Krishna's message to the world

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Though Krishna left this world 5000 yrs ago, he lives in the heart of his devotees, he is always there for his devotees and thoug his devotees may sometimes be in trouble but they always come out of it unharmed.

For Krishna everyone in the world is his devotee, one who surrenders to krishna is his friend. Krishna said in bhagvad gita that who ever loves me is a friend to me. A devotional friendship with Krishna is something that is valuble than even the world that we live in, a friend like Krishna will always watch over his friends and love them 10 times more than the devotee ( friend) does.

Through Bhagvad Gita Krishna told the future ( us ), he was reffering to Arjuna but inturn it was for all those who are his devotees, friend and wants to know the truth. Krishna let us know that we are the soul and not the Body, we can never die, it is only that this body decays and is destroyed and then we find onother body. This world id full of sufferings and pain, where lust, greed anger thrive, but there is another world, the WORLD OF KRISHNA .

In this world no one suffers or dies, in this world the person stays always in state of happiness and divine, to reach this world one must give the biggest of sacrifices while on this planet. The one must surrender himself to Krishna. There ways to do so of which Krishna spoke in the Bhagvad Gita, by following these we can attain Moksha and emerge in krishna.

We are all part of Krishna who have disattached ourselves from him to find a better world but in turn we have fallen into this ditch of worldly existence and lost in it, but we must realize our true goal which is not to earn money , power , women , but to achive Krishna and become one with him and attain eternal bliss.

In Gita Krishna shows tow prominant ways 1> Bhakti-yoga 2>Karma-yoga. One can choose any of these ways to be librated from this world and attain Krishna. These two ways must be follwed by following Three paths to Enlightenment.

1> Satya

2>Rajas

3>Tamas

Bakti-yoga is one in which a person dives completely into Bhakti (prayer) and nothing else, for such a person only Bhakti is everything and he does nothing but chats name of the lord and preches his teachings and sings his name, meditates upon the lord, eats how much he should or less, sings the bhajans of the lord and dances in the glory of the lord.

Karma-yoga is one in which a person dives in Karma, for such a person doing his Karma is the prayer offered to the lord. he dives in Bhakti but not completely, for such a person bhakti is his karma. The person who walks on this path must taste the fruits of his karma without any anxiety and greed, what ever comes in msut except it as a gift from the lord because each fruit of his Karma will eraze that karma of his and move him closer to the supreme.

In both ways one gets librated from his fellings, in Bhakti-yoga, the person dwells in Krishna and so his karma are erazed and he obtains the lord

In Karma , he does not has axiety or greed of his fruits of karma he reiceves and lets anything come towards him as gift from lord, thus like this his karma are erazed and he obtains the lord.

It for us to choose which way we will go and which path, only a guru can tell us this, a spiritual guru know which part is sutable and os we must consult a guru and let him guide us to salvation( Moksha ).

The Departure Of Krishna

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In this last chapter of Krishna Katha, tears roll down the cheeks for this is the most sadest and painful chapter, in this chapter Krishna leaves his bidy and returns to his adobe. every devotee of krishna will be sad after reading it. W e always wished for Krishna to stay , but this is world is called MRITULOK meaning anyone who is born in this world has to leave even the supreme.

As mentioned in the Final note , shree krishna was given a curse by Duryodhana's mother when Krishna went to see her after the war, she gave a curse stating that as she has seen her children die in front of her, so will Krishna see his children and relatives die in from of him, the Supreme Lord smiled and took the curse as blessing, after words Duryodhana's mother realized her mistake that she did in anger and asked for forgiveness in front of the lord, Krishna smiled and said " Don't Apollogies , you are like my mother." Krishna gave huge sacrifice for his devotees and he lost his brother and his sons and grandsons.

Shree Krishna one day was under a people tree when a hunter by mistake shot an arrow at him, this arrow proved fatal, but as Krishna was leaving his body he blessed the hunter and after 125 years and wiping out all the sinners of that time and relieving the Earth, Krishna left.

According to the sriptures the hunter that shot Krishna was King Bali of Kishkindha, the same who lord RAMA killed, Lord Ram killed bali from bihind and made sugreev the king ( In ramayana) and so Krishna paid of that dept by getting hit by the hunter( Reincarnation of Bali) from behind.

This shows that Weather it is us the devotees or the lord, everyone must go through the fires of Karma yog before attaining Moksha.

