# Animals
**See also:** [[artwork/themes/cows|Cows and Cowherd Life]] | [[artwork/themes/forests|Forests and Nature]] | [[artwork/themes/water|Water - Rivers and Oceans]]
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<h3>Krsna Prepares to Leave Hastinapura</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa departed from the city of Hastināpura.*
<h3>Gajendra Appeals to Lord Visnu</h3>
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*The elephant Gajendra prayerfully lifted a lotus aloft as an offering to Lord Viṣṇu, who came to deliver him from the crocodile, and also from material life.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Fight Kuvalayapida</h3>
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<h3>King Prthu Enters His City</h3>
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<h3>The Vision of the Spiritualist</h3>
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*5.18: “The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle /brāhmaṇa,/ a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater [outcaste].” The sage’s equal vision is based on seeing the soul and the Supersoul in each body.*
<h3>Gajendra Regains His Spiritual Form</h3>
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*When the Lord severed its head from its body, the crocodile assumed a beautiful form as a Gandharva. Even greater was Gajendra's blessing: liberation from birth and death, and a form like the Lord's.*
<h3>Lord Visnu Accepts Gajendra's Lotus</h3>
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*After hearing the elephant's plea, the Lord cut the mouth of the crocodile to save the elephant.*
<h3>Indra Apologizes to Krsna</h3>
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*King Indra from the heavenly planet appeared before Kṛṣṇa in a secluded place.*
<h3>Lord Krsna Leave the Planet</h3>
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<h3>The Elephant Kuvalayapida</h3>
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*The elephant moved before Kṛṣṇa like inevitable death.*
<h3>Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Dance at Ratha-yatra</h3>
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<h3>Transmigration of the Soul</h3>
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<h3>Forest of Material Enjoyment</h3>
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<h3>Airavata Showers Krsna With Ganges Water</h3>
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<h3>Indra Battles Jambha</h3>
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<h3>Dadhici Teaches the Asvini-kumaras Through the Head of a Horse</h3>
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<h3>0228/SB6 08</h3>
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<h3>0228/SB7 02</h3>
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<h3>Dadhici Muni Gives His Body to the Demigods</h3>
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<h3>Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons</h3>
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<h3>Art 0199/0199/UP 260</h3>
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<h3>Art 0199/0199/UP 261</h3>
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<h3>Lord Caitanya Induces the Animals to Chant and Dance</h3>
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<h3>Dhruva Returns After Being in the Forest</h3>
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<h3>Amsuman Finds the Sacrificial Horse</h3>
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*Among the remains of his uncles, Aṁśumān saw Lord Kapila sitting by the lost sacrificial horse. Then Aṁśumān folded his hands and prayed to the Lord with great attention.*
<h3>Krsna Kills the Kesi Demon</h3>
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<h3>Lord Kalki</h3>
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<h3>Kalki at the End of Times</h3>
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*EN SB 12 1988: At the end of the present age, Kali-yuga, the Supreme Lord will advent Himself in the form of Kalki in order to annihilate the degraded rulers of the earth.*
<h3>Krsna's Vibhutis (Opulences)</h3>
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*10.41: A sampling of Kṛṣṇa’s infinite manifestations in both the spiritual and material worlds. In the outer circle, clockwise, beginning from the upper left-hand corner: Indra carrying his thunderbolt; the Himalayas; Lord Śiva with the Ganges River in his hair; the moon; the horse Ucchaiḥśravā; the transcendental /om-kāra;/ Kapiladeva; Rāmacandra; flower-bearing spring; Kāmadhuk; Arjuna; Vyāsadeva; Prahlāda; the shark; Vāsuki; Skanda; Varuṇa; Yamarāja; the lion; Kuvera; Agni; and Airāvata. Inner circle, clockwise, beginning from the four-headed Lord Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower: Brahmā; Nārada; Garuḍa; the sun; the ocean; Lord Viṣṇu; Ananta; and the chanting of the holy names – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. “Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.”*
<h3>Kalki Avatara</h3>
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*At the end of Kali-yuga the Lord appears as the supreme chastiser.*
<h3>Krsna Puts His Fist in Kesi's Throat</h3>
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*The hand of Kṛṣṇa felt to Keśī like a hot iron rod.*
<h3>Krsna Kills Kesi</h3>
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<h3>Ucchaisrava Steps Out of the Milk Ocean</h3>
