{"id":106851,"date":"2023-03-10T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=106851"},"modified":"2023-03-10T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:12:00","slug":"prasad-distribution-in-kherson-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=106851","title":{"rendered":"Prasad Distribution in Kherson, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/02\/17\/laurelchor_20230214_kherson-37_custom-678de86cbac7d335efc6a42daec8dd7b367a0d04-s1100-c50.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parasuram das<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the war the devotees have been serving Prasad to the<br \/>\nstruggling people living in Kherson, under daily bombing. Even at the<br \/>\nswimming pool kitchen the rockets scream overhead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kherson sounds of GRADs\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTpLTFsk0hE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the video Tusta Krishna Prabhu exclaims that &#8220;even in the deepest ocean,<br \/>\nhe will be just knee deep.&#8221; (a local proverb)<\/p>\n<p>Hare Krishna Parasurama Prabhu!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, at this moment the Grad multiple launch rocket system is operating.<br \/>\nIt happened a block away from the distribution of prasadam. We wanted to<br \/>\nleave the distribution point earlier, but Nama Kripa prabhu joked &#8220;Our cafe<br \/>\nis open until the last customer.&#8221; He wanted us to hand out to the last<br \/>\nperson in line, even though we were late.<\/p>\n<p>If we had left earlier, we would have come under this shelling&#8230;<br \/>\nOn our way back we saw the ruined quarter and the lying bodies. There are a<br \/>\nlot of such stories, they happen every day in Kherson. This is how Krishna<br \/>\nmanifests.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am in the Dnipro. I was called by the draft board and maybe they will<br \/>\nsend me to the war. Tomorrow everything will be decided for me. Will I be<br \/>\nable to continue my service or will I have to preach in the war<\/p>\n<p>Your servant<br \/>\nTusta Krishna Das<\/p>\n<p>Srila Prabhupada explains this in the Srimad Bhagavatam:<br \/>\nSB 5.1.19, Purport<\/p>\n<p>The bee is undisturbed by sunshine and other external influences.<br \/>\nSimilarly, one who always seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the<br \/>\nPersonality of Godhead is protected from all dangers. It is therefore said<br \/>\nin Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.58):<\/p>\n<p>samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavammahat-padam pu\u1e47ya-yaso murarehbhavambudhir<br \/>\nvatsa-padam param padampadam padam yad vipada\u1e41 na tesam<\/p>\n<p>For one who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, everything<br \/>\nbecomes easier. Indeed, even crossing the great ocean of nescience<br \/>\n(bhavambudhi) is exactly like crossing the hoofprint created by a calf<br \/>\n(vatsa-padam). For such a devotee, there is no question of remaining in a<br \/>\nplace where every step is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Our actual duty is to carry out the supreme order of the Personality of<br \/>\nGodhead. If we are fixed in our determination to carry out the supreme<br \/>\norder of the Lord, we are always secure, regardless of where we are<br \/>\nsituated, whether in hell or in heaven. Herein the words prakrtim bhajasva<br \/>\nare very significant. Prakrtim refers to one&#8217;s constitutional position.<br \/>\nEvery living entity has the constitutional position of being an eternal<br \/>\nservant of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/02\/17\/laurelchor_20230214_kherson-37_custom-678de86cbac7d335efc6a42daec8dd7b367a0d04-s1100-c50.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/>Parasuram das Since the beginning of the war the devotees have been serving Prasad to the struggling people living in Kherson, under daily bombing. Even at the swimming pool kitchen the rockets scream overhead. In the video Tusta Krishna Prabhu exclaims that &#8220;even in the deepest ocean, he will be just knee deep.&#8221; (a local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106852,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106851\/revisions\/106852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}