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Song Lyrics: Pralaya Payodhi Jale
Purport Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Pralaya-payodhi-jale-dhrtavan asi
vedam, vihita-vahitra-caritram
akhedam. Today is the incarnation day of Lord Krsna's appearing as the Boar. He
lifted the world when it was submerged within the water of Garbhodaksa,
So
these prayers were offered by Jayadeva Gosvami. One Vaisnava poet advented about seven hundred years before Lord Caitanya’s appearance. He was a great devotee, and his
specific poetry, Gita-govinda, is very famous all
over the world. Gita- govinda.
Gita-govinda is the subject matter of Krsna playing
on flute about Radharani. That is the subject matter
of Gita-govinda. The same poet, Jayadeva
Gosvami, has offered this prayer, pralaya-payodhi-jale-dhrtavan
asivedam. He says, “My dear Lord, when there was
devastation within this universe, everything was filled with water. At that
time You saved the Vedas stacked in a boat, and You held the boat from being
drowned in the water in the shape of a big fish.” This fish first of all was
caught in the waterpot just like a small fish. Then
it enlarged, and the fish was kept in a bigger water reservoir. In this way,
the fish was increasing. Then the fish informed that “Devastation is coming.
You just save all the Vedas on a boat, and I shall protect it.” Jayadeva Gosvami is offering
prayer, “My Lord, You saved the Vedas when there was devastation in the shape
of fish.”
The
next is Kurmavatara. There was churning of the ocean.
One side all the demigods and one side all the demons, and the churning rod was
a great hill called Mandara-parvata. And the resting
place was on the back of the Lord appeared as a tortoise. So he’s offering his
prayer that “You appeared as a tortoise just to become the resting place. And
this happened because You were feeling some itching sensation on Your back. So
You accepted this big rod, Mandara Hill, to itch, as
the itching instrument.”
Then
the next incarnation is this Varaha, boar or hog. He
delivered this earthly planet by the tusk, and He kept the whole world on His
tusk. We can just imagine how big He appeared. And the world at that time
appeared just like the moon disc with some marks on it. So kesava
dhrta-varaha-sarira. He says, “My dear Lord, You have
appeared as the great boar. So let me offer my respectful obeisances
unto You.”
Fourth
incarnation is Nrsimhadeva. Nrsimhadeva
appeared to save Prahlada Maharaja, who was
five-years-old boy and he was being tortured by his atheistic father. So He
appeared from the pillar of the palace as a half-man, half-lion. Because this Hiranyakasipu took benediction from Brahma that he’ll not
be killed by any man or any animal. So the Lord appeared neither man nor
animal. This is the difference between the Lord’s intelligence and our
intelligence. We are thinking that we can cheat the Lord by our intelligence,
but the Lord is more intelligent than us. This Hiranyakasipu
wanted to cheat Brahma by indirect definition. First of all he wanted to become
immortal. Brahma said, “That is not possible because even I am not immortal.
Nobody in this material world is immortal. That is not possible.” So Hiranyakasipu, the demon... The demons are very
intelligent. He thought that “Round about way I shall become immortal.” He
prayed to Brahma that “Please give me the benediction that I shall not be
killed by any man or any animal.” Brahma said, “Yes, that is all right.” “I
shall not be killed in the sky, on the water or on land.” Brahma said, “Oh,
yes.” “I shall not be killed by any man-made weapons.” “That’s all right.” In
this way, he utilized his intelligence in so many ways just to come to the
conclusion of being immortal. But the Lord is so cunning that He kept intact
all the benediction given by Brahma, still he was killed. He said that “I’ll
not be killed either during daytime or night.” Brahma said “Yes.” So he was
killed just in the evening, just in the junction of day and night. You cannot
say it is day or night. He took the benediction that “I shall not be killed in
the sky, on the water, on the land.” So he was killed on His lap. He took the
benediction that “I shall not be killed by any man-made or any God-made
weapons.” That was given, “All right.” So he was killed by the nails. In this
way, all the benedictions were kept intact, still he was killed. Similarly, we
may make plan, we may make very advancement in scientific knowledge, but the
killing process of nature will be there. Nobody can escape. By our intelligence
we cannot escape. The four principles of material existence means birth, death,
old age and disease. We can manufacture many medicines, many weapons, many
means, many methods, but you cannot escape these four principles of material
existence, however great you may be. That was proved by Hiranyakasipu.
Hiranyakasipu was one of the stalwart materialistic
and he wanted to live forever, enjoy, but he also could not live. Everything
was finished.
