20181213 The Beginning of Mahāprabhu’s Manifestations

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book work 13^th December 2018 in Chennai, India by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Mahārāja. Reading from Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 1.322-338.

Under the section: The Beginning of Mahāprabhu’s Manifestations

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mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-gurun dina tāriṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

So today is the sacred day of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. Today is the day Lord Jagannātha starts to wear winter clothes and the custom is in Jagannātha Purī they put new clothes on Lord Jagannātha. Normally we wash the clothes and then use them because they have starch in them but the custom in Jagannātha Purī they put on the cloth with the starch. So Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, he saw this and started criticizing the sevakas of Lord Jagannātha. How are you putting this new cloth on Lord Jagannātha with all māḍu and starch? In this way he criticized them. That night Lord Jagannātha and Balarāma came to visit Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi and they scolded him that why are you criticizing our servants? Whatever they do is according to customs and you have no right to disturb our servants, and they started slapping him. So his face was swollen. When he woke up from his dream his face was still stolen. So he was embarrassed to go out with his cheeks swollen. So this is a very special day. In Māyāpur we have new cloth for our Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā Deity and hope that all over the world they give a woolen cloth for the Lord. So Deities are actually an incarnation of the Lord. They are called the arcā-avatāra because we are not qualified to see the spiritual form of the Lord, He comes as a worshipable Deity and we get to see that, and we can serve the Deity. So in every Deity there is some customs. In Jagannātha Purī the custom is that on Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī they offer warm cloth on this day. I think as far as I remember they also offer some special prasāda. So this is a very memorable day.

So today we will continue with the compilation of the Caitanya book. Lord Caitanya has come back from Gayā initiated by Īśvara Purī. So now He is informing His students of His new realization that everything comes from Kṛṣṇa. So we will continue from here.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.322

gaṅgā-snānānte prabhura tathāya āgamana o pratiśabdera kṛṣṇapara vyākhyāna—
pohāila niśā,—sarva-paḍuyāra-gaṇa
āsiyā vasilā puṅthi karite cintana

Translation: After the night passed, all the students came and sat down with their books to study.

Jayapatākā Swami: So after the night passed all the students came and sat down with their books, ready to study but there were also thinking of all the recent happenings.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.323

ṭhākura āilā jhāṭa kari’ gaṅgā-snāna
vasiyā karena prabhu pustaka vyākhyāna

Translation: The Lord quickly returned from His bath in the Ganges and after taking His seat began to explain the texts.

Jayapatākā Swami: So the Lord, He quickly came after taking His bath in the Ganges. He sat down and the Lord, He started to explain the books, the texts.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.324

prabhura nā sphure kṛṣṇa-vyatireke āna
śabda-mātre kṛṣṇa-bhakti karaye vyākhyāna

Translation: The Lord’s explanations did not deal with anything that was not related to Kṛṣṇa. He explained every word in relation to Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service.

Commentary: Gaurasundara explained every word through the completely spiritual, perfectly pure, eternally liberated, and most important vidvad-rūḍhi as being related to devotional service. With His tongue that was attached to glorifying Kṛṣṇa, He would not explain any word as having a meaning not related to Kṛṣṇa.

Jayapatākā Swami: So Lord Viśvambhara He didn’t speak any other subject apart from Kṛṣṇa. Every sound, every letter, He explained in relation to Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service. So Gaurasundara explained every word through completely spiritual, perfectly pure, eternally liberated and most important, vidvad-rūḍhi, as being related to devotional service. His tongue was naturally attracted to glorifying Kṛṣṇa. He would not explain any word that has a meaning not related to Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.325

chātragaṇera praśnottare prabhura dhātuke kṛṣṇa-śakti baliyā vyākhyā—
paḍuyā sakale bale,—“dhātu-saṁjñā kār?”
prabhu bale,—“śrī-kṛṣṇera śakti nāma yāra

Translation: The students inquired, “What is the definition of dhātu, or verbal root?” The Lord replied, “That which is called Kṛṣṇa’s energy.

