wonderfull Krsna

[Paramananda das]

Dandavat Pranams
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada gave us so many gifts one of them is his Krsna book ,I recall in 1978 when I first read the Krsna book and every word astonished me.I had read Srila Prabhupadas Bhagavad Gita since 1977, but then reading Srila Prabhupadas ,Krsna book the Vrindavana lilas really blew me
away ,I recall how I was so impressed by Vasudeva and his dealing with Kamsa and his stage if Krsna consciouness.I thought I have to join a temple .Srila Prabhupada said anyone who reads the Krsna book and understands it becomes a devotee, well he was right Krsna book made me a devotee, Sri Isopanisad and Bhagavad Gita that I was also reading laid a deep foundation to my Krsna consciouness ,but when I read Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book the sweet pastimes of Krsna really attracted my heart .Last night I awoke and started to listen to Srila Prabhupadas dictation of the Krsna book,I recall in Germany when selling Painting to print Russian Bhagavad Gitas in 1983 ,I would chant 64 rounds and then I would read Krsna book , we would spend hours selling paintings but every awake hour I would either chant Hare Krsna or read out the Krsna book loud to my traveling partner Hrday Govinda Prabhu (German ) Later in Vrindavana I used to read Krsna book to Aindra Prabhu every Kartika when I would come to Vrindavana sometimes I would read to him for 8 hours, he never got tired hearing Krsna book ,He would do puja ,this is when he used to do puja in the morning and then he would cook for the devotees in the 24 hours kirtana so one time i recall almost 8 hours ,he just said read next chapter .Sometimes we discussed what we read.Also in Vrindavana Institue of Higher education there was a class on Krsna book by Prahladananda Maharaja and I did a one month class with him and Maharaja knew many chapters by heart.So many times on sankirtana in different countries I read Krsna book with devotees or they read and we had warm milk and Puris or popcorn and then hear Krsna book , this pastime took place for me in many places Denmark, Norway, Sweden ,Germany , India ,USA , Canada ,England and Ireland .When I was sankirtana in Ireland in 1993 I had a party of 10 men and every night we read Krsna book for an hour and had milk and then we took rest sometimes we would read 2 hours .Devotees love to hear Krsna book .But it has to be instituted as a daily function .You can have Gaura artik and reading Bhagavad Gita and then you read Krsna book take prasadam and rest this was Srila Prabhupadas full evening program .
All glories to Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book , I call reading Krsna book for a pastime because when you read Krsnas pastimes you get more and more qualifikation to one day enter into Krsnas pastimes,Srila Prabhupada would have devotees read out Krsna book many times for example when walking on Juhu beach in Mumbai
jaya srila Prabhupada and his Krsna book ki jaya
It is not a book we should forget to distribute also
Your servant
Paramananda das

