KANSA SAW LORD KRISHNA EVERYWHERE: JIYAR SWAMI

KANSA SAW LORD KRISHNA EVERYWHERE: JIYAR SWAMI

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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------Preaching at the Paramanpur Chaturmasya fasting site, India's great sage, Shri Lakshmiprapanna Jiyar Swami Ji Maharaj, said that Kansa was so terrified that he could see Lord Krishna everywhere, day and night. On the holy banks of the Ganges, Shukdev Ji was narrating the story of Lord Krishna's childhood and the killing of Kansa to King Parikshit. Kansa was so terrified that it seemed as if Lord Krishna was appearing to him even in his dreams. After numerous demons and devils had unsuccessfully attempted to kill Krishna, he was once again plotting a new conspiracy to destroy him.

Lord Krishna has been punishing oppressors. Since his birth, and even from childhood, he had destroyed many oppressors. Lord Krishna's incarnation is the embodiment of grace. In this incarnation, he was showing affection to his cowherd boys and loving the cowherds and cowherds. He was also punishing all the oppressors, evildoers, and sinners with death.

Kansas sent numerous demons and tried numerous methods, but still could not kill Lord Krishna. This troubled and frightened him. He felt as if Krishna was coming to kill him. Then Kansa called Akrur. He told Akrur to go and bring Krishna and Balarama. He wanted to kill them both. Lord Shiva had given Kansa a bow. Kansa was performing a yajna. He planned to deceive Krishna by inviting him and killing him by crushing him with an elephant. That elephant had the strength of 10,000 elephants.

Akrur went to Braj and informed Yashoda Maiya and Nand Baba that Kansa was performing a yajna and had invited Krishna. Akrur took Krishna with him to Mathura. Hearing this news, the cowherd boys, cowherds, Nand Baba, and Mother Yashoda from all over Braj, blocked the wheels of Akrur's chariot, vowing to not let Krishna leave. Krishna then explained this to the cowherds, Nand Baba, and Mother Yashoda, and set off for Mathura with Akrur. On the way, Akrur stopped on the banks of the Yamuna River and began bathing in it. Then, the Lord revealed His divine powers to him. As Akrur dipped in the water, he saw the entire universe at the time of the deluge. The form of Lord Krishna appeared. Akrur realized that this was the Supreme Being. Thus, Akrur arrived with Krishna and Balram.

When the Lord arrived in Mathura, he also rescued a hunchbacked woman. Upon reaching Mathura, Lord Krishna went out for a stroll when he encountered a woman with a hunchback. He applied sandalwood paste to her, and then, rescuing her, transformed her from a hunchback into a beautiful woman. Even in Mathura, Lord Krishna attracted people wherever he went. He was constantly gaining their control. As Krishna was passing by, two of Kansa's men met him. They decided to kill him. But Lord Krishna killed them both.

Hearing this, Kansa ordered his elephant to crush Krishna to death. But Lord Krishna killed that elephant as well, pulled out both of its tusks, and entered Kansa's palace with Balarama and Krishna. Seeing and hearing this, Kansa was now unperturbed. Going to Kansa's palace, Krishna broke Kansa's bow, which Lord Shiva had given him. Seeing this, Kansa became furious and ran to kill Krishna. Then Lord Krishna killed Kansa as well.

Krishna made his maternal grandfather the king there. He freed his parents, Devaki and Vasudeva, from prison. Lord Krishna continued to live in Mathura, working for the administration and the welfare of the people. Lord Krishna performed all these divine acts when he was approximately 11 years old. A few days later, Devaki and Vasudeva sent Lord Krishna and Balarama to Sandipani Rishi's Gurukul for the sacred thread ceremony and to receive education. There, a Brahmin named Sudama was studying at Sandipani Rishi's ashram, and he became friends with Lord Krishna.

When Lord Krishna and Balarama were about to leave after completing their studies, they asked their guru, Sandipani Rishi, for guru dakshina (gifts for guru dakshina). However, he refused. Then, when Krishna asked Sandipani Rishi's wife for guru dakshina, she told him that one of her sons had drowned in water as a child. If she wished to pay him, she should bring him back. Lord Krishna then went to Yamraj and brought back Sandipani Rishi's son and then returned to Mathura.

In Mathura, Lord Krishna remained sad. Seeing this, his parents were also sad. When they asked, Krishna Ji told them that everyone in Gokul must be remembering him. Therefore, they must be consoled somehow that he has not forgotten them. For this, Uddhav Ji was sent to Braj. Then Uddhav Ji went to Braj and was astonished to see the selfless and unwavering love of the Gopis, Nand Baba, and Yashoda Maiya for Lord Shri Krishna. Uddhav Ji came to Mathura. Then Lord Shri Krishna showed his form to them too. Due to which Uddhav Ji was also saved.