By Govinda Prem Das
PAMHO AGTSP.
Dear vaisnavas please pray for us.we are holding 12 hour kirtan for all the departed souls . There is tension in the country,because of the terrorist attacks. May Lord nrsimhadev protect us all.
Your servants
Iskcon Nairobi – SRI SRI Radha Bankebihari Mandir – Nairobi, Kenya
Address: Muhuroni Close, Off West Nagara Road, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya – 0100
Phone: +254 (02) 744365, +254 (20) 3744365 Fax: +254 (02) 740957, +254 (02) 3740957 Mail: P.O. Box 28946
Email: iskcon_nairobi@yahoo.com
Sri Sri Radha Bankibehari
Sri Sri Ram Laxman Sita
Sri Sri Gaura Nitai
This is Kali-yuga… Evil forces are in action. So, we have to be ready to leave our body at anytime. Yet, we know that Krishna promised na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati, My devotee never perishes:
He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes. (B.g. 9.31)
“It is said in the Brahma-saṁhitā (Ch. 5) that the Supreme Lord Govinda, by His one plenary portion, enters into the halo of the universe and distributes himself as Paramātmā, or the Supersoul, not only within the heart of every living being, but also within every atom of the material elements. Thus the Lord is all-pervading by His inconceivable potency, and thus He entered the womb of Uttarā to save His beloved devotee Mahārāja Parīkṣit. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.31) the Lord assured everyone that His devotees are never to be vanquished. No one can kill a devotee of the Lord because he is protected by the Lord, and no one can save a person whom the Lord desires to kill. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He can both save and kill as He likes. He became visible to His devotee Mahārāja Parīkṣit even in that awkward position (in the womb of his mother) in a shape just suitable for his vision.” (SB 1.12.9, Purport)
Srila Prabhupada explains:
“So long we try to save ourself, then that is not very good. If you simply depend on Krsna, “Krsna, if You save me, that is all right. Otherwise kill me, as You like.” You see? Marobi rakhobi — –jo iccha tohara. Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, “I surrender unto You.” Manasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor, “My dear Lord, whatever I have got, my possession… And what I have got? I have got this body. I have got my mind. I have got a little home and my wife, my children. This is my possession.” So manasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor. “So whatever I have got — this body, this mind, this wife, these children, this home, everything I surrender unto You.” Manasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor, arpilun tuwa pade, nanda-kisor. Krsna is known as Nanda-kisora. So this is surrender, no reservation, fully surrender, akincana. Therefore Krsna…, a devotee is called akincana. Akincana. Kincana means something, something reserved for me. …/… So this is the position, that if God wants to kill you, nobody can give you protection. And if God wants to give you protection, nobody can kill you. This is the position. Rakhe krsna mare ke, mare krsna rakhe ke. ”
(Lecture on S.B. 1.8.24, Los Angeles, April 16, 1973)