Radhanath Swami

Ete tvam sam pratikshante, smaranto vaisha santava. Sambharetam ahaiko tai. Chindan tu ti aha manyava.
All these animals are awaiting your death. So that they can avenge the injuries that you have inflicted upon them. After you die, they will angrily pierce your body with iron horns.

Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Narada Muni wanted to draw king Prachinibarishat's attention to the excesses of animal killing and sacrifices. It is said in the shastras that by killing animals, in a sacrifice one immediately promotes them to human birth. Similarly by killing their enemies on a battle field, the Kshatriyas, who fight for a right cause are elevated to the heavenly planets after death. In Manu Samhita, it is stated that it is necessary for a king to execute a murderer so that the murderer will not suffer for his criminal actions in his next life. On the basis of such understanding, Narada Muni warns the king that the animals killed in sacrifices by the king await him at his death in order to avenge themselves. Narada Muni is not contradicting himself here. Narada Muni wanted to convince the king that over indulgence in animal sacrifice is risky because as soon as there is a small discrepancy in the execution of such a sacrifice, the slaughtered animal may not be promoted to a human form of life.

Sri Radha-Gopinath Temple is here by the mercy of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for the purpose of reviving the lost spiritual consciousness within us. Krishna consciousness is the natural state of consciousness for all living beings but it is temporarily covered by forgetfulness of our true identity in relationship with God. That forgetfulness is the power of Mahamaya. Although we can never be separated from Krishna we are separated only by that illusion of forgetfulness. If you are a wealthy man or woman and you are having a dream that you are in poverty you are not actually in poverty but it is as good as if you are because you have forgotten your fortune. So Mahamaya creates like a dream were the eternal soul which is full of knowledge and full of bliss, the soul which is an eternal associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has fallen under the spell of this dream were we think we are this body. We are thinking that what is in relation to the body is mine. We identify with the temporary pleasures and pains of this material existence. Material existence is real. It is the energy of the Lord. This body is real. The dream is that we are identifying ourselves as the body.

We are reading today from Shrimad Bhagvatam canto 6 chapter 1 entitled with “ The history of the life of Ajamila “ text 1. In this very essential purport Shrila Prabhupada is explaining the nature of Maharaj Parikshit heart. Parikshit Maharaj was a vaishnav, from the time in his womb of his mother he was a self realized soul, when Ashwathama put his life in danger his mother cried out for Krishna to save, Krishna never neglects His sinceire pride of compassion of His devotee, he had the darshan of Lord Krishna in his womb of his mother, he witnessed Krishna restore his very life, from his very birth he was naturally inclined towards loving Krishna through devotional service, we read how he worshiped deties his serve them with his life and soul and his family was a perfect environment his grandfather Arjuna his grand uncle Yudhisthir Maharaj, Bhima, Nakul Sahadev such glorious personalities, Parikshit Maharaj was sinless his whole life, by the power of Yoga maya he made one single mistake by Krishna arrangement he was overcome with thirst and placed a dead serpent on the shoulder of Shoumik Rishi