Advent of Lord Krishna

DISTRESS ON EARTH
(Narrator)

Once Mother Earth, known as Bhumi
Assumed the form of a cow
She went to see Lord Brahma
With tears in her eyes to tell
Of the burden on the Earth
From the unnecessary defense force
Of kings who were really demons
But were posing as the rulers

Hearing of the distressed condition on the Earth
Lord Brahma started at once for the ocean of milk
Bhumi and all the demigods accompanied him
And they prayed for Lord Vishnu to save them

Within the heart of Brahma
Lord Vishnu gave His reply
Brahma then told the demigods
So they would all comply
And the message was that very soon
Lord Krishna would appear
To execute His mission upon the planet Earth
The demigods and their wives
Should immediately take birth
In the dynasty of Yadu
Wherein the Lord would come
And they should all remain there to assist Him


Distress On Earth

Putana was a khechari witch
And so she could fly in the sky
Although she was evil, she entered Gokula
Where everyone let her pass by

Because of her smiling beauty
And the lotus in her hand
Yasoda and Rohini said
That the Goddess of Fortune had come
Putana was a sword in a decorated case
Because of the poison upon her breast
She was a demon, Krishna could tell
So He sucked out her milk
And her life as well

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Rama Rama, Hare Hare


Putana

Sometimes Yasoda would ask Krishna
To bring her a plank for sitting
Although it was too heavy,
He brought it to His mother

Sometimes while worshiping Narayana,
His father would ask Him to bring wooden slippers
And with great difficulty,
Krishna would bring them on His head

Sometimes something was too heavy
And Krishna would simply move His arms
In this way, every moment, every day
He was the reservoir of pleasure
To His parents, Nanda and Yasoda

Reservoir Of Pleasure

One day a fruit vendor came
Before the house of Nanda Maharaja
Calling “Anyone who wants some fruits
Please come and take them from me”

Child Krishna immediately took some grains 
And went to get fruits by trading them
But He didn’t hold His little palms very tight
So the grains fell down in the vendor’s sight

Captivated by the beauty of the Lord
The vendor filled His hands with fruits
Meantime, the basket of fruit
Became filled with jewels

The Lord is the bestower of all benedictions 
If someone gives something to the Lord
He is not the loser
He is the gainer by a million times


Jewels

At this time, Krishna and Balarama
Were given charge of the calves
Sometimes They played on Their flutes
And played with amalaki fruits and bael fruits
Like small children play with balls

Along with other cowherd boys, Krishna and Balarama
Went to the pasturing ground
Tending the calves, They sometimes danced
With Their ankle-bells making a tinkling sound

Sometimes They imitated bulls and cows
By covering Themselves with blankets
They imitated sounds of animals and birds
Enjoying Their childhood pastimes
Apparently like ordinary children

Childhood Pastimes

One day while Krishna and Balarama
Were playing on the bank of the Yamuna
A demon came in the shape of a calf
And his name was Vatsasura

He came there intending to kill the brothers
While mingling with the other calves
Krishna, however, noticed this
And told Balarama of the demon’s entrance

Both brothers, then, went together
And They followed him and sneaked up upon him
Krishna caught hold of the demon-calf
By the two hind-legs and tail
Whipped him around very forcibly
And threw him into a tree

The demon lost his life and fell down
From the top of the tree to the ground
Krishna’s friends said, “Well done!” 
And the demigods in the sky showered flowers
With great satisfaction

Vatsasura

The boys would daily go to the bank of the Yamuna
To water the calves, and the boys also drank
One day after drinking
While they were sitting on the bank
They saw a huge animal
Which looked something like a duck

It was as big as a hill
Its top was as strong as a thunderbolt
They became afraid of this beast named Bakasura

He was a friend of Kamsa’s appearing on the scene
He swallowed Krishna up
And all the boys with Balarama
Became almost breathless, as if they had died

But when Bakasura demon was swallowing Krishna
He felt a burning, fiery sensation
This was due to the glowing effulgence of Krishna
So he quickly threw Him up

