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Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam are two most important scriptures for Kali Yuga, they have specifically manifested for us kali yugians. If we sincerely try to serve these two transcendental scriptures then we can unlock many hidden gems. Let us take a look at the famous verse from Bhagavad gita<\/p>\n
\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e<\/strong> \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e<\/strong> \u091a<\/strong> \u092e\u0947<\/strong> \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0947\u0935\u0902<\/strong> \u092f\u094b<\/strong> \u0935\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093f<\/strong> \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0903<\/strong> \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n \u0924\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e<\/strong> \u0926\u0947\u0939\u0902<\/strong> \u092a\u0941\u0928\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e<\/strong> \u0928\u0948\u0924\u093f<\/strong> \u092e\u093e\u092e\u0947\u0924\u093f<\/strong> \u0938\u094b\u093d\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0941\u0928<\/strong> \u0965<\/strong><\/p>\n One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Bg 4.9)<\/strong><\/p>\n As we read the above verse it looks too simplistic, as if Krishna is simply encouraging everyone to accept His shelter by holding a big carrot in front of us! Rather, coming out from the lotus like mouth of Krishna, every single verse of Bhagavad Gita is Absolute and so is its conclusion and promise. Srila Prabhupada further declares in his purport \u2013<\/p>\n He who accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the <\/i>Vedas<\/i> and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who does not waste time in philosophical speculations attains the highest perfectional stage of liberation. <\/i>Simply by accepting this truth on faith, one can, without a doubt, attain liberation<\/strong><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n (Bg 4.9p)<\/strong><\/p>\n The above statements may baffle us, especially devotees. We already know that Krishna is the Supreme personality of Godhead, we know about Krishna\u2019s transcendental appearance and activities but liberation seems a bit far. But then how much do we even really know Vrajendra Nandan Krishna, Krishna of Vrindavan.<\/p>\n Both the verse and its purport are \u2018packed\u2019 and we can unpack then in multiple ways. Today, however let us unpack it from the angle of Krishna\u2019s birth, how and where exactly did Vrajendra Nandan Krishna appeared.<\/p>\n Scriptures say that Svayam Bhagavan, Sri Vrajendra Nandan Krishna, does not take one step out of Vrindavan. Many of us may have read the pastime when Akrura came to invite Krishna and Balaram to Mathura, the two brothers he took with him to Mathura were a little different then whom he assumed accompanied him.<\/p>\n Nanda Mah\u00e4r\u00e4ja returned to V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana without K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba and Balar\u00e4ma. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a very pathetic scene for the gop\u00e9s, Mother Ya\u00e7od\u00e4, \u00c7r\u00e9mat\u00e9 R\u00e4dh\u00e4r\u00e4\u00eb\u00e9 and all the other residents of V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana. Many devotees have tried to make adjustments to K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba\u2019s being away from V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana because, according to expert opinion, <\/i>K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, never goes even a step out of V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana<\/strong><\/i>. He always remains there. The explanation of expert devotees is that K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba was actually not absent from V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana; He came back with Nanda Mah\u00e4r\u00e4ja as promised.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n When K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba was starting for Mathur\u00e4 on the chariot driven by Akr\u00fcra and the gop\u00e9s were blocking the way, K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba assured them that He was coming back just after finishing His business in Mathur\u00e4. He told them not to be overwhelmed and in this way pacified them. But when He failed to come back with Nanda Mah\u00e4r\u00e4ja, it appeared that He either cheated them or could not keep His promise. Expert devotees, however, have decided that K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba was neither a cheater nor a breaker of promises. K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba, in His original identity, returned with