In a remote village in India, a school teacher was narrating Mahabharat to his students. During the chapter of Krishna’s Birth, one student asked the teacher - If Kamsa knew that, Devakis 8th child was going to kill him, why did he put Vasudev and Devaki in the same cell. The teacher heard this question and fainted. Seems to be a good joke! But only for the atheistic logicians. They think that Krishna’s birth is like a birth of an ordinary child produced by union between male and female. But in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Text 9 Krishna clarifies this. He says that ‘janma karma ca me divyam’ – My birth and activities are divine. They are not ordinary.’ evam yo vetti tattvatah’ – One who knows this truth, ‘tyaktva deham’ – After giving up this body, ‘punar janma na iti’ – No rebirth in this material world, ‘mam eti so arjuna’ – They come to me O Arjuna. Also in Srimad Bhagavatam it is specified that Krishna first entered the mind of Vaasudeva. And from there he entered the mind of Devaki. It is not through physical union of male and female. It is very difficult to acknowledge this and hence we think Krishna’s activities and birth as ordinary. Basically that’s why we’re in this material world. Once we simply accept this fact that Krishna’s birth and activities are divine, we’ll attain the spiritual world. Also it is to be noted that he is also called as ‘aja’ - unborn. So how can he take birth. He only appears and disappears just like the sun appears and disappears daily. The sun doesn’t take birth and die daily. bhagavatvani.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=40&Itemid=74 If you are interested in attending weekly or monthly Bhagavad Gita Discussions, at Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur please write to bgme_gva@yahoo. There is no fees for program and full vegetarian dinner is served after the program free of cost.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 09:10:23 +0000
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