Few questions

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> Was it Mah€m€y€, who was

> blessed by KŠa to be worshiped in Kaliyuga in different forms like K€l…,

> Durg€, Ambik€, VaiŠavi etc?

 

SB 10.2.11-12

 

Translation

 

Lord Krsna blessed Mayadevi by saying: In different places on the surface of

the earth, people will give you different names, such as Durga, Bhadrakali,

Vijaya, Vaisnavi, Kumuda, Candika, Krsna, Madhavi, Kanyaka, Maya, Narayani,

Isani, Sarada and Ambika.

 

Purport

 

The names by which Mayadevi is known in different places have been listed by

Vallabhacarya as follows. In Varanasi she is known as Durga, in Avanti she is

known as Bhadrakali, in Orissa she is known as Vijaya, and in Kulahapura she is

known as Vaisnavi or Mahalaksmi. (The representatives of Mahalaksmi and Ambika

are present in Bombay.) In the country known as Kamarupa she is known as

Candika, in Northern India as Sarada, and in Cape Comorin as Kanyaka. Thus she

is distributed according to various names in various places.

Srila Vijayadhvaja Tirthapada, in his pada-ratnavali-tika, has explained the

meanings of the different representations. Maya is known as Durga because she

is approached with great difficulty, as Bhadra because she is auspicious, and

as Kali because she is deep blue. Because she is the most powerful energy, she

is known as Vijaya; because she is one of the different energies of Visnu, she

is known as Vaisnavi; and because she enjoys in this material world and gives

facilities for material enjoyment, she is known as Kumuda. Because she is very

severe to her enemies, the asuras, she is known as Candika, and because she

gives all sorts of material facilities, she is called Krsna. In this way the

material energy is differently named and situated in different places on the

surface of the globe.

 

> Krsna told one of his energies to be appeared

> as His sister in Krishna Lila, who was she?

 

Subhadra.

 

>From Elevation to KC

Chapter Five: Knowing Krsna's Energies

 

Krsna cannot distribute inferior energy because He is not inferior. He is

always superior, spiritual, and therefore His energy is always spiritual.

Subhadra is the sister of Krsna, and from her comes the incarnation of Durga,

the personification of material energy. Subhadra is in the spiritual world and

is eternally related to Krsna as His energy, but when Durga conducts her

activities here in the material world, it is not that she is to be considered

inferior.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das