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At that time, when King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vidura, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Bhīṣmadeva, Droṇācārya, Kuntī

eclipse were Kuntī, Gāndhārī, Draupadī, Subhadrā and the queens of many other kings, as well as the gopīs When the different queens of Lord Kṛṣṇa were submitting their statements as to how they had been married and accepted by Lord Kṛṣṇa as His wives, all the female members of the Kuru dynasty were struck with They were filled with admiration at how all the queens of Kṛṣṇa were attached to Him with love and affection When they heard about the queens’ intensity of love and affection for Kṛṣṇa, they could not check their

Therefore, Lord Kṛṣṇa said that the neophyte cannot understand the importance of great sages, devotees

and ascetics arrived, all the kings, including Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and the other Pāṇḍavas and Lord Kṛṣṇa fruits, garlands of flowers, incense and sandalwood pulp were presented, and all the kings, led by Kṛṣṇa When all the sages were comfortably seated, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who descended for the protection of religion, When Kṛṣṇa began to speak, all became silent, being eager to hear and understand His welcoming words

Then all the persons assembled there took permission from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune

“Our dear Lord, by Your own energy You create, maintain and annihilate the whole cosmic manifestation of different names and forms, in the same way that the earth creates many forms of stone, trees and other varieties of names and forms and yet remains the same. Although You are transcendental to this entire material creation and are the Supreme Lord and the Supersoul to quality and work, and when these orders are misguided by unscrupulous persons, You appear and set

Mahārāja, desiring to please his friend Vasudeva and being affectionately bound with love for Lord Kṛṣṇa Vasudeva, Ugrasena, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Balarāma, Uddhava and all other members of the Yadu dynasty presented The minds of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana remained, however, with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, and therefore all

The sages present then began to address Vasudeva in the presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and many other

At that time, when Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma, along with Their wives, children and relatives, sat We have heard from the śāstras that Lord Kṛṣṇa has multienergies and parts and parcels, but now, in that At that time, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Lord Nārāyaṇa, and Lord Balarāma appeared as Saṅkarṣaṇa, the reservoir

performance of the different sacrifices, Vasudeva offered ample riches, clothing, ornaments, cows, land and Thereafter, all the wives of Vasudeva took their avabhṛtha baths and performed the part of the sacrificial After Vasudeva and his wives took their baths, all the garments and ornaments they had worn were distributed to the subordinate persons engaged in singing, dancing and similar activities. Charity is offered to the priests and the brāhmaṇas in the beginning, and used garments and ornaments

the conditioned soul, who is covered by his materialistic senses, mind and intelligence, is equal to Kṛṣṇa , but Lord Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun, which, although it sometimes may appear to be so, is never covered

directions almost all the important sages and ascetics, who had come for the purpose of seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa Chief among the sages were Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa, the great sage Nārada, Cyavana, Devala, Asita, Viśvāmitra

They were fully satisfied, for they regarded Kṛṣṇa as everything.

My dear brother, in the beginning, due to my being imprisoned, I could never serve you as a friend, and My dear brother, you are so nice and gentle that you offer all respect to others but don’t care for any progress in life must avoid possessing too much material opulence so that he will not become blind and puffed up, and he should take care of his friends and relatives.”

When everything was complete, there was heard the vibration of mṛdaṅgas, conch shells, kettledrums and Professional dancers, both male and female, began to dance. The sūtas and māgadhas, who were professional singers, began to offer prayers by singing. And the Gandharvas and their wives, whose voices were very sweet, began to sing many auspicious songs Vasudeva anointed his eyes with black cosmetic, smeared butter over his body and then, along with his

“My dear revered sages and respectable kings, you can take it from Me that a person who accepts this material body made of three elements – mucus, bile and air – as his own self, who considers his family and relatives his own, who accepts material things as worshipable, or who visits holy places of pilgrimage just to take a bath there but never associates with great personalities, sages and mahātmās – such a

goodness and simplicity, Vasudeva, who has become the father of the Personality of Godhead by accepting Kṛṣṇa As such, Vasudeva, having Kṛṣṇa as his son, does not regard Kṛṣṇa with awe and veneration. There is no need for Vasudeva to ask us for instruction when Lord Kṛṣṇa is personally present, because

Otherwise, how could you be the father of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead?”

Austerities, study of the Vedas, and meditative trances lead to different realizations of Your Self in Your manifested and nonmanifested aspects. Thus You always hold the brāhmaṇas in respect, and You are considered to be the topmost of all followers Our dear Lord, You are the last word in good fortune and the last resort of all saintly persons; therefore we all consider that we have achieved the perfection of our life, education, austerity and acquisition

After first offering prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the assembled sages wanted to take permission from King Dhṛtarāṣṭra At that time, however, Vasudeva, the father of Lord Kṛṣṇa and the most celebrated of all pious men, approached