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<h3>Art 0166/0166/UP 5</h3>
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<h3>Lord Indra Steals Prthu's Sacrificial Horse</h3>
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<h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 33</h3>
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<h3>Krsna, the Ranacora</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa is known as Ranchor, or one who fled from fighting.*
<h3>Akrura Sees Krsna's Footprints</h3>
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<h3>The Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna in the midst of the two armies.*
<h3>The Battle Between Arjuna and Bhisma</h3>
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*On the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, the invincible military strength of the Kauravas was like a great ocean. But because of Kṛṣṇa's friendship, Arjuna, seated on his chariot, was able to cross over it.*
<h3>The Gopis Block the Path of Akrura's Chariot</h3>
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<h3>Reigning in the Mind and Senses</h3>
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*6.34: “The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.” On the chariot of the body, the five horses represents the five senses (tongue, eyes, ears, nose, and skin). The reins, the means by which the driver controls the horses, represent the mind. The driver is the intelligence and the passenger the soul.*
<h3>Krsna and Arjuna Blow Their Conches</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna sound their transcendental conchshells.*
<h3>Krsna and Arjuna on the Chariot</h3>
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*“Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality.”*
<h3>The Battle of Kuruksetra Begins</h3>
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<h3>The Kidnapping of Princess Rukmini</h3>
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<h3>Krsna and Daruka Hasten to Save Rukmini</h3>
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<h3>Krsna Pulls Rukmini Onto His Chariot</h3>
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<h3>Partha-sarathi</h3>
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<h3>Prthu Levels the Earth for Agriculture</h3>
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<h3>Lord Caitanya in the Madness of Separation from Krsna</h3>
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*EN CC Antya 5 1975: “As His feelings of separation in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī increased at every moment. Lord Caitanya’s activities, both day and night,
were now wild, insane performances. Suddenly there awoke within Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu the scene of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s departure to Mathurā, and He began exhibiting the symptom of ecstatic madness known as udghūrṇā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman, holding Rāmananda Rāya by the neck, and He questioned Svarūpa Dāmodara, thinking
him to be His gopī friend. Just as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī inquired from Her personal
friend Viśākhā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began speaking like a madman.”*
<h3>The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons</h3>
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<h3>The Pathana Soldiers Come Upon Lord Caitanya</h3>
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*While the Lord was unconscious in ecstasy, ten cavalry soldiers belonging to the Muslim Pāṭhāna military order rode up and dismounted.*
<h3>Cleaning the Cage Doesn't Satisfy the Bird</h3>
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*Simply by cleansing the birdcage, one does not satisfy the bird. Similarly, without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply by gratifying the body and mind.*
<h3>The Snake-Bird Bites Pariksit</h3>
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*EN SB 12 1988: The snake-bird Takṣaka came forward and bit King Parīkṣit, injecting him with a venom so powerful that it burned his body to ashes.*
<h3>Evolution</h3>
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<h3>Garuda Helps the Sparrow Recover Her Eggs</h3>
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*6.24, purport: One should practice yoga with the determination and faith of the sparrow who laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean only to have the powerful ocean carry her eggs away. When the ocean ignored her request to return her eggs, the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean by She scooping out the water in her small beak. Although everyone laughed at her impossible determination, news of her attempt spread, and at last Garuḍa, eagle carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, heard and became compassionate toward his small sister. Garuḍa was pleased by her determination and promised to help. Thus Garuḍa asked the ocean to return the sparrows eggs lest he himself take up the sparrow’s work of emptying the ocean. The ocean was frightened by Garuḍa’s power and returned the eggs.*
<h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Imitate the Forest Animals</h3>
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*Sometimes the boys would imitate the sounds of various animals and birds.*
