Why Krishna himself in front of Mahavishnu….?
Why Krishna himself in front of Mahavishnu….?
Keshav where are you taking me? Even directions are lost here. Will we really find the children of that Brahmin in this darkness ? The answer to this question was not in this darkness. The answer lies far back in the days when it all began. Dwarka, the city of Lord Krishna, was born from the tears of a father. Here a son was born in the house of a Brahmin. The first sound of life echoed. The Brahmin was about to be happy but that voice could not go beyond the first breath. As soon as it touched the ground, that little body became calm. The father picked up the lifeless body with trembling hands. Taking it, he stood at the door of King Ugrasen’s court. There were no tears in his eyes. There was anger. This king is the enemy of Brahmins. Slave of the senses. Immersed in unrighteousness, some of his sins took away the life of my son. In a kingdom where the king cannot control his senses, the people there suffer only misery. He placed the little body at the door and returned. Then time passed. A second son was born. But time repeated itself again. The child died as soon as it was born.
And this time the child entered the sky with his body. Then the third time, exactly the same life came three times and three times the sky went out of him [music] The Brahmin felt that there is some supreme power which is doing this to my son, but no one could know who takes them and why, in those days Krishna was performing a yagya, flames of fire, chanting of mantras, flying lines of smoke. Then the same Brahmin [Sangeet] came forward near the Yagya site, breaking through the crowd, and said in a frightened tone, O Lord, now the responsibility of protecting the people is on you. My three sons were taken away at birth. Now the fourth one is about to come. My wife is in labor pain. This time make such arrangements that nothing happens to my child. O best of the twice-born, may you be blessed. Don’t be afraid of anyone. I am sitting in the Yagya today. But it is our duty to protect Brahmins under any circumstances. A warrior awakened within Arjun standing nearby. He moved forward. Please give me permission Keshav. I will remove the fear of this Brahmin. Krishna looked at him and smiled a little. Will you really be able to protect her, Arjun? Arjun’s face turned red. Both shame and self-respect together. He turned towards the Brahmin. But there was only disbelief in the Brahmin’s eyes. Whom Vasudev could not save. Will you save those whom even Sankarshan Pradyumna could not save ? O Brahmin, I am neither Sankarshan nor Krishna nor Krishna’s son. I am Arjuna, the wielder of Gandiva. Don’t underestimate my ability. Which has satisfied Lord Shiva himself. I will bring your son back. Even if one has to
fight death itself. I promise and if I am unable to keep it, I will enter the fire myself to atone for my sins. The Brahmin returned somewhat assured and somewhat doubtful. And then that night came. The time of delivery was near. Arjuna bowed to Lord Maheshwar. He repeated the mantras of his divine weapons one by one in his mind and then pulled the bowstring of Gandiva. He surrounded the house with arrows. An impenetrable cage in all four directions, above and below, inside which even air cannot enter without permission. As the night deepened, the first cry of the newborn echoed from within the house. Arjun held Gandiva tightly. Looking in every direction and then a painful cry arose from within. Stole it. Stole it. Hey, my fourth child has also disappeared. From somewhere in the sky above, a baby ‘s cry was heard. But the person who was taking it was not visible. Arjuna shot a barrage of arrows towards the sky. Every direction was filled with arrows. But the crying gradually faded away and then became quiet. The child disappeared into the sky along with his body from the same cage [music]. The most infallible armor of the greatest archer on earth had been broken. Then the Brahmin, burning in the flames of anger, reached Arjun. What happened? Couldn’t save it, right? If Govind had been there, this disaster would never have happened. Your Gandiva is useless. Your bravery is in vain, your fame is in vain. Arjun could not say anything. But a fire burned inside. Because his word was his religion and seeing his word broken was worse for him than death. He entered Sanyamni, the city of Yamaraja. But the child was not there. Arjuna searched the entire universe, exploring every corner from the bottom of the underworld
to the roof of heaven. But the child was nowhere to be found. Not anywhere. Arjun returned empty handed. Now he had only one option left. The one he himself chose. He prepared his pyre , eyes Modi and took a step towards the fire. Then Krishna stopped Arjun and said, Arjun, don’t curse yourself like this. I will show you those children. And listen, these same people who are criticizing us today will soon spread our pure fame. Krishna got the chariot ready. Today you will be the charioteer of this chariot, Arjun. Arjun’s eyes filled with tears.