Commentary: In answer to the students’ questions, the Lord said, “Since Kṛṣṇa’s parā (antaraṅgā or svarūpa) śakti manifests Kṛṣṇa’s audārya, mādhurya, and aiśvarya spiritual pastimes, the energy and the energetic are thus inseparably related to each other. Similarly, when words are derived by grammatical construction, the original root form of each such expressive word manifests within itself an inseparably joined meaning or potency of expression.

Jayapatākā Swami: So the students all enquired “what is the root… verb root definition?” The Lord replied “Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s energy, that which is called the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

So Lord Caitanya, Nimāi Paṇḍita, He explained that since Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies or the parā-śakti and antaraṅgā-śakti and svarūpa-śakti manifest Kṛṣṇa’s audārya, mādhurya and aiśvarya pastimes, the energy and the energetic are thus inseparable. Similarly, when verbs or words are derived from their grammatical construction, the original root form of each such expressive word manifest an inseparable joint meaning and potency of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In other words, potency of expression. Otherwise Lord Caitanya was explaining everything in relation to Kṛṣṇa just as Kṛṣṇa’s energy brings it possible that Kṛṣṇa to enjoy different pastimes. Similarly, the verbs, the root verb meaning or dhātu are like these spiritual energies and from them come the other meanings. So somehow, He would explain everything in relation to Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.326

prabhura svakṛta vyākhyāya ahaṅkārokti—
dhātu-sūtra vākhāni,—śunaha bhāi-gaṇa!
dekhi, kār śakti āche, karuka khaṇḍana?

Translation: “O brothers, listen as I explain the aphorisms about dhātus. I would like to see who has the power to refute My explanation.

Jayapatākā Swami: “O Listen My dear brothers, the description I gave of the root verb roots and the aphorism, I would like to see who is the person who has the power to refute My explanation?”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.327

prāṇa yerūpa dehera, kṛṣṇa-śakti-svarūpa dhātuo tadrūpa śabdera prāṇa vā śakti—
yata dekha rājādivya-divya-kalevara
kanaka-bhūṣita, gandha-candane sundara

Translation: “All the kings we have seen had luxurious bodies, decorated with gold and beautified with fragrant sandalwood paste.

Jayapatākā Swami: “All the kings that we have seen have beautiful luxurious bodies decorated with gold, with sandalwood paste and very beautiful.”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.328

‘yama lakṣmī yāhāra vacane’ loke kaya
dhātu-vine śuna tāra ye avasthā haya

Translation: “Although their words determine a person’s prosperity or death, hear what happens to them when their dhātu leaves their bodies.

Commentary: Yama [Yamarāja] is the predominating deity of religion, or Dharmarāja.

Lakṣmī is the predominating deity of wealth, opulence, beauty, and prosperity.

The word vacane refers to the display of mercy or compassion.

The word dhātu means [in this case not “verbal root” but] “life air,” “life,” “consciousness,” or “the fragmental part of Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual energy.”

Jayapatākā Swami: “The words can send a person prosperity or death. They determine a person’s prosperity or death. In the same way, what happens to them when their dhātu or life leaves their body?”

So in the Sanskrit grammar, dhātu is the verbal root but in this aphorism the dhātu is meaning consciousness, the life air or the fragmental part of Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual energy. So Yamarāja is the predominating deity of religion or in other words, Dharmarāja. Lakṣmī is the predominant deity of wealth, opulence, beauty and prosperity. The word vacane refers to the display of mercy of compassion. So He was using dhātu in an external sense as life air of consciousness then applying that back to the Sanskrit grammar. So just like that when the life air or consciousness leaves the body, the body is dead, similarly, a word which does not have any verbal root is lifeless. So Lord Caitanya was explaining the Sanskrit grammar by using Kṛṣṇa conscious examples.