Nanda Mah\u00e4r\u00e4ja and stayed with the gop\u00e9s and Mother Ya\u00e7od\u00e4 in His bh\u00e4va expansion. K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba and Balar\u00e4ma remained in Mathur\u00e4 not in Their original forms but in Their expansions as V\u00e4sudeva and Sa\u00eckar\u00f1a\u00eba. <\/i>The real K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba and Balar\u00e4ma were in V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana in Their bh\u00e4va manifestation, whereas in Mathur\u00e4 They appeared in the prabhava and vaibhava expansions<\/strong><\/i>. This is the expert opinion of advanced devotees of K\u00e5\u00f1\u00eba. Externally, however, They were absent from V\u00e5nd\u00e4vana<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n (Krishna Book, chapter 46)<\/strong><\/p>\n Let us try solve this mystery by seeing it from the eyes of our acharya and the scriptures.<\/p>\n Thereafter, exactly when Vasudeva, being inspired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was about to take the newborn child from the delivery room, Yoga-m<\/strong>\u0101<\/strong>y<\/strong>\u0101<\/strong>, the Lord\u2019s spiritual energy, took birth as the daughter of the wife of Mah<\/strong>\u0101<\/strong>r<\/strong>\u0101<\/strong>ja Nanda.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u015a<\/i>r<\/i>\u012b<\/i>la Vi<\/i>\u015b<\/i>van<\/i>\u0101<\/i>tha Cakravart<\/i>\u012b<\/i> \u1e6c<\/i>h<\/i>\u0101<\/i>kura discusses that <\/i>K<\/strong><\/i>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/i><\/strong>a appeared simultaneously as the son of Devak<\/i><\/strong>\u012b<\/i><\/strong> and as the son of Ya<\/i><\/strong>\u015b<\/i><\/strong>od<\/i><\/strong>\u0101<\/i><\/strong>, along with the spiritual energy Yoga-m<\/i><\/strong>\u0101<\/i><\/strong>y<\/i><\/strong>\u0101<\/i><\/strong>. As the son of Devak<\/i>\u012b<\/i>, He first appeared as Vi<\/i>\u1e63\u1e47<\/i>u, and because Vasudeva was not in the position of pure affection for K<\/i>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/i>a, Vasudeva worshiped his son as Lord Vi<\/i>\u1e63\u1e47<\/i>u. Ya<\/i>\u015b<\/i>od<\/i>\u0101<\/i>, however, pleased her son K<\/i>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/i>a without understanding His Godhood. This is the difference between K<\/i>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/i>a as the son of Ya<\/i>\u015b<\/i>od<\/i>\u0101<\/i> and as the son of Devak<\/i>\u012b<\/i>. This is explained by Vi<\/i>\u015b<\/i>van<\/i>\u0101<\/i>tha Cakravart<\/i>\u012b<\/i> on the authority of Hari-va<\/i>\u1e41<\/i>\u015b<\/i>a.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n (SB 10.3.47+p)<\/strong><\/p>\n What Srila Prabhupada is disclosing above is simply astonishing! Prabhupada is divulging to us that Krishna appeared simultaneously in two places- as the son of Devaki and as son of mother Yashoda, in Vrindavan.<\/p>\n Let us read the exact commentary of Srila Vishvanath Chakravarty Thakura, which Srila Prabhupada quoted above.<\/p>\n In the Hari Vamsa is says that that in the eighth of her pregnancy Devaki and Yasoda gave birth at the same time to their Children. But here in Bhagavatam it is stated that that Yasoda gave birth after Devaki. How to correlate the two contradictory statements? <\/i>Exactly when Devaki gave birth to Krishna, Yashoda also gave birth to Krishna<\/strong><\/i>. After that, as described in this verse, Yashoda birth to Yagamaya. Yashoda gave birth to two children at different times. This is confirmed in SB 10.4.9, for when Yogamaya falls from the hands of Kamsa, she is called younger sister<\/strong> of Krishna. But when Krishna was born to Yashoda it is not stated that he had four hands. It is understood that He was born from Yashoda with two hands. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n (Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakura purport to SB 10.3.47)<\/strong><\/p>\n Srila Vishvanath Chakravarty Thakura <\/i>is revealing to us that mother Yashoda gave birth to two kids. A son, Krishna, was born at the very same time when Lord Vishnu appeared as the son of Devaki. (Hence Krishna\u2019s birth is rightly celebrated as Janamashtami everywhere and not on Nandotsava as some devotees tend to suggest.) Second child, as we know, was Yogamaya, Krishna\u2019s \u2018younger\u2019 sister.<\/p>\n Srimad Bhagavatam itself gives us a hint about this secret while describing how Nanda Maharaj celebrated Krishna\u2019s \u2018Jata-Karma\u2019 ceremony, cutting of the umbilical cord connecting the child and placenta.