And tried to pinch Him in his beaks
Bakasura did not know
That Krishna was playing the part of a child
But was still the original Father of Lord Brahma,
The creator of the universe
   
The child of Mother Yasoda, the Reservoir of Pleasure
Maintainer of saintly persons
Took hold of the beaks of this great, giant duck
And before His friends, bifurcated its mouth

As easily as a child splits a blade of grass—Krishna!
In the sky, the denizens of heaven
Showered flowers like the chameli on Krishna

As a token of their congratulations
Accompanying the flowers were bugles and drums
Conchshells sounded
And the boys were struck with wonder
Seeing Krishna, they all were so pleased
It seemed they had regained their very source of life

As soon as they saw Krishna coming towards them
They one by one embraced the son of Nanda
And held Him to their chests

After this, they assembled the cows
And began to return home
When they arrived, they began to speak
Of the wonderful activities of Nanda’s son

They all heard the story, gopis and cowherd men
And felt great happiness
Naturally, they loved Krishna
And conversed amongst themselves

How so many demons in fierce bodies
Attacked Krishna just to kill Him
But by the grace of Lord Hari
They could not even cause a slight injury
But they died like small flies in a fire

Thus they remembered the words of Gargamuni
Who foretold
That this boy would be attacked by many demons

Seeing that Krishna was saved from the mouth of death
They began to see His face with great love and affection
They could not turn their faces from such a vision
And talking about Lord Krishna and Balarama,
They forgot their anxieties in material existence
They forgot the threefold miseries of this world

Krishna and Balarama imitated monkeys
Of Lord Ramachandra
Who constructed a bridge on the ocean
And Hanuman, who jumped over to Ceylon
Krishna and Balarama

Bakasura

Let's All Play

(Krishna)
My dear Father
What is this plan for a sacrifice? Please explain it to me
Is it a Vedic injunction, or a popular ceremony?

(Nanda Maharaja)
My dear boy, this function is traditional
We have to thank Lord Indra for kindly sending rainfall
We cannot live without the rain
For farming and producing grain

(Krishna)
My dear Father
Let us not worship Indra
We have our duties to perform
Rain will come from the clouds above
And not by worshipping him

Rain is falling on the ocean and on the land as well
Besides, we have our relationship
With the brahmana men and Govardhana Hill

We are satisfied living in this forest of Vrindavana
We are satisfied living in this forest of Vrindavana
So let us take the grains and ghee collected for the yajna
To satisfy our Govardhana, and nevermind Lord Indra!

My Dear Father

(Indra)
Samvartaka Cloud, go destroy Vrindavana
They have stopped the sacrifice which was meant for me
Samvartaka Cloud, inundate their homes
They have taken Krishna so seriously

Go and I will follow you, riding on my elephant
Great storms will come with me to give the proper punishment
Pour down the rain now, all you clouds
They should be destroyed along with their cows!

Samvartaka Cloud

LET MY MIND THUS GO UNTO SRI KRISHNA
from the prayers of Bhismadeva
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9

Let me now invest my thinking, feeling, and willing
In the all-powerful Lord Sri Krishna
At the moment of death, let my attraction be to Him
May He who awards salvation
Be my destination
Let my mind thus go unto Sri Krishna now

I concentrate my mind upon the chariot driver of Arjuna
Krishna stood with a whip in His right hand
A bridle-rope in His left
He who protected that chariot most carefully
Has come before me so graciously
Let my mind thus go unto Sri Krishna now

On the battlefield, Lord Krishna delivered knowledge
Meant to free everyone
From misunderstanding the body to be the soul
On the battlefield, He spoke to enable everyone
To revive their lost relation with Him
Krishna is the goal

I can meditate upon the Lord, standing here
He is also present everywhere
And at the same time, He lives within the heart
To to guide us all
May He who awards salvation
Be my destination
Let my mind thus go unto Sri Krishna now

Let My Mind Thus Go Unto Sri Krishna / Grandfather Bhisma

LUNAR ECLIPSE
Advaita Acharya Celebrates.
Act I, Scene 4 ~ Lord Chaitanya Play Discourse
by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
April 5-6, 1967, San Francisco.