<h3>Bird in a Cage</h3>
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*Vi har inriktat alla våra krafter på det meningslösa uppehållandet av den materiella buren, kroppen, för dess egen skull, och vi har fullständigt förbisett den fångna själen inuti. Buren är inte till för fågelns välbefinnande, och fågeln är inte till för burens väl.*
<h3>Art 0079/0079/SB 11-3-3</h3>
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<h3>Art 0099/0099/BTG 18-6 f.c.</h3>
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<h3>Garuda Threatens to Dry Up the Ocean</h3>
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<h3>Narada Muni Comes Upon Mrgari</h3>
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*Nārada Muni, the sage among the demigods, happened upon the hunter Mṛgāri as he was tormenting animals by half-killing them.*
<h3>Supersoul Present in All Hearts</h3>
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*Queen Kuntī knew that in reality Kṛṣṇa was neither her nephew nor an ordinary family member of her paternal house. She knew perfectly well that He was the primeval Lord, who lives in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. Thus she addressed Him as "the supreme controller, without beginning or end, the all-pervasive one." Here we see how Lord Kṛṣṇa's all-pervasive Supersoul feature is expanded in the hearts of all creatures. In accordance with each living entity's state of consciousness, Lord Kṛṣṇa creates many kinds of bodies – bodies of human beings, animals, birds, plants, insects, and so on. And in the heart of all these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord resides with the living being as the Supersoul. The Supersoul in every body gives intelligence to the individual soul according to his capacity for understanding, and He manifest Himself to the individual soul according to his degree of austerity, penance, and spiritual realization. According to good or bad karma, the Supersoul directs the wandering of all living entities, who are seated within the bodily machine made of the material energy. One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees, and he therefore gradually advances toward spiritual perfection.*
<h3>Two Birds Seated on the Tree of the Body</h3>
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*2.22, purport: Kṛṣṇa and the living entity are seated on the tree of the body. The bird on the left is captivated by the fruits of the tree, while the friendly bird on the right acts as witness. Similarly, the embodied soul enjoys or suffers the fruits of his material activities, while the friendly Supersoul acts as witness and waits for His friend to turn to Him.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Playing with the Cowherd Boys</h3>
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*The playmates of Kṛṣṇa are so immersed in pure love that they do not even realize He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.*
<h3>Krsna in the Vrndavana Forest</h3>
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<h3>Transmigration of the Soul</h3>
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<h3>Lord Caitanya Lifts the Body of Haridasa Thakura</h3>
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*Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu raised up the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.*
<h3>Lord Caitanya Stole Lord Siva's Offerings</h3>
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*The Lord would take all the offerings the girls had brought for Lord Śiva.*
<h3>Krsna Calling Us Back</h3>
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<h3>Art 0222/Art 0222/SB4 54</h3>
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<h3>0025/SB 9/2/4</h3>
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*The Lord's faithful monkey soldiers hurled huge boulders into the sea, and by the Lord's potency they floated on the water, forming a bridge to Laṅkā.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Steal Butter From the Gopis</h3>
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*EN KB 2018 one-vol: The cowherd women of Vṛndāvana complained to Mother Yaśodā that Kṛṣṇa and His brother Balarāma would secretly enter their homes to steal the yogurt and butter they stored in pots hanging from the ceiling.*
<h3>A Cowherd Boy Covers Krsna's Eyes</h3>
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<h3>Art 0211/Art 0211/KWL 49</h3>
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<h3>Rama and the Monkey Army Cross the Stone Bridge</h3>
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*On His royal road of stones, Lord Rāmacandra crossed the Indian Ocean.*
<h3>Yasoda Binds Krsna</h3>
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*With maternal affection, Queen Kuntī here remembers another of Lord Kṛṣṇa's bewildering pastimes. One day, the Lord, playing just like a human child, spoiled the stocked butter of Mother Yaśodā by breaking the pots and distributing the contents to His friends and playmates, including the celebrated monkeys of Vṛndāvana, who took full advantage of the Lord's munificence. Mother Yaśodā saw this, and out of her pure love she wanted to make a show of punishment for her transcendental child. She took a rope and threatened to tie Him up, as is generally done with ordinary children who have been naughty. Seeing the rope in her hands, the Lord bowed down His head and began to weep, and as tears rolled down His cheeks they washed off the black ointment smeared about His beautiful eyes. Because Queen Kuntī felt maternal love for Kṛṣṇa, she adored this image of Him. But because she knew Kṛṣṇa's supreme position, she was amazed that although He was feared by fear personified, He appeared to be afraid of His mother, who wanted to punish Him just like an ordinary child.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Steal Butter</h3>
