From: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Subject: Re: "WHY KRISHNA COMES"
Reply-To: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 20:26:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.162138.23470@news.cs.brandeis.edu> anand@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
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>                        WHY KRISNA COMES
>The purpose of the Vedas is to establish such principles under the order of 
>the Supreme Lord, and the Lord directly orders, at the end of the Gita, that 
>the highest principle of religion is to surrender unto Him only, and 
>nothing more. The Vedic principles push one towards complete surrender unto Him
>; and whenever such principles are disturbed by the demonic, the Lord appears.
>
>paritranaya sadhunam, vinasaya ca dusakrtam,
>dharma samsthapanarthya, sambhavami yuge yuge       Bg 4.8
>
>decorated with mundane education. As far as the atheistic are concerned, it is 
>not necessary for the Lord to appear as He is to destroy them, as He did with
>the demons Ravana and Kamsa. The Lord has many agents who are quite competent to

Such literal translation of the sloka, do not look good.  I may be
allowed to mention that `those' who are `killed' by the jagannath
become one with him.  SO the `destruction of the `evil' by the
lord, involves purging of the evil from the bad people, and they
(how unfair!) become `aekam' with the lord !

I am unable to recall.  But I remember a purana, where a sura
unable to gain the grace of the lord, becomes an asura, because he
feels that he can become one with the lord sooner...


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)


>vanquish demons. But the Lord especially appears to appease His unalloyed 
>devotees, who are always harrassed by the demonic. Although Prahalda Maharaj
>was the son of Hiranyakasipu, he was nonetheless persecuted by his father; 
>although Devaki, the mother of Krsna, was the sister of Kamsa, she and her
>husband Vasudeva were persecuted only because Krsna was to be born of them.
>So Lord Krsna appeared primarily to deliver Devaki, rather than kill Kamsa,
>but both were performed simultanoeusly. Therefore it is said here that to 
>deliver the devotee and vanquish the demon miscreants, the Lord
>appears in different incarnations or 'avataras'.
>
>There are various kinds of avavtaras, such as purusavatars, gunavatars, 
>lilavatars, saktyavesa avatars, manvanatara avatars and yugavatars- all 
>appearing on schedule all over the Universe. But Lord Krsna is the primeval
>Lord, the fountain head of all 'avataras'. He descends withthe specific purpose
>of mitigating the anxieties of His pure devotees, who are very anxious to 
>see Him in His original Vrndavan pastimes. Therefore the prime purpose of the
>Krsna avatara is to satisfy His unalloyed devotees
>
>In  Canto 10 of Srimad Bhagvatam, the sages and ascetics, also offer 
>prayers to Krsna, in the same sentiment       :
>
>"O dear Lord, we remian simply stunned by seeing Your wonderful actions.
>Although You are transcendental to  this entire material creation and are 
>the Supreme Lord and the Supersoul of all living entities, You nevertheless 
>appear on this earth by Your internal potency to protect Your devotees and 
>destroy the miscreants. By such appearance You reestablish the principles 
>of eternal religion, which the human society forgets by long association 
>with the material energy. Our dear Lord, You are the creator of the social
>orders and spiritual statuses of the human society according to quality and 
>work, and when these orders are misguided by unscrupulous persons, You appear
>and set them right".
>
>____________________________________________________________________________
>With good wishes to all the readers on the occasion of Janamastmi
>
>Shalini
>
>
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>    hare krsna hare krsna,  krsna krsna krsna hare hare
>    hare rama, hare rama, rama rama hare hare
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