Krishna Leela Series - Part 54 - The Deliverance of the Demon Bhaumasura

1. Krishna BhaktiSangha Presents Deliverance of Demon Bhaumasura Krishna Book series

2. Bhaumasura OR narakasura Extremely powerful demon Captured 16100 beautiful princesses Stole Varunadeva’s umbrella, Mother Aditi’s earrings and Mani Parvata Indra complains to Krishna

3. Strongholds Water canals Electrified cables Poisonous gas Military

4. Destroying the Mura Pasha cables

5. Tip of the Iceberg?

6. Krishna Blows His conchshell Shattered the hearts of great fighters Awoke Mura demon from his slumber Mura threw his trident at Garuda Vibrations from his 5 mouths spread He charged with his club Krishna broke his trident and club Mura charged with his strong arms Krishna separated his 5 heads with His Chakra – Thus Krishna’s another name is Murari

7. Mura’s seven sons attack Krishna with commander Pitha Krishna cut their weapons to pieces and they fell down, their heads, arms, legs severed

8. Angry Bhaumasura came out with many intoxicated elephants They saw the Lord and His wife beautifully situated high in outerspace Bhaumasura released his Sathaghni weapon and Krishna shot arrows Garuda was giving much distress to soldiers and elephants by clawing Bhaumasura left alone angrily struck at Garuda like a thunderbolt At last the asura tried to strike Krishna with a trident when Krishna cut off his head with Sudarshan Chakra

9. Shower of flowers from the heavenly planets This day is celebrated as Diwali

10. Mother earth appeared with Vaijayanti garland a rare jewel for Krishna She returned Varundev’s umbrella, Mother Aditi’s earrings and Mani Parvata She fell down in obeisances and spoke ecstatically

11. Goddess Bhümi said: Obeisances unto You, O Lord of the chief demigods, O holder of the conchshell, disc and club. O Supreme Soul within the heart, You assume Your various forms to fulfill Your devotees' desires. Obeisances unto You. namaùpaìkaja-näbhäya namaùpaìkaja-mäline namaùpaìkaja-neträya namastepaìkajäìghraye My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.

12. You are the shelter of all opulences For creation You assume passion and for anhillation the mode of ignorance, but You are unborn and uncovered by these modes. You are time, purusha And pradhana, yet distinct Although all pervading you have appeared as the son of Vasudeva The entire mahatattva in within You Please grant protection to Bhagadatta, son of Bhaumasura Krishna grants fearlessness to Bhumidevi’s grandson

13. aiçvaryasyasamagrasya véryasyayaçasaùçriyaù jïäna-vairägyayoçcaiva saëëäàbhagaitiìgana (ViñëuPuräëa 6.5.47) Krishna entered the palace 16100 princesses captivated Sincerely offered their hearts Krishna agreed to accept them as His wives

14. He arranged for dresses, ornaments and palanquins, sent them to Dwaraka Unlimited wealth, chariots, horses, jewels, 50 white elephants dispatched to Dwaraka Krishna and Satyabhama then proceeded to Amaravati They returned Mother Aditi’s earrings

15. Once Narada Muni presented a parijata flower to Sri Rukminidevi Satyabhama develops an inferiority complex, and she also wants a flower from Krishna “Why one flower, I would like to give you a whole tree of parijata flowers”

16. Krishna purposely takes Satyabhama with Him Satyabhama plucks one parijata plant Indra and other become irritated Krishna wanted to please his favorite wife There was a fight between Devatas and Krishna Krishna won and brought Parijata to Dwaraka

17. Parijata was planted in the palace garden of Satyabhama Celestial swans came in search of fragrance and honey Indra’s attitude condemned by SukadevaGoswami Too much wealth makes man selfish Disqualification for spiritual advancement

18. Lord Krishna expanded into 16100 forms to marry Queens of Krishna were expansions of Lakshmiji Krishna lived with them in different palaces Queens of Krishna more fortunate than Brahma etc. Krishna and Queens enjoyed transcendental happiness in Their household life

19. Each queen was personally attending to Krishna Offered Him nice seat, worship Washed His feet, massaged His legs Fanned Him, offered Him fragrant oil, garlands Bathed Him, personally fed Him palatable dishes Asked Him to lie down to rest Displayed ideal family life

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