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*All day Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma simply made arrangements to steal butter and yogurt.*
<h3>Lord Caitanya in the Jharikhanda Forest</h3>
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<h3>Krsna Kesava</h3>
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<h3>Art 0090/0090/KB1-11 pg.61</h3>
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<h3>Art 0181/0181/UP 141</h3>
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<h3>Caitanya Mahaprabhu Dances with the Animals</h3>
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*EN CC Madhya 4: Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted very loudly while passing through the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest on His way to Vṛndāvana. Hearing His sweet voice, all the does came near Him and followed Him left and right. While reciting a verse with great curiosity, the Lord patted them. Then five or seen tigers came and began to follow the Lord. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Chant Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” the tigers and deer began to chant “Kṛṣṇa!” and dance. When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya saw them and was struck with wonder. Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another, and touching mouths, they began to kiss. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw all this fun, He smiled.*
<h3>Pariksit Drapes a Snake Over Samika Rsi's Shoulders</h3>
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*King Parīkṣit rewarded the sage coldly by offering him a garland of a dead snake.*
<h3>A Snake Gives its Cave to Haridāsa Ṭhākura</h3>
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*Haridāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee of Lord Śrī Caitanya, used to live in a cave, and by chance a great venomous snake also was a copartner of the cave. Some admirers of Haridāsa, who had to visit the Ṭhākura every day, feared the snake and gave a suggestion to the Ṭhākura to leave that
place. Because his devotees were afraid of the snake, Haridāsa Ṭhākura agreed to the proposal on their account. But as soon as this was settled, the snake actually crawled out of its hole in the cave and left the cave for good. By the dictation of the Lord, who lives also within the heart of a snake, the snake gave preference to Haridāsa and decided to leave the place and not disturb him.*
<h3>Aghasura Swallows the Cowherd Boys</h3>
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*The cowherd boys entered the mouth of the serpent Aghāsura in a playful
mood, supremely confident that Kṛṣṇa would protect them.*
<h3>0059/SB 12-1-7</h3>
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*EN SB 12 1988: To avenge the death of his father, Mahārāja Janamejaya had brāhmaṇas perform a mighty sacrifice in which he offered all the snakes in the world into the sacrificial fire.*
<h3>The Nagapatnis Offer Prayers</h3>
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*"We think that this apparent punishment to Kāliya is actually some benediction."*
<h3>A Serpent Swallows Nanda Maharaja</h3>
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*EN KB: Kṛṣṇa appeared on the scene and touched the serpent with His lotus feet.*
<h3>Garuda Attacks Kaliya</h3>
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*Garuḍa struck the body of Kāliya with his effulgent golden wings.*
<h3>Aghasura Swallows the Cowherd Boys</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa had a plan how to stop the destruction of His intimate friends.*
<h3>Animal Propensities and Karma 2</h3>
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<h3>Art 0081/0081/SB 2-1-2</h3>
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<h3>Art 0104/0104/BTG v18 no9 p7</h3>
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<h3>Nanda Maharaja Saved from the Python</h3>
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<h3>Ganesa</h3>
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<h3>Baby Nimai Plays with a Snake</h3>
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*A snake appeared before the baby, and the Lord began to play with it.*
<h3>Bali Arrested</h3>
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*After Lord Vāmana's associates had defeated all the demons, Garuḍa arrested Bala Mahārāja with the snake-ropes of Varuṇa and brought him before the Lord.*
<h3>Nrsimha Kills Hiranyakasipu's Soldiers</h3>
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<h3>0226/TS 05</h3>
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<h3>Lord Visnu Glances at the Material Energy</h3>
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<h3>Faces of Karma</h3>
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*At the time of death, the consciousness created by the living being carries him to his next body.