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.329

kothā yāya sarvāṅgera saundarya caliyākāre
bhasma kare, kāre eḍena puṅtiyā

Translation: No one knows where the beauty of their bodily limbs goes as some bodies are burned and some are buried.

Jayapatākā Swami: “Where does the beautiful body go? Some bodies are burnt. Some are buried. Where has the beauty gone?”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.330-334

anvaya-vyatireka-bhāve dhātui kṛṣṇa-śaktirūpe ādara-pātra—

sarva-dehe dhātu-rūpe vaise kṛṣṇa-śakti
tāhā-sane kare sneha, tāhāne se bhakti

ajñarūḍhi-vṛttyāśita adhyāpakagaṇera mūrkhatā-varṇana-mukhe chātragaṇake dṛṣṭānta dvārā dhātu-śabdera artha-vyākhyāna—

bhrama-vaśe adhyāpaka nā bujhaye ihā
‘haya’ ’naya’ bhāi-saba! bujha mana diyā

ebe yāṅre namaskari’ kari mānya-jñāna
dhātu gele, tāṅre paraśile kari snāna

ye-bāpera kole putra thāke mahā-sukhe
dhātu gele se-i putra agni deya mukhe

dhātu-saṁjñākṛṣṇa-śakti vallabha sabāra
dekhi,—ihā dūṣuka,—āchaye śakti kār?

Translation: “The energy of Kṛṣṇa dwells in the body of every living entity as the dhātu, or active principle. All affection and devotion is meant for Him alone. Because of illusion, teachers cannot understand this. Yet consider carefully whether I am right or wrong. There are persons to whom we now offer obeisances and respects, but when the active principle leaves their bodies, we must take bath after touching them. The son who was happily nourished on the lap of his father touches the fire of cremation to the mouth of his father after the active principle leaves him. That which is called dhātu is the power of Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of all. Is there anyone who can deny this?

Commentary: For an explanation of verse 330 and the first line of verse 334, one should refer to Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Seven, verses 54-55.

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.50-57) Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as follows: “O King, for every created being the dearmost thing is certainly his own self. The dearness of everything else—children, wealth, and so on—is due only to the dearness of the self. For this reason, O best of kings, the embodied soul is self-centered: he is more attached to his own body and self than to his so-called possessions like children, wealth, and home. Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself. If a person comes to the stage of considering the body ’mine’ instead of ’me,’ he will certainly not consider the body as dear as his own self. After all, even as the body is growing old and useless, one’s desire to continue living remains strong. Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every embodied living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists. You should know Kṛṣṇa to be the original Soul of all living entities. For the benefit of the whole universe, He has, out of His causeless mercy, appeared as an ordinary human being. He has done this by the strength of His internal potency. Those in this world who understand Lord Kṛṣṇa as He is see all things, whether stationary or moving, as manifest forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such enlightened persons recognize no reality apart from the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. The original, unmanifested form of material nature is the source of all material things, and the source of even that subtle material nature is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. What, then, could one ascertain to be separate from Him?”

Jayapatākā Swami: “In everybody the energy of Kṛṣṇa resides as the living force or consciousness. And that who has affection for Kṛṣṇa? That is the meaning of bhakti. It is meant for Kṛṣṇa alone.”

“Because of illusion, other professors they don’t understand this. Yes, or no, brothers all, tell Me. Am I right or wrong? Consider carefully.”

“Now those we offer obeisances to, those who we respect, if their life air leaves them, if we touch them… their bodies we have to take bath.”

“The child who lies on the lap of the father, he stays there with great happiness. When the life air leaves the body of the father, that son he gives the fire cremation in the mouth of his father.”

“So that which is called dhātu or life air, is the power of Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of everyone. Now see if anyone can deny this? Anyone has the power to deny this?”

