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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.43

A summary of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is made herein by Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī. The almighty Lord has His eternal, …

Kuntī addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as kṛṣṇa-sakha because she knows that although Arjuna, who is also known as Kṛṣṇa, is her …

Kuntīdevī also addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as the destroyer of the political parties or royal dynasties that disturb the earth. In …

In the Sanskrit language the king is also called naradeva, which means “God in human form.” His duty is like …

Just as we are all living beings, Kṛṣṇa, God, is also a living being. Kṛṣṇa is not impersonal. Because we …

But that is not the Vedic instruction. The Vedas instruct that God is a person. Kṛṣṇa is a person, and …

Now, why should so many persons worship one person? Because that one person provides for the others. Eko bahūnāṁ yo …

Even in ordinary life the state has a heating department, lighting department, plumbing department, and so on. Why? Because these …

God is an intelligent person who knows that we need heat, light, water, and so on. Without water we cannot …

The king’s duty is to act as the representative of Kṛṣṇa, or God. Otherwise what right does he have to …

Greedy, self-interested kings are like false spiritual masters who proclaim that they themselves are God. Because such false masters are …

The Māyāvādīs cannot understand this. They think, “Because the spiritual master has to be accepted as God and because I …

The word anapavarga indicates that Kṛṣṇa’s prowess is without deterioration. This word is the opposite of the word pavarga, which …

The letter pa is for pariśrama, which means “labor.” In this material world, one must work very hard to maintain …

Even a lion, although king of the beasts, must still look for its own prey in the jungle. It is …

Thus pa indicates pariśrama, labor, and pha is for phena, which means “foam.” While working very hard a horse foams …

Thus pavarga and its component letters pa, pha, ba, bha, and ma indicate hard labor (pariśrama), foam at the mouth …

Why should one suffer from these five kinds of tribulation? Because one has a material body. As soon as one …

Kuntīdevī addresses Kṛṣṇa as Govinda because He is the giver of pleasure both to the cows and to the senses. …