Few questions

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> 2. Who was the mother of Subhadr€j…?

 

>From Sacinandana Swami:

 

The Mahabharata Adi Parva has a section called Subhadra-karana Parva.

Therein we find that Subhadra devi is the favorite daughter of Vasudeva and

the sister of Lord Krsna. But note: here Krsna tells Arjuna that Subhadra

is the "uterine sister of Sarana" (in Sanskrit, *saranasya sahodara*). To

be more clear, Subhadra is born from the same womb as Sarana. I consulted

another book that gives a list of wives and children of Vasudeva (Krsna's

father) that is taken from the Padma Purana. According to this, Sarana was

born from the womb of Vasudeva's wife Rohini. Thus Subhadra would be the

maternal sister of Balarama, and the paternal sister of Lord Krsna, whose

own mother is Vasudeva's wife Devaki. This could be verifed by checking the

original Sanskrit of the Padma Purana. Unfortunately the book I consulted

does not give a chapter and verse reference for that Purana, and I don't

have the time to hunt for the original reference myself.

 

> 3. Could Shivaj… enter in R€sal…l€?

 

Lord Shiva had a strong desire to paticipate in the rasa-lila at Vamsi vata but

could not since no males other than Sri Krishna were allowed. Yogamaya told him

if he bathed at Mana-sarovara his form would change to female. He did so and

the gopies allowed him to enter the rasa dance. Lord Krishna blessed Shiva that

he could eternally guard the entrance of the rasa-dance and no one else could

enter without his permission.

 

> 1. What are the differences between Yogam€y€ and Mah€m€y€ and what were

> their roles in KŠa Lil€?

 

Maybe the assembled learned Vaisnavas can answer this question,as it requires

some explanation.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das