The Killing of the Aghasura Demon

Krishna goes on a picnic

• Lord Krishna one day decided to go picnic with his cowherd friends near the forest

• Everyone was well dressed up

• Krishna was dressed up nicely by Yasoda

Krishna goes on a picnic

Everyone brought their thousands of calves

Krishna brought UNLIMITED calves

None could count the number of calves!

LORD IS UNLIMITED

Krishna is unlimited hence his calves and everything about Him is also unlimited !

ENJOYMENT – Spiritual or Material?

• Cowherd boys played many games with Krishna

• Sometimes they will try to be the first to touch Krishna and also imitate the birds and other animals

• Enjoyment is there in the spiritual world also– JanmAdy asya yatah

Who can attain the Supreme ?

AUSTERE MEDITATION OR PLAYING GAMES?

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Arrival of Aghasura

Who is Aghasura?Why does he want to kill

Krishna?Why did he attack

Krishna during lunch ?

Aghasura in Action!

Aghasura assumed a snake form and waited for Krishna

His upper lip touched the sky and the whole mouth was like a cave

All the cowherd boys thought that it was a scenic spot and a big sculpture for entertainment

Cowherd boys were confident of going into the mouth without getting hurt. Why?

Krishna waited and waited….

Sri Krishna waited for the perfect time to enter Aghasura’s mouth

All the boys were in the mouth of Aghasura finally but the demon didn’t swallow.

Krishna finally entered the mouth after deliberating for some time

Krishna kills Aghasura

• Krishna immediately enlarged himself and thus suffocated Aghasura to death.

• The life air came out and the bright light merged onto Krishna’s body

• He saved the cowherd boys and the demigods from imminent death and lamentation

LORD KRISHNA PROTECTS

paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge

In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium. BG 4:8

Celebration starts!

• The denizens of the heavenly planets and the the demigods were very jubilant!

• Even Lord Brahma came down to see the wonderful ceremony and he got so astonished

• The python dried up into a thick skin and became an attraction in Vraja

Deliverance of Aghasura

A sinful demon can attain liberation because of Krishna killing him.

What to speak of a devotee who is always surrendered to the Lord?

The Aghasura incident

The Aghasura incident was only disclosed one year after it happened to the residents of Vraja

Maharaj Pariksit asked why it was like that to Sukadev goswami

The proper way to ask questions to the Guru

Conclusion

CHANT HARE KRISHNA

and BE

HAPPY!