Krishna Bhakti SanghaKRISHNA LEELA SERIES : 59

Chapter 64: The Story of King Nrga

RECAP….

• Banasura was defeated by the Lord• Lord Siva was unable to save his devotee• Lord brought back Aniruddha and Usha

• The Lord’s family members went for a picnic • Soon they became thirsty and went in search

of the well• There was no water in the well but they saw a

very amazing creature….

PICNIC TIME

Large Lizard…• The Lizard was actually trapped and unable to

escape from the deep well• They tried to rescue the large Lizard but they

were unsuccessful• Returned home

Lord Arrives..

• Sri Krishna was told about the incident

• Lord is the Friend of all Living Entities

• He easily got the Lizard out simply by extending his left hand

Transcendental Touch

• Upon Krishna’s touch , the lizard immediately changed to a beautiful Devata

• Very attractive looking• Krishna asked the Devata’s

identity and enquired on what he was in his past life

King Nrga

• Paid obeisances and introduced himself

• Son of King Ikshvaku• One of the most

charitable persons in history

Charity

• Cows = Dust on Earth, Stars in the sky and Rainfall

• Each cow has only one calf• Money that had been earned

legally• Gold plated horns and silver

plated hooves• Silk clothes, gold, land, houses,

horses and elephants were given to Brahmanas

• Married off Brahmanas and gave maideservants, jewels, grains etc

• Digging well, planting trees, installing ponds

One Cow goes astray…

• A cow which was given in charity entered into another group

• Both Brahmanas argued and fought

• Tried to appease by giving 100,000 cows for that 1 cow

• He prayed to them fervently• Brahma sva

Death arrived… 2 OPTIONS

ENJOY OR SUFFER

SUFFER FIRST

• Always thought of the Lord• Persons who follow Karma Kanda are

not that intelligent• Devotional service is above Karma

filled activities• Great desire to see Krishna enabled

him to retain the memory of past life : Jati Smara

• King Nrga said that he was very generous towards brahmanas and devoted to them

• Only if one gets liberated , he can see Krishna so he was very fortunate

• Even though you see the Lord you cannot get into Vaikuntha

• After having attained a demigod’s body he started glorifying Krishna

• Before departing for heavens, he bowed before the Lord and got His blessings

• Krishna appreciated the King’s charitable disposition and recommended one should follow the Vedic principles

• Grihastas should give charity

• Usurping Brahmana’s property is worse than drinking poison

• If Someone touches a brahmana’s property, he is ruined for 3 generations

• If he forcefully takes away, he is ruined for 10 generations

• Usurpers are put into hell, OR sometimes come as an insect in stool for 60,000 years OR he will become a serpent

• But if someone becomes a devotee of the Lord , ten generations before and after will be liberated

• One should give full respect to Brahamanas no matter what they do for even the Lord respects them

• Charity should be given to the right Persons • One must be careful when doing charity

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna KrishnaHare Hare

Hare RamaHare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare