Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.38

"This is the divinity of the Personality of Godhead: He is not affected by the qualities of material nature, even though He is in contact with them. Similarly, the devotees who have taken shelter of the Lord do not become influenced by the material qualities".

* Qualities of Krishna are transcendental because he is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

*Srila Prabhupada says that Krishna comes to this material world to perform his activities . Even though some of the activities of Krishna are considered to material but that is wrong.

*Krishna is so powerful that he is beyond the material nature.

*Devotees takes shelter of lord to become free from material nature.

*Who ever takes shelter of Lord they can cross the modes of material nature.

*Goswami's of Vrindavan are born in very rich aristocratic families even then they gave up every thing for sake of Krishna.

*Krishna will protect devotees who is under protection of Krishna.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.37

"The common materialistic conditioned souls speculate that the Lord is one of them. Out of their ignorance they think that the Lord is affected by matter, although He is unattached".

*Due to ignorance only, the foolish mundane wranglers misunderstand the Supreme Lord and spread their foolish imaginations amongst innocent persons by propaganda.

*Even lord Indra thought Krishna was small boy tried flood vrindavan with water but Krishna protected Gopas by lifting Govardhan. From which we can conclued that Krishna is not an ordinary being.

*When Krishna showed his universal form to Arjuna his universal form has unlimited mouths, hands and unlimited heads from which we can conclude Krishna is not ordinary being.

*The Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original primeval Personality of Godhead, and when He was personally present before the eyes of everyone, He displayed full-fledged divine potency in every field of activities.

*Krishna descends in the material world by His causeless mercy only.

*If we don't surrender to Krishna by love we will be forced to surrender to in the form of Death.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.36( Padma Mataji)

"Although the queens' beautiful smiles and furtive glances were all spotless and exciting, and although they could conquer Cupid himself by making him give up his bow in frustration, and although even the tolerant Śiva could fall victim to them, still, despite all their magical feats and attractions, they could not agitate the senses of the Lord"

*The path of salvation or the path going back to Godhead always forbids the association of women, and the complete sanātana-dharma orvarṇāśrama-dharma scheme forbids or restricts association with women

*Those who want to go back home back to Godhead, are especially advised by all scriptural instruction to become free from paraphernalia of material attraction. And that is possible only by the association of the devotees of the Lord.

* All the activities Krishna performed are transcendental. Activities of Krishna should never be thought as mundane activities.

*Krishna pleases devotees according to the devotion a devotee shows towards him.

*In Caitanya Carithamrutha it is said, even though a devotee practices devotional service with lust in his heart after some time his lust will vanquish.

*Supreme Personality of Godhead is called as adhokshaja means he beyond material sense of perception.

*As we are in fallen condition easiest way to approach lord is through chanting his holy names.

Causeless mercy of Krishna(Mohan Pr)

*That Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy, appeared on this planet by His internal potency and enjoyed Himself amongst competent women as if He were engaging in mundane affairs.

* One should never think that Krishna's activities as mundane activities. Because Krishna is supreme personality of Godhead who can expand into innumerable Krishna avtars. This is same with his activities with his wives also. Krishna has expanded into 16,108 forms. He is present with all his wives at same time.

*This can be understood from the past times of Narad muni who visits houses of Krishna. Krishna is present in all the houses with his wives doing his activities same time.

* For a material person to get a good wife or husband is very hard but to marry Krishna who is supreme personality of Godhead must not be considered as mundane.

*All the wives of Krishna have undergone lots of austerities in their previous lives to get Krishna as their husband.

* Any mundane person who doesn't know krishna as Supreme personality cannot understand that Krishna can expand himself into many forms of Krishna.

Devotees with out sufficiently getting purified should not directly read about the intimate relationship between Krishna and Gopis instead they should slowly follow the process of reading from 1 st canto and then reach to 10 canto.

The Lord comes...

Verse 1.11.34 (Balagovind Pr):
* Here it is told that the Lord was pacified after killing the demons. That is the purpose of the Lord coming to the material world - to establish religious principles.
* SP tells that the ruling demons were burden to the earth, because they were puffed up due to their material opulence. And in that they committed many sins, this causing the burden to this world.
* In the present condition also, same thing is going on. We as living beings are also puffed up, have our own small militaries (our body, that which is generated from this body - relations - called atmasainya), so we are also puffed up. And our actions are like that. We think that at the time of death, this army will save me, but it is not so.
* We are able to see, but not able to realize it. that is in our maddened condition, we are not able to understand our bad condition. So reading Srimad Bhagavatam, will help us realize this.
* But in Kaliyuga, devotees and demons are all living in the same place, so if the Lord wants to eliminate the miscreants, then no one will remain. So, the Lord incarnates in the form of the Holy name, so that through this chanting of the holy name, we can eliminate our anarthas, thus going towards God.
* Whoever surrenders to the Lord, chants His holy name, will be able to overcome the onslaught of the material world. That is Krishna Consciousness.

