KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 3.1.35 – 36 (5/2/22):
- Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the emblem of religion. When he was ruling his kingdom with the help of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, the opulence of his kingdom surpassed all imaginations of the opulence of the kingdom of heaven.
- His actual arms were Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and thus he surpassed everyone’s opulence. Duryodhana, being envious of this opulence, planned so many schemes to put Yudhiṣṭhira into difficulty, and at last the Battle of Kurukṣetra was brought about.
- After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was again able to rule his legitimate kingdom, and he reinstated the principles of honor and respect for religion.
- That is the beauty of a kingdom ruled by a pious king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
- Raising children to be Krsna Consciousness. The most important years of their life has been discussed in the class today.
SB 3.1.35 TRANSLATION:
O sober one, others, such as Hṛdīka, Cārudeṣṇa, Gada and the son of Satyabhāmā, who accept Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the soul of the self and thus follow His path without deviation — are they well?
SB 3.1.36
Also let me inquire whether Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is now maintaining the kingdom according to religious principles and with respect for the path of religion. Formerly Duryodhana was burning with envy because Yudhiṣṭhira was being protected by the arms of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna as if they were his own arms.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the emblem of religion. When he was ruling his kingdom with the help of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, the opulence of his kingdom surpassed all imaginations of the opulence of the kingdom of heaven. His actual arms were Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and thus he surpassed everyone’s opulence. Duryodhana, being envious of this opulence, planned so many schemes to put Yudhiṣṭhira into difficulty, and at last the Battle of Kurukṣetra was brought about. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was again able to rule his legitimate kingdom, and he reinstated the principles of honor and respect for religion. That is the beauty of a kingdom ruled by a pious king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
Pitfall – very dangerous and precipitous – envy – hatred – violence – fall down
Disease of mind and affects the soul..
Soul – passenger in the chariot
Mind – driver of the chariot
Senses uncontrollable – mind uncontrollable, driver loses control and crashes..
Soul is neutral – passenger and has no control on the corrupted mind senses and intelligence….
Uncontrolled mind of Duryodhana – false ego, bad association of sakuni and karna, material attachment and weakness of Dhritarashtra – disaster of life..
We have to be careful about being parents – strictly with love and devotion – not compromising the essentuaks thinks of KC,if we dont maintain the standard we will be affected by it.. We have violated the mandate of teaching KC to children.. There is no reason to have children.. If we cannot do that then it affects pur KC and we suffer ,,,
Most Formative years -> 5 – 16
Most imp years in the life of a child -> 16 – 20
At 16 they wake up to million things in this material world, If they have not been trained between the age of 5 -16 then they will become bewildered with this material world and become karmis – who believe that sense gratification is the goal of life – earn money to have more sense gratification, sustained sense gratification have to make money..
Some kids sell marijuna, get into business and learn different trades to earn money… to buy gadgets, houses..
We only have only certain number of years where we can influence the child..
Up until 5 strict but not too strict..
From 5 – 12 yrs you have some measure of control..
From 12 yrs – desires from previous life become awaken child is overwhelmed because they have all these years..
At 16 – they have the freedom to explore all those desires..
Most imp – 16 -20 – fixed in determination to follow some path in their life..
Fall through the cracks of the society – addicted to drugs and sex
Other kids are very inspired to achive to material prosperity.. Work hard and want to pursue career it is all because they want to have sense gratification.. Nothing to do with KC..
5 – 16 yrs only you have the time window to influence ..if you are busy working then.. You cannot convince your child..
Don’t become a teacher, guru, parent unless you can convince your children to be KC..
Maharaja Yudhistra was the emblem of religion.. following principles of Varnashrama dharma.. And KC.. He was more on the Varnashrama system.. & dharma and not completely pure KC, therefore he was very hesitant to completely follow what Krsna said.. Especially when Krsna told him to mislead Dronacharya.. Aswathama athah kunjara.. He did not want to tell a lie.. He wanted to have a standard of always telling the truth.. Following Krishna’s instructions is the highest standard of morality than mundane morality..
We cant trick Krsna we can only trick ourselves and others..
If I dont get education I will be poor the rest of my life.. I will be a failure.. – THAT IS WRONG
If you have bad habits.. That is what hinders you from being successful.. If you surrender to Krsna you will be provided money and everything needed to spread the glories of the lord.
Simply by doing dev service – knowledge and renunciation follows ..
As long as we keep misconceptions in the mind… we may be successful in material life due to our karma in previous life.. We will be a failure in spiritual life..
Jeff bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates – Materially successful, Spiritually failures.. As far as KC..
All the failure people are glorified by materialists and not devotees.. Because they know that they are going to be born again..
Duryodhana was envious .. and his problem was he did not respect for Krsna and Arjuna.. And Yudhistra.. Original cause of difficulty in this world..
All of us are in the material world because we are envious of Krsna.. We somehow other wanted to be Krsna … and now we have 2 choices.. Either in a hopeless way emulate Krsna and get beaten by material laws of nature or go back to spiritual world by loving devotional service to Krsna..
Eventually there is war bet – families, countries, races,
Ravana wanted to destroy Rama
No battle in history where 330 million people died..
World war 2 – 50-60 m died
Kurukshetra – 640 million died.
Duryodhana – did not have respect for principles of honor and respect for religion.
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