The moon’s eclipse is on display
The crowd sings out to Lord Hari
That Lord who kindly takes away
The birth and death of you and me

My sorrow was for the people here
Their love of God was nowhere near
Forgetting all the pain it brings,
They cared for only worldly things

So I prayed for God to come
To mend the hearts of everyone
Of all we are He is the source
His Name defines our living force

Now I know He heard me pray
Chaitanya’s here to save the day!
He’s come to earth to teach us love
That dearest Lord from high above

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare 
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare 

The moon appears to hide
And there is singing far and wide
The names of God resounding here
Counteract the people’s fear
 
My mission is fulfilled today
We all give thanks to Lord Hari
For God alone can take away
The birth and death of you and me

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare


Lunar Eclipse / Advaita Acharya

WHEEL OF TIME
from the prayers of Prahlada Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9 

Life in this world is a fearful thing
It crushes like a grinding stone
For the wheel of time brings birth and death
And the feeling of being alone

I was born in a family who denied You, Lord
Ignoring You from the start
That same desire to enjoy life without You
Is the darkness in the core of my heart   

Oh but You have benedictions to give me
Something no one else can do
So I ask one thing be taken away:
The darkness of my forgetting You
 
I am drowning in an ocean of sadness
Lamentation is always near
People I love are taken from me
And troubles I don't want always appear

Still I strive for unending, happy life
But here in this world, that's a fantasy
Because the body I'm living in will die
And this body made of matter isn’t me

On the other side of the River of Death
You are always there somehow
O Lord, on this side I suffer repeatedly
Kindly look upon me now

Your messenger came to say words of Truth to me
I will always serve that person by whose grace I now can see

That it is You who cares for everyone
You who makes our lives secure
For without Your sanction, no parent can protect
And no physician can cure

Only we who are subject to birth and death
Can hardly understand who You are
Yet our senses and minds are made of Your energy
As are the planets and every star    

O Lord, You possess all power
So please excuse the one who was hurtful to me
Only by my own past misdeeds
Was I put into such company

Love of God is the best acquisition
The completion of my soul, it's true
And as Your loving servant, I would never expect
Some reward in return for what I do

But this love for You has caused concern in my heart
For everyone else's happiness
So please, don't liberate me alone
But free all others from all their distress

It is Your form that bestows fearlessness
And Your nature is ever sublime
To remember You and all the things You do
Is to stop the crushing wheel of time
Remembering You stops the wheel of time


Wheel Of Time / Prahlada Maharaja

(from the prayers of the Nagapatnis
"Krishna Book" Ch.16)

O Unlimited Person—everyone’s attraction
You cause our desires and all our satisfaction
The Center of creation, Absolute True Love
You’re the One everyone’s dreaming of

You made the cosmic world we see
And You are its very ingredient
Yet, as Creator, You yourself
Are also always different
Although You transcend this world,
Everything rests in You
And being the Embodiment of Time 
You know everything we do

O Unlimited Person—everyone’s attraction
You cause our desires and all our satisfaction
The Center of creation, Absolute True Love
You’re the One everyone’s dreaming of

Dearest Lord, by Your activities
We are covered and unable to see
But by Your grace, we may discover
Our true eternal identity
Without knowing who we are
In despair, we can lose control
Then You send the consequences
That eradicate the wrongs that cover up our soul

You are the Center of creation
Your apparent punishment is Your benediction

Those blessed by You never care to be	
Rulers high up in a heavenly sphere
Those blessed by You don’t want supernatural powers
And they never want to merge into the Light above
Where they won’t have You to love!