After mahabharat was over, krishna went to Duryodhana's mother- Kunti. She was so angry with Krishna that she gave krishna aq curse, " Your whole family will be killed in front of your eyes as has mine". Krishna accepted the curse with a smile. But after some time Kunti realised that she had done wrong, but Krishna said "You are like my mother and a curse from your mouth is like a blessing for me".Also once there lived a Brahman at Dwarika. Whenever a child was born to him, it died. So, the Brahman was very grieved. He used to place the dead infant at the royal gate and go away. This happened many a time and once in the presence of Arjun too who had come to see Krishna. Seeing the Brahman in grief, Arjuna gave him a pledge to save his next child. But this time, the infant dramatically disappeared soon after its birth. Arjuna was highly perturbed to see his pledge broken and so he got ready for self-immolation. How could Krishna brook it? Krishna took Arjuna to Lord Narayana who said, "Arjuna ! I wanted to see you along with Krishna. So, this drama of the disappearance of the Brahman's son was enacted." Saying so, the Lord returned all the children of the Brahman to Arjuna who duly handed them over to their father. Having been offended with the Krishna's family, the local Brahmans uttered a curse on them, "All of you will die fighting among yourselves." Balram had already passed away and most of the other members of Krishna's family also died fighting. One day Krishna was sitting under a peepal tree. Taking his brilliant heel to be the eye of a deer, a hunter shot an arrow at it. Then Krishna delivered a sermon to Maitreya and asked Uddhav to meditate at Badrinath. Thus relieving the Earth of all the sinners of the time, Krishna returned to his heavenly abode.

MAHABHARATA - FINAL NOTE

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After reading MAHABHARATA many people say that Krishna used wrong methods to win the war, people say Krishna used CHAAL KAPAT so that his dear Arjuna and the pandavas could win the battle, saying this they also say that Shree Krishna cannot be God since for God everyone is equal.

But these people don't see reallity behind the war and shree Krishna's sacrifices. Everyone of us in this illusionary world today do the same thing, we want truth(SATYA) to win and false(ASATYA) to loose and we are ready to do anything for this, for justice to prevail.

Shree Krishna did the same thing, we all live in this modern day world, but we don't know the truth, the truth is today world is standing on the stones of mahabharata. What ever we see today is due to the victory of Pandavas in the great war, what Krishna did in the war , so that truth can prevail and we and this world can exist today as it is.

Krishna used CHAAL KAPAT ( wrong methods ) in MAHABHARATA so Truth ( SATYA) can Prevail over False ( ASATYA) and we can exist the way we are. Krishna knew that the Kauravas had bigger and more powerful army and that Karn- the son of the sun, was a powerful warrior and had the potential to defeat Arjuna.

If the kauravas would have won then think what would be today's world be like. Krishna did what he had done in MAHABHARATA so that the future can be secure. For this krishna sacrificed his brother Balram, his sons and Grandsons, such a big sacrifice Krishna gave for his devotees, we the people of this world.

We must all understand the deepness of Krishna's leelas and embrace them and imerge in his love and let him guide us through this illusionary world.

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The battle of Mahabharata ended with a defeat for the Kaurvas and a glorious victory for the Pandavas. So, Krishna drove Arjuna's chariot back to the Pandava camp and asked him to get down at once. But Arjuna refused saying that conventionally it was the charioteer who got down first followed by the warrior. But Krishna insisted on Arjuna's getting down from the chariot first. Arjuna could not afford to disobey Krishna and got down along with his bow and quiver of arrows. It was after this that Krishna came down from the chariot. Arjuna was surprised to see that the chariot along with the horses, was burnt to ashes as soon as Krishna got down from it. He was at a loss to understand how and why it had happened. He asked Krishna to explain the puzzle in detail. Krishna said, "The chariot was already going to be burnt but had checked this phenomenon deputing Hanumana on guard. If conventionally I had got down earlier than you did, you would also have been burnt along with the chariot and the horses. That was why I insisted on your getting down first. As soon as I got down, Hanumana flew away leaving the chariot unguarded and it was burnt to ashes.