<\/p>\n nandas tv \u0101tmaja utpanne j\u0101t\u0101hl\u0101do mah\u0101-man\u0101\u1e25<\/i> \u015aukadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b said: Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a appeared as his son, he was overwhelmed by jubilation. Therefore, after bathing and purifying himself and dressing himself properly, he invited br\u0101hma\u1e47as who knew how to recite Vedic mantras. After having these qualified br\u0101hma\u1e47as recite auspicious Vedic hymns, he arranged to have the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child according to the rules and regulations, and he also arranged for worship of the demigods and forefathers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (SB 10.5.1-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport of the above verse :<\/p>\n The j\u0101ta-karma ceremony can take place when the umbilical cord, connecting the child and the placenta, is cut. However, since K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a was brought by Vasudeva to the house of Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, where was the chance for this to happen? In this regard, Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha Cakravart\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura desires to prove with evidence from many \u015b\u0101stras that <\/i>K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a actually took birth as the son of Ya\u015bod\u0101 before the birth of Yoga-m\u0101y\u0101,<\/strong><\/i> who is therefore described as the Lord\u2019s younger sister<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n (SB 10.5.1-2p)<\/strong><\/p>\n preshthanandair vraje tais tair atmano \u2018pi vimohanaih<\/p>\n lilollasair vilasati shri-lila-purushottamah<\/p>\n Because He enjoys many happy pastimes, delighting His dear associates, and even enchanting Himself, Lord Krishna is called \u201clila-purushottama\u201d (the most playful person).<\/strong><\/p>\n asamordhvena bhagavan vatsalyena vrajesayoh<\/p>\n sutatvenaiva sa tayor atmanam vetti sarvada<\/p>\n Because the parental love of Vraja\u2019s king and queen has no equal or superior, Lord Krishna eternally thinks Himself their son.<\/strong><\/p>\n kecid bhagavatah prahur evam atra puratanah<\/p>\n vyuhah pradurbhaved adyo griheshv anakadundubheh<\/p>\n goshthe tu mayaya sardham shri-lila-purushottamah<\/p>\n In ancient times some devotees have said that the Lord appeared in His Vasudeva feature in the home of Maharaja Vasudeva, and at the same time He appeared, along with Yogamaya, in His original form as Shri Krishna in the village of Vraja.<\/strong><\/p>\n gatva yadu-varo goshtham tatra suti-griham visan<\/p>\n kanyam eva param vikshya tam adayavrajat puram<\/p>\n pravisad vasudevas tu shri-lila-purushottamam<\/p>\n When Maharaja Vasudeva arrived in Vraja, he entered the maternity room, saw (Yasoda\u2019s, daughter and, taking her with him, returned to Mathura. The Vasudeva expansion (Maharaja Vasudeva carried with him, then merged in the body of Shri Krishna<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n etac cati-rahasyatvan noktam tatra katha-krame<\/p>\n kintu kvacit prasangena sucyate shri-sukadibhih<\/p>\n Because this pastime is very confidential, it was not related in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam. Nevertheless, Sukadeva Gosvami and other great devotees have indirectly described it in some of their writings.<\/strong><\/p>\n Srila Rupa Gosvami then quotes below four verses from Srimad Bhagavatam which specifically describe Krishna as son of Nanda Maharaj.<\/p>\n \u201cNanda Maharaja was naturally very magnanimous, and when Lord Shri Krishna appeared as his son, he was overwhelmed by jubilation<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n (SB 10.5.1)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNanda Maharaja was very liberal and simple. He immediately took his son Krishna on his lap as if Krishna had returned from death.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (SB 10.6.43)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, the son of Mother Yasoda, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (SB (10.9.21)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLet me offer my respectful obeisances unto the son of Maharaja Nanda, who is standing before me with conchshell earrings and peacock feather on His head. His face is beautiful\u00bb He is wearing a helmet, garlanded with forest flowers, and He stands with a morsel of food in His hand. He is decorated with cane, flute, and a bugle made of buffalo horn. He stands before me with small lotus feet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n (SB 10.14.1)<\/strong><\/p>\n tatha shri-yamala-vacanam samudaharanti<\/p>\n \u201ckrishno \u2018nyo yadu-sambhuto yah purnah so \u2018sty atah parah<\/p>\n vrindavanam parityajya sa kvacin naiva gacchati<\/p>\n The different between Krishna\u2019s appearance in Vrindavana and His appearance in Mathura and Dvaraka is described in, Yamala Tantra:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Krishna known as Yadukumara is Vasudeva Krishna. He is different from the Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja. Yadukumara Krishna manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathura and Dvaraka, but Krishna the son of Nanda Maharaja never at any time leaves Vrindavana.