The Story Book of Lord Krishna
In 3500 B.C, there
came an avatar of Lord Vishnu who brought upon theories, practices and
principles set forth to transform and promote the lives of human beings. He
restored order in the form of blessings; he undertook the responsibility of getting
rid of demoniac presences from the surface of our planet and he delivered the
most absolute and confidential transcendental knowledge through a prevailing
discourse known to us all as the Bhagavad-Gita.
Lord Krishna and Radha Rani
Lord Krishna, the
splendid avatar of Lord Vishnu blessed both evil and good by reinstating spiritual,
social and political order in the lives of those forming part of the Yadu and Kuru
kingdoms (or, Yadu dynasty and Kuru dynasty.) Descending as an avatar of Lord Vishnu,
while demonstrating truthful and magnificent supremacy in the form of Lord
Krishna, is no natural everyday occurrence which any human would witness
for whichever predictable and obvious causes. As such, The Lord presented
himself in the embodiment of Kṛṣṇa in order to reinforce measures which mankind
needed to take when dealing with the then reigning tyranny and deceptions.
With Balrama, his devotee and elder brother
His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada hereby relates all about Lord Krishna with a thorough emphasis on every minute details and every single event in the latter’s life. These are brought
forward with spiritual grandeur and splendour. This book about the Lord is the
veridical truth which depicts the purpose of his birth, childhood, adolescence,
adulthood—his pastimes and his actions as it is dictated in the Holy
Scriptures. The many killings of demons by Lord Krishna, his adventures and
misadventures, his encounters and deliverances, his daily activities and
pastimes, as portrayed in the written masterpiece, Kṛṣṇa: THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD sheds enlightening and clear knowledge about the
Lord and it describes very concisely and precisely the cause underlying his
incarnation. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada illuminates the glowing adventures
of the Supreme Being as per the latter's purpose on our planet. The swami has a specific
objective in mind when he examines each and every daily encounters of Lord
Krishna during the latter’s time spent among fellow humans. His devotees and
close ones who are all part and parcel of his expanded self, develop a special
spiritual attachment for him. They were blessed by his divine presences and by his
footsteps marked on the several pathways of Mathurā, Vrndāvana, Gokula,
Hastināpura, Ānarta, Sauvīra, Rājasthān, Kurukṣetra, Indraprastha and many
other soils of India.
With Balrama, leading the cowherd in the forests of Vrndāvana
The genealogy of the
Lord’s family circle and the extent of his kingship is described thoroughly by
Swami Prabhupada. His participation in the battle of Kurukṣetra by leading the
role of the charioteer of Arjuna (descendant of King Bharata,) is conclusively
analyzed as being the ultimate cause of his incarnation as Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thereupon, the latter conveys the Bhagavad-Gita to the former.
With Arjuna, as the latter's charioteer on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra
The prayers offered
to Lord Kṛṣṇa are superseded by brief explanations of the Lord’s objectives behind
his multiple divine presences. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada has hereby combed through all events that required Lord Kṛṣṇa’s
input into the several incidents which the latter accessed. Kṛṣṇa: THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD is a book of valour which hails Lord Krishna as
the owner and guide of the absolute truth.