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After the fall of Bhishma, Drona assumed the command of the Kaurva army but he was killed. His son Ashwathama got very offended with the Pandavas. So, he directed the Narayanastra at them. It was a quality of this weapon that it never hit a soldier who was on foot or armless or who had turned his back towards it. Seeing the dangerous Narayanastra, all the warriors threw their arms and got down their chariots turning their backs towards it. But Bhima considered it an insult to do all these things. On the other hand, he kept roaring aloud brandishing his mace in the air. The result was that innumerable fire-arrows came out of the above-named Narayanastra and shot towards Bhima. When Krishna saw this, he rushed towards Bhima and stood in front of him turning his back towards the Narayanastra. Not only this, he bent Brim's head down with his hands and hid it in his arms. Also, he snatched his mace and threw it on the ground. As a result, the Narayanstra went back without doing any harm to any of the Pandavas.
Ashwathma was highly enraged with the Pandavas. He set the Pandava camp on fire and, as a result most of the Pandava soldiers and five sons of Draupadi were burnt alive. When the Pandavas returned the next day, Draupadi told them about the woeful happening. The Pandavas were struck with grief and enraged Arjuna chased and captured Ashwathama. He was going to kill him but Draupadi asked him to spare his life because he was the son of his guru. So, Arjuna got his head shaven clean and dug the jewel out of his forehead and then set him free. Ashwathma felt highly insulted and he shot his divine weapon (Brahmastra) at the Pandavas with a view to extinguishing their generation. But Krishna saved all of them and then ran to Uttra, wife at Arjuna's son Abhimanyu, who was in the family way. As soon as she delivered a son, Brahmastra attacked the infant but Krishna made it ineffective using his chakra. It was this infant, named Parikshat, who became the next Pandava king.

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Krishna's peace-mission had miserably failed and he had returned to Indraprastha to give a green signal for the preparations for the impending war. The war having been declared, both the armies marched to the field of Kurukshetrato face each other. Krishna had taken a vow not to fight as a warrior in this war. He had accepted to act as Arjuna's charioteer only. Directed by Arjuna, Krishna drove his chariot to the no-man's land so that he could view the warriors who had come to face him. When Arjuna saw his blood relations, revered guru Drona and respectable Bhishma standing in the opposite camp his mind shook and he was filled with doubts. He said to Krishna, "I won't fight at all. Is it proper and worthy of me to kill all my near-ond-deor ones only to get a throne ? No, not I won't do it at all." Krishna felt upset when he saw that Arjuna was quite averse to war and had placed his bow down. It was at this time that Krishna delivered his sermon of the Gita to Arjuna. He said, "O Arjuna ! you have got the right to act only without bothering about the result. Man's soul is immortal and it is the body only that perishes. This is a holy war and a true warrior (Kshatri) cannot afford to prove a coward." Hearing these words, Arjuna realised his mistake and got ready to fight.

Bhishma loved the Kaurvas and the Pandavas alike. Though he was fighting on behalf of Duryodhana, yet he had never tried to kill any of the five Pandavas. He had been killing only their soldiers. Duryodhana did not like it and he said to Bhishma, "Grand-father ! you are avoiding the murder of the Pandavas while fighting. Do you want them to be victorious? I do not expect such a thing from you as you have always been faithful to the Kaurava throne." Bhishma had nothing to reply back and so he said, "I shall direct my arrows at the Pandavas if Krishna does keep his vow of not fighting as a warrior." Duryodhana was very pleased to hear these words. The next day, Bhishma fought like a lion so much so that he caused Arjuna to swoon when struck by his arrows. The horses of Arjuna's chariot were also killed. How could Krishna tolerate all this 2 His anger knew no bounds and he decided to break his pledge. Raising the wheel of a broken chariot, he ran towards Bhishma. Bhishma felt frightened and folded his hands in order to beg his pardon. Seeing this, Arjuna came running, pacified Krishna and taking him by the arm, he took him back to his chariot.

Incited by Duryodhana, Bhishma once again took a pledge to kill the Pandavas. The news of this pledge reached the Pandava camp and they were extremely worried. They knew that Bhishma had the boon to die only when he wanted to do so and so it was impossible to kill him. Once again Krishna came to their help and asked them not to fee) anxious at all. Escorting Draupadi to Bhishma's place at night, Krishna advised her to go inside and make obeisance to the old worrier who was sitting for meditation with his eyes closed. Draupadi went in and said, "Glory be to you, grandfather!" Without opening his eyes, Bhishma uttered a blessing, "May you never be a widow and enjoy the company of your husband till your death!": When Bhishma opened his eyes, he was surprised to see Draupadi sitting in front. He at once followed that she had come to him on the advice of Krishna who must be there somewhere around. Just then, Krishna stepped in and Bhishma stood up to greet him with profound devotion and piety. In this way, Krishna had saved the Pandavas from the fatal wrath of Bhishma.