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Laghu-bhagavatmrta 1.5.452-461)<\/strong><\/p>\n The above verse has also been quoted in Caitanya Caritamrta, it was spoken by Caitanya Mahaprabhu to \u2026 who else\u2026. Srila Rupa Goswami!<\/p>\n Caution- One should not misunderstand that there are multiple Krishnas! This verse is showing that Vrindavan Krishna, Vrajendra Nandan Krishna, is the original personality of Godhead and rest all are His various plenary expansions\/ incarnations. Vrajendra Nandan Krishna is the original source.<\/p>\n p\u016br\u1e47a bhagav\u0101n k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a vrajendra-kum\u0101ra<\/i> Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Lord. He eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadh\u0101ma.<\/strong><\/p>\n (CC Adi 3.5)<\/strong><\/p>\n I hope we got a little taste of sweet undercurrents flowing via, seemingly, straight verses of Bhagavad Gita, and also Srimad Bhagavatam, if we simply serve these two scriptures by studying them regularly, then, by the mercy and potency of Srila Prabhupada, many intricate aspects of Absolute Truth, Sri Vrajendra Nandan Krishna, can manifest in our heart.<\/p>\n He who accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the <\/i>Vedas<\/i> and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who does not waste time in philosophical speculations attains the highest perfectional stage of liberation. Simply by accepting this truth on faith, one can, without a doubt, attain liberation. The Vedic version <\/i>tat tvam asi<\/i> is actually applied in this case. <\/i>Anyone who understands Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a to be the Supreme, or who says unto the Lord, \u201cYou are the same Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead,\u201d is certainly liberated instantly<\/strong><\/i>, and consequently his entrance into the transcendental association of the Lord is guaranteed.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n (BG 4.9p)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, is worshipped along with His transcendental abode Vrndavana. The most pleasing form of worship for the Lord is that which was performed by the gopis<\/em> of Vrndavana. Srimad Bhagavatam<\/em> is the spotless authority on everything and pure love of Godhead is the ultimate goal of life for all men. These statements, for which we have the highest regard, are the opinion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. <\/strong><\/p>\n (Caitanya-matta-manjusa<\/em> by Srila Viswanatha Cakravarti Thakura<\/strong>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.<\/p>\n All glories to Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n your servant,<\/p>\n Giriraj dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The different between Krishna\u2019s appearance in Vrindavana and His appearance in Mathura and Dvaraka is described in, Yamala Tantra: \u201cThe Krishna known as Yadukumara is Vasudeva Krishna. He is different from the Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja. Yadukumara Krishna manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathura and Dvaraka, but Krishna the son of Nanda Maharaja never at any time leaves Vrindavana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70180","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=70180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70184,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70180\/revisions\/70184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Vrajendra Nandan Krishna<\/h3>\n
Now a natural question may arise that if Vrajendra Nandan Krishna, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, never takes even a step out of Vrindavan then how did He take birth in Mathura?<\/h3>\n
How can the umbilical cord be still intact if kids were exchanged in the night!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n\u0101h\u016bya vipr\u0101n veda-j\u00f1\u0101n sn\u0101ta\u1e25 \u015bucir ala\u1e45k\u1e5bta\u1e25\u2003<\/i><\/span>
\nv\u0101cayitv\u0101 svastyayana\u1e41 j\u0101ta-karm\u0101tmajasya vai<\/i>
\nk\u0101ray\u0101m \u0101sa vidhivat pit\u1e5b-dev\u0101rcana\u1e41 tath\u0101\u2003<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nSrila Rupa Gosvami also gives away the secret!<\/h3>\n
\ngoloke vrajera saha nitya vih\u0101ra<\/i><\/p>\n
\nramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena va kalpita
\nsrimad bhagavatam pramanam amalam prema pum-artho mahan
\nsri-caitanya mahaprabhor matam idam tatradarah na parah<\/p>\n![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fCFNEAF.jpg\")
By Giriraj dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n