# Chariots **See also:** [[artwork/themes/battles|Battles and Warfare]] | [[artwork/themes/kurukshetra|Kurukshetra - The Battlefield]] | [[artwork/themes/weapons|Divine Weapons]] **55 images** --- <h3>King Priyavrata As a Second Sun</h3> ![[0224_SB5-66.jpg]] <h3>Maharaja Pariksit Punishes Kali</h3> ![[0028_SB-1_3_8.jpg]] *Mahārāja Parīkṣit, being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave him permission to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution, and animal slaughter were performed.* <h3>Priyavrata Follows the Sun God</h3> ![[0037-SB-5-1-2.jpg]] *While ruling the universe, King Priyavrata came dissatisfied with the circumambulation of the powerful sun god. As the sun god circles Sumeru Hill on his chariot, he illuminates all the surrounding planetary systems. However, when the sun is on the northern side of the hill, the south receives less light, and when the sun is in the south, the north receives less. King Priyavrata disliked this situation and therefore decided to make daylight in the part of the universe where there was night. He followed the orbit of the sun god on a brilliant chariot and thus fulfilled his desire.* <h3>Indra's Army Fights Vrtrasura's Army</h3> ![[0042_SB-6-2-4.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Prepares to Leave Hastinapura</h3> ![[0043_SB-1-2-10.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa departed from the city of Hastināpura.* <h3>Krsna Shows Arjuna the Enemy</h3> ![[0043_SB-1-2-6.jpg]] *In obedience to the command of His friend, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa pointed out the enemies.* <h3>Krsna Rushes Bhisma With a Chariot Wheel</h3> ![[0045_SB-1-2-7.jpg]] *"He got down from the chariot, took up its wheel, and ran towards me hurriedly, just like a lion goes to kill an elephant."* <h3>Lord Siva Destroys the Aerial Cities</h3> ![[0045_SB-7-3-3.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Threatens Devaki</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-1-2.jpg]] *EN KB 2012: While riding with his sister Devakī during the wedding procession, Kaṁsa heard a voice from the sky proclaim that her eighth child would kill him. The demon instantly grabbed Devakī's hair and raised his sword to kill her – but the bride's husband, Vasudeva, dissuaded him.* <h3>Akrura Sees Krsna's Footprints</h3> ![[0054_SB-10-7-4.jpg]] <h3>The Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra</h3> ![[0055_SB11-1-1.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna in the midst of the two armies.* <h3>The Battle Between Arjuna and Bhisma</h3> ![[0061_SB-1-3-7.jpg]] *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> ![[0062_SB-10-7-5.jpg]] <h3>Arjuna Overwhelmed</h3> ![[0063_BG--6.jpg]] *1.27: When Arjuna saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion. Arjuna laments when he sees his relatives standing opposite him on the battlefield. A smiling Kṛṣṇa is ready to console His friend by speaking transcendental instructions.* <h3>Don't Lament for the Body</h3> ![[0064_BG--8.jpg]] *2.11: “Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead.” Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that although his compassion for the fighters in the battle appears learned, Arjuna does know that those who are actually learned know the difference between body and soul and do not lament for any stage of the body.* <h3>Krsna Reveals His Two-Armed Form to Arjuna</h3> ![[0069_BG-64.jpg]] *The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, displayed His four-armed form to Arjuna, and at last He showed him His two-armed form.* <h3>Arjuna Surrenders to Krsna</h3> ![[0071_BG-80--BG-62.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Arjuna Blow Their Conches</h3> ![[0073_BG-54.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna sound their transcendental conchshells.* <h3>Arjuna Sees the Universal Form</h3> ![[0075_BG-50.jpg]] *As he gazed upon the universal form of the Lord, Arjuna prayed with joined palms.