Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parikshit is Saved

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Prayers by Queen Kunti and Parekshit is Saved

Bhagavatam, Canto -1, Chapter Eight

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Sage Suta said : Thereafter the Pandavas, desiring to deliver water to the dead relatives who had desired it, went to the sacred river Ganga with Draupadi. The ladies walked in front.

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Having lamented over them and sufficiently offered Ganga water, they bathed in the Ganga, whose water is sanctified due to being mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Bhagavan.

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There sat the King of the Kurus, Maharaja Yudhishtira, along with his younger brothers and Dhritarashtra, Gändhari, Kunti and Draupadi, all overwhelmed with grief. Bhagavan Krishna was also there.

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Citing the stringent laws of the Almighty and their reactions upon living beings, Bhagavan Sri Krishna and the munis began to pacify those who were shocked and affected.

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The wicked Duryodhana and his party cunningly usurped the kingdom of Yudhishthira, who had no enemy. By the grace of the Bhagavan, the recovery was executed, and the unscrupulous kings who joined with Duryodhana were killed by Him. Others also died, their duration of life having decreased for their rough handling of the hair of Queen Draupadi .

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Bhagavan Sri Krishna caused three well-performed Aswamedha-yajna [horse sacrifices] to be conducted by Maharaja Yudhisthira and thus caused his virtuous fame to be glorified in all directions, like that of Indra, who had performed one hundred such sacrifices.

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Bhagavan Sri Krishna then prepared for His departure. He invited the sons of Pandu, after having been worshiped by the brahmanas, headed by Sri Vyasadeva. The Bhagavan also reciprocated greetings.

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As soon as He seated Himself on the chariot to start for Dwaraka, He saw Uttara hurrying toward Him in fear.

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Uttara said : O God of devatas, Bhagavan of the entire universe! You are the greatest of mystics. Please protect me, for there is no one else who can save me from the clutches of death in this world of duality.

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O my Bhagavan, You are all-powerful. A fiery iron arrow is coming towards me fast. My Bhagavan, let it burn me personally, if You so desire, but please do not let it burn and abort my embryo. Please do me this favor, my Bhagavan.

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Sage Suta said : Having patiently heard her words, Bhagavan Sri Krishna, who is always very affectionate to His devotees, could at once understand that Aswathama, the son of Dronacharya, had thrown the brahmastra to finish the last life in the Pandavva family.

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O foremost among the great thinkers [munis] [Çaunaka], seeing the glaring brahmastra proceeding towards them, the Pandavas took up their five respective weapons.

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The almighty Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, having observed that a great danger was befalling His unalloyed devotees, who were fully surrendered souls, at once took up His all-conquering weapon ‘Sudarsana Chakra’ to protect them.

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The Lord of supreme mysticism, Sri Krishna, resides within everyone’s heart as the Paramatma. As such, just to protect the progeny of the Kuru dynasty, He covered the embryo of Uttarä by His personal energy.

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O Saunaka, although the supreme brahmastra weapon released by Aswathama was irresistible and without check or counteraction, it was neutralized and foiled when confronted by the strength of Vishnu [bhagavan Krishna].

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O brahmanas, do not think this to be especially wonderful in the activities of the mysterious and infallible Personality of Godhead. By His own transcendental energy, He maintains and annihilates all material things, although He Himself is unborn.

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Thus saved from the radiation of the brahmastra, Queen Kunti, the chaste devotee of the Bhagavan, and her five sons and Draupadi addressed Bhagavan Krishna as He started for home.

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Kuntidevi said : O Krishna, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all.

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Being beyond the range of limited sense perception, You are the eternally irreproachable factor covered by the curtain of deluding energy. You are invisible to the foolish observer, exactly as an actor dressed as a player is not recognized.

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You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?

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Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Bhagavan, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devaki, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vrindavana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.

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My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Bhagavan, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.

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O Hrishikesa, master of the senses and Lord of Lords, You have released Your mother, Devaki, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kamsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.

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My dear Krishna, You have protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the dreaded weapon of Asvathama.

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I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.

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My Bhagavan, You can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.

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My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially impoverished. You have nothing to do with the actions and reactions of the material modes of nature. You are self-satisfied, and therefore You are the most gentle and are master of the monists.

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My Bhagavan, I consider You to be eternal time, the supreme controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, You are equal to everyone. The dissensions between living beings are due to social intercourse.

 

TEXT 29

O Bhagavan, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and are so misleading. You have no specific object of favor, nor do You have any object of envy. People only imagine that You are partial.

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Of course it is bewildering, O soul of the universe, that You work, though You are inactive, and that You take birth, though You are the vital force and the unborn. You Yourself descend amongst animals, men, sages and aquatics. Verily, this is bewildering.

TEXT 31

My dear Krishna, Yasoda took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes overflooded with tears, which washed the mascara from Your eyes. And You were afraid, though fear personified is afraid of You. This sight is bewildering to me.

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Some say that the Unborn is born for the glorification of pious kings, and others say that He is born to please King Yadu, one of Your dearest devotees. You appear in his family as sandalwood appears in the Malaya hills.

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Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devaki prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the devatas.

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Others say that the world, being overburdened like a boat at sea, is much aggrieved, and that Brahma, who is Your son, prayed for You, and so You have appeared to diminish the trouble.

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And yet others say that You appeared to rejuvenate the devotional service of hearing, remembering, worshiping and so on in order that the conditioned souls suffering from material pangs might take advantage and gain liberation.

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O Krishna, those who continuously hear, chant and repeat Your transcendental activities, or take pleasure in others’ doing so, certainly see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of birth and death.

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O my Bhagavan, You have executed all duties Yourself. Are you leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have no one else to protect us, now when all kings are at enmity with us?

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As the name and fame of a particular body is finished with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly if You do not look upon us, all our fame and activities, along with the Pandavas and Yadus, will end at once.

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O Gadadhara [Krishna], our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it appears beautiful. But when You leave, it will no longer be so.

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All these cities and villages are flourishing in all respects because the herbs and grains are in abundance, the trees are full of fruits, the rivers are flowing, the hills are full of minerals and the oceans full of wealth. And this is all due to Your glancing over them.

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O Bhagavan of the universe, soul of the universe, O personality of the form of the universe, please, therefore, sever my tie of affection for my kinsmen, the Pandavas and the Vrishnis.

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O Bhagavan of Madhu, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly drawn unto You without being diverted to anyone else.

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O Krishna, O friend of Arjuna, O chief amongst the descendants of Vrishnis, You are the destroyer of those political parties which are disturbing elements on this earth. Your prowess never deteriorates. You are the proprietor of the transcendental abode, and You descend to relieve the distresses of the cows, the brahmanas and the devotees. You possess all mystic powers, and You are the preceptor of the entire universe. You are the almighty God, and I offer You my respectful obeisances.

TEXT 44

Sage Suta said: The Bhagavan, thus hearing the prayers of Kuntidevi, composed in choice words for His glorification, mildly smiled. That smile was as enchanting as His mystic power.

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAYA!!!

SriKrishnaDasa Rajeev

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