Krishna Leela Series Part 35 Prayers by Akrura

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Krishna Leela Series - Part 35
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Previously…
Departure for
Mathura
&
Bath in the
Yamuna
Akrura’s
Arrival
&
Developments
Gopis feel
intense
separation

CHAPTER 40
PRAYERS BY AKRURA

9 Processes of Bhakti Yoga
Akrura’s Perfection through Vandanam (Offering Prayers)

SUPREME CAUSE OF ALL CAUSES
Ishvarahparamahkrishnah
sac-cid-Ananda-vigrahah
anAdirAdirgovindah
sarva-kArana-kAranam
Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.
SRI BRAHMA SAMHITA 5.1

NARAYANA
Original Inexhaustible Personality
Meanings
Lord Brahma – Atmabhu, padmaja, svayambhu

Who is God and Who are devas or demigods?

Pastimes with Lord Brahma

CAUSE
CAUSE OF
CAUSE
ALL CAUSES

8 elements
5 senses
Sense Objects
Mind
Total material energy
Material nature
Devatas
UNIVERSAL BODY
BODY
&
BODILY PARTS

Confirmed by
Purushasukta, BhagavadGita
Enamoureddevatas
do not know Krishna’s
Transcendental Nature
Krishna’s Material Nature
bewilders them

THE SUPREME PERSONALITY
OF GODHEAD
arjunauvaca
parambrahma
paramdhAmapavitramparamambhavAnpurushamsAsvatamdivyamAdi-devamajamvibhum
AhustvAmrsayahsarvedevarshirnAradastathaasitodevalovyAsahsvayamcaivabravIsime

WORSHIP OF KRISHNA
&
WORSHIP OF DEVATAS
Bg 7.21
yoyoyAmyAmtanumbhaktah
shraddhyArchitumicchati
tasyatasyAchalAmshraddhAm
tAmevavidadhAmyaham
I am in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity.

Bg 7.22
satayAshraddhayAyuktas
tasyArAdhanamIhate
Labhate ca tatahkAmAn
MayaivavihitAn hi tAn
Endowed with such faith, he seeks favours of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality, these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

Bg 9.23
ye’pyanya-devatA-bhaktA
yajanteshraddhayAnvitAh
te’pimAmevakaunteya
Yajantyavidhi-pUrvakam
Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.

Krishna
as
AntaryAmi
(Supersoul)
Krishna
as
Empowering
Agent

NARAYANA AS PARA-TATTVA

Devatas are emanations from the universal body of the Lord, i.e. within creation
Krishna is represented by the powers of His creation
Narayana is beyond His creation
Worship the Creator
Respect His Creations

DO ALL RIVERS LEAD TO THE SEA?
Different types of worship mentioned in Vedic texts
Krishna desires direct worship, not indirect worship
Small rivers fail to reach the sea, some reach, some don’t
No guarantee for
worshippers of devatas
It depends on the sincerity of their worship
Plan is to elevate people

Hayagreeva
Saraswathi
KNOWLEDGE

yat-pada-pallava-yugamvinidhayakumbha-
dvandvepranama-samayesaganadhirajah
vighnanvihantumalamasyajagat-trayasya
govindamadi-purusam tam ahambhajami
SRI
BRAHMA
SAMHITA
5.50
"I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, whose lotus feet are always held by Ganeshaupon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all the obstacles on the path of progress of the three worlds."

LIMITED CAPACITY
UNLIMITED CAPACITY

REAL RELATIONSHIP IS WITH KRISHNA

VISHVA ROOPA
Fire is Your mouth / Earth is Your feet / Sun and Moon are Your Eyes / sky is Your Navel / Directions are Your ears / Space is Your head / devatas are Your arms, oceans and seas are Your abdomen / winds and air are Your strength and vitality / Plants and herbs are Your bodily hairs, clouds are Your hair / mountains are Your bones and nails / days and nights are the twinkling of Your eyelids / PrajApati, the progenitor are Your genitals / Rains are Your semen

VISHNU TATTVA
Beyond 3 modes of material nature
Creation under 3 modes
from Brahma to Plants & Trees
Obeisances to various forms of the Lord
ChaturvyUha
Purpose of Appearance
Eternal & Unlimited Forms
Sun Analogy
3 types of evidences

AKRURA’S
PERSONAL EMOTIONS
Everyone conditioned by false identification and false possession
Transmigration based on
false identifications
(e.g. Indra’s becoming a hog)
Dreamland
Sweet Dreams & Nightmares
False happiness – Lotus Leaf
Very flimsy and insecure
I am a fool
Why?I have accepted this material body full of dualities and have forgotten

AKRURA’S
PERSONAL EMOTIONS
You are the source of all pleasures
Foolish Creature
&
Mirage

AKRURA’S
PERSONAL EMOTIONS
Your lotus feet cannot be appreciated by those who are conditioned

But, I have come near those feet because of Your causeless mercy (not own strength)
You can act in any way because You are the Supreme Controller

Incapable
of
controlling the mind
&
unbridled senses
Charioteer & Horses
An Upanishadic Analogy

AKRURA’S
PERSONAL EMOTIONS
Your lotus feet cannot be appreciated by the conditioned
But, I have come near those feet Your causeless mercy,
not my own strength
You are the Supreme Independent Controller
By Your mercy, everything is possible
Eligibility of Person & Devotional Service

AKRURA’S
PERSONAL EMOTIONS
Eternal form full of Knowledge
Concentration on Form
tasmintushtejagattushtam
SarvaShaktimAn
VAsudeva
I am completely surrendered
unto You
Please protect me
Constant Remembrance
Greatest Fear

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