Krishna Loves Devotee's Simplicity


2012-02-22
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.06.42-43 - Krishna Loves Devotee's Simplicity (download mp3) , (download flv) and (download mp4)
by Jagannath Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.6.42
te tatra varnitam gopaih
putanagamanadikam
srutva tan-nidhanam svasti
sisos casan suvismitah

Translation:
When the inhabitants of Vraja who had come from distant places heard the whole story of how Putana had come and then been killed by Krsna, they were certainly astonished, and they offered their blessings to the child for His wonderful deed of killing Putana. Nanda Maharaja, of course, was very much obliged to Vasudeva, who had foreseen the incident, and simply thanked him, thinking how wonderful Vasudeva was.

SB 10.6.43
nandah sva-putram adaya
pretyagatam udara-dhih
murdhny upaghraya paramam
mudam lebhe kurudvaha

Translation:
O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Kurus, Nanda Maharaja was very liberal and simple. He immediately took his son Krsna on his lap as if Krsna had returned from death, and by formally smelling his son's head, Nanda Maharaja undoubtedly enjoyed transcendental bliss.

Purport:
Nanda Maharaja could not understand how the inhabitants of his house had allowed Putana to enter the house, nor could he imagine the gravity of the situation. He did not understand that Krsna had wanted to kill Putana and that His pastimes were performed by yogamaya. Nanda Maharaja simply thought that someone had entered his house and created havoc. This was Nanda Maharaja's simplicity.