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When He became aware of this fact, He very kindly came to me with His friend Arjuna and accepted me as

The celebrated hero of the Pāṇḍavas, Arjuna, was able to see the reflection of the fish on the water,

There were many visitors who came to see Kṛṣṇa, and among them were the Pāṇḍavas, headed by King Yudhiṣṭhira After talking with the gopīs and bestowing upon them the greatest benediction, Lord Kṛṣṇa welcomed King Actually, there is no question of ill fortune for anyone who sees the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, yet when very happy by such a reception and addressed the Lord thus: “My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, great personalities and devotees in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness always think of Your lotus feet and remain fully satisfied

I was nicely dressed with new silken garments, flowers decorated my hair, and because of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s As I have already informed you, from the very beginning my mind was attracted by Lord Kṛṣṇa, and thus

my father was very much afflicted by the death of his brother, Prasena, and he falsely accused Lord Kṛṣṇa Lord Kṛṣṇa, in order to establish His pure character, fought with Jāmbavān and rescued the Syamantaka My father was very much ashamed and sorry for accusing Lord Kṛṣṇa of his brother’s death. although he had promised others my hand in marriage, he submitted the jewel and me at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa

When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa came and fought with the bulls, they were just like playthings for Him. My father was very much pleased and married me to Lord Kṛṣṇa with great pomp, giving as my dowry many Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa brought me to His capital city, Dvārakā. On the way back, He was assaulted by many princes, but Lord Kṛṣṇa defeated all of them, and thus I have

When Lord Kṛṣṇa was busy meeting various kinds of visitors and while they were engaged in offering prayers dynasty and the Yadu dynasty took the opportunity to meet with one another and engage in talk of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s The first inquiry was made by Draupadī to the wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Jāmbavatī, Satyā, Satyabhāmā, Kālindī, Śaibyā [Mitravindā], Lakṣmaṇā, Rohiṇī and all other wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa , will you please let us know how Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accepted you as His

father was very affectionate to me, so when he saw that my desire had been fulfilled by my getting Lord Kṛṣṇa Lord Kṛṣṇa is always self-sufficient, yet my father, out of his own accord, offered my husband a dowry

attempts, and some candidates even left the place without making an attempt, but when at last Lord Kṛṣṇa This victory of Lord Kṛṣṇa was accomplished at noon, during the moment called abhijit, which is astronomically

When news of our imprisonment reached Lord Kṛṣṇa, He fought with Bhaumāsura and released us. Lord Kṛṣṇa killed Bhaumāsura and all his soldiers, and although He had no need to accept even one wife My dear Queen, our only qualification was that we were always thinking of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa We simply desire this dust, which accumulates underneath the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa as He travels on the the grass and straw on the streets of Vṛndāvana, to be trampled on by the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.

She said, “My dear Draupadī, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the son of my maternal uncle. my father understood these feelings of mine, he personally arranged for my marriage, inviting Lord Kṛṣṇa I do not know whether I shall be able to have the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa life after life, but still I

“My dear Draupadī, when I accepted Lord Kṛṣṇa as my worshipable husband and He accepted me as His maidservant At that time, due to the arrows released by the Śārṅga bow of Lord Kṛṣṇa, some of the princes lost their

concoctions in the three phases of material life – wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep – cannot exist in Kṛṣṇa All such reactions are invalidated by the practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

This was not, however, a very wondrous act for Lord Kṛṣṇa, because anyone who claims to be a great hero All kings touch their helmets to the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa. My dear Draupadī, it is my eternal desire that life after life I be engaged in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Lord Kṛṣṇa was also present in that meeting, and He accepted me as His maidservant by defeating all the When I was thus taken away by Lord Kṛṣṇa, my brothers wanted to fight Him, and later they were defeated Thus my desire to become the maidservant of Kṛṣṇa life after life was fulfilled.”

Lakṣmaṇā said, “My dear Queen, many times I heard the great sage Nārada glorifying the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa I became attracted to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa when I heard Nārada say that the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī When he understood that I was attracted to Kṛṣṇa, he devised a plan like that devised by your father:

She said, “My dear Draupadī, when Lord Kṛṣṇa attacked my father, Jāmbavān, the king of the ṛkṣas, my father did not know that Lord Kṛṣṇa was his former master, Lord Rāmacandra, the husband of Sītā. Not knowing the identity of Lord Kṛṣṇa, my father fought with Him continuously for twenty-seven days. fatigued, he could understand that since no one but Lord Rāmacandra could defeat him, his opponent, Lord Kṛṣṇa In this way I was married to the Lord, and thus my desire to be a servitor of Kṛṣṇa life after life was

When all the principal queens of Lord Kṛṣṇa had finished their statements, Rohiṇī, as the representative of the other sixteen thousand queens, began to narrate the incident of their becoming wives of Kṛṣṇa

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the eighty-third chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa.”