KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 3.2.30:
- Before the Almighty Lord, any powerful living being is just like a toy lion in the hands of a playing child.
- No one can excel God in any capacity, and therefore no one can be equal to or greater than Him, nor can anyone attain the stage of equality with God by any kind of endeavor. Jñāna, yoga and bhakti are three recognized processes of spiritual realization.
- The perfection of such processes can lead one to the desired goal of life in spiritual value, but that does not mean that one can attain a perfection equal to the Lord’s by such endeavors.
- The Lord is the Lord at every stage. When He was playing just like a child on the lap of His mother Yaśodāmayī or just like a cowherd boy with His transcendental friends, He continued to remain God, without the slightest diminution of His six opulences. Thus He is always unrivaled.
- The atheist Kaṁsa wanted to kill Kṛṣṇa just after His birth. He failed to do so, but later on he got information that Kṛṣṇa was living in Vṛndāvana at the house of Nanda Mahārāja. He therefore engaged many wizards who could perform wonderful acts and assume any form they liked.
- All of them appeared before the child-Lord in various forms, like Agha, Baka, Pūtanā, Śakaṭa, Tṛṇāvarta, Dhenuka and Gardabha, and they tried to kill the Lord at every opportunity.
- But one after another, all of them were killed by the Lord as if He were only playing with dolls.
- Children play with toy lions, elephants, boars and many similar dolls, which are broken by the children in the course of their playing with them.
SB 3.2.30
The great wizards who were able to assume any form were engaged by the King of Bhoja, Kaṁsa, to kill Kṛṣṇa, but in the course of His pastimes the Lord killed them as easily as a child breaks dolls.
The atheist Kaṁsa wanted to kill Kṛṣṇa just after His birth. He failed to do so, but later on he got information that Kṛṣṇa was living in Vṛndāvana at the house of Nanda Mahārāja. He therefore engaged many wizards who could perform wonderful acts and assume any form they liked. All of them appeared before the child-Lord in various forms, like Agha, Baka, Pūtanā, Śakaṭa, Tṛṇāvarta, Dhenuka and Gardabha, and they tried to kill the Lord at every opportunity. But one after another, all of them were killed by the Lord as if He were only playing with dolls. Children play with toy lions, elephants, boars and many similar dolls, which are broken by the children in the course of their playing with them. Before the Almighty Lord, any powerful living being is just like a toy lion in the hands of a playing child. No one can excel God in any capacity, and therefore no one can be equal to or greater than Him, nor can anyone attain the stage of equality with God by any kind of endeavor. Jñāna, yoga and bhakti are three recognized processes of spiritual realization. The perfection of such processes can lead one to the desired goal of life in spiritual value, but that does not mean that one can attain a perfection equal to the Lord’s by such endeavors. The Lord is the Lord at every stage. When He was playing just like a child on the lap of His mother Yaśodāmayī or just like a cowherd boy with His transcendental friends, He continued to remain God, without the slightest diminution of His six opulences. Thus He is always unrivaled.
Example of Eka rasa – any form the lord takes has all the power and 6 opulences in full.. Everyone is subordinate to him. Not equal or greater than Him..
As long as one is in material conception of life, one cannot understand Krsna.
Only when one is willing to follow the regulative principles and regularly hear from genuine devotees BG and SB, one can understand Krsna..
Wizards – mystical powers..
Politics – friends and enemies – 0 possibility of becoming KC
Mayavadis – experts in cancel culture.. Cancel everything except Brahman
Mystic yogis – enamored by sidhis..
Real sincerity – give up all sense gratification and determined to serve Krsna
Unalloyed dev service, vipralambha bhava – Caitanya mahaprabhu
Why is it even some devotess do not follow the regulative principles
Material conception of life – Mayaparahita Jnana..
BOttle with different colors of sand.. Shaked grey color
Einstein – rejected three quarters of the existence
Solution to material conception of life – hear about the unique qualities of Krsna.. Know our relationship with Krsna and serve in that position..