Krishna: The Sexiest Man in the Universe
(Conclusion of “Philosophy in the City”)
Summary of the katha on the rooftops of Hastinapura while Krsna departed the city.
Gossiping Women Are Far Better Than Hymn Chanting Priests
1.10.1 Saunaka asked: Having eliminated the aggressors who tried to usurp what was rightfully his, how did Yudhisthira and his brothers, the greatest upholders of morality, enjoy or restrict themselves? 2 Suta answered: The Kuru dynasty was thinned like a fire-stricken bamboo forest, but its good seedlings were protected by Hari. The Controller’s mind became pleased by reestablishing Yudhisthira in to his rightful throne. 3 Having heard the words of Bhisma and the Infallible, he was cleansed of all …
The Prayers of Grandfather Bhisma and his Passing into Vrindavana-Lila
1.9.32 Śrī Bhīṣma said: Thus my contemplation has become thristless and dedicated To the All-Attractive, foremost of the real, the all-powerful. Everything that exists springs forth from his energies Due to his full self-satisfaction and enjoyment. Bhīṣma could completely dedicate all his perception and contemplation to the All-Attractive because he had lost all thirst for inferior subjects. Only the all-attractive, all-powerful, paramountly real Godhead could attract his attention. Why do we …
Bhīṣma’s Instructions on Human Duty (Varṇāśrama-Dharma)
1.9.25 Sūta said: Hearing all this from he who lay on a bed of arrows, Yudhiṣṭhira then asked him many questions about duty, and the sages also listened to the answers. 26 Humans all have unique individual character, and on that basis they are given specific responsibilities for material and spiritual development. Bhīṣma systematically described these, and how they involve both attachment and detachment. 27 He differentiated the duties pertaining to wealth, politics, and enlightenment; and …
Inescapable Fate & God’s Plan
1.9.12 Alas how you suffered! Alas how unfair! O children of morality, you wouldn’t have survived such trials were you not protected by the learned, by righteousness, and by the infallible. 13-17 When the great warrior Pāṇḍu died he left my daughter Pṛthā with children. Raising you she suffered again, terribly. All the difficult things that happened to her and to you are fate, I conclude. Everyone in all the worlds, and even the protectors of those worlds, is in the grip of fate like a cloud bank …
Conclusion of Queen Kunti’s Prayers
1.8.37 We are your bosom friends. We live for you and you alone. We hold your lotus-like feet above all else. Can it be that you want to leave us today, O Lord of self-determined action, Leave us to all our political problems? Kuntī profoundly asks Kṛṣṇa not to leave. 38 What will become of us Pāṇḍava and Yadu, With our big name and opulence, but without your audience? The same that becomes of a lovely body Without a soul. 39 None of this will have any of the beauty it has now, O Mace-Wielder. …
Prayers of Queen Kunti, Part II
Kuntī previously expressed so much gratitude to Kṛṣṇa for taking special care of her through so many calamities. Kṛṣṇa might say, “First you say I am the Original Godhead and then you say I took so much care of you, but this is a contradiction because Godhead does not show partiality to anyone!” Fearing this objection, Kuntī speaks these words: 1.8.28-29 I know you as the master of time itself, Infinite, without beginning or end. You distribute yourself equally in all circumstances. …
Prayers of Queen Kunti, Part I
1.8.17 Saved along with her children from the blast of the ultimate weapon, devoted Pṛthā went before Kṛṣṇa, who was still ready to depart, and said this: 18-19 Kuntī said: I give myself to you, the Original Person, Master of energies and their source, The undelimited existence, Inside and outside of everything. The fool’s eye, Covered by a curtain of illusion, Cannot see your limitless transcendental delimitations; As an actor in costume goes unrecognized. Do not think that the intimate …
