Guest guest Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 > > An interesting discussion was raised during one of our Bhakti-vaibhava > classes... we were wondering about the story concerning how Sukadeva > Goswami stayed in this world in the form of a parrot after Krishna > disappeared, then took on the form of Sukadeva Goswami. Can you please > enlighten us in this regard. According to authoritative sources, Sukadeva Goswami was sriya suka, which means the parrot pet of Srimati Radharani. Srimati Radharani would always pat the head of the parrot feeding it pomegranates and getting it to chant Krishna's name. Then at the close of Radha-Krishna's manifest pastimes in Vrindavan, the parrot was left behind to broadcast the pastimes of Lord Krishna. When Lord Siva was narrating Srimad Bhagavatam to his wife parvati in Bhubanesvara, suka means parrot, was there, sitting on top of a tree listening to the Srimad Bhagavatam, which awards immortality to the listeners. Eventually Lord Siva took up his trident to kill the parrot, but the parrot took off, and ran away till entering the ashram of Srila Vyasadeva. When at that Srila Vyasadeva was speaking on Srimad Bhagavatam to his wife, she was speechless with her mouth wide open. When the parrot entered the ashram, it immediately entered the opened mouth of Srila Vyasadeva's wife, and took shelter there for sixteen years. (You can read more of this story in the introduction to Srimad Bhagavatam Mahatmya, published by Touchstone Media, also in the Nectar Book, of Dasaratha Suta Prabhu, and from the lectures of Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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