Mahabharatham : ( 08/06/2013. )

31/05/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -3. (Spoken by Swami Krishnananda on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) Well, what has happened has happened. The celebration was over; the Pandavas, disguised as Brahmins, went to their cottage and narrated this happy incident to their mother Kunti, who was waiting for them at sunset. Then Krishna came there and offered rich, costly presents to Yudhisthira and his brothers. Yudhisthira asked, “What is the matter? How is it that you have brought such valuable presents to us?” Sri Krishna said, “Because the glory of the Pandavas has been seen today in the court of Draupada.” “But how do you know that we are Pandavas?” Sri Krishna smiled and said, “Fire cannot be hidden, wherever it is kept.” That is all that he said, and he gave his good wishes and returned to Dwarka. He did nothing else. Then we know what happened to the Pandava brothers – the great hardship that they had to pass through. Duryodhana and his b

19/05/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -2 (Spoken by Swami Krishnananda on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) There is a tradition called the Bhagavata Saptaha, and we know what Vyasa has written about Sri Krishna in the Tenth Skanda of the Srimad Bhagavata. I shall try to append these glorious descriptions of the Tenth Skanda with the other aspect of the life of Sri Krishna which Vyasa tells us in the Mahabharata – without which, a very important aspect of his life will be completely out of our mind’s picture. We may say that the intention of Vyasa in writing the life of Sri Krishna in the Mahabharata is to demonstrate the character of a most-unselfish life of perfection. It is action to the core, and action not bringing any good to oneself. That is the essence of unselfish perfect action. This is very magnificently given to us in this sonorous, soul-lifting and powerful style of the Mahabharata. The style of the Mahabharata is different from that of t

04/05/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -1 (Spoken by Swami Krishnananda on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) 1. Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa is the biographer of Bhagavan Sri Krishna.  But for the writings, we would have known nothing of the existence or the deeds of Sri Krishna. Among the many writings of Vyasa on this subject of the life of Sri Krishna, the prominent ones are the Srimad Bhagavata and the Mahabharata. We may write the life of Sri Krishna in three books, three sections or three parts: The early life, the family life and the public life. In the Tenth Skanda, the tenth book of the Srimad Bhagavata, Vyasa describes to us in great detail the early life of Krishna and his home life – the family life, we may say. From the birth of Krishna until the death of Kamsa can be called the early life of Krishna. From his encounter with Virasunda until his marriage to Rukmini and others, and his encounter with certain local kings, may be called his ho