Taste for Padasevanam!

Verse 1.11.33 (Mohan Pr):
* In this chapter, we are seeing how Lord Krishna is entering into Dvaraka dham and how He is being received by the mothers and queens and citizens in general.
* We see that the SPG is the enjoyer here. Everyone is involved in serving Him, worshipping Him and taking care of Him.
* In comparison, in the Caitanya-lila, He is giving up all this and taking the position of a beggar to give the conditioned the Holy name, who have rejected Him totally. This will make us understand the mercy of the Lord who wants us so much to come back to Him.
* Very nice song by Vasudeva Ghosh: Jaya Jaya Jagannath sachitanandanana...
-how the Lord is worshipped as Lord Jagannath.
- he is holding the shanka, chakra, gada and padma, but in Caitanya lila, he is holding a danda for us
* Everything in the world belongs to Him, but in Caitanya lila, when Thakur Haridas left his body, CM begged on the streets for making prasadam, so that they give donation for a pure devotee, so they are all benefited.
* This comparison will allow us to appreciate how much the Lord as Sri CM comes down to help us get back.
* One of the 9 processes of Devotional Service: padasevanam, serving the Lotus feet of the Lord. This verse is directed towards this only.
* The goddess of fortune, who is so cancala, however she is serving the lotus feet of the Lord, all the time. Because of the taste of this service, she doesn't quit that service at all, even though her nature does not allow this at all. That is the taste of padasevanam.

Loving reciprocation of Krishna!

Verse 1.11.32 (Krishna Patro Pr):
* Here, Suta Goswami explains that the ecstacy of the queens is insuperable.
* For devotees, vipralamba bhava is a transcendental pain actually. But now the Lord has returned and all the queens are rejoicing in their heart.
* That is described in here: first embracing the Lord in their hearts and then shedding tears of joy.
* Crying for the Lord in ecstasy is very high and it is easy for the pure devotees of the Lord because of their closeness.
* Srila Narottama Das thakur also says this in his prayers: gauranga bolithe habe pulaka sharira....
* In siksastakam also, these steps are described step-by-step. But in order to attain that perfection, we have to chant the holy name of the Lord without any offenses.
* The exchanges of Krishna here with the queens might appear human like. But He is completely purnam. He does not need all this, but He does so just to satisfy His devotees. These queens have performed so many austerities to attain Krishna as their husband, so He is reciprocating.
* So we should try to perform our sadhana to attain this state.

Unlimited expansions of the Lord!

Verse 1.11.31 (Sacisuta Pr):
* The scene is a long absence of Krishna from His wives.
* Cultural pt: how a woman should behave in the absence of the husband
- but what is the essence, it is attachment to the SPG.
* Just by seeing Him, the wives became completely ecstatic, but still tried to be in their womanly shyness.
* By shyness, a woman commands respect.
* We should never consider Krishna to be a ordinary human being. He expanded Himself into 16108 simultaneous forms, not like any common man
* Whatever Krishna does, it is wonderful.
* Way to approach the Lord's glories is not to try to understand them, but to appreciate them.

Opulences of the Lord!

Verse 1.11.30 (Puja Mji):
* In this chapter we see how all the ppl of Dvaraka are joyful in welcoming Lord Krishna.
* After giving obeisances to His mothers, He entered His palaces to meet His 16108 wifes who were waiting to see Him.
* he Personality of Godhead means one who is full with all power, all energy, all opulences, all beauties, all knowledge and all renunciation. Therefore, in the palaces of the Lord there was nothing wanting for fulfilling all desires of the Lord.
* Perfect to the fullest extent - is the Lord!
* Isopanishad - verse 1 - Complete whole
* BG Chapter 10 also the Lord's opulence is described.
* BG 10.16 - prominent splendourous opulences, a few limited were described by Krishna. It is not possible for us to comprehend the complete opulence of the Lord.
* The Supreme Personality can be realized in 3 aspects: Brahman, paramatma and Bhagavan.
* The essence can be got through devotional service only. And then His opulences can come to be known.

Basically, we need to understand the temp nature of this material body and nature too. We have to accept beyond doubt that Krishna is the SPG beyond doubt. Body is a machine, wear-tear will be there. Before we give up this temp body, if we can understand the realized truths, then we make lot of progress actually.
There is no doctors now who can cure us of our envy, lust, anger, pride. But if we take shelter of Krishna by chanting His holy name sincerely, then He will help for sure. If at all u want to do something, become a pure devotee, then automatically everything will follow. Only thing we need is to be sincere.

Krishna expects some qualities from us
- follow bhakti process with sense control, perseverance.

Vatsalya Rasa, Faith in the Lord!

Verse 1.11.29 (Kasi Pr):
* We know Krishna is all powerful. The pure devotees assembled there became ecstatic.
* Elevation to ecstatic sysmptoms
- constant association with pure devotees
- special mercy of Krishna or the mercy of a pure devotee of Krishna.
* The second case is very rare.
* Ecstatic love of Godhead can be attained by following the rules and regulations, of DS.
* Attributes of devotees who can experience this ecstasy
- does not respect any material respect
- very much attached to chant the holy names of the Lord
- very much eager to describe the glories of the Lord
- ...

