|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 274 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  125

Namasthe Devadevesha  Prapannarththi Hara Avyaya | Prapannan Pahi Na: Krishna  Nirvinnan Ghorasamsrithe: ||

The Kings eulogized the supreme Lord with folded hands “ Oh! Madhusoodhana,  Oh! Devadevesha who remove the miseries and sorrows of the people who are surrendered at your lotus feet, we have no one to protect other than you.  Kindly elevate our souls from the sorrows and grief of worldly existence.  Oh! Bhagavan, we are not grieving over our struggles in the prison, we believe them all as your grace.  If we have not imprisoned by the King of Magadha, we would immerse in the royal pleasure and forget your splendor, we have understood you are absolute truth; all those royal pleasures were unreal.  Jarasandha locked us in prison thereby brought us to supreme consciousness, we were ignorant taking extreme pleasure in richness, wealth, fame and people around us, due to the influence of Maya we believed all those richness, people and fame are permanent.  We forgot to worship and contemplate the supreme Lord who is eternal and changeless.  Jarasandha proved our notions are wrong by keeping us locked in prison.  We were running behind the illusion of water, leaving the real watercourses.  We have lived in illusion, we have understood all those richness and this body is not going to be with us, but we have understood your presence as the supreme soul in us, even after going through all these hardships, if we do not contemplate upon the supreme Lord who resides as a soul in us, our lives will not be fruitful.  Oh! Bhagavan, kindly advise us, how to attain intense devotion and faith upon your lotus feet that could save us from the cycles of repeated births, therefore kindly advise us the methods of devotion.” Thus, the kings eulogized Krishna with his various sacred names.

Krishnaya Vasudevaya Haraye Paramathmane | Pranathaklesha Nashaya Govindaya Namo Nama: ||

Bhagavan speaks “ Oh! Rajan, you have understood my all-pervasive nature as soul and cultivated intense faith upon me, do not leave your concentration from the supreme soul resides as soul, all these years you have lived your life drenched in worldly matters and bondage without the knowledge  about the body and all those material matters that have impermanent nature.  Therefore, whatever happens in your life, be it sorrow or happiness, gain or loss, do not let your mind and intellect move away from me.  Always contemplate upon me, and perform all those deeds without getting attached to it.”  Thus, the Kings were served with clothes and meals.

Udhaseenashcha  Dehadhavathmarama Dhrithavritha: | Mayyaveshya Mana: Samyag Mamanthe  Bhrama Yasyadha ||

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, after the Jarasandha Vandham, Krishna along with Beema and Arjuna returned to the palace of Yudhishtira.  Krishna narrated all that happened in the Magadha, Yudhishtira could not control his tears thinking about the compassion of supreme Lord Krishna.  Yudhishtira could not utter a word of gratitude to Krishna who was always stood with them during the worst period of time; his eyes were overflowing with tears.”