All doctrines in this world are describing You
And philosophies are all searching after You
O Source of the shining sun and the Source of love
You’re the One everyone’s dreaming of 
You’re the One

You're The One / Nagapatnis

(from the prayers of Lord Brahma, "Krishna Book" Ch.14)

O Lord Krishna, the most worshipable Supreme Person
Your body is the color of clouds filled with water
Your clothing glitters with a silver-electric aura
A bugle and a cowherd stick are under Your arm
Your flute is tucked, there, beneath Your belt
Garlanded with forest flowers,
You wear a peacock feather upon Your head
Your face is beautiful, and ‘tho You stand before me
With small, lotus-like feet
I cannot estimate Your power and Your greatness
So I offer my humble prayers just to please You

Dear Lord Krishna,
I tried to examine the wonder of Your person
So I stole Your friends and calves
Just to see what You would do
But You have energies that are inconceivable to me
Now all that I can say is just consider today:

I took away your friends and hid them all   
In a moment I came back and found You were all alone
Then and there, You expanded Yourself
Into a set of the very same boys with their calves
Their forms were all Your own

And when these friends each turned into a Vishnu form
Being adored by creators like me
Then I knew You were the Source of everyone
And the Maintainer of everything we see

Suddenly each Vishnu was wound up into You
All by Your invisible command
And there you were, wandering alone again
Searching for Your friends and calves
And eating food out of  Your hand

Thus I saw You outside, and I see you are within
You are where I stop, You are where I begin
Expanding to become each one of us
You then reside, inside, to accompany us
O source and substance of spiritual light
Seeing You, there’s no more beautiful sight
You are where we end, You are where we start
I pray I may always see You in my heart

This material world is like a flashing dream
And its fleeting nature disturbs the minds of everyone
But gaining Your shelter, one no longer lives
in this dream that holds us sway
And the spiritual sky is not at all far away

Though always expanding, You are always complete
No second identity can compete
One may journey through darkness in search of what’s true 
But the best thing is wanting just to be with You
O source and substance of spiritual light
Seeing You, there’s no more beautiful sight
Hearing your glories, we’re never apart
I pray I may always see You in my heart

See You In My Heart / Lord Brahma-mohana lila

1. Please Talk To Me
(Arjuna sings) 
My body is trembling, my skin is burning
And my mouth is drying up
I feel trapped inside
As if surrounded by a forest fire
I see only the loss of life for everyone
But to live is our true heart’s desire

Please talk to me, O Source of my soul
Here I am, having come from somewhere 
I don't even know
And equally a mystery is where I’m bound to go
These problems fill me with perplexity
Please talk to me

How can I be like a warrior
Always fighting for my life
When I'd rather quit and lie down here and die?
Because the suffering of aging,
Of disease, and death to come
Forms a painful knot that no one can untie

Please talk to me, O Source of my soul
Here I am, but I know someday I'll have to go
Will I be existing in the future?
That’s what I want to know
These questions fill me with uncertainty
Please talk to me

Are You there?
Are You the somewhere from which I have come?
Did You make me; would You shelter me;
Do I have a home? Do You move the sun and moon
Do You decorate land and sea—
Then why must we die? This despair is so unbearable
Please talk to me

Please Talk To Me

2. The Soul 
(Krishna sings)
The soul is unchangeable, indestructible
It can't be burned by fire, moistened by water,
Or withered by the wind
It is indivisible and eternally a person
Who lives without end

There was never a time we were not existing
Both you and I, and everyone here, 
Have always been and will always be
There is no endurance for a body made of matter
But the soul within exists permanently

The soul is consciousness
And although embodied in matter,
It is always whole
It has no birth, it has no death
No one can destroy the soul

The soul is immutable, inconceivable
It can’t be slain by weapons
Or be dissolved in the course of Time
Ever amazing, it weathers all the changes
That come from the the body and mind

The soul is forever conscious
And although embodied in matter,
It is always whole
It has no birth, it has no death
No one can destroy the soul

You are unchangeable, indestructible
You can't be burned by fire, moistened by water,
Or withered by the wind
You're an individual and eternally a person
Who lives without end—you live without end!

