How A Devotee Thinks - "krodho'pi te'nugraha eva saMmataH"

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Namaste.

 

The following verses were part of a prayer by Queen Kuntidevi to Lord

Krishna when He ws about to depart from them after the Maha bharata

war:

 

Salutations to Krishna born of Vasudeva and Devaki !

Salutations again and again to the Brahman of

the Upanishads Who has appeared in His sportive

manifestation as the son of Nanda. 1.8.21

 

vipadaH santu naH zazvat tatra tatra jagadgurO,

bhavatO darzanaM yasyAd apunarbhava darzanam

 

O Teacher of all the worlds !

Let perils face us at every step;

for it is in dangerous situations

that we feel the presence of You,

Whose vision bestows freedom from rebirth. 1.8.25

 

No one can understand the real intentions

of Your sportive actions when You simulate

the ways of men in Your incarnations.

None is friendly or inimical to You.

 

You come only to redeem jivas and

even the destruction of so called

enemies is only to bless them and

give them salvation thereby. 1.8.29

 

bhave 'smin klizyamAnAnAM avidyAkAma karmabhiH

zravaNa smaraNArhANi kariSyanniti kecana

 

zRNvanti gAyanti gRNanty abhIkSNazaH

smaranti nandanti tave hitaM janAH

ta eva pazyanty acireNa tAvakaM

bhava pravAho paramaM padAmbujam

 

(Bhagavatam 1.8. 35, 36)

 

"Some others maintain that You have descended on earth

with the intention of performing deeds fit to be HEARD OF

and DWELT UPON by those who are tormented in this world

by ignorance, selfish desires and sinful acts.

 

That is why Your devotees constantly LISTEN to, SING, REPEAT to

others and CONTEMPLATE on Your stories and rejoice;

and it is they ALONE who behold before long Your lotus feet

that put an END to the stream of births and deaths."

 

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anugrahAya bhaktAnAM

mAnuSaM deham AsthitaH

bhajate tA dRzIh krIdA

yAH zrutvA tat paro bhavet

 

(Bhagavatam 10.33.36)

 

Out of His causeless Grace and unlimited compassion,

Lord Krishna descends on earth in a Human form and

exhibits His transcendental pastimes, so that

the conditioned souls may be attracted to

hearing those Blissful exploits performed by Him and

become absorbed in the loving contemplation of the Lord.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!