Then
next incarnation is Vamana, the dwarf. Lord Vamana appeared before Bali Maharaja. That was also another
cheating. Bali Maharaja conquered all the universal planets, and the demigods
were too much disturbed. So Vamana Maharaja... Vamanadeva went to Bali Maharaja that “You give me some
alms. I am brahmana. I have come to beg from you.” So
Bali Maharaja said, “Yes. I’ll give You.” So He wanted three feet land only. So
by one feet the whole universe was covered, upside, and another feet the other
half was covered. Then the third feet Bali Maharaja said, “Yes, now there is no
place. Please keep Your feet on my head. Still my head is there.” So Vamanadeva was very much pleased by the sacrifice of Bali
Maharaja. He gave up everything for the Lord. So he is one of the great
authorities. Out of the twelve authorities, Bali Maharaja is one of the
authorities because he sacrificed everything to satisfy the Lord.
Next
is Parasurama. Parasurama,
twenty-one times He made a massacre propaganda for killing all the ksatriya kings. The ksatriya
kings were very much dishonest at that time, so he killed them for twenty-one
times. They fled from here and there. And from the history of Mahabharata it is
understood, at that time some of the ksatriyas fled
and took shelter in the European side. And the Indo-European stock is from
those ksatriyas. That is history, historical
information from Mahabharata.
Then
next incarnation is Lord Rama. So He fought with Ravana, who had ten heads. So...And the next incarnation is
Balarama. Balarama is the
elder brother of Krsna. He is incarnation of Sankarsana,
next expansion of Krsna. So He was very white in complexion, and He was wearing
blue garments, and with His plow He was...sometimes He was angry with
And
the next incarnation is Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha, He decried the Vedic
principles. Therefore, He is calculated as atheist. Anyone who does not agree
with the Vedic principles, he is considered as atheist. Just like one who does
not believe in the Bible, they are called heathens; similarly, those who do not
accept the Vedic principles, they are called atheists. So Lord Buddha, although
incarnation of Krsna, He said that “I do not believe in Vedas.” What was the
reason? The reason was to save the poor animals. At that time, people were
sacrificing the poor animals under the plea of Vedic sacrifice. So demonic
persons, they want to do something under the protection of authority. Just like
a big lawyer takes the protection of the lawbook and
he makes the law unlawful. Similarly, the demons are so intelligent that they
take advantage of scriptural injunction and do all nonsense. So these things
were going on. In the name of Vedic sacrifice, they were killing animals like
anything. So Lord became very much compassionate to these poor animals and He
appeared as Lord Buddha, and His philosophy was nonviolence. His philosophy was
atheist because He said that “There is no God. This combination of matter is a
manifestation, and you dismantle the material elements, there will be void and
there will be no sense of pleasure and pain. That is the nirvana, ultimate goal
of life.” That was His philosophy. But actually His mission was to stop animal
killing, to stop the men from so much sinful activities. So Lord Buddha is also
prayed herewith. So people will be surprised that Lord Buddha is designated as
atheist and still the Vaisnavas, they are offering
their respectful prayers to Lord Visnu (Buddha). Why?
Because the Vaisnava knows how the God is acting for
His different purposes. Others, they do not know.
The
next avatar incarnation is Kalki. That is yet to take
place. Kalki avatara will
appear at the end of this age, Kali- yuga. The age of
Kali-yuga, duration of this age is still to be, I
mean to say, fulfilled in 400,000’s of years. So at the end of Kali, that means
at the last stage, after about 400,000’s of years, the incarnation of Kalki will appear. That is predicted in the Vedic
literatures, as Lord Buddha’s appearance was also predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. And Srimad-Bhagavatam
was compiled five thousand years ago, and Lord Buddha appeared about 2,500
years ago. Therefore, about Lord Buddha’s appearance it is predicted that at
the beginning of Kali-yuga Lord Buddha will appear.
There was prediction, and that has actually come to be true. Similarly, there
is prediction about Kalki avatara,
and that will also come to be true. So at that time, Lord Kalki’s
business will be simply to kill. No instruction. Just like in Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krsna gave instruction in the shape of Bhagavad-gita. But at the end of Kali-yuga,
people will be so much degraded that there is no more possibility to give any
instruction. They will not be able to understand even. At that time the only
weapon will be to kill them. And one who is killed by the Lord, he also gets
salvation. That is God’s all-merciful quality. Either He protects or He kills,
the result is the same. So that will be the last stage of this Kali-yuga, and after that, again Satya-yuga,
the age of religiosity, will begin. These are the statements of Vedic
literature.
UPDATED: April 1, 2009