Krishna Leela Series - Part 45 - Krishna Erects the Dwaraka Fort

1. Krishna Leela Series: 45 Krishna BhaktiSangha Presents :Krishna erects dwaraka fort

2. Recap…. Akrura was sent to Hastinapura to check on Dhrtrastra’sbehaviour towards his nephews Akrura delivered message to Dhrtrastra and spoke of Dharma Dhrtrastra accepted his biasness and left everything to destiny Akrura related everything to Krishna and Balaram

3. Krishna erects Dwarakafort After Kamsa’s death, his 2 wives left for their father’s place In Vedic culture , women have to be protected: Before marriage she should live with her father After marriage, she should be with her husband In the event of her husband’s death she should either live with her children or her parents depending on the circumstances

4. King Jarasandha Their father was the King of Magada (Bihar) Was mortified on hearing the news Avenged to rid the whole Yadu clan

6. With thousands of soldiers, elephants, horses and soldiers, he attacked Mathura with 13 phalanxes

8. Lord was thinking …. What is my mission? Should I kill Jarasandha? Should I kill the troops? Lord decided to destroy the troops of Jarasandha Lord Krishna is the most intelligent While thinking, 2 military chariots fully equipped arrived from outer space

9. Krishna and Balaram Requested Balaram to join Him They have both descended for the same purpose

11. He became compassionate because Krishna and Balaram were related as grandsons

13. Started criticizing the Lord Great dishonourto fight with boys Addressed him as killer of his own relatives Criticized for not being a Kshatriya because he was hidden and was raised as a Vaishya Finding faults is a tendency that we should eradicate

14. Jarasandha told Baladev… If you want you can fight along with him If you have patience you can wait to be killed and be promoted to heaven, or kill me! Kshatriyas go to heaven in victory or in death in the battlefield.

15. The great fight is going to start.. Don’t talk too much! Just fight! Jarasandha and his army surrounded the army from all sides like how the cloud covers the sun Women of Mathura started fainting Krishna started shooting his arrows when his small army was being harassed and blood started flowing very soon!

16. Defeated! Balaram and Krishna killed everyone The sole survivor who was not killed was Jarasandha and Baladev started tying him up Krishna told him not to and to let him go Ashamed and frustrated, he wanted to go do some penance and meditation

17. BAD ADVICE NEVER HELPS On his way back, some royal friends encouraged him to fight again and not retire It was due to past karma that he lost and his fighting had no fault

18. Lord comes back victorious! Citizens celebrated with great joy! Everyone was offering nice poems, flowers, foodstuff and began to throw grass and yoghurt as per the custom. Krishna presented the jewels collected in the battlefield to Ugrasena

19. 17 and still a loser! Jarasandha attacked 17 times and every time he was defeated While Jarasandha was attempting one time, a Yavana king also attacked Mathura because of the opulence of the Yadus Yavanas are descendents of Yayati The King of the Yavanas was induced by Narada

20. 18thAttempt So Kalayavan and Jarasandha happened to attack around the same period. Kalayavan had 30 million soldiers and Jarasandha had the same amount as usual Krishna decided to build a fort where no 2 legged animal , man or demon could go.

22. Wall covering 96 square miles within the sea itself

23. There were well planned roads,kalpavrikshasand palaces

24. All the demigods came individually to present some gift to the Lord

25. Krishna transferred everyone to the new palaces once it was completed

27. - Krishna entered a cave and could not be seen- Kalayavan saw a man lying down and mistook him for Krishna and kicked him.- The mysterious man awoke and burnt Kalayavan to ashes!

28. WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS MAN? ?

29. Tune in next time …… Hare Krishna Hare Krishna KrishnaKrishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare