A Story that'll Awaken your Love for Shree Krishna - Feel the Presence of God | Swami Mukundananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik Full Text 1 do you worship Thakur ji at home? yes swami ji, so you must be offering bhog? Yes, I do. How do you offer bhog ? swami ji, it is so simple, I take one thali, I put all the food in it and I put the plate on the altar and then I ring a bell, close my eyes, then open the eyes & then I take away the plate and start eating but tell me when you close the eyes and then you open the eyes, did you see how many rotis did God eat today ? which sabzi got minus from the plate, which dal did he select more today, did he eat the sweet or not ? did you see all this ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=14 2 no swami ji, why not ? God doesn't eat. If God doesn't eat, then why are you offering it ? if it is your decision that God is not going to eat then why are you offering ? you are very correct in saying that God does not need to eat, the Vedas define him that God neither feels thirst nor feels hunger nor does he become old nor does he become sick, this is the Vedic definition of God, however when it comes to the love of the devotee, the bhav of the devotee, then God does become hungry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=65 3 Go and see in Vrindavan, Sri Krishna is going himself to the houses of the gopis and stealing the butter, how hungry He has become, He is eating the half eaten berries of Shabari, that is His hunger, He went himself to the house of Vidhurani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=125 4 you may have heard of that episode from the Mahabharat, when the battle of Mahabharat was becoming imminent, Lord Krishna went to try and forge a treaty and he went to the assembly of the Kauravas and said, Duryodhan, the Pandavas are your brothers ? Duryodhan said absolutely, they have the right to live ? Absolutely & in order to live they need some land because they are kshatriya warriors. Duryodhan said absolutely. Lord Krishna said in that case let them have five small villages they will be contented and we will avert this war, Duryodhan said absolutely NOT, oh the amount of land on the tip of a needle, even that much I will not give without war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=150 5 So Sri Krishna realized it's futile to explain to him, as a last recourse he showed Duryodhan his Virat roop, His cosmic universal form, the one that he will subsequently show to Arjun on the battleground of Kurukshetra during the dialogue of Bhagwat Gita, He showed that same form to the evil Duryodhan but Duryodhan was still not impressed, some people say chamatkar ko namaskar but Duryodhan did not do any such namaskar, he said who is this joker and what is He doing ? tie Him up in a rope and throw Him in the cellar, Dhritrashtra had to intervene Dhritrashtra said look Duryodhan enough is enough, don't mess with Keshav or you'll have to pay for it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=207 6 when Duryodhan came to his senses he said "All right all right Sri Krishna forget all this discussion, let's have a meal I have got chappan bhog ready." 56 kinds of items. Lord Krishna answered very aptly, He said, a person eats for one of two reasons, either he eats because he is hungry or he eats because it is offered with love, in this case neither am I hungry nor do you have any love, besides I have an invitation from Vidhur's house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=281 7 Now Vidhur was sitting in the assembly when his name got announced, he was no longer minister, he had been taken out of that post, he was sitting at the back, he got up, that Krishna is going to come to my house and I have got no arrangements for Him, he ran to the market to see what he can get, in the meantime Krishna had already reached his house and he started banging on the door, Vidurani, Vidur's wife, was bathing when Krishna started banging Vidurani’s door she said "Who's there?" Kaki I'm very hungry, please open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=339 8 Vidurani realized that God has come to my door and God is hungry, oh this is my chance to serve Him, how did God become hungry ? because for many many years Vidurani used to meditate if Krishna comes to my house I will make Him sit here, no no no this is not good enough, I'll make him sit here no no no no no, I will feed Him this no I will feed Him that, she used to meditate in her mind and Krishna sitting in everybody's hearts knows everybody's thoughts, He knew all the devotion that Vidhurani had done so without being asked, He landed up now Vidhurani lost her senses, my Lord has come, she ran out she was an old old lady, she didn't even realize she's not wearing clothes, she opened the door Krishna came to know Kaki has lost her consciousness, He took His pitambar and put it on her he said "will you not call me inside?" Vidhurani said "Come come come come." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=386 9 Now she made Him sit and what to offer Him, she had a few options but she was not able to think because she was overwhelmed in loving devotion, the nearest were the bananas she took those and in her absorption she's dropping the fruit and the banana peel she's putting it in Krishna's mouth, Krishna is eating that banana peel enjoying, wow I have never tasted anything like this, You'll say You've never tasted anything like this like banana peels ? I heard your Golok Divine Abode has got so many tasty things ? no no no, I am tasting the love of the devotee, God was relishing the bhav (loving devotional sentiment) with which Vidhurani was offering those banana peels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=477 10 In the meantime Vidur ji came he had come from the market, what happened today Krishna offered so much respect in front of everybody, He announced my name that He is going to come to Vidur’s house, let us prepare and then he looked inside Vidurani was sitting with Krishna putting banana peels in His mouth, Vidur ji really lost his temper, God has come to our house and this is how you treat Him ? so he brought the halwa puri etc which he had purchased, Krishna please forgive me take this, she doesn't think properly, Krishna ate the halwa puri but he said Vidur ji, don't mind the sweetness in those banana peels is not in this halwa puri. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=540 11 God relishes the love of the giver not the gift of the lover so when you offer bhog to the Lord, make this sentiment that He is going to eat it, after offering when you open your eyes at least think for a moment, even today He did not come to eat Pratyaksh Sakshhat. He came for so many for Dhanna jaat and for Sadna kasai etc. that means means I don't have any devotion, thinking like that if we feel a little remorse, we will get a few numbers but we decide in the beginning itself that He cannot come, then where is that faith ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=600 12 see I'm only trying to prove that we need to go further ahead we must not be contented I am already a devotee that is the biggest enemy of devotion. In three things be fully contented, in your spouse, in your wealth and in the food you eat, whatever sookhi roti it's all fine. In three things never be contented, in your study of the scriptures, in your giving in charity and in the remembrance of the Lord. Always think I have done nothing as yet for God, I need to do so much more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvBUCcvWik&t=657Standby link (in case youtube link does not work)
A Story that'll Awaken your Love for Shree Krishna - Feel the Presence of God Swami Mukundananda.mp4