[world-vedic] Historicity Of Mahabharat--KS questions answered

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Kailash Srivastva wrote:

>(1) Could you please explain me how Lord Sun could come down on the earth

and

> impregnate Kunti?(2) How could Gandhari bear 100 children? There are many

more > such confusions but I will take one by one.

 

(1) Kunti recieved the *mystic power* to call for the sungod.

SB 9.24.32 Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Once when Durvasa was a guest at the house of Prtha's father, Kunti,

Prtha satisfied Durvasa by rendering service. Therefore she received a

mystic power by which she could call any demigod. To examine the potency of

this mystic power, the pious Kunti immediately called for the sun-god.

 

(2)Gandhari received the *benediction* from Lord Siva to obtain one hundred

sons.

and since she was a

SB 1.13.3-4 P Dhrtarastra Quits Home

Gandhari: The ideal chaste lady in the history of the world. She was the

daughter of Maharaja Subala, the King of Gandhara (now Kandahar in Kabul),

and in her maiden state she worshiped Lord Siva. Lord Siva is generally

worshiped by Hindu maidens to get a good husband. Gandhari satisfied Lord

Siva, and by his benediction to obtain one hundred sons, she was betrothed

to Dhrtarastra, despite his being blind forever. When Gandhari came to know

that her would-be husband was a blind man, to follow her life companion she

decided to become voluntarily blind. So she wrapped up her eyes with many

silk linens, and she was married to Dhrtarastra under the guidance of her

elder brother Sakuni. She was the most beautiful girl of her time, and she

was equally qualified by her womanly qualities, which endeared every member

of the Kaurava court. But despite all her good qualities, she had the

natural frailties of a woman, and she was envious of Kunti when the latter

gave birth to a male child. Both the queens were pregnant, but Kunti first

gave birth to a male child. Thus Gandhari became angry and gave a blow to

her own abdomen. As a result, she gave birth to a lump of flesh only, but

since she was a devotee of Vyasadeva, by the instruction of Vyasadeva the

lump was divided into one hundred parts, and each part gradually developed

to become a male child. Thus her ambition to become the mother of one

hundred sons was fulfilled, and she began to nourish all the children

according to her exalted position. When the intrigue of the Battle of

Kuruksetra was going on, she was not in favor of fighting with the Pandavas;

rather, she blamed Dhrtarastra, her husband, for such a fratricidal war. She

desired that the state be divided into two parts, for the sons of Pandu and

her own. She was very affected when all her sons died in the Battle of

Kuruksetra, and she wanted to curse Bhimasena and Yudhisthira, but she was

checked by Vyasadeva. Her mourning over the death of Duryodhana and

Duhsasana before Lord Krsna was very pitiful, and Lord Krsna pacified her by

transcendental messages. She was equally aggrieved on the death of Karna,

and she described to Lord Krsna the lamentation of Karna's wife. She was

pacified by Srila Vyasadeva when he showed her dead sons, then promoted to

the heavenly kingdoms. She died along with her husband in the jungles of the

Himalayas near the mouth of the Ganges; she burned in a forest fire.

Maharaja Yudhisthira performed the death ceremony of his uncle and aunt.

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Does such mystic powers exist even today?

 

KS

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KS wrote:

> Does such mystic powers exist even today?

 

As in the past so also at present or in the future the process is the same:

become the pure devotee of Lord Krishna who is Yogesvara (the master of

mystic power).

When one takes to *pure* devotional service of Lord Krishna the mystic power

become his servants---automatically.

 

SB 4.23.11 P Maharaja Prthu' s Going Back Home

At present we have contacted a material body, material mind and material

intelligence, but when we become free from these material conditions, our

spiritual body, spiritual mind and spiritual intelligence become manifest.

In that transcendental state, a devotee attains all the benefits of karma,

jnana and yoga. Although he never engages in fruitive activities or empiric

speculation to attain mystic powers, automatically mystic powers appear in

his service. A devotee does not want any kind of material opulence, but such

opulence appears before him automatically. He does not have to endeavor for

it. Because of his devotional service, he automatically becomes

brahma-bhuta. As stated before, this is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (14.26):

mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena

bhakti-yogena sevate

sa gunan samatityaitan

brahma-bhuyaya kalpate

"One who is engaged in full devotional service, unfailing in all

circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus

comes to the level of Brahman."

 

SB 5.1.30 P The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata

There is a Bengali saying which describes that someone is so powerful

that he can make the night day and the day night. That saying is current

because of the prowess of Priyavrata. His activities demonstrate how

powerful he became by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord

Krsna is known as Yogesvara, the master of all mystic powers. In

Bhagavad-gita (18.78) it is said wherever there is the master of all mystic

powers (yatra yogesvarah krsnah), victory, fortune and all other opulences

are present. Devotional service is so powerful. When a devotee achieves what

he wants to accomplish, it is not by his own mystic power but by the grace

of the master of mystic power, Lord Krsna; by His grace, a devotee can

accomplish wonderful things unimaginable even to the most powerful

scientist.