IN HONOR OF THE APPEARANCE OF LORD VARAHA

In honor of the Appearance of Lord Varaha.

“Srila Vyasadeva says, “I meditate on that Absolute Truth, Sri Krsna, who eternally resides in His own abode which forever free from the illusory representations of this material world. This means that at no time is there any amount of maya in Krsna’s abode. In the Third Canto Srimad-Bhagavatam, in the history of Jaya and Vijaya, Pariksit Maharaja asks Sukadeva Gosvami, “How is it possible that Jaya and Vijaya could have fallen down from that realm? I don’t believe it.” Any pure devotee will not believe it. Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport of the Seventh Canto, Chapter 1 (Text 35), “Therefore it is to be understood that when Jaya and Vijaya descended to this material world, they came because there was something to be done for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise it is a fact that no one falls from Vaikuntha.” Jaya and Vijaya had a desire to please the Lord. All the associates of the Lord have only one desire: to give Him pleasure.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja


Lord Narayana has a desire to enjoy vira-rasa, the mood or humor of chivalry. But who will He fight with in Vaikuntha? Everyone there worships Him in awe and reverence. Jaya and Vijaya were desiring, “We should do something to fulfill this desire.” Then, knowing that they had that desire to please Him, Lord Narayana called on Yogamaya to arrange for the four Kumaras to come and for the gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya to be cursed to come to the material world as demons. Actually, they never came here and became demons. Only a part of them manifested in this world in order to give the Lord pleasure. Bhagavan came in the form of Lord Nrsimhadeva and Lord Varaha to fight with their manifestations, and the complete and original Jaya and Vijaya remained in Vaikuntha as gatekeepers.”

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja
Feb 16, 2002

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IN HONOR OF THE APPEARANCE OF LORD VARAHA”

  1. thanks for education, who’s Lord Varaha?

  2. Ardian says:

    can you tell me more about Lord Varaha?

  3. Thanks for sharing the history knowledge..

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