1.8.21
 |
| Krishna is the son of Vasudeva |
- Kunti Devi in her first prayer addresses Krishna as purusam tvadyam isvareh prakritim param - means that He is the Supreme Person not a personality of the material realm but beyond it(prakrteh param)- she establishes that He is a supreme Person. By the grace of Kunti Devi we can understand that, that Krishna who is alaksya to the mudhas , He is invisible to us has now appeared to be visible:
- Krsnaya vasudevaya-
- The Vasudeva conception , absolute Truth. Impersonalits think vasudeva conception means all pervading.
- From Srila Prabhupada's lecture:" So Kuntidevi is pointing out, "That Vasudeva is Krsna, all-pervading." Krsna, by His Vasudeva feature, He is all-pervading. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. This feature of Krsna... Krsna, the original person, has got three features: as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; as all-pervading Paramatma, Supersoul; and impersonal Brahman effulgence."
- "So, by the grace of devotees like Kuntidevi, we can understand that here is Vasudeva. The all-pervading Absolute Truth, Paramatma, Vasudeva, is here. Krsnaya vasudevaya. So this vasudeva realization is possible by the impersonalists after many, many births.(bahunam janmanamante)"
- Devaki nandanaya ca
- "Although Krsna, the Supreme Person, is without and within, still, to the rascals and fools, He is invisible. Therefore she is pointing out: "Here is the Lord, krsnaya vasudevaya." He is the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He's very much pleased to become the son of Devaki. Devaki-nandanaya. Devaki-nandanaya is mentioned in Atharva-Veda also. "
- Nanda Gopa Kumaraya-
- Krsna comes as Devaki-nandana, and His foster father is Nanda-gopa, Nanda Maharaja.So Krsna likes to be related with His devotee as father and mother. Here, in this material world, we try to make our relationship with the Supreme as father, but Krsna wants to become the son. Therefore nanda-gopa-kumaraya. He takes pleasure to become a devotee's son.
- Mental speculators often like to establish their own descriptions of Krishna and some of them call themselves Krishna.To teach these speculators - Kunti Devi is explaining here that the Supreme Person Krishna whom she is describing here is the foster son of Nanda and , he was a Kumara in Vrindavan - never married. Krishna is thus fittingly described by Kunti Devi in these verses.
- From Unveiling His Lotus Feet Pg 139 "Kunti Devi's prayer 1.8.21 also gives hope to women- and everyone else as it names Krishna in relationship to many of His beloved devotees .Krsna's devotees are especially dear to Him - Indeed His most intimate names are those that indicate His dealings with His devotees. When Krishna is called by anyone of those names, He remembers Himself in relation to the particular devotee connected to that name and His heart melts. Thus devotee's pray to Krishna by those names to evoke compassion from His already softened heart. Because of His quality of bhakta vatsala, the lover of His devotees, He maybe known by His grace."
 |
| Krishna also known as Devakinandana |
 |
| Nanda maharaja celebrating Nandotsava |
Kunti Devi thus begins her prayers with these 4 verses (1.8.18- 1.8.22)- describing that the Lord is beyond the material nature, He is the Lord of everything, He is the Supreme Person he cannot be percieved by material vision, he is invisible to the fools who are engaged in sense gratification, a curtain of Maya separates Krishna from the materialists, he is the son of vasudeva, That Krishna is the vasudeva conception, he is the son of devaki, he is the foster son of nanda and He is known as Govinda- that Krishna I offer my respectful obeisances.
Through this she establishes who is she praying to- He is not an ordinary person, not just her nephew but He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
No comments:
Post a Comment