YK Pr:
* This shloka explains the Vatsalya rasa. Krishna is actually more than 100 years old here, but for the mothers, He is still a child.
* No one has exceeded Mother Yasoda in this rasa.
* Krishna is very tricky, if you make Krishna as your son, then He will become your son.
- Love the pure devotee, have faith on them. Because they have so much love for Krishna, that Krishna will help us.
* Narada muni also uses the same statement: Anybody who is attached to the temporary material pleasures of this material world, cannot see Me.
- Because NAradamuni saw Krishna once for a few minutes, he developed faith on Krishna. Without even worrying for the minimum necessities of life, he lived in the holy places. End of life, he thought of Krishna alone, then he got rid of material body and got the spiritual body.
- if we are sincere, it is our story also. Problem is we are not sincere.

Different mothers!

Verse 1.11.28 (YK Pr):
* Krishna is entering His house in this verse.
* Lord Krishna offered dandavat obeisances to everyone, all His mothers present there. (Dandavat means, like a stick, touching the whole body on the ground).
* To teach all the people, Krishna offered these obeisances to His parents, Brahmanas, even Vishnu.
* In His teachings with the 4 kumaras, He is telling that he is the servant of the Brahamanas.
* SP is writing that there are 7 mothers
-1) the real mother, (2) the wife of the spiritual master, (3) the wife of a brāhmaṇa, (4) the wife of the king, (5) the cow, (6) the nurse, and (7) the earth
* Today, cows are slaughtered but have the dog as a pet. Selective compassion.
* Krishna abode is surrounded by cows. Cow is the mother. But today no one follows it. At least 30-40 years ago, u have a cow, a bull and an acre of land, you can live life like a King. But today, all that is present is anxiety, why because people are away from Vedic culture.
* Cultivating these Vedic good qualities in children is good for them. Children cultivating the habit of paying dandavat obeisances to parents everyday, then we get blessings beyond our own power.
* We need blessings. Everyone needs it. Krishna bends His head asking for blessings to His parents.

Krishna's beauty ...

Verse 1.11.25 (Kavitha Mji):
* SP is describing the Lord's beauty. The Lord's beauty is described in so many scriptures and it is not easily understood by material beings. There is no satiation also in seeing the beauty of the Lord Krishna.
* Madhurashtakam, by Valabacharya.
* Out of 64 qualities, 4 are only in Krishna. And immeasurable beauty is one among them.
* Material beauty is very very brief. It will also differ based on how we look at it, our perspective. Another quality of material beauty is that it can never satisfy the soul.
* Whereas Krishna's beauty is spiritual and it never satiates one.
* In the beginning of our KC life, we might not have the faith, but we will develop the quality of admiring the beauty of the Lord.
* We have to understand and try to realize that this body is a source of suffering and it will perish one day. But if we genuinely pray to Krishna, since He is above maya, only He can get us out of this suffering. and that is done by sincere chanting only.
* HG Jananivas Pr: Focus on name first, then rupa, then guna and then lila. Otherwise, even chanting for 40 years, we will not realize this truth.
* And this is done through service and genuine chanting of the Holy name.

Seeing the Lord...

Verse 1.11.24 (Ashish Pr):
* The problem with the world today is that the sexes mix unrestrictedly, causing unnecessary progeny.
* In this verse, Lord Krishna is passing through the streets and all the ladies are going to the rooftops to see Him.
* Anything with Lord, His name, paraphernalia, is absolute.
* Actually Krishna is very real, we need to train our senses to really see and feel Him.
* Archa-vigraha form of the Lord is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord.
* BG 12.5
* Point of the day: Everyday we should yearn to see the Supreme Lord.
* Krishna is a reality. If we know and understand that, it will be awesome.
* Very difficult to comes to Krishna, when we are totally involved in sense gratification.
* But it is guaranteed, whoever is attending conference calls, chanting 16 rounds, following 4 regulative principles and preaching in some way, it is all an eternal credit, as we know nothing of tomorrow.

Reciprocation of the Lord!

Verse 1.11.21 (Mohan Pr):
* Lord Krishna is now reciprocating with each and every person who came to receive Him.
* Here SP is establishing the fact the Lord Krishna is personal and He reciprocates with all His feelings as it behooves.
* With how much ever love we show to Him, He will reciprocate accordingly.
* Pure devotees have no one else other than Him, similarly He is also always attentive to everything that they might need.
* On the other hand, there are other who think Him as impersonal, so the Lord does not take any personal interest in them.
* We have to develop the faith in the SPG that the Lord will take care of His devotees. Eg: Devotee mataji in FOI '09, accident, at the last moment had devotee association and Krishna made all arrangements for her nice departure.