bliss of remembering Krsna's balya-lila

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TRANSLATION

After a short time passed, both brothers, Rama and Krsna, began to crawl on

the ground of Vraja with the strength of Their hands and knees and thus

enjoy Their childhood play.

 

PURPORT

 

One brahmana devotee says:

 

srutim apare smrtim itare bharatam anye bhajantu bhava-bhitah

aham iha nandam vande yasyalinde param brahma

 

"Let others, fearing material existence, worship the Vedas, the Vedic

supplementary puranas and the Mahabharata, but I shall worship Nanda

Maharaja, in whose courtyard the Supreme Brahman is crawling." For a highly

exalted devotee, kaivalya, merging into the existence of the Supreme,

appears no better than hell (narakayate). But here one can simply think of

the crawling of Krsna and Balarama in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaja and

always merge in transcendental happiness. As long as one is absorbed in

thoughts of krsna-lila, especially Krsna's childhood pastimes, as Pariksit

Maharaja desired to be, one is always merged in actual kaivalya. Therefore

Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lokasyajanato vidvams cakre

satvata-samhitam (SB 1.7.6). Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam, under the

instruction of Narada, so that anyone can take advantage of this literature,

think of Krsna's pastimes and always be liberated.

 

SB 10.8.21

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On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Bhakti Vikasa Swami wrote:

> PURPORT

> But here one can simply think of

> the crawling of Krsna and Balarama in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaja and

> always merge in transcendental happiness. As long as one is absorbed in

> thoughts of krsna-lila, especially Krsna's childhood pastimes, as Pariksit

> Maharaja desired to be, one is always merged in actual kaivalya. Therefore

> Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lokasyajanato vidvams cakre

> satvata-samhitam (SB 1.7.6). Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam, under the

> instruction of Narada, so that anyone can take advantage of this literature,

> think of Krsna's pastimes and always be liberated.

 

As if to demonstrate all these points personally, Srila Prabhupada once again

quotes the "srutim apare" verse (untranslated) at the end of his purport.

 

 

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