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Each one was very young and had given birth to only one calf. They were full of milk, very peaceful, and healthy. covered with necklaces and with silken wrappers embroidered with pearls. They executed the required austerities and penances in their lives and were liberal, meeting the standard Besides the cows, they were also given land, gold, houses, horses and elephants.

“My dear Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, because You have given me this body of a demigod, I will have to go to some

Lord Kṛṣṇa continued: “If some foolish king who is puffed up by his wealth, prestige and power wants

When the princes returned home, their story was narrated before Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the friend of all living entities. Immediately upon being touched by the hand of Lord Kṛṣṇa, that great lizard gave up its lizard shape

Thus there was arguing and fighting between the two brāhmaṇas, and they came before me and charged that To give something to someone and then to take it back is considered a great sin, especially in dealing He prayed to them that he was their servant and that there had been some mistake. Thus, in order to rectify it, he prayed that they be very kind upon him and accept his offer in exchange A brāhmaṇa’s property is called brahma-sva, and according to Manu’s law it cannot be acquired even by

Once the family members of Lord Kṛṣṇa, such as Sāmba, Pradyumna, Cāru, Bhānu and Gada, all princes of

Actually, this large lizard was King Nṛga, and when questioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead You are aware of every bit of work done by the living entities – past, present and future. Still, You have ordered me to explain my history, and I shall therefore narrate the full story.”

Somehow or other, as a result of his pious activities, King Nṛga had aspired to see the Lord. I think that this great desire to see You, combined with my tendency to perform ritualistic and charitable There are many great mystic yogīs who have the eyes to see You through the Vedas and Upaniṣads. Although I was in the midst of luxury and opulence and was subject to so much of the happiness and misery

Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is always engaged in purifying the conditioned living entities, gave instruction

At this time, Lord Kṛṣṇa was present among His relatives who were members of the kṣatriya class.

He told Lord Kṛṣṇa, “In spite of being put into that degraded condition of life, I simply thought of On the whole, he had not developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa conscious person develops love of God, Kṛṣṇa, not love for pious or impious activities; therefore

superintendent of death, who asked him whether he first wanted to enjoy the results of his pious activities or Seeing that the king had executed so many pious activities and charities, Yamarāja also hinted that he spite of this hint, the king, bewildered, decided first to suffer the results of his impious activities and

After the departure of King Nṛga, Lord Kṛṣṇa expressed His appreciation for the king’s devotion to the

demigod, King Nṛga, continuing to remember everything, said, “My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Lord and You are the Lord of those living entities who have accepted material bodies and those who have not yet entities who have not accepted material bodies are those who hover in the material world as evil spirits or

charitably disposed and desires to derive the benefit of his charity should offer his gifts to please Kṛṣṇa

How the demigod had been obliged to accept the body of a lizard was not a secret to Lord Kṛṣṇa, but still

However, along with his pious activities, he thought of Kṛṣṇa, so he was quickly released from the body

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the sixty-fourth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Story of King Nṛga.”