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For two hours Kṛṣṇa remained like an ordinary child gripped in the coils of Kāliya, but when He saw that The great serpent remained still for some time, looking at Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa immediately pounced upon him, just as Garuḍa swoops upon a snake. Thus attacked, Kāliya looked for an opportunity to bite Him, but Kṛṣṇa moved around him. Kṛṣṇa immediately pressed down the serpent’s hoods and jumped up on them.

When he understood that the water of the Yamunā was being polluted by the black serpent Kāliya, Lord Kṛṣṇa

Seeing the incredible way in which Kṛṣṇa was enveloped in the coils of the serpent, the affectionate They had dedicated everything to Kṛṣṇa: their lives, property, affection, activities – everything was for Kṛṣṇa – and when they saw Him in that condition, they became overwhelmed with fear and fell down Out of fear they could only cry in agony and stand erect on the bank, unable to help their beloved Kṛṣṇa

When Kṛṣṇa was swimming about just like a great strong elephant, He made a tumultuous sound, which the Therefore he immediately came before Kṛṣṇa. Kāliya saw that Kṛṣṇa was indeed worth seeing because His body was so beautiful and delicate; its color But in spite of Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful features, Kāliya felt great anger within his heart, and thus he grabbed Kṛṣṇa with his mighty coils.

The Nāgapatnīs knew that Kṛṣṇa is the shelter of all surrendered souls, and they desired to release their

“Our dear Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and You are also the supreme enjoyer

You are the ultimate goal of all philosophical efforts, and it is actually only You who are described by all philosophies and by different kinds of doctrines. Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto You, because You are the origin of all scripture and the You are the root of all evidences, and You are the Supreme Person who can bestow upon us the supreme You are the cause of all kinds of desires, and You are the cause of all kinds of satisfaction.

At the same time they were informed that Kṛṣṇa had gone to the pasturing ground without His elder brother Out of their great affection for Kṛṣṇa, and being unaware of the extent of His potencies, they became overwhelmed with grief and anxiety because they had nothing dearer than Kṛṣṇa and because they had dedicated their everything – life, property, affection, mind and activities – to Kṛṣṇa. Because of their great attachment for Kṛṣṇa, they thought, “Today Kṛṣṇa is surely going to be vanquished

“You are Yourself the whole universe, and yet You are the creator of the whole universe. You are the superintendent and maintainer of this whole universe, and You are its original cause. Although You are present within this universe by Your three qualitative incarnations, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and respectful obeisances unto You, who are unlimited, finer than the finest, the center of all creation and

was acting as a small human child, ordered the serpent thus: “You must immediately leave this place and You can take with you all your offspring, wives and everything that you possess. Let it be drunk by My cows and cowherd boys without hindrance.” The Lord then declared that the order given to the Kāliya snake be recited and heard by everyone so that

You have expanded into the three principal deities of this universe – namely Lord Brahmā, Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva – for creation, maintenance and destruction, Your appearance as Lord Viṣṇu is actually for Therefore, for those who are actually peaceful and who are aspiring after the supreme peace, worship

The entire time force is existing in You, and You are therefore the seer and the embodiment of total time in the shape of past, present and future, month, day, hour, moment – everything. happening in every moment, in every hour, in every day, in every month, in every year, past, present and You are Yourself the universal form, and yet You are different from this universe. You are simultaneously one with and different from the universe.

Then, obeying the orders of Lord Kṛṣṇa, all of them left the lake within the Yamunā.

within the universe in various species of life can get the seed of devotional service by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa

All the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana came out of the village to see Kṛṣṇa. The assembly consisted of children, old men, women, animals and all living entities; they knew that Kṛṣṇa He knew how powerful His younger brother was and that there was no cause for anxiety when Kṛṣṇa was fighting On the other hand, all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, being disturbed, began to search out Kṛṣṇa by following inhabitants of Vṛndāvana arrived at the riverbank and saw that all the cows and boys were weeping to behold Kṛṣṇa

exert; by expanding Your different kinds of energy – namely the mode of passion, the mode of goodness and the mode of ignorance – You create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation. of the entire time force, You simply glance over the material energy, thereby creating this universe and

While Kṛṣṇa was dancing on his hoods, Kāliya tried to push Him down with some of his other hoods. Kāliya had about a hundred hoods, but Kṛṣṇa took control of them. Within his mind, however, he finally began to understand that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead He realized that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord, the master of everything.

this story was being narrated by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Mahārāja Parīkṣit became eager to hear more about Kṛṣṇa’s He inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī how Kṛṣṇa chastised Kāliya, who had been living in the water for many , Mahārāja Parīkṣit was becoming more and more enthusiastic to hear the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

Lord Kṛṣṇa saw the effect of the great serpent’s poison: the whole river that ran before Vṛndāvana was

lamentation, all the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi merged into the ocean of grief because they thought that Kṛṣṇa As soon as they saw that Kṛṣṇa was in the river Yamunā enveloped by the serpent Kāliya and that all the Lord Caitanya also said that He was seeing the three worlds as vacant for want of Kṛṣṇa. This is the highest stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Almost all of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana had the highest ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.