Krishna Leela Series - Part 64 - The Great Sage Narada Visits the Different Homes of Lord Krishna

1. Krishna BhaktiSangha Presents The Great Sage Narada Visits the Different Homes of Lord Krishna

2. BG 10.9 BG 4.8 pariträëäyasädhünäà vinäçäya ca duñkåtäm dharma-saàsthäpanärthäya sambhavämiyugeyuge mac-cittä mad-gata-präëä bodhayantaùparasparam kathayantaç ca mäànityaà tuñyanti ca ramanti ca The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. BhaktiSiddhantaSaraswati started a newspaper – ‘NadiyaPrakash’ The fallen souls are very eager to receive novel informations every day, and the transcendentalists like Vyäsadeva or Närada can supply such eager people in general with unlimited news from the spiritual world. SB 1.5.13

3. Sage Narada hears about Lord Krishna marrying 16000 princesses Astonished that Lord Krishna had expanded into 16000 forms And married all the princesses simultaneously in different palaces Became inquisitive to see how Lord Krishna was managing Desired to see these pastimes Sets out to visit Krishna at Dvaraka

4. Parks and orchards Beautiful birds chirping Peacocks dancing Lakes full of lilies and swans

5. 900,000 marble palaces Gates and doors of silver Bedecked with sapphires and emeralds Beautifully decorated highways & streets Shade giving trees on either side of roads Full of residential houses, temples, etc Viswakarma constructed ingenious palaces Great kings from all over the world came to worship Lord Krishna

6. Pillars made with corals Ceilings bedecked with jewels Walls studded with sapphires and emeralds Canopies decorated with strings of pearls Well dressed servants were busy with household work

7. Lord bowed down at Narada Muni’s feet Had him sit on His chair, washed his feet Sweetly asked “What can I do in your service?” Rukminidevi herself fanned Lord Krishna

8. Narada Muni did not object Lord Krishna taking his foot water on His head Brahmanyadeva – worshipped by brahmanas You appear by Your own will Fortunate to have Your darshan Devas meditate upon Your lotus feet My request is that I may not forget Your lotus feet at any time

9. nadhanamnajanamnasundarim kavitamvajagadisakamaye mama janmanijanmanisvare bhavatadbhaktirahaitukitvayi

10. Naradjiwanted to see activities of Yogamaya hence he entered into the palace of another queen Lord Krishna was engaged in playing chess with His dear wife and Uddhava Lord worshipped Naradji just as He had in Rukmini’s palace and asked, ‘What can I do for you?’ Naradji silently left the palace in great astonishment

11. In another palace Lord Krishna was engaged as an affectionate father In another palace Lord was preparing to take His bath Naradji entered each and every of the 16108 palaces and found the Lord engaged in different activities

12. In one palace Lord Krishna was engaged in performing pancasuna sacrifice In another He was feeding brahmanas In yet another he was chanting Gayatri mantra

13. In some palaces He was practicing sword fighting In some He was seen riding on elephants and on horses

14. In some palaces He was giving well-decorated cows in charity In some palaces He was enjoying in the swimming pool

15. In some palaces the Lord was … taking rest, discussing with ministers, engaged in economic development, satisfying elderly superiors, getting his children married, acting as a spy to understand motives of different citizens Watching the Supersoul of all playing the part of a human being, Naradji smiling within asked permission from the Lord to travel and broadcast His glories all over the universe

16. The supreme enforcer of principles was executing them, to teach the whole world Lord demonstrated path of sanctifying ordinary house-hold life So that people may follow His footsteps Showed that He was attached to the 4 principles of civilized life A Krishna conscious house-holder’s life is transcendental to vedic injunctions

17. Anyone who attentively hears the narrations of the Lord's pastimes in Dvaraka or supports a preacher of the Krsna consciousness movement will certainly find it very easy to traverse the path of liberation and taste the nectar of the lotus feet of Lord Krsna. And thus he will be engaged in His devotional service.