He held the rope. God himself rode on his chariot. The chariot started moving. The mountains were left behind. The rivers were left behind. Dense forests were left behind. And then the vast ocean appeared. The surface of the sea trembled and a brilliant figure rose from it. The ocean itself stood in front of the chariot with folded hands and offerings. O Keshav, O Deendayal, what should I do? What is your command? O Lord of the rivers [music], give way to my chariot. If I do this, then other kings, proud of their strength, will
also want to cross me through this route. For me and for this Brahmin, obey my words. Stop the movement of your water just enough so that my chariot can pass. The sea bowed its head. The water parted and a shining path opened up in the middle. The chariot started running on it like on the ground. The chariot continued moving forward. Seven islands, seven seas and then Lokalok. The last frontier of the universe. Beyond it was the same dense darkness, the same chariot, the same hesitating horses, the same trembling question of Arjun.
Keshav where are you taking me? This time Krishna did not answer in words. He released the Sudarshan Chakra. The brilliance of a thousand suns, running at the speed of the mind, went on piercing that primordial darkness like the arrow of Rama [sangeet] to the enemy army. The chariot now followed that wheel. Arjuna could n’t see the whole way [music]. He was just following the light. And then the darkness was left behind in a flash. Infinite light, Brahma Jyoti, spread in front. So strong that Arjun ‘s eyes started hurting and he took them too.
As the light subsided, he opened his eyes and saw such a shape in the sky that he started getting scared. A huge beam of light the size of a human being. [Sound of singing] A man made of white light so vast that he spanned all the worlds. Neither the beginning nor the end was visible. It wasn’t a figure. It was the light of existence itself. And Krishna and Arjuna entered into the light of that great man and both saw many secrets being revealed. A churning ocean glittering with raging waves and amidst those waves,
a building illuminated by thousands of gem pillars, this was Vaikuntha and in that building, a huge white Anant Sheshnag like Kailash, thousands of hoods, gems glittering on each hood and in the shade of those hoods [music], Mahavishnu himself, dark complexioned, eight divine arms, his powers all around, Pushti Shri Kirti, was standing with folded hands and then Arjun saw something which he could not believe his eyes, Krishna himself was bowing his head in front of Mahavishnu. That God who was saluting God himself.
Arjun also bowed with trembling hands. Both were standing in front. Mahavishnu smiled and said in a serious tone, it was none other than me myself who kidnapped those four children of the Brahmin. I brought these children here because I wanted to see Krishna. Both of you are my parts who have incarnated on earth to protect the religion. You will return to me soon after killing the demons who have become a burden on the earth. Arjun was stunned. Why is Lord Vishnu so eager to see his own part ? And if he really wanted to see Krishna, then
why didn’t he go to Dwarka himself and have his darshan ? He is omnipresent. He holds the entire universe in his hand with Amla. Still he could not present himself before Krishna. And then a truth dawned on Arjun. That is why Mahavishnu could not see Krishna. Because Krishna does not give his darshan to anyone without his special permission. Not even Mahavishnu. This made it clear. The divinity status of Shri Krishna is higher than that of Mahavishnu. Mahavishnu is a part of the Supreme. Then Krishna turned towards him and
said in a very low, secret voice, Arjun, listen to a secret. God did not steal these children because he needed them. He did all this so that I would come here. He was confident that Krishna would come to see me only on the side of the Brahmin and what place do I, Keshav, have in all this ? God felt this. But I did not come here for the Brahmin. friends. If it had come for the Brahmin, he would have come straight to Vainutha after the child was snatched away [music]. I came here just for you friend to show you
who I am and more importantly your ego. O Brahmin, I am neither Sankarshan nor Krishna nor Krishna’s son. I am Arjuna, the wielder of Gandiva. Don’t underestimate my ability to break something that has satisfied Lord Shiva himself. Then Mahavishnu manifested those four children with his powerful strength. All four were lost in those tiny bodies as if they had never been lost. Both of them bowed to Mahavishnu and returned to Dwarka with great joy by the same route. And when they reached Dwarka, Arjuna stopped once again. Such an endless journey
across the universe and back, but here even the first quarter of the day was not over. It seemed as if time stood still waiting for them. This is what is called time dilation in today’s modern science. Which was already present in our Sanatan Dharma. The Brahmin found all his four sons alive [music] laughing. The same Brahmin who was cursing Arjun till yesterday was standing silently with folded hands today. Whatever power I had, whatever bravery, whatever fame, it never belonged to me. She was just a ray of Krishna’s grace.
