Showing posts with label Vishnu Purana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vishnu Purana. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 May 2022

When the Lion Lord comes

"O Lord you took Your adversary and ripped his chest apart.  Victory to You!!!  You are the Deity worshipped by the civilized and You bring fear to the wicked." Sri Krishna Lila Stava by Sanatana Goswami 



 

At dusk,

when You come,

O Lord,

let your scaring laugh

to echo

in the ether 

of evil hearts,

to dismantle the cities of vanity

let each of your step shake

the roads of greed. 

Come Lord, 

as a fiery resplendent Lion

let your roar

out loud, 

to terrify the proud, 

please come,

when is neither day nor night

to the selfish abode of lust,

make this deceitful world to tremble

and palaces of envy to crumble,

tear the plans of the wicked

 apart  

with Your sharp claws,

and also false religiosity

quash it under your paws. 

My Lord,

when You come,

walk down the way of your

uncontrollable love,

with divine anger

break through the threshold

of impiety,

with Your flowing mane in the sky

scatter the dark clouds

of the vicious "I" and "Mine",

roaring loud

smash all that is wicked,

place your glorious ferocious

but punitive limbs

on the throne of victory,

excise the viscera 

of the demoniac ego,

chop fiercely its grip.



Monday, 14 October 2013

The Moon Prelude

NOD  Ch. Qualities of Krishna[Krishna said] "The most opportune time is the full-moon night in autumn, like tonight.  The best place within the universe is Vrndavana, and the most beautiful girls are the gopis.  So, My dear friend Uddhava, I think I should now take advantage of all these circumstances and engage Myself in the rasa dance.

Mādhurya-kadambini, 1.11
Here are some further highlights from Viśvanātha Cakravartī’s commentary on this verse in Śrīmad-bhāgavatam, 10.33.39:
"One who continuously hears, glorifies or writes poetry about this autumnal rāsa-līlā and similar pastimes of Kṛṣṇa described by other poets, first of all, even if he has the heart disease of material lust, he becomes imbued with prema. Then, by its effect, the disease of the heart is destroyed. Thus, it is understood here that this prema is independent; it is not weak or dependent like jñāna-yoga."