Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Story of King Mayuradvaj!

Verse 1.2.6: Continuing the summary of this verse, with a nice story.

Story: There was a king by name Mayuradvaj. Janamajeya was asking whether there were any other pure devotees, contemporary to the Pandavas. So he was told about Mayuradvaj.
Arjuna...sacrificial horse...Tamaradvaj...defeat Arjuna...then Krishna will come into their kingdom...etc.

Unparalleled sacrifice of King Mayuradvaj is the essence here. That's why devotional service is great.

Moral: The bhakti to Krishna is unmotivated and uninterrupted. That type of devotion wins Krishna. This story was told to substantiate the purport to the verse.

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