Category:Waiting for Krsna
Theme Analysis
The transcendental landscape of devotion features unique spiritual dynamics where the practitioner's internal attitude shifts from active endeavor to patient reliance on the supreme will. Across the provided instructions, Śrīla Prabhupāda reveals that the mood of waiting for the Lord is not an expression of passive stagnation or structural laziness, but rather an indicator of deep, unalloyed affection. Sincere bhaktas, ranging from the intimate cowherd boyfriends of Vraja to the noble kings of Hastināpura, routinely demonstrate this eager anticipation, proving that their entire existence is centered on the arrival and satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. Ultimately, a