Rama because the yogis take pleasure (ramante) in meditating on His eternal, blissful form." (padma purana)

Hare is vocative of Hara, the energy of God

KRISHNA & RAMA & HARE - MEANINGS

BIRTH

OF

LORD

KRISHNA

DEVELOPMENTS

Background Narada Muni’s

Instigation

Kamsa’s Heightened Atrocities

THE KILLING OF DEVAKI’S 1ST 6 CHILDRENTHE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA – SRI BALARAMAYOGAMAYAPRAYERS OF THE DEMIGODSTHE APPEARANCE OF LORD KRISHNA

BACKGROUND

KAMSA AS KALANEMI

SURASENA, NANDA MAHARAJA & OTHERS AS DEMIGODS

WHY DOES NARADA MUNI DO THIS?

NARADA MUNI’S INSTIGATION

ARRESTS VASUDEVA & DEVAKI

IMPRISONS UGRASENA

OCCUPIES THE KINGDOM OF SURASENA

FULL CONTROL OF YADU, BHOJA & ANDHAKA DYNASTIES

6 CHILDREN KILLED

KAMSA’S STATE OF MIND

KAMSA’S HEIGHTENED ATROCITIES

DEVAKI BECOMES PREGNANT FOR THE 7TH TIME

WHO IS ANANTA ?

– A PLENARY EXPANSION OF KRISHNA

THE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA

BALARAMA

Maha Sankarshana

Karanodakasayi Vishnu

Garbhodakasayi Vishnu

Kshirodakasayi Vishnu

Sesha

1

BALARAMA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EXPANSIONS

2

KARANODAKASAYI VISHNU

3

GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU

4

KSHIRODAKASAYI VISHNU - PARAMATMA

5

ANANTASESHA – UNLIMITED SERVANT

SANKARSHANA & SHANKARA

LAKSHMANA IN RAMA LILA

BALARAMA IN KRISHNA LILA

WHAT IS YOGAMAYA?

YOGAMAYA

INTERNAL POTENCY

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WHAT IS MAHAMAYA?

EXTERNAL POLICY

YOGAMAYA’S ROLE IN LILA

The Lord’s words to Yogamaya

Transfer of Sesha from the womb of Devaki to the womb of Rohini

Devaki’s pregnancy deemed a miscarriage

PRAYERS OF THE DEVAS & ASSURANCE TO DEVAKI

The Lord appears in the heart of Vasudeva

and then transfers Himself into the heart

of Devaki.

Effulgence of Vasudeva & Devaki

Devaki appeared like suppressed fire or

misused education.

Kamsa’s Predicament

CONSTELLATIONS ROHINI

NAKSHATRA &

ASHTAMI TITHI

AUSPICIOUS SYMPTOMS IN ALL DIRECTIONS

KHAMANIKYA ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE

THE LORD IS ABOUT TO APPEAR

THE LORD APPEARS

The Lord appears in His 4-handed form fully decorated.

Descriptions

Vasudeva is astounded

- Freedom from all fear & anxiety

THE LORD APPEARS

Vasudeva offers charity in his mind

PRAYERS

Vasudeva offers charity in his mind

The Divine Nature of the Lord’s Forms

His being within and without everything

Expanded & Localised

God

Form or Formless?

GOD

Brahmajyoti Paramatma Bhagavan

Sat Sat & Chit Sat & Chit & Ananda

GOD IS ULTIMATELY SAT-CHIT-ANANDA VIGRAHA (FORM)

Sat – Existence / Chit – Consciousness / Ananda - Bliss

PRAYERS

Paramatma & Jivatma

2 Birds on a Tree

Mundaka Upanishad

Svetasvatara Upanishad

PRAYERS

Universal Form

anor aniyan

mahato mahiyan

Katha Upanishad

Localised and Pervasive

PRAYER

DELIVERANCE

PRAYER

BANYAN TREE

sri-bhagavan uvaca urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham

asvattham prahur avyayam chandamsi yasya parnani yas tam veda sa veda-vit

The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the

Vedas.

Bhagavad Gita 15.1

VATSALYA – PARENTAL AFFECTION

Prishnigarbha Upendra Krishna

Sutapa

&

Prishni

Kashyapa

&

Aditi

Vasudeva

&

Devaki

THE LORD RESPONDS TO PRAYERS – ASSURANCE & HISTORY

UPENDRA WITH KASHYAPA & ADITI

The Lord’s Instructions to Vasudeva

Escaping from the Prison

Carry Me across Yamuna to Gokula

Storm & River gave way

Nanda Maharaja’s house

Exchange Babies