If the living being has made his consciousness like that of an animal, he is sure to get an animal body.*
<h3>Nimai Dreams of Visvarupa</h3>
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*EN CC Adi 2: Lord Caitanya told His parents that He had dreamt His elder brother Viśvarūpa took Him away and asked Him to accept the renounced order of life, sannyāsa.*
<h3>Radha-Krsna</h3>
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<h3>Krsna and a Dancing Peacock</h3>
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*“Even the impersonalists will become attracted to the personal form of Kṛṣṇa known as Śyāmasundara.” The transcendental form of the Lord is not material. It is composed of the spiritual elements of external existence (sat), full knowledge (cit), and complete bliss (ānanda). It also possesses unlimited opulences.*
<h3>Lord Brahma Hears the Gayatri Mantra</h3>
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*After being born out of the lotus growing from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā turned his attention toward the task of creation. But he could see only darkness in every direction. Then
Brahmā heard the sound tapa (penance) vibrated in the ether, and he sat
in meditation. After one thousand celestial years, the sound of Kṛṣṇa's flute entered into the ear of Brahmā as the Vedic mantra oṁ. When the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa's flute was expressed through the mouth of
Brahmā, it became the Gāyatrī mantra. Thus by the influence of Kṛṣṇa's
flute, Brahmā, the supreme creature and first living entity of this material
universe, attained all Vedic knowledge and became the original spiritual master of all living entities.*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama in Vrndavana</h3>
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*ln order to diminish the burden of the world, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared with His
immediate expansion Lord Balarāma.*
<h3>Krsna Speaks to Maitreya and Uddhava</h3>
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*"Because of your pure and unflinching devotional service, your visit to
Me in this lonely place is a great boon for you."*
<h3>Radha-Krsna</h3>
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<h3>Radha-Krsna and the Gopis</h3>
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<h3>Krsna, the All-attractive Flute Player</h3>
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<h3>0080/SB 12-1-3</h3>
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<h3>The Beauty of Vraja Krsna</h3>
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*Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely lovable because of His eternal, transcendental qualities. The beauty of this world is but a dim reflection of the unlimited beauty of the Lord.*
<h3>A Meditative Krsna and a Calf</h3>
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*EN POY 2005: Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa is full of all opulence as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.*
<h3>Th Transcendental Brothers</h3>
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<h3>Gopi Mothers Churning Butter</h3>
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*The darling of Vraja.*
<h3>Krsna Accepts a Garland from Sudama, the Florist</h3>
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*The florist begged from the Lord that he might remain His eternal servant.*
<h3>The Hamsa-avatara Enlightens Brahma and the Four Kumaras</h3>
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<h3>Narada Muni</h3>
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*The great sage Nārada Muni.*
<h3>Krsna Begs Radha for Forgiveness</h3>
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<h3>Radha and Krsna on a Swing</h3>
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<h3>Indra Offends Brhaspati</h3>
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<h3>Krsna Comes to Madhavendra Puri</h3>
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*When Mādhavendra Purī saw the beauty of the young boy who had approached him and heard His sweet words, he forgot all hunger and thirst.*
<h3>Madana-mohana in the Moonlight</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, declares, “Glory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.”*
<h3>Art 0041/0041/SB 5-2-1</h3>
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<h3>Art 0160/0160/NOD 506</h3>
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<h3>Art 0165/0165/UP 16</h3>
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<h3>Art 0181/0181/UP 144 cover</h3>
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<h3>Art 0194/0194/UP 293</h3>
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<h3>Art 0211/Art 0211/KB2 31</h3>
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<h3>Radha and Krsna in the Moonlight</h3>
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<h3>Radha and Krsna on a Swing</h3>
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<h3>Prataparudra Massages Lord Caitanya's Feet</h3>
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*EN CC Madhya 3: King Pratāparudra recited the verses of Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā as he expertly massaged Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s legs in the garden.*
<h3>Lord Caitanya Is Welcomed in Vrndavana</h3>
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*When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wandered in the Vṛndāvana forests, herds of grazing cows saw Him and began to moo loudly, causing Him to become stunned with ecstatic love. As the Lord sweetly chanted the holy name in the forest, all the doe and bucks approached Him, and when they saw His face they began to lick His body. Bumblebees and birds like the parrot and cuckoo began to sing loudly on the fifth note, and the peacocks began to dance in front of the Lord. Upon seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the trees and creepers became jubilant. Their twigs stood up, they began to shed tears of ecstasy in the form of honey, and, overloaded with fruits and flowers, they bowed down to His lotus feet and greeted Him with various presentations as if they were friends. Thus all moving and nonmoving living entities in Vṛndāvana became very jubilant to see Lord Caitanya.*