This tells us to refer to the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10^th canto, 14^th chapter, 50-57 verses. Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells Parīkṣit Mahārāja that the dear most thing is certainly one’s own self. The dearness of everyone else, children, house and so on is only thru the dearness of one’s own self. So the conditioned soul is self-centered. He is more attached to his own body and self than to his so called possessions like wealth, children, home. So if one considers the body as mine rather than me, then he won’t be so attached the same way. He won’t think the body as dear as his self. After all, even the body is getting old and diseased and one’s desire to remain living remains strong. So therefore his own self is the most dear to every embodied living being and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self, that the whole material creation is moving and nonmoving entities exist. So Kṛṣṇa is the original soul of all living entities. For the benefit of the whole universe, He has appeared as an ordinary human being. He has done this by the potency of His internal energy. Those in the world who understand Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such enlightened persons recognize no reality apart from the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. So the subtle material energy unmanifested is the origin of the material things. But the source of this energy is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. What then should one think as separate from Him? So naturally as Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī taught to Parīkṣit Mahārāja “we should see everything in relation to Kṛṣṇa. Everything is His energy. Every atom in the wall here has an expansion of Supersoul. Every person has Supersoul in the heart. So how can you see anything as separate?”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.335

tādṛśī śaktira āśraya śabda-vigraha kṛṣṇera bhajanārtha sakalake anurodha—

ei-mata pavitra pūjya ye kṛṣṇera śakti
hena kṛṣṇe, bhāi-saba! kara’ dṛḍha-bhakti

Translation: “O brothers, please render unflinching devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa, whose energy is most pure and worshipable.

Jayapatākā Swami: “So My dear brothers, please render unflinching devotional service to… unto Lord Kṛṣṇa whose sacred energies are offered worship.”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.336

śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma-śravaṇa-kīrtana-bhajana-dhyānopadeśa—

bala kṛṣṇa, bhaja kṛṣṇa, śuna kṛṣṇa-nāma
ahar-niśa śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa kara’ dhyāna

Translation: “Chant the name of Kṛṣṇa, worship Kṛṣṇa, and hear the name of Kṛṣṇa. Day and night meditate on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: “You should give up rasābhāsa, the incompatible mixing of transcendental mellows, and give up useless talk that is opposed to the conclusions of the scriptures and not related to Kṛṣṇa, and constantly chant the holy names of Kṛṣṇa with your nonduplicitous service-inclined tongues. Rather than considering yourselves the enjoyers while enjoying external objects, you should consider yourselves the eternal ingredients for Kṛṣṇa’s service and constantly remain favorably engaged in the chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s pure holy names. You should give up desires for sense gratification, which are born from the propensity for hearing temporary material sound vibrations based on mundane enjoyment, and hear the spiritual sound vibration of topics related to Kṛṣṇa’s names, which are nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa, through your nonduplicitous service-inclined ears.”

Regarding the necessity of hearing about, glorifying, and remembering Śrī Hari; in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.14) Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī speaks to the sages headed by Śaunaka as follows:

tasmād ekena manasā  bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca  dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā

“Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember, and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees.”

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.1.5) Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as follows:

tasmād ekena manasā
bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca
dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā

“O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear about, glorify, and also remember the Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller, and the savior from all miseries.”

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.2.36) Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as follows:

tasmāt sarvātmanā rājan
ariḥ sarvatra sarvadā
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca
smartavyo bhagavān nṛṇām

“O King, it is therefore essential that every human being hear about, glorify, and remember the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, always and everywhere.”

Jayapatākā Swami: “Chant the name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, listen to the name of Kṛṣṇa, day and night. Meditate on the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

So the point is that one should serve Kṛṣṇa and consider one’s self as an ingredient for the transcendental service of Kṛṣṇa. And one should not try to enjoy the mundane energy but rather absorb one’s self in the glories of the holy names of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So the non-duplicitous self-service inclined tongue should chant the pure holy names rather than thinking ourselves as the enjoyers when we are enjoying external objects. We should rather do everything as a service to Lord Kṛṣṇa So this is the goal. So we should apply the materially contaminated sound vibrations based on mundane enjoyment and hear the topics of glorifying Kṛṣṇa’s holy names which are non-different from Kṛṣṇa. So regarding the necessity of hearing about glorifying Śrī Hari Lord Kṛṣṇa… hearing about, glorifying and remembering, is given in the first canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, 2nd chapter, 14th verse. Sūta Gosvāmī speaking to the great sages:

“Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember, and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees.”

Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells Parīkṣit Mahārāja in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2^nd canto 1^st chapter, 5^th verse:

“O descendant of King Bharata, one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear about, glorify, and also remember the Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller, and the savior from all miseries.”

Śukadeva Gosvāmī also told Parīkṣit Mahārāja in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2^nd canto 2^nd chapter 36^th verse:

“O King, it is therefore essential that every human being hear about, glorify, and remember the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, always and everywhere.”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.337

śrī-kṛṣṇacaraṇa-sevana-māhātmya—

yāṅhāra caraṇe durvā-jala dile mātra
kabhu nahe yamera se adhikāra-pātra

Translation: “Anyone who offers a little water or durvā grass at the lotus feet of the Lord is never subjected to the punishment of Yamarāja.

Commentary: In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.1.19) Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as follows:

sakṛn manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor
niveśitaṁ tad-guṇa-rāgi yair iha
na te yamaṁ pāśa-bhṛtaś ca tad-bhaṭān
svapne ’pi paśyanti hi cīrṇa-niṣkṛtāḥ

“Although not having fully realized Kṛṣṇa, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become attracted to His name, form, qualities, and pastimes are completely freed of all sinful reactions, for they have thus accepted the true method of atonement. Even in dreams, such surrendered souls do not see Yamarāja or his order carriers, who are equipped with ropes to bind the sinful.”

In the Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa, Yamarāja speaks the following words:

aham amara-gaṇārcitena dhātrāyama
iti loka-hitāhite niyuktaḥ
hari-guru-vimukhān praśāsmi martyān
hari-caraṇa-praṇatān namas karomi

“I have been appointed by Lord Brahmā, who is worshiped by the demigods, to judge people’s pious and impious activities. I severely punish the materialistic fruitive actors, who are averse to the spiritual master and Lord Hari, and I offer my obeisances to the Vaiṣṇavas, who have surrendered themselves at the lotus feet of Lord Hari.” In the Skanda Purāṇa it is stated:

na brahmā na śivāgnīndrā
nāhaṁ nānye divaukasaḥśaktās
tu nigrahaṁ kartuṁ
vaiṣṇavānāṁ mahātmanām

“Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Agni, Indra, myself (Yamarāja), and other demigods are unable to chastise the broad-minded Vaiṣṇavas.”

Jayapatākā Swami: “Anyone who offers some durvā grass, water to the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he never, never is subjected to the punishment of Yamarāja.”

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6th canto, 1^st chapter 19^th verse, Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: I am not giving the Sanskrit because Caitanya book will be very easy to read. Later on you can see the original text.

“Although not having fully realized Kṛṣṇa, persons who have even once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become attracted to His name, form, qualities, and pastimes are completely freed of all sinful reactions, for they have thus accepted the true method of atonement. Even in dreams, such surrendered souls do not see Yamarāja or his order carriers, who are equipped with ropes to bind the sinful.”

There was one family where the wife, mother, daughters, the children were all initiated and practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But the father was not inclined. He was always criticizing. So then he was diagnosed with cancer. He was bed ridden. One day he saw walk through his wall, some subtle entities with dark hairy bodies, carrying ropes and ready to bind him. He got so frightened he started chanting and then they disappeared. Then he called his wife and said get me the beads, give me Gītā, give me Bhāgavatam, read every day, I want to practice it!! Ha! So this case the Yamadūtas, they seem to preach - after that he became very committed Ha! Ha! Ha!

