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in Vrindavana. He fell at the feet of Krishna, again and again, his
four heads with their crowns rolling on the ground and with tears in
his eyes, he glorified Krishna.
(The glorification is a long one. Only one sloka is given
here.)
"It is only he who lives on, anxiously looking out for Thy
favor, bearing through the workings of his own Karma as a matter of
course and making obeisance to Thee in heart, words and body, that
can get the heritage of Mukti (As one must be living, so that a par-
ticular heritage may vest in him, so the Bhakta must keep up his
individuality to get the heritage of Mukti)."
Parikshit asked. " How could the people of Vraja have greater
love for Krishna than for their own sons?
Suka replied:
"Self, O King, is the most beloved of all things not so be-
loved are one's sons or wealth. Therefore, O king, people love them-
selves better than they do their sons, their riches or their homes.
Those that deem their body to be their own Atma or self, love that
body more than anything else.
But the body only becomes dear as it pertains to self. It can
not be as dear as self. For when the body wears away, the desire to
live on is still strong.
Therefore Atma or self is most dear to all beings and the
whole of this Universe is for that self.
But know thou this Krishna to be the Self of all selves, the
Atma of all Atmas. For the good of the Universe, he also looks by
Maya as one possessed of a body. Those that know Krishna know
that all movable and immovable beings are but His forms and that
nothing else exists.
Of all things, the ultimate reality is " Existence ". Krishna is
the reality of Existence itself. So there is nothing besides Krishna."
Here ends the Kumara Lila of Krishna. The Pouganda LilA
is now to commence. (Kumara is a boy below five, Pouganda is
boyhood from the 5th to the 16th year).
END OF KUMARA LILA
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