<h3>Radha and Krsna</h3>
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*Lord Caitanya instructed Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī: “Always chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, and within your mind render service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana.”*
<h3>Krsna and Balarama Glorify Vrndavana</h3>
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*In the company of His elder brother, Balarāma, Lord Kṛṣṇa takes pleasure in glorifying the land of Vṛndāvana, its inhabitants and Balarāma Himself.*
<h3>Lord Visnu Appears at Daksa's Sacrifice</h3>
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*As soon as Dakṣa had offered clarified butter and chanted mantras from the Yajur Veda, Lord Viṣṇu appeared in the sacrificial arena, riding upon the back of Garuḍa.*
<h3>0043/SB 6-1-6</h3>
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*The Supreme Lord is known as Kṛṣṇa because His transcendental qualities make Him very attractive to all living entities. He especially displays His all-attractive feature in Vṛndāvana, where He sports with His cowherd boyfriends and other intimate associates.*
<h3>Krsna Plays His Flute for the Gopis</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa's deep loving attitude attracted the damsels of Vrajadhāma.*
<h3>Krsna Praises Balarama</h3>
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*EN POY 2005: Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the last link in the yogic chain, the link that binds us to the Supreme Person, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.*
<h3>The Rasa Dance</h3>
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*EN KB 2018 one-vol: Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself into many identical forms to enjoy His rāsa dance with the gopīs. In the company of those supremely beautiful cowherd girls, who worshiped Him with pure devotion, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared like a greenish sapphire locket in the midst of a golden necklace decorated with valuable stones.*
<h3>Goloka Vrndavana</h3>
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<h3>Kardama and Kapila</h3>
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*"O Muni, because I told you before that I would become your son, I have descended
to fulfill this truth."*
<h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Play in the Forest</h3>
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<h3>0086/SB 9-3-6</h3>
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<h3>Krsna Speaks With the Animals of Vrndavana</h3>
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<h3>Govinda with Peacocks</h3>
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*EN VEDA: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the ever-youthful, all-attractive reservoir of love. When we stimulate our original love for Kṛṣṇa, that love expands out into this world and beyond and becomes an expression of our eternal nature.*
<h3>Laksmi-Narayana in Vaikuntha</h3>
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<h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Leave for the Forest</h3>
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*EN CC Adi 1 1974: In Gokula, Kṛṣṇa performs His pastimes with the cowherd boys and cowherd girls.*
<h3>Laksmi-Narayana on Svetadvipa</h3>
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*EN CC Adi 1 1974, 1996: In Śvetadvīpa, Lord Viṣṇu can be seen sitting on a throne of Śeṣa with His consort, Lakṣmī.*
<h3>Krsna and Rukmini in the Morning</h3>
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<h3>Radha-Gopinatha with the Gopis</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja prays, “May Gopīināthajī, who attracts all the gopīs with the song of His flute, be merciful upon us.”*
<h3>Nrsimhananda Brahmacari Decorates Lord Caitanya's Road to Vrndavana</h3>
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*When Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī heard that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to Vṛndāvana, he became very pleased and mentally began decorating the way there.*
<h3>0038/SB 5-1-1</h3>
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<h3>Ajamila Goes Back to Godhead</h3>
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*On the bank of the Ganges at Haridwar, Ajāmila gave up his material body and regained his original, spiritual body, which was suitable for an associate of the Lord. Then, accompanied by the order carriers of Lord Viṣṇu, Ajāmila boarded a golden airplane for his journey back to the Lord’s abode.*
<h3>Krsna Enjoys Lunch with the Cowherd Boys</h3>
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*After selecting a pleasing location on the riverbank, Lord Kṛṣṇa and His friends opened their baskets of food and began eating in great transcendental pleasure. Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Kṛṣṇa sat in the center, encircled by lines of His friends, who all looked very beautiful. Every one of them was trying to look forward toward Kṛṣṇa, thinking that Kṛṣṇa might look toward him. Among the cowherd boys, some placed their lunch on flowers, some on leaves, fruits, or bunches of leaves, some actually in their baskets, some
on the bark of trees and some on rocks. This is what the children imagined to be their plates as they ate their lunch. All the cowherd boys enjoyed their lunch with Kṛṣṇa, showing one another the different tastes of the different varieties of preparations they had brought from home.
