Published on Monday, January 18, 2010 by krishna balarama After leaving the florist's place, Krsna and Balarama saw a hunchbacked young woman carrying a dish of sandalwood pulp through the streets. Since Krsna is the reservoir of all pleasure, He wanted to make all His companions joyous by cutting a joke with the hunchbacked woman. Krsna addressed her, "O tall young woman, who are you? Tell Me, for whom are you carrying this...

Published on Monday, January 18, 2010 by krishna balarama After taking Their baths and finishing all other morning duties, Krsna and Balarama could hear the beating of the kettledrums in the wrestling camp. They immediately prepared Themselves to proceed to the spot to see the fun. When Krsna and Balarama reached the gate of the wrestling camp, They saw a big elephant of the name Kuvalayapida being tended by a caretaker. The...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama After Kamsa's wrestlers expressed their determination, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the killer of Madhu, confronted Canura, and Lord Balarama, the son of Rohini, confronted Mustika. Krsna and Canura and then Balarama and Mustika locked themselves hand to hand, leg to leg, and each began to press against the other with a view to come out victorious. They joined ...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama When Lord Krsna saw that Vasudeva and Devaki were remaining standing in a reverential attitude, He immediately expanded His influence of yogamaya so that they could treat Him and Balarama as children. As in the material world the relationship existing between father and mother and children can be established amongst different living entities by the influence of the il...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama Nanda Maharaja returned to Vrndavana without Krsna and Balarama. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a very pathetic scene for the gopis, mother Yasoda, Srimati Radharani and all the inhabitants and residents of Vrndavana. Many devotees have tried to make adjustments to Krsna's being away from Vrndavana because according to expert opi...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama When the gopis saw Uddhava, they observed that his features almost exactly resembled the features of Krsna, and they could understand that he was a great devotee of Krsna's. His hands were very long, and his eyes were just like the petals of the lotus flower. He was dressed in yellow colored garments and wore a garland of lotus flowers. His face was very beautiful. Ha...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama For days together, Krsna heard from Uddhava all the details of his visit to Vrndavana, of the condition of His father and mother, and of the gopis and the cowherd boys. Lord Krsna was fully satisfied that Uddhava was able to solace them by his instruction and by the message delivered to them. Lord Krsna then decided to go to the house of Kubja, the hunchback woman ...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama Thus being ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, Akrura visited Hastinapura. Hastinapura is said to be the site of what is now New Delhi. The part of New Delhi, which is still known as Indraprastha, is accepted by people in general as the old capital of the Pandavas. The very name Hastinapura suggests that there were many hastis, or elephants. Beca...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama After his death, Kamsa's two wives became widows. According to Vedic civilization, a woman is never independent. She has three stages of life: in childhood a woman should live under the protection of her father, a youthful woman should live under the protection of her young husband, and in the event of the death of her husband she should live either under the protecti...

Published on Monday, January 11, 2010 by krishna balarama When Maharaja Pariksit heard this incident of Kalayavana's being burned to ashes, he inquired about the sleeping man from Sukadeva Gosvami: "Who was he? Why was he sleeping there? How had he achieved so much power that instantly, by his glance, Kalayavana was burned to ashes? How did he happen to be lying down in the cave of the hill?" Many questions were put before S...