KRISHNA KILLS KAMSA

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KRISHNA KILLS KAMSA

 

(Mathura, India, September 27, 2000)

 

Translation: Sripad Radhanatha dasa brahmacari

 

[The following is a synopsis of Srila Narayana Maharaja's class, which was given

at the home of a disciple who lives just next door to the Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya

Matha. It was made from notes taken during the translation.]

 

This is Kamsa Tila, the place where Krsna killed Kamsa. Tila mean hill, and it

was upon this hill that Kamsa was sitting when Krsna pulled him from his dias.

Our temple, Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, is situated in part of Kamsa's wrestling

arena, and it is also where Krsna and Balarama killed the elephant demon.

 

Kamsa was very, very cruel. He had invited all of Krsna's relatives -- Ugrasena,

Vasudeva, Devaki, Nanda Baba, and some of the sakhas -- to the wrestling arena.

He wanted Krsna killed in front of them, as this would add to his happiness.

When Krsna dragged Kamsa from the dias, He was pulling him by the hair, because

Kamsa had caught Devaki by the hair on her wedding day. Krsna then threw him on

the ground and jumped onto his chest. Because Krsna' s body contains all of the

universes, the weight of all of the universes was felt by Kamsa at that time. He

specifically jumped on Kamsa's chest because Kamsa had struck Vasudeva on the

chest with rocks during the time he was in prison.

 

Because Kamsa had the strength of one hundred thousand elephants, there was

doubt that he was really dead. Some thought that perhaps he was just

unconscious. Therefore, to show everyone that he was dead, Krsna pulled him

around the wrestling arena. When Kamsa's body was later dragged down to the

ghata, it made a gully called panca-pada which is now the sewage drain behind

the Matha. After Krsna killed Kamsa, He went to the jail and unchained Devaki

and Vasudeva. Vasudeva and Devaki offered prayers, addressing Krsna as Bhagavan.

After this they asked Him, " What sinful activities could we have done that You

left us for ten and a half years, and that we were put into chains in Kamsa's

jail? " Krsna replied, " O Ta, father. " Krsna called him 'Ta,' and at the same

time He called Yogamaya to cover Vasudeva so that he would think Krsna his own

son. Without doing this He could not continue His lila. Thus covered by

Yogamaya, Vasudeva thought, " O my son " , and he forgot about his

previous question. When Yogamaya covers the devotees for lila, she is known as

Samukha Mohini. When she covers the conditioned souls, however, she is called

Bahirmukha Mohini, or Mahamaya. Vasudeva Krsna had appeared in the heart of

Vasudeva, and Vasudeva had impregnated Devaki by mantra. This is called

sambhanda-jnana. The guru gives his disciple a relationship with Krsna by

mantra.

 

Ugrasena now called Krsna to make Him the King of Mathura, but Krsna said that

He could not be King because the Yadus had been cursed never to become kings.

Krsna told Ugrasena that he was in the Bhoja dynasty, and therefore he should be

the King.

 

As these incidences transpired, Nanda Baba was waiting at the bank of the

Yamuna. He was thinking that Devaki and Vasudeva must be showing Krsna and

Balarama so much affection that They would not want to go back to Vrndavana with

him. They came in the evening, and each sat on his knee. Krsna sat on his right

side, and Baladeva sat on his left. He asked Them, " Why did you wait three days

to come? Do You think You are the sons of Devaki and Vasudeva? " They replied,

" No, father. As soon as We were born, Devaki and Vasudeva made us leave their

house, whereas you have fed us from a young age " . Whoever shows love and

affection is the parent. Nanda Baba was so kind that he was thinking, " How can I

take them from Devaki and Vasudeva? Maybe Baladeva can stay to pacify Devaki. "

When he suggested that, however, Baladeva said that He could not stay without

Krsna.

 

Just by touching this place where Kamsa was killed, Rangesvara, one will become

purified. One who even spends one night here with faith, will never again take

birth in the womb of a mother. Even those who come here for business will get

very much benefit. This is because they are somehow attracted to this place, and

they may come in contact with sadhus.

 

[srila Maharaja indicated that he would be continuing these discussions between

Krsna, Balarama, and Nanda Baba for the next several days.]

 

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