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When the matter remained undecided, Sahadeva began to speak in favor of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Anything considered an opulence is fully present in Kṛṣṇa. ; all bona fide methods of self-realization are meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa. Since everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, there is no qualitative difference between Kṛṣṇa and all Everything is an emanation of Kṛṣṇa’s energies, material and spiritual.

and, being greatly satisfied, all of them left, praising the king’s activities and glorifying Lord Kṛṣṇa

Lord Kṛṣṇa thus enabled the performance of the Rājasūya-yajña arranged by King Yudhiṣṭhira to be successfully Although King Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers were unwilling to have Lord Kṛṣṇa leave Hastināpura, Kṛṣṇa

After satisfying Kṛṣṇa in this way, King Yudhiṣṭhira arranged to perform the Rājasūya sacrifice. He invited the most expert brāhmaṇas and sages, whose names are as follows: Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva

When Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that they were going to fight in the arena of the auspicious Rājasūya-yajña, He personally When Śiśupāla was abusing the kings who were about to attack him, Lord Kṛṣṇa took up His disc, as sharp

Śukadeva Gosvāmī assured Mahārāja Parīkṣit that the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa – the killing of Śiśupāla

very happy after hearing the details of the Jarāsandha episode, and he spoke as follows: “My dear Kṛṣṇa O Kṛṣṇa, You are unlimited, and although we sometimes think of ourselves as royal kings and rulers of

Sahadeva was fortunate to know of the glories of Kṛṣṇa, and after describing them in brief, he stopped hearing the confirmation by all present, especially by the brāhmaṇas and learned sages, worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa along with his brothers, wives, children, other relatives and ministers, washed the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa After this, he offered Lord Kṛṣṇa various kinds of yellow silken garments and presented heaps of jewelry

“Also, Kṛṣṇa can do anything He likes with any part of His body. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa only, everyone is engaged in the practice of religion, the development of economic These four principles of progressive life can be executed by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa only. If anyone is charitably disposed, it will be very good for him to give charity only to Kṛṣṇa, who is Kṛṣṇa is present as the Supersoul in every living being, and if we can satisfy Him, then every living

King Yudhiṣṭhira felt such ecstasy by honoring Kṛṣṇa, his only lovable object, that tears glided down from his eyes, and although he wanted to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, he could not see Him very well. When Lord Kṛṣṇa was thus worshiped by King Yudhiṣṭhira, all the members present in the assembly stood All joined together to offer their respectful obeisances to Kṛṣṇa, and there were showers of flowers

Then the fortunate Śiśupāla’s spirit soul immediately merged into the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the presence The merging of Śiśupāla’s soul into the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa reminds us of the story of Jaya

time is so strong that they have been misled by the statement of a boy who has foolishly spoken about Kṛṣṇa first, but I cannot agree with the statement of a boy like Sahadeva, who has spoken so highly about Kṛṣṇa and has recommended that Kṛṣṇa is fit to accept the first worship in the sacrifice. I cannot understand how you have selected this cowherd boy, Kṛṣṇa, and have left aside all these great I think Kṛṣṇa to be no better than a crow – how can He be fit to accept the first worship in this great

Kṛṣṇa is so foolish that He has left Mathurā, which is inhabited by highly elevated persons following

He generously remunerated the priests and learned sages for their engagement in the execution of the sacrifice, and after performing all this routine work, he took his bath.

He was an avowed enemy of Kṛṣṇa for many reasons, especially because of Kṛṣṇa’s having stolen Rukmiṇī Therefore, he could not tolerate such honoring of Kṛṣṇa and glorification of His qualities. When everyone offered respect to Kṛṣṇa by standing up, Śiśupāla remained in his seat, but as he became angrier at Kṛṣṇa’s being honored, he stood up suddenly, raised his hand and spoke very strongly and fearlessly against Lord Kṛṣṇa in such a way that Lord Kṛṣṇa could hear him distinctly.

The story of the fall of Jaya and Vijaya from the Vaikuṇṭha planets to the material world is described The killing of Śiśupāla has a direct link with that narration of Jaya and Vijaya, but the most important Personality of Godhead, being absolute, can give salvation to everyone, whether one acts as His enemy or It is therefore a misconception that the Lord acts with someone in relationship of friend and with someone His being an enemy or friend is always on the absolute platform. There is no material distinction.

Everyone thoroughly knew the position of King Yudhiṣṭhira; because he was a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa The only sacrifice recommended in the śāstras is the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

When Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrated these incidents of Kṛṣṇa’s killing Śiśupāla and described the successful

The brāhmaṇa priests and sages in charge of the sacrificial ceremony constructed the sacrificial arena as usual with a plow of gold, and they initiated King Yudhiṣṭhira as the performer of the great sacrifice

Although Śiśupāla acted as the enemy of Kṛṣṇa, he was not for a single moment out of Kṛṣṇa consciousness He was always absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa, and thus he first got the salvation of sāyujya-mukti, merging