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The Pandavas, having passed thirteen years in exile had returned to Indraprastha. They asked Dhritrashtra to return their kingdom as the condition of the game had been duly fulfilled. But Duryodhana was not ready to part with what he had been possessing for over thirteen years. So, a war between the two became inevitable. Preparations started to be made for a big trial of strength between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Alliances started to be made on both sides. In the course of these moves, both Arjuna and Duryodhana approached Krishna far help. Incidently Krishna was enjoying a sound sleep at that time. Duryodhana was lucky to reach earlier than Arjuna. So, he sat towards Krishna's head. Ariuna, when he reached, sat near Krishna's feet. So, when Krishna got up and sat down, his eyes first fell on Arjuna because he was just in front of his face. He asked him to narrate the purpose of his visit. Duryodhana interrupted saying that he had come earlier and the first choice of demanding anything should be given to him. Krishna shook his head and allowed Arjuna to have his say asking him, "Arjun! I will help both of you. Choose one thing out of myself and my large army." Arjuna chose Shri Krishna and Duryodhana laughed at his folly. He was damn happy to have Krishna's powerful army. He was damn happy to have Krishna's powerful army.

Yudhishthir, we know, was a sagacious person who hated war though he was a great worrier. His very name means--unshakable in war. He tried his level best to put off the war against Duryodhana but all in vein. As his last effort, he sent Krishna as his envoy to advise Duryodhana to give up the war-path and settle the matter through negotiations. Just on the eve of Krishna's departure, Draupadi came to him and showing her ruffled locks of hair said, "O Krishna! you are going with a message of peace to Duryodhana. I request you not to forget about my hair that was drawn and dragged in the open court by Dushasana. I have not dressed them for the last thirteen years." Krishna retorted, "Be consoled ; my peace-mission is not going to put the war off because it is inevitable. Rest assured that you will be duly avenged. Nevertheless my visit to Hastinapur will certainly prove that the Pandavas, on their part, did their best to avert the war and thus the entire blame will rest on the shoulders of the Kaurvas for which the posterity will never pardon them."

When Krishna got to the Kaurava court, he was accorded a warm welcome. Dhritrashtra entertained Krishna duly and asked him about the purpose of his visit. Krishna talked of avoiding the war by giving a small territory--five villages-to the Pandavas and thus restoring peace to the entire family. He argued with Duryodhana from every angle on this point in order to convince him that the impending war would be highly disastrous. Unluckily Duryodhana was in no mood to reconcile. He announced most indignantly." No, not at all no territory, not equal to a needle-point even. I have won their kingdom. It can't be returned until and unless they win it back with the force of their arms. Why shouId they beg for it like urchins?" When Krishna asked Duryodhana to restrain himself from using disgraceful words for the Pandavas, he flew into a rage and ordered his men to capture Krishna and imprison him. Hearing Duryodhana's words, Krishna felt upset not out of fear but due to disappointment over the failure of his mission. But he was not ready to take chances because Duryodhana could be wicked to any extent. So, he decided to exhibit to Duryodhana a glimpse of his divine power. He assumed his fearful colossal form and everybody present there was amazed as well as afraid to see it.

In spite of being offended with Krishna, Duryodhana could do no harm to him because according to the prescribed norm, an envoy could not be harmed or punished even if he used harsh words against the king to whose court he had been sent. As for Krishna, he was so displeased with Duryodhana that he rejected his stately hospitality and left the court at once. Vidur, a cousin of Dhritrashtra, was a godly person who knew that Krishna was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Having left the court, Krishna went to Vidur's house where he was received warmly. Vidur's wife was equally God-fearing and pious. She was beside herself with joy to see Krishna in her house. Lost in deep emotion and profound devotion, she decided to entertain Krishna with bananas. How strange ! Vidur's wife was offering banana-peels to Krishna for eating while the inner fruit was being thrown away into the dust-bin. She was, in fact, lost to herself in emotion and could not pay attention to what she was doing. As for Krishna, he enioyed the peels as if they were more delicious than the bananas. He did not even point out to her about what she was doin