Travel Adventures of a Krishna Monk.
Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 15, No. 1
By Krishna-kripa das.
Rama Raya Prabhu: Traces of the bodily concept of life exist through bhava, the preliminary stage of love of God.
Being attracted by Krishna, Maharaja Bharata gave up his wealth and kingdom, but because he was not free of material desires, he became distracted.
Narottama Dasa Thakura says he will not culture any knowledge that does not help him attain love for Krishna.
Kali-yuga is such that no one will ever have peace of mind.
Knowledge of Krishna is not forgotten by the residents of Vrindavan. It is included in their ecstatic relationship with Him.
The descriptions of the miseries of Kali-yuga and the different types of annihilation in the beginning of the Twelfth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam are meant to completely detach Maharaja Pariksit from this material world before the end of his life.
It is described that Maharaja Pariksit, in samadhi, had departed back to Godhead before Tarsaka bit his body.
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