AW: Narada sees maya - PLEASE GIVE PRAMANA!?

[Guest guest]

I know that this story is from Visnu purana. If you like I can look for

reference. In Lithuanian there is a book published by karmies "Old Indian

tales", and this story appears in that book.

 

Ys Shatakula das

 

 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: Katha (AT) pamho (DOT) net [Katha (AT) pamho (DOT) net]Im Auftrag von

> (Bhaktiratna) Sadhu Swami (Caitanya Bhag. Pr - Mum)

> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Oktober 2001 09:54

> An: Gauranga Das; (Krsna) Katha

> Betreff: Narada sees maya - PLEASE GIVE PRAMANA!?

>

>

> I would like to have the pramana for this story. I can't

> believe Narada Muni

> forgot Krsna for even one second because he had a completely

> transcendental

> body, is the greatest of mahabhagavatas and was the spiritual

> master of many

> pure devotees throughout the Bhagavatam. Many people keep on

> quoting this

> story especially the karmis but nobody gives the source. If

> it just folklore

> and not there in the scriptures, then it clearly belittles

> Narada Muni and

> could be a great offense against him.

>

> Your aspiring servant, BR Sadhu Swami

>

> > Maharaj explained that, so long as Narada Muni remembered

> Krsna, there

> > could be no possibility of Krsna showing him His Maya but,

> to demonstrate

> > His Maya as per Narada's request, Krsna arranged a very complicated

> > scenario. Catching Narada Muni off guard, Krsna bids Narada

> to bathe in a

> > beautiful lake. Narada submerges himself and when he

> resurfaces, Krsna has

> > disappeared. Narada, himself, has been transformed into a

> woman. "She"

> > cannot remember Krsna. She cannot even remember who she,

> herself, is. The

> > woman finds herself drowning in a sea of rocky waves. "Who

> will rescue

> > me?! Who will rescue me?!" she cries. A king comes along

> and saves her. He

> > is immediately captivated by her beauty. Ultimately, Narada

> as a woman

> > takes shelter of this king and his kingdom. He marries her

> and they have

> > 50 sons. She is so attached to her husband, her sons and

> her role as queen

> > that she has no time to go to the temple or perform bhajan.

> Over time, the

> > sons marry and, due to internal jealousies among the wives

> of the sons,

> > war breaks out among the sons over land disputes.

> Eventually, all the sons

> > are killed.