The Soul

3. The Art of All Work
(Krishna sings; of Himself in 3rd-person)
The art of all work is living happily 
And when you leave this body
Attaining the state beyond all misery
Seek to gain this freedom from
The anxieties that always come
Just try to satisfy the Supreme One

The Lord sent forth living beings
Generations to pass through time
He sent a chance along with them
To choose to return to Him

So if you dedicate to God
The works of love you sow
He liberates you from the chains
That bind you to living here below

The art of all work is living happily
And when you leave this body
Attaining the state beyond all misery
Seek to gain this freedom from
The anxieties that always come
Just try to satisfy the Supreme One

The Art Of All Work

4. You Descend
(Arjuna sings; paraphrasing Krishna)
You say that You instructed the sun-god
Millions of years ago
And also taught the father of mankind
This ancient science
Of the relationship with the Supreme
Was thus given to every saintly king

And today it is told by You to me
And You say that because I love You
And will always be Your friend
I can understand
The mystery of how it is that You descend

Many, many births we both have passed
I do forget them
But You can remember them all
O Lord of creation
Although You are unborn
You still descend in Your original form

And today it is told by You to me
And You say that because I love You
And will always be Your friend
I can understand
The mystery of how it is that You descend

Whenever there is a decline in religious practices
Wherever Your laws have been forgotten
To deliver the pious, and punish miscreants
You descend millennium after millennium

You descend from Your eternal abode
And anyone who knows the nature
Of Your appearance and activities here on earth
Will never take another birth

You Descend

5. Devotion
(Krishna sings)
There is knowledge that acts like fire
Learn it from a master; surrender and inquire
It will burn up both good and bad reactions
To cause your soul's liberation
This fire consumes Your need to be
So very far away from Me
All your suffering is overcome
By reviving your knowledge of devotion

There is freedom from illusion
Learn it from a master with service on your mind
Genuine teachers convey God’s message
For by nature, they are very kind
And when you've learned what's there to see
You'll know that living beings all belong to Me

You are My servant; we are never separate
You're an individual made of spirit

So when darkness feels like an ocean
Come to Me with all your devotion
For we can never be apart
But you've forgotten that I am in your heart
Keep near Me—you’ll rise above
All I want is your unalloyed love


Devotion

6. Eternal Friend
(Krishna sings)
Be equipoised in pleasure or in pain
In happiness and distress
In failure or success
Be undisturbed by anger and fear
Find your satisfaction within
Then our love can begin

Like a lamp that burns in a windless place
Be unwavering in My company
Don't try to claim the things of this world
Proprietorship is Mine
Your attachment to the results of all you do
Can be turned to Me, and that will see you through

You can make your own calculations
To find the outcome of your days
But in this focus on what is to come
You forget what's divine
So release your grip that takes its toll
Your union with Me is the peace in your soul

Take refuge, always, in Me
And the waves that pull you under will end
I am your eternal Friend

Eternal Friend

7. I Am Never Lost
(Arjuna sings; paraphrasing Krishna)
I will deliver myself
With the help of my mind
It is the best of friends
Or the greatest enemy

I will draw my mind back
When it wanders restlessly
I want to be with You
I want that tranquility

To live with a turbulent mind
Brings distress
But remembering You, I’m peaceful
Full of happiness

When I see all things in You,
And You’re there in all I see
Then I’m never lost to You
And You are never lost to me


I Am Never Lost

8. Every Opulence
(Krishna sings)
Everything is resting upon Me
Like pearls upon a thread
I am the taste of water
I am the heat in fire
I am the light of the sun and the moon
Of beasts I am the lion
Of weapons I am the thunderbolt
And of purifiers I am the wind

Of subduers I am Time
Of the seasons, I am the flower-bearing spring
I am victory. I am adventure
I am the strength of the strong
And the seed of all existences
I am the life of all that lives

Everything is resting upon Me
Like pearls upon a thread
I am the taste of water
I am the heat in fire
I am the light of the sun and the moon
Of fishes, I am the shark
Of secrets, I am silence
And I am the wisdom of the wise

With only a fragment of Myself
I pervade and support this universe
Every opulence is an emanation from Me

Every Opulence

9. Offering to You
(Arjuna sings; paraphrasing Krishna)
Whatever I do, whatever I eat
Whatever I give away
Everything is an offering to You
Whatever I cook
To keep my body and soul together
I give it first to You with love