Tasting one another’s preparations, they began to laugh and make one another laugh. In this way they all enjoyed their lunch in the forest.*
<h3>Lord Visnu Comes to Karma</h3>
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*The Lord appeared before Kardama Muni with His lotus feet placed on the shoulders of Garuḍa.*
<h3>0074/SB 7-1-4</h3>
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<h3>Brahma Prays to Krsna</h3>
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<h3>Dhruva Goes Back to Godhead</h3>
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*EN SB 4.1 1987: After boarding a transcendental airplane for the journey to Vaikuṇṭha, Dhruva Mahārāja thought, “How shall I go alone to Vaikuṇṭha and leave behind my poor mother?” Nanda and Sunanda could understand his mind, and thus they showed him that his mother, Sunīti, was traveling in another plane. Then the planes ascended and started for the spiritual world. While Dhruva passed through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system, and the demigods in their airplanes showered flowers upon him like rain.*
<h3>Radha-Krsna and the Gopis on a Lotus Boat</h3>
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*Kṛṣṇa, the supreme enjoyer, desired to enjoy the company of the gopīs.*
<h3>Balarama on Swan Carrier Flying Over Lunch Pastime</h3>
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<h3>Lord Siva Appears to the Pracetas</h3>
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<h3>Rama Returns to Ayodhya</h3>
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<h3>Gayatri</h3>
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<h3>Gayatri Devi</h3>
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<h3>Art 0096/0096/BTG 15-5 p.26</h3>
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<h3>The Gopis in the Madness of Separation</h3>
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*“Lord Caitanya mistook a garden for Vṛndāvana and very quickly entered
it. Absorbed in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, He wandered through the garden in the mood of the gopīs. After Kṛṣṇa disappeared with Rādhārāṇī during the rāsa dance, the gopīs wandered in the forest looking for Him.
The gopīs said, ‘O cūta tree, priyāla tree, panasa, āsana and kovidāra! O jambū tree, O arka tree, O bel, bakula and mango! O kadamba tree, O nīpa tree and all other trees living on the bank of the Yamunā for the welfare of others, please let us know where Kṛṣṇa has gone. We have lost
our minds and are almost dead. O tulasī! O mālatī! O yūthī, mādhavī and mallikā! Kṛṣṇa is very dear to you. Therefore He must have come near you. You are all just like dear friends to us. Kindly tell us which way Kṛṣṇa has gone and save our lives!’”*
<h3>Literature for Swans; Literature for Crows</h3>
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*The swanlike spiritually advanced men do not take pleasure in dead literatures,
which are sources of pleasure for men who are spiritually dead.*
<h3>Vaikuntha</h3>
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*The sages saw that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, had now actually become visible to their eyes.*
<h3>The Gopis Imitate Krsna's Pastimes</h3>
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*The gopīs imitated the characteristic movements of the Lord.*
<h3>Radha, Krsna, and the Gopis on a Boat</h3>
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*The Lord's pastimes with the gopīs are displays of His transcendental existence, bliss, and knowledge.*
<h3>Radha and Krsna on the Swing</h3>
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*EN KB 2018 one-vol: Vṛndāvana is a beautiful place. The Yamunā River blooms with lotuses, and the gentle breeze raises small ripples in the water. Bumblebees hum in the flowers, and peacocks dance as Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa glide on a flower-wrapped swing hanging from a tree, Their faces filled with the happiness of divine love.*
<h3>Kṛṣṇa Plays His Flute</h3>
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*6.47: “Of all yogīs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me – he is the most intimately united with Me in /yoga/ and is the highest of all.”*
<h3>The Four Kumaras Meet Laksmi-Narayana</h3>
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*EN SB 3.1 1987: The four Kumāras, great sages appearing like children, directly saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the spiritual world, the kingdom of God. The Lord was accompanied by His associates, who were worshiping Him with a fan, an umbrella and other paraphernalia. The sages had been impersonalists, but upon seeing the Lord they became His devotees.*
<h3>Krsna and His Queens Have Watersports</h3>
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*In His magnificent city of Dvārakā, Lord Kṛṣṇa would enjoy with each of his 16,108 queens in her own palace. On the grounds of these palaces were clear ponds fragrant with the pollen of many lotuses, and the Lord would enter these ponds and enjoy sporting in the water with His wives. As musicians, singers, and poets glorified Him, the Lord would squirt water at His consorts, and they would squirt Him back, laughing all the while. In this way He enjoyed Himself like the king of elephants in the company of His bevy of she-elephants.*
<h3>Young Krsna and the Cow</h3>
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<h3>Krsna, Balarama, and the Cowherd Boys Dance Through the Forest</h3>
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<h3>Agnidhra Attracted to Purvacitti</h3>
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<h3>King Pururava and Urvasi</h3>
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<h3>Art 0144/0144/SB 4-3-3</h3>
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<h3>Krsna Runs Along the Yamuna River</h3>
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<h3>Malayadhvaja Goes to the Forest, Followed by His Wife</h3>
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<h3>Art 0227/0227/TS 07</h3>
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