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The Killing of the Aghasura Demon
Krishna goes on a picnic
• Lord Krishna one day decided to go picnic with his cowherd friends near the forest
• Everyone was well dressed up
• Krishna was dressed up nicely by Yasoda
Krishna goes on a picnic
Everyone brought their thousands of calves
Krishna brought UNLIMITED calves
None could count the number of calves!
LORD IS UNLIMITED
Krishna is unlimited hence his calves and everything about Him is also unlimited !
ENJOYMENT – Spiritual or Material?
• Cowherd boys played many games with Krishna
• Sometimes they will try to be the first to touch Krishna and also imitate the birds and other animals
• Enjoyment is there in the spiritual world also– JanmAdy asya yatah
Who can attain the Supreme ?
AUSTERE MEDITATION OR PLAYING GAMES?
VS
Arrival of Aghasura
Who is Aghasura?Why does he want to kill
Krishna?Why did he attack
Krishna during lunch ?
Aghasura in Action!
Aghasura assumed a snake form and waited for Krishna
His upper lip touched the sky and the whole mouth was like a cave
All the cowherd boys thought that it was a scenic spot and a big sculpture for entertainment
Cowherd boys were confident of going into the mouth without getting hurt. Why?
Krishna waited and waited….
Sri Krishna waited for the perfect time to enter Aghasura’s mouth
All the boys were in the mouth of Aghasura finally but the demon didn’t swallow.
Krishna finally entered the mouth after deliberating for some time
Krishna kills Aghasura
• Krishna immediately enlarged himself and thus suffocated Aghasura to death.
• The life air came out and the bright light merged onto Krishna’s body
• He saved the cowherd boys and the demigods from imminent death and lamentation
LORD KRISHNA PROTECTS
paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium. BG 4:8
Celebration starts!
• The denizens of the heavenly planets and the the demigods were very jubilant!
• Even Lord Brahma came down to see the wonderful ceremony and he got so astonished
• The python dried up into a thick skin and became an attraction in Vraja
Deliverance of Aghasura
A sinful demon can attain liberation because of Krishna killing him.
What to speak of a devotee who is always surrendered to the Lord?
The Aghasura incident
The Aghasura incident was only disclosed one year after it happened to the residents of Vraja
Maharaj Pariksit asked why it was like that to Sukadev goswami
The proper way to ask questions to the Guru
Conclusion
CHANT HARE KRISHNA
and BE
HAPPY!