SB 10.58.6,7: HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

SB 10.58.6,7: HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

tathaiva sātyakiḥ pārthaiḥ
pūjitaś cābhivanditaḥ
niṣasādāsane 'nye ca
pūjitāḥ paryupāsata

Sātyaki also accepted a seat of honor after receiving worship and welcome from the Pāṇḍavas, and the Lord's other companions, being duly honored, sat down in various places.
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Kunti was the sister of Vasudev and grew up in the kingdom of Kuntibhoja. One day Durvasa Muni, son of Atri Muni & Anusuya Devi and an expansion of Rudra, visited king Kuntibhoja and the king had Kunti serve him. Being pleased by her service, he gave her a blessing in the form of a mantra wherein she could invoke any demigod and beget a child from them.

Whoever we are, sometimes makes mistakes and sometimes those mistakes can bring reversals in our life. Eg.: Pandu killed the sage couple in the forest by mistake & got cursed. Later he made another mistake & had to give up his life.

Detachment means to understand that whatever we have is God's property - nothing is actually mine. BG 5.29 - Peace formula - bhoktaram… And if everything is God's property, everything should be used as per His will. Krsna loves everyone infinitely forever. But he reciprocates to us according to how we live.

You are envious of someone if he does the same thing as you but much better. Eg.: Duryodhana envying the Pandavas. Krsna tells in Gita that our happiness should not lie in the results of what we do, but the quality of consciousness in which we do it. It is our devotion that pleases Krsna - all success records eventually are broken.

Any gift's value is the love in which it is given. Eg.: Vidura's wife feeding banana peels to Krishna.

Usually whatever u r most attached to, becomes ur strength or weakness. If maya sees u r attached to something, she can act so that it becomes ur weakness. Eg.: Bhima - Vrikodara, was taken by Duryodhana & fee poisonous cakes.

Whatever happens to a devotee is ultimately for his good. Sometimes people get confused. Eg.: Bhima bitten by snakes after being thrown in Ganges, which neutralised the poison and he came out more powerful.

People respected Duryodhana out of fear whereas Yudhisthira was respected out of love. D wanted what Y had and so he envied him.

Duryodhana was the grandson of Vyasdev, the literary incarnation of Godhead and was brought up before Bhisma - the most righteous person. But because he repeatedly made wrong choices, he became the most duplicitous person.

Bhima killed the demon Bakasura at Ekacakra, where 4500 years later, Lord Nityananda appeared.

Here in this verse Krsna has come to meet the Pandavas. Kunti comes to meet him. Krsna knows everything what is going in the heart of his devotees. Kunti worshipped Krsna and Krsna worshipped Kunti.

SP explained a proverb from Bengal - a mother in law teaches her daughter in law by instructing her own daughter. Similarly Krsna teaches the whole world through his loving devotees - like Kunti, who went through so many tragedies but never gave up taking shelter of Krsna.

As long as we are dependent on material shelters, we're never going to take shelter of Krsna.

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