No one can cease from activity
So I'm offering the foods You request:
Water and fruits, grains and milk
By Your glance, they all become blessed

Wherever I go, whatever I see
Is an offering I make to You
Because only You can clear the dust
From the mirror of my mind
To make my love steady and true
Please make my love steady and true

Offering To You

10. My Supreme Abode
(Krishna sings)
There is another nature which is eternal
When this world is done, that part remains as it is
The destination from which one never returns
That is My supreme abode

Although I maintain all living beings
I am not part of this situation
Although My energies are everywhere
My Self is the very source of creation

Behold my inconceivable power!
All creation rests in Me!
Like the sky wherein the wind is blowing
I am holding everything you see!

There is another nature which is eternal
When this world is done, that part remains as it is
The destination from which one never returns
That is My supreme abode

I am not material; I’m not an ordinary man
My other nature will give you protection
Matter and spirit are both under My direction

There is another nature so effulgent
That no light of sun or moon need ever be
You are invited back to My supreme abode
To live with Me there eternally

My Supreme Abode

11. Dear To You
(Arjuna sings; paraphrasing Krishna)
One for whom no one is put into pain
One who is not disturbed by anyone else
Always steady in happiness and in distress
Such a person is very dear to You

One who is always determined
One who tolerates heat as well as cold
Who is a kind friend to everyone
Such a person is very dear to You
So very dear to You


Very Dear To You

12. Two Of Us
(Krishna sings)
There are two of us
Two souls in every body:
The atomic individual and the infinite Supreme
As that Supersoul, I produce your senses
And although Mine are free from matter,
You still dream

But you also have spiritual senses
To engage in loving service that's so sublime
When you purify your covered mind and senses
You will see Me all the time

There are two of us
I have always been here with you
And although your nature is enjoyment,
Your material distress continues to come
But there are two of us, and I will help you
I will remind you that this is not your home
I want you to come back to Me
You no longer have to roam
For there are two of us 

Two Of Us

13. Your Gift
(Krishna sings)
I am seated in everyone's heart
From Me come remembrance,
Knowledge, and forgetfulness
Engage your senses in Me
And you will come to the stage of sinlessness

By your own weakness of heart
You left the eternal sky
To live in this clouded portion
Here where lording over nature
Or searching for fortune and fame
Offers no permanent solution
There is no resolution here

Give Me your dedication
Sing My holy name every day
At the same time, do your worldly work
Depending on Me in every way
Live in Me always
And when devotion fills your soul
Your gift will be to return to Me
I am the supreme goal


Your Gift

14. Remember Me
(Krishna sings)
Remember Me
I am attained by service and devotion
I lie beyond this material nature,
And I am always a person

Remember Me
I give direction to everyone
I am Maintainer of everything
And I am always a person

This life creates the next life
By every thought and dream
But repetition of death disappears
When you call My name
I am calling out to you
To move away from fear
Your future is secure now
Your eternal life is near, so very near

This birth can be your last birth
For it’s you I’ve come to claim
And all the space between us disappears
When you call my name

I am easy to obtain 
For one who shows Me love
I will bring you to My planet
So far above, so far above

Remember Me
And think of Me, your friend
Know these words are eternally
The Song of Love I send
When you choose to love Me
You are forever free
Our love is there within you
So always think of Me

Remember Me

15. I Belong With You
(Arjuna sings)
I will offer worship and honor
My whole life through
As a spark is a part of fire
I emanate from You
I offer my life and soul
For all You have said is true
As a ray of light is part of the sun
I belong with You

I will always think of You
As You have asked of me
O my friend, how I love You
You’re there in all I see
I offer my life and soul
For all You have said is true
As a ray of light is part of the sun
I belong with You

(Krishna)
Remember Me, I am your friend
Call My name
I send my Song of Love to you
Our love is there
You are forever free
Stay with Me!
Here I am, now, with you

I will offer worship and honor
My whole life through
As a spark is a part of fire
I emanate from You
I offer my life and soul
For all You have said is true
As a ray of light is part of the sun
I belong with You

I Belong With You

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