* <h3>Arjuna Sees the Universal Form</h3> ![[0078_BG-31.jpg]] *11.13: “At that time Arjuna could see in the universal form of the Lord the unlimited expansions of the universe situated in one place although divided into many, many thousands.” Even as Kṛṣṇa displayed His universal form to Arjuna, He did not lose His identity as Arjuna’s friend and remains situated on the chariot with Arjuna.* <h3>Krsna Returns to His Two-Armed Form</h3> ![[0078_BG-32.jpg]] *11.50: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, having spoken thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form and at last showed His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.”* <h3>Krsna and Arjuna on the Chariot</h3> ![[0090_BG--f.c.jpg]] *“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>Akrura Enters Vrndavana</h3> ![[0096_KB1-44-pg.248.jpg]] *Akrūra became overwhelmed with all the symptoms of ecstasy; he wept, and his body trembled.* <h3>The Battle of Kuruksetra Begins</h3> ![[0099_BTG-18-4--f.c.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Attacks Bhisma to Protect Arjuna</h3> ![[0104_BTG19-1-p20-21.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Beheads Salva</h3> ![[0108_KB2-15--p160.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa cut off Śālva's head, and the head with earrings and helmet, fell on the ground.* <h3>Akrura's Vision</h3> ![[0138_KB1-45.jpg]] *Akrūra saw Balarāma turned into Śeṣa Nāga and Kṛṣṇa turned into Mahā-viṣṇu.* <h3>The Kidnapping of Princess Rukmini</h3> ![[0141_KB1-38.jpg]] <h3>The Gopis Block Akrura's Chariot</h3> ![[0142_KB1-46--pg254.jpg]] *"O dear Dāmodara, dear Mādhava!"* <h3>Krsna Kidnapping Rukmini</h3> ![[0147_KBC-2--87.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Daruka Hasten to Save Rukmini</h3> ![[0151_KBC-2--p81.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Dance at Ratha-yatra</h3> ![[0156_King-swept-rd-5.jpg]] <h3>Kunti Prays to Krsna</h3> ![[0158_QK-1.jpg]] *EN SB 1 1987: As Queen Kuntī offered her heartfelt prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa just before His departure for Dvārakā, the Lord mildly smiled out of compassion.* <h3>Krsna Pulls Rukmini Onto His Chariot</h3> ![[0170_SB-10_3_7-NE---UP-71.jpg]] <h3>0179/UP 125</h3> ![[0179_UP--125.jpg]] <h3>Partha-sarathi</h3> ![[0186_UP--186.jpg]] <h3>Prthu Levels the Earth for Agriculture</h3> ![[0224_SB4-69.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Instructs Arjuna</h3> ![[0235_BG-13-NE.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya in the Madness of Separation from Krsna</h3> ![[Antya-5-7.jpg]] *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>Art 0065/0065/BG C3</h3> ![[0065_BG-C3.jpg]] <h3>Art 0142/0142/NKL 7</h3> ![[0142_NKL-7.jpg]] <h3>Art 0146/0146/KBC 3 p67</h3> ![[0146_KBC-3--p67.jpg]] <h3>Art 0151/0151/NKL 5</h3> ![[0151_NKL-5.jpg]] <h3>Art 0153/0153/KBC 3 p88</h3> ![[0153_KBC-3--p88.jpg]] <h3>Art 0164/0164/BG cover</h3> ![[0164_BG-cover.jpg]] <h3>Art 0210/Art 0210/KB1 133</h3> ![[Art-0210_KB1-133.jpg]] <h3>Art 0210/Art 0210/KB1 135</h3> ![[Art-0210_KB1-135.jpg]] <h3>Art 0211/Art 0211/KB1 134</h3> ![[Art-0211_KB1-134.jpg]] <h3>Prithu Maharaja Pursues Mother Bhumi</h3> ![[Art-0217_SB4-52.jpg]] <h3>Art 0218/Art 0218/SB4 27</h3> ![[Art-0218_SB4-27.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya Dances Before the Ratha-yatra Cart</h3> ![[Mad-5-4.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 3: As Lord Caitanya danced before Lord Jagannātha in the Ratha-yātrā festival, He displayed various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Moves the Ratha Cart With His Head</h3> ![[Mad-5-7.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 3: Even elephants had been unable to move the cart, yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu easily pushed it with His head.* <h3>Krsna Laughs at Paundraka</h3> ![[0108_KB2-11-pg.83.jpg]] *Seeing Pauṇḍraka imitating His posture and dress, He could not check His laughter.* <h3>Battle Between Krsna and Banasura</h3> ![[0123_KB2-8--pg61.jpg]] *Bāṇāsura rushed toward Kṛṣṇa, simultaneously working 500 bows and 2,000 arrows.* <h3>The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons</h3> ![[Art-0219_SB8-15.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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