After the circumambulation was over everyone returned to their homes blissful. It was a festive mood and everyone was jubilant. But the nature of the world is that what makes one person happy makes other miserable.
Vaishnavas are para dukh dukhi, when others are happy he is happy and when others suffer he is unhappy. Indra is a very special devotee; he is specially empowered by Krishna and is responsible for universal managerial affairs. Only when one shows exceptional abilities and sincerity does Krishna gives him special services and responsibility.
It’s not easy to become a demigod. Only after immense amount of pious activities does one becomes a demigod. Indra controls the rains, the survival of living beings depends on rains. So his responsibility is very crucial.
Due to the way the modern man is living, with no respect for mother Earth, the whole global climatic situation is in danger. Geologists have predicted that if we continue to live the way we are living now then by 2040 there would be no Ganga, Yamuna or any other major rivers. There will be scarcity of water and there will be global wars because of water shortage.
In Brhad Bhagvatamrita, we read about how when Indra does yajna, Vishnu personally appears with Garuda and accepts his offerings. That is the power of Indra. One of the reasons Krishna performed the Govardhan Lila is He wanted to crush Indra’s false pride, because Krishna cannot tolerate egoism in His devotee.
– Radhanath Swami
Fantastic explanation.
Only when one shows exceptional abilities and sincerity does Krishna gives him special services and responsibility. This is a striking point made by Radhanath Swami. Another point is about crushing the pride of Indra. We can learn so many things from these passtimes
Wonderful explanation. We have to crush our ego and pride before we can get any service to progress on the spiritual path.
Krishna & his devotees are all merciful to enact these beautiful pastimes to attract us to their service……
Thanks for sharing this article from Radhanath swami. also nice picture.
By 2040, rivers will be no more – This means no water ……. Is this advancement??
Thanks to Radhanath Swami and his team who are trying to do something positive in the world.
Krishna does not tolerate egoism in His devotees. This statement of HH Radhanath Swami should be taken very seriously by every aspiring devotee.
wonderful article, explaining the nature of this world.
As HH Radhanath Swami nicely explains, as long as we are in this world we are bound by the material nature, but when we take shelter of Krishna, he crushes material nature’s influence on us.
Without surrender to Supreme Personality Of Godhead it is difficult for one to surpass dualities of this world.So to become pure devotee of the Lord one has to learn how to overcome defects of this world under bonafide guidance.The pure devotee of the Lord is always in surrendered mood and he is always connected hotline with The Supreme.
Powerful words shared, Krishna doesnt tolerates egoism in anyone. Thank you very much for sharing.
Very true..
Such a great personality like Indra can be punished by Lord Krishna, then what to speak of us?
simply fabulous
Thank you Radhanath Swami for this article which is also an outcome of the deep compassion you have for all the suffering people of this world.
Thank you very much Radhanath Swami this wonderful article. It’s very inspiring.
The nature of this material world is so nicely explained here in this article . thanks for sharing it .
Very nice information to make Transformation within us.
Even demigods like Indra fall prey to false pride; how much we should be careful (being so much in ignorance).
Krishna wants to see His devotees to be humble.
Hare Krishna !!! Thanks to Radhanath Maharaj for his divine association through this wonderful article.
Thank you Maharaj for inspiring….
Very wonderful article. HHRNSM
We need Krishna’s mercy at all times. We should not become puffed up with false pride about our capabilities because it all comes from Krishna. If he finds that we become proud, Krishna will crush our pride to teach us humility.
Krishna cannot tolerate pride and ego in His devotee — really this is sign of Krishna’s mercy for protecting devotee. Thanks to Radhanath Swami for sharing such a beautiful lesson.
Indra is a great devotee of Lord and that is why Lord has given him very crucial task. Thank you.
Amazing service Indra dev does to Lord. Through him Lord teaches us what not to do as a devotee. Jai.
Yes rightly said by Radhanath swami that if we continue to pollute the holy rivers then in coming future we cant see the holy river like yamuna, ganga.
Thanks Radhanath Swami for warning us against the dangers of “false ego”
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj draws our attention to the sad state of affairs in near future if we continue to exploit nature like what modern man is doing…
Thank u Maharaj
The clarification about the Indra’s position was a very enlightening one.. thank you Radhanath swami for it.