mathura - Śrīla Prabhupāda

# Mathura **See also:** [[artwork/themes/vrindavana|Vrindavana - The Holy Dhama]] | [[artwork/themes/yamuna|Yamuna River]] **34 images** --- <h3>Krsna Appears in the Prison to Vasudeva and Devaki</h3> ![[0022_SB-1_1_7.jpg]] *Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī.* <h3>The Princesses Liberated by Krsna</h3> ![[0034_SB-3_1_3.jpg]] *The 16,000 princesses all looked upon Lord Kṛṣṇa with eagerness, joy, and shyness and offered to be His wives.* <h3>Krsna, the Ranacora</h3> ![[0034_SB-3_1_4.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa is known as Ranchor, or one who fled from fighting.* <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>The Birth of Lord Krsna</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-1-4.jpg]] *One reason why Lord Kṛṣṇa's activities appeared bewildering to Queen Kuntī was that He came to this world to fulfill many purposes simultaneously. One important purport was simply to satisfy the desires of His dear devotees Vasudeva and Devakī. In their former lives, Vasudeva and Devakī were known as Sutapā and Pṛśni. They were ordered by Lord Brahmā to produce offspring, and so they engaged themselves in severe austerities for thousands of years. Being pleased by their penances, Kṛṣṇa came before them and asked them what they wanted. They said, "We want a son like You. That is our desire." Kṛṣṇa agreed, and in their next lives Sutapā and Pṛśni (now Vasudeva and Devakī) had the extraordinary opportunity to play the role of Lord Kṛṣṇa's parents. As shown here, Vasudeva and Devakī in the dense darkness of night, like the full moon rising the eastern horizon. The newborn child had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and bore in His four hands a conch shell, disc, club, and lotus. On His chest was the mark of Śrīvatsa, and on His neck the brilliant Kaustubha gem. Then, after receiving prayers from Vasudeva and Devakī and instructing them, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, transformed Himself into His original form as a small human child.* <h3>Durga Appears Before Kamsa</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-1-6.jpg]] <h3>The Wrestling Match</h3> ![[0054_SB-10-7-10.jpg]] <h3>Akrura Sees Krsna's Footprints</h3> ![[0054_SB-10-7-4.jpg]] <h3>The Dhanur-yajna</h3> ![[0054_SB-10-7-8.jpg]] *Kaṁsa arranged for a sacrifice called Dhanur-yajña, and so had placed a large bow near the sacrificial altar. The bow was wonderful and resembled a rainbow. It was protected by a number of guards, who warned Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma not to go near it. But Kṛṣṇa ignored the warning and took the large bow in His left hand. ��* <h3>Krsna and Balarama Fight Kuvalayapida</h3> ![[0054_SB-10-7-9.jpg]] <h3>Narada Informs Kamsa of His Imminent Death at Krsna's Hands</h3> ![[0057_SB-10-7-2.jpg]] <h3>The Gopis Block the Path of Akrura's Chariot</h3> ![[0062_SB-10-7-5.jpg]] <h3>Kṛṣṇa Kills Kaṁsa</h3> ![[0066_BG--17.jpg]] *4.8: “To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.” Here Kṛṣṇa kills His demonic usurper uncle, Kaṁsa. Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa’s brother, stands nearby in blue. Behind Kṛṣṇa are Kṛṣṇa’s parents, Vasudeva and Devakī, who were imprisoned for years by Kaṁsa.* <h3>Krsna and Balarama Exploring Mathura</h3> ![[0079_SB-1-1-13.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma appeared in the family of Vṛṣṇi, and by so doing They removed the burden of the world.* <h3>Lord Krsna Kills the Tyrant Kamsa</h3> ![[0079_SB-11-2-5.jpg]] *EN KB 2018 one-vol: While in Mathurā, Lord Kṛṣṇa dragged the demoniac King Kaṁsa from his high seat and threw him down. Straddling Kaṁsa's chest, Kṛṣṇa punched the demon again and again until he lost his life.* <h3>Vasudeva Carries Krsna to Vrndavana</h3> ![[0080_SB-10-1-5.jpg]] *EN KB 2018 one-vol: The Lord told Vasudeva and Devakī, “I know you are afraid of Kaṁsa and want to protect Me. Take Me to Gokula and exchange Me for the daughter just born to Yaśodā.” While carrying child Kṛṣṇa across the storm-tossed river Yamunā, Vasudeva was sheltered by the hoods of Lord Śeṣa, an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The effulgence from Kṛṣṇa’s body dissipated the darkness so Vasudeva could find his way.* <h3>Vasudeva and Devaki Offer Obeisances to Lord Visnu</h3> ![[0090_KB1-2-pg.29.jpg]] *"Therefore I request You to conceal this four-armed form of Your Lordship, which holds the four symbols of Viṣṇu."* <h3>Devaki With HerNewborn Krsna</h3> ![[0090_KB1-3-pg.30.jpg]] *Lord Kṛṣṇa played on the lap of Devakī just like an ordinary child.* <h3>Krsna Accepts a Garland from Sudama, the Florist</h3> ![[0097_KB1-49-pg.265.jpg]] *The florist begged from the Lord that he might remain His eternal servant.* <h3>The Demigods Offer Prayers to Krsna in the Womb</h3> ![[0137_KB1-1--pg22.jpg]] *"Dear Mother Devakī, within your womb is the Supreme Personality of Godhead."* <h3>Vasudeva Carries Krsna Across the Yamuna</h3> ![[0137_KB1-6--pg30.jpg]] *The night was very dark, but Vasudeva could see everything, just as in the sunlight.* <h3>Krsna Kills Kamsa</h3> ![[0138_KB1-48--pg278.jpg]] <h3>The Elephant Kuvalayapida</h3> ![[0138_KB1-50--pg271.jpg]] *The elephant moved before Kṛṣṇa like inevitable death.* <h3>Krsna and Balarama in the Wrestling Arena</h3> ![[0139_KB1-47--p275.jpg]] *The audience was not very satisfied because the wrestlers did not appear to be equally matched.* <h3>Krsna and Kubja</h3> ![[0139_KB1-54--p315.jpg]] *"Full of feminine bashfulness, Kubjā stood gracefully before Kṛṣṇa."* <h3>The Gopis Block Akrura's Chariot</h3> ![[0142_KB1-46--pg254.jpg]] *"O dear Dāmodara, dear Mādhava!"* <h3>Krsna and Balarama in Mathura</h3> ![[0142_SB1-3--NE18.jpg]] *Lord Kṛṣṇa and His elder brother, Balarāma – the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His immediate expansion – appeared on earth as the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations of the Lord.* <h3>Krsna and Balarama with the Washerman</h3> ![[0144_SB-10_2_10.jpg]] *After Kṛṣṇa had beheaded the arrogant washerman, the Lord put on some of the garments that especially pleased Him, and the cowherd boys also took their pick of the fine clothes.* <h3>The Return of Devaki's Six Departed Sons</h3> ![[0145_SB-10_4_10.jpg]] <h3>Kubja and Krsna</h3> ![[0149_KBC-2--p61.jpg]] <h3>Mucukunda Incinerates Kalayavana</h3> ![[0164_SB-10_3_4.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 0149/0149/KBC 2 p37</h3> ![[0149_KBC-2--p37.jpg]] <h3>Art 0149/0149/KBC 2 p39</h3> ![[0149_KBC-2--p39.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. These images are reproduced here with permission for educational and devotional purposes. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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