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

When the princes returned home, their story was narrated before Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the friend of all living …

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

Actually, this large lizard was King Nṛga, and when questioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead he immediately bowed down …

King Nṛga proceeded to narrate the history of his degradation, caused by his karma-kāṇḍa activities. He said that he had …

King Nṛga said that the cows he had given in charity were not ordinary cows. Each one was very young …

The king continued: “In spite of all this, unfortunately one of the brāhmaṇas’ cows that I had given in charity …

After this incident, when the time came for the king to give up his body, he was taken before Yamarāja, …

King Nṛga had remained in the well as a big lizard for a very long time. He told Lord Kṛṣṇa, …

Somehow or other, as a result of his pious activities, King Nṛga had aspired to see the Lord. He continued: …

When King Nṛga elected to receive the results of his impious activities, he was given the body of a lizard …

Having attained the body of a demigod, King Nṛga, continuing to remember everything, said, “My dear Lord, You are the …

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

Before entering the heavenly planets, King Nṛga circumambulated the Lord, touched his helmet to the Lord’s lotus feet and bowed …

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

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

Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is always engaged in purifying the conditioned living entities, gave instruction not only to His family …

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