So in the Skanda Purāṇa it also mentions:

“Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Agni, Indra, myself (Yamarāja), and other demigods are unable to chastise the broad-minded Vaiṣṇavas.”

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya 1.338

agha-baka-pūtanāre ye kailā mocana
bhaja bhaja sei nanda-nandana-caraṇa

Translation: “Worship the lotus feet of Nanda-nandana, who delivered Aghāsura, Bakāsura, and Pūtanā.

Commentary: The deliverance of Aghāsura is described by Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.12.38-39) as follows: “Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes. The causes and effects of the material world, both higher and lower, are all created by the Supreme Lord, the original controller. When Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, He did so by His causeless mercy. Consequently, for Him to exhibit His unlimited opulence was not at all wonderful. Indeed, He showed such great mercy that even Aghāsura, the most sinful miscreant, was elevated to being one of His associates and achieving sārūpya-mukti, which is actually impossible for materially contaminated persons to attain. If even only once or even by force one brings the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead into one’s mind, one can attain the supreme salvation by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, as did Aghāsura. What then is to be said of those whose hearts the Supreme Personality of Godhead enters when He appears as an incarnation, or those who always think of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the source of transcendental bliss for all living entities and by whom all illusion is completely removed?”

The deliverance of Pūtanā, the sister of Bakāsura, is described by Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.6.35, 38) as follows: “Pūtanā was always hankering for the blood of human children, and with that desire she came to kill Kṛṣṇa; but because she offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement. Because Kṛṣṇa embraced Pūtanās body with great pleasure and sucked her breast, although she was a great witch, she attained the position of a mother in the transcendental world and thus achieved the highest perfection. What then is to be said of the cows whose nipples Kṛṣṇa sucked with great pleasure and who offered their milk very jubilantly with affection exactly like that of a mother?”

The first line of this verse refers to the Lord, who awarded the supreme destination to those who were killed by Him. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.205) as follows:

parābhavaṁ phenila-vaktratāṁ ca
bandhaṁ ca bhītiṁ ca mṛtiṁ ca kṛtvā
pavarga-dātāpi śikhaṇḍa-maule
tvaṁśāstra-bāṇām apavarga do ’si

“O Kṛṣṇa, whose head is decorated with a peacock feather, although You award the pavargas—the five situations of parājaya (defeat), phena-yukta ānana (foaming mouth), bandhana (bondage), bhaya (fearfulness), and mṛtyu (death)—to Your enemies, You ultimately award them apavarga, or liberation.”

For a description of Kṛṣṇa’s killing of Bakāsura and Aghāsura, one should see Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.11.47-53 and 10.12.13-35).

Jayapatākā Swami: “Bhaja bhaja! Worship the lotus feet of Śrī Nandanandana, Lord Kṛṣṇa who has delivered the Aghāsura, Bakāsura and Pūtanā.”

So He gives here the deliverance of Aghāsura mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10th canto 12th chapter 38-39verses. So if one can bring Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in the mind, then they can also achieve deliverance by the Lord. By the causeless mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, as did Aghāsura. What can be said about those. Aghāsura, he was the most sinful miscreant. He was elevated to be one of the associates of Lord Kṛṣṇa and achieved svarūpa-mukti which is actually impossible for materially contaminated people to obtain. So if one even once brings the spiritual form of the Lord in his mind, he can achieve the causeless mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So the deliverance of Pūtanā, the sister of Bakāsura is mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10^th canto, 6^th chapter, 35^th verse. She came to kill Kṛṣṇa. She was a serial killer, she went around and killed many, many babies by having poison on her breasts. She offered Kṛṣṇa her poisoned breast. She wanted the blood of a human kid and that is why she came to kill Kṛṣṇa. But because Kṛṣṇa embraced her body and sucked her breast, although she was a great witch, she obtained the position of a mother, in the transcendental world, and thus achieved the highest perfection!

So we will end here. Are there any questions?