Yogesvara

[Guest guest]

The following was composed by Giriraja Maharaja (then a brahmacari) and read

to Srila Prabhupada during a Room Conversation -- October 15, 1977,

Vrndavana

 

 

My dear Lord Krsna, You are known as Yogesvara, the master of all mystic

powers. So it is very easy for You to perform the impossible, as You have

done many times in the past. By Your merciful glance You restored life to

the boys and cows who had died by drinking the water of the Yamuna River

which was poisoned by Kaliya. And You swallowed the devastating forest fire

to protect the inhabitants of Vrndavana. In the rasa dance You expanded

Yourself to be simultaneously present by the side of each gopi. And as

guru-daksina, You recovered the dead son of Your teacher. When the hunchback

maidservant of Kamsa smeared You with sandalwood pulp, You made her straight

and beautiful. And as a householder in Dvaraka, You expanded Yourself into

sixteen thousand Krsnas and simultaneously satisfied all of Your sixteen

thousand wives. When Sudama Brahmana offered You chipped rice, You

transformed his poor cottage into a beautiful palace suitable for the king

of heaven. And to satisfy mother Devaki, You returned her six dead sons from

the kingdom of Bali. To appease the Dvaraka brahmana, You also reclaimed his

dead sons from Maha-Visnu. When Srila Prabhupada sat with seven dollars

under a tree in Tompkins Square Park, You transformed that tree into so many

royal palaces, and You expanded that seven dollars into millions of dollars.

And when Srila Prabhupada spoke Your message, You turned the mlecchas and

candalas into Your devotees. And when Srila Prabhupada went all by himself

to sell his Srimad-Bhagavatam volumes, You expanded him into ten thousand

loving salesmen who are working day and night without asking any salary, and

You expanded his suitcase of books into fifty-five million pieces of

literature in twenty-three different languages. And when Hare Krsna Land was

lost to the demons, You returned it to His Divine Grace. So from these

examples we can understand that for You, the impossible is not difficult,

but rather, You have performed so many impossible feats for Your devotees.