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Teachings of queen kuntī 11
The eternal position of Kṛṣṇa is revealed in Bhagavad-gītā. There Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna, “In the past, millions of years ago, I spoke this philosophy of Bhagavad-gītā Arjuna appeared not to believe this. Of course, Arjuna knew everything, but for our education he said to Kṛṣṇa, “Kṛṣṇa, we are contemporaries Then Kṛṣṇa replied, “My dear Arjuna, you were also present then, but you have forgotten, whereas I have
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Kṛṣṇa did not deny what Arjuna said. “Yes,” He replied. “That’s a fact. As mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā (2.14), Lord Kṛṣṇa told Arjuna:
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Kuntī addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as kṛṣṇa-sakha because she knows that although Arjuna, who is also known as Kṛṣṇa, is her son and therefore subordinate to her, Lord Kṛṣṇa is more intimately related with Arjuna Kṛṣṇā is also a name of Draupadī, and so the word kṛṣṇa-sakha also indicates Lord Kṛṣṇa’s relationship Kuntī also addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as vṛṣṇi-ṛṣabha, the child of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi. It was because Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Vṛṣṇi dynasty that this dynasty became famous, just as Malaysia
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In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa does not say to Arjuna, “Only you may come to Me and become liberated.” ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja – “Give up all other duties and surrender unto Me” – He is speaking not only to Arjuna Arjuna was the original target, but in fact Bhagavad-gītā was spoken for everyone, for all human beings
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Kṛṣṇa never advised Arjuna, “I am your friend, and I shall do everything. Kṛṣṇa was doing everything, but still He told Arjuna, “You must fight.” Nor did Arjuna say to Kṛṣṇa, “You are my great friend. No, that is not Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Kṛṣṇa, however, is Yogeśvara, the master of all yogic powers. If we get a little mystic power we become important, but Kṛṣṇa is the master of all mystic powers. In Bhagavad-gītā it is said that wherever there is Yogeśvara, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead , the master of all mystic powers, and wherever there is Arjuna, who is also known as Pārtha or Dhanur-dhara
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In Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa says, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “My dear Arjuna, you Now, one may ask, why did Kṛṣṇa advise Arjuna to declare this? Why did He not declare it Himself? The answer is that if Kṛṣṇa Himself made this declaration, it might be suspect, because Kṛṣṇa sometimes Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa said, “You declare it. Even though Kṛṣṇa may break His own promise, He wants to see that the promises of His devotees are fulfilled
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Kṛṣṇa was the friend of the Pāṇḍavas and specifically the friend of Arjuna, and therefore Arjuna was Similarly, the Yadu dynasty was famous because Kṛṣṇa took His birth in that family.
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In the Bhagavad-gītā we can see that Arjuna desired not to fight with his brothers and relations just his doing so, he became a famous devotee of the Lord, for it is declared in all the scriptures that Arjuna The fighting was there, the friendship was there, Arjuna was there, and Kṛṣṇa was there, but Arjuna became
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Kṛṣṇa is within everyone’s heart (īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati, sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi Kṛṣṇa is within and He is also without. Thus Kṛṣṇa showed Arjuna His external feature as the viśva-rūpa, the gigantic cosmic manifestation.
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Once the great sage Nārada went to visit Kṛṣṇa and His wives. Then he found Kṛṣṇa living differently in each of the sixteen thousand palaces. This is Kṛṣṇa. To give another example, Kṛṣṇa acted as the chariot driver of Arjuna, but when Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa This is Kṛṣṇa.
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Kuntīdevī knows this, and therefore although she is the mother of the great warriors Arjuna and Bhīma This verse illustrates the position of a surrendered soul seeking the protection of Kṛṣṇa. If we remain in this position, knowing that our only protector is Kṛṣṇa and that our only duty is to serve Kṛṣṇa, then our life is successful.