26. Wonderful Krsna
Without understanding the intricacies of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon spiritual opulences, the innocent cowherd boys and men of Vṛndāvana began to discuss the wonderful activities of Kṛṣṇa which surpass the activities of all men.
One of them said, "My dear friends, considering His wonderful activities, how is it possible that such an uncommon boy would come and live with us in Vṛndāvana? It is really not possible. Just imagine! He is now only seven years old! How was it possible for Him to lift Govardhana Hill in one hand and hold it up just like the king of elephants holds a lotus flower? To lift a lotus flower is a most insignificant thing for an elephant, and similarly Kṛṣṇa lifted Govardhana Hill without exertion. When He was simply a small baby and could not even see properly, He killed a great demon, Pūtanā. While sucking her breast, He also sucked out her life-air. Kṛṣṇa killed the Pūtanā demon exactly as eternal time kills a living creature in due course. When He was only three months old, He was sleeping underneath a hand-driven cart. Being hungry for His mother's breast, He began to cry and throw His legs upwards. And from the kicking of His small feet the cart immediately broke apart and fell to pieces. When He was only one year old, He was carried away by the Tṛṇāvarta demon disguised as a whirlwind, and although He was taken very high in the sky, He simply hung on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky and immediately die. Once His mother, being disturbed by His stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child pushed it towards a pair of trees known as yamala arjuna and caused them to fall. Once, when He was engaged in tending the calves in the forest along with His elder brother, Balarāma, a demon named Bakāsura appeared, and Kṛṣṇa at once bifurcated the demon's beaks. When the demon known as Vatsāsura entered among the calves tended by Kṛṣṇa with a desire to kill Him, He immediately detected the demon, killed him, and threw him into a tree. When Kṛṣṇa, along with His brother, Balarāma, entered the Tālavana forest, the demon known as Dhenukāsura, in the shape of an ass, attacked Them and was immediately killed by Balarāma, who caught his hind legs and threw him in a palm tree. Although the Dhenukāsura demon was assisted by his cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the Tālavana forest was then open for the use of the animals and inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. When Pralambāsura entered amongst His cowherd boy friends, He caused his death by Balarāma. Thereafter, Kṛṣṇa saved His friends and cows from the severe forest fire, and He chastised the Kāliya serpent in the lake of Yamunā and forced him to leave the vicinity of the Yamunā River; He thereby made the water of the Yamunā poisonless."
Another one of the friends of Nanda Mahārāja said, "My dear Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son Kṛṣṇa. We want to forget Him, but this is impossible. Why are we so naturally affectionate toward Him? Just imagine how wonderful it is! On one hand He is only a boy of seven years old, and on the other hand there is a huge hill like Govardhana Hill, and He lifted it so easily! O Nanda Mahārāja, we are now in great doubt--your son Kṛṣṇa must be one of the demigods. He is not at all an ordinary boy. Maybe He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
On hearing the praises of the cowherd men in Vṛndāvana, King Nanda said, "My dear friends, in reply to you I can simply present the statement of Gargamuni so that your doubts may be cleared. When he came to perform the name-giving ceremony, he said that this boy descends in different periods of time in different colors and that this time He has appeared in Vṛndāvana in a dark color and is known as Kṛṣṇa. Previously, He has white color, then red color, then yellow color. He also said that this boy was once the son of Vasudeva, and everyone who knows of His previous birth calls Him Vāsudeva. Actually he said that my son has many varieties of names, according to His different qualities and activities. Gargācārya assured me that this boy will be all-auspicious for my family and that He will be able to give transcendental blissful pleasure to all the cowherd men and cows in Vṛndāvana. Even though we will be put into various kinds of difficulties, by the grace of this boy we will be very easily freed from them. He also said that formerly this boy saved the world from an unregulated condition, and He saved all honest men from the hands of the dishonest. He also said that any fortunate man who becomes attached to this boy, Kṛṣṇa, is never vanquished or defeated by his enemy. On the whole, He is exactly like Lord Viṣṇu, who always takes the side of the demigods, who are consequently never defeated by the demons. Gargācārya thus concluded that my child would grow to be exactly like Viṣṇu in transcendental beauty, qualification, activities, influence and opulence, and so we should not be very astonished by His wonderful activities. After telling me this, Gargācārya returned home, and since then we have been continually seeing the wonderful activities of this child. According to the version of Gargācārya, I consider that He must be Nārāyaṇa Himself, or maybe a plenary portion of Nārāyaṇa."
When all the cowherd men very attentively heard the statements of Gargācārya through Nanda Mahārāja, they better appreciated the wonderful activities of Kṛṣṇa and became very jubilant and satisfied. They began to praise Nanda Mahārāja, because by consulting him their doubts about Kṛṣṇa were cleared. They said, "Let Kṛṣṇa, who is so kind, beautiful and merciful, protect us. When angry Indra sent torrents of rain, accompanied by showers of ice blocks and high wind, He immediately took compassion upon us and saved us and our families, cows and valuable possessions by picking up the Govardhana Hill, just as a child picks up a mushroom. He saved us so wonderfully. May He continue to mercifully glance over us and our cows. May we live peacefully under the protection of wonderful Kṛṣṇa."
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-sixth Chapter of Kṛṣṇa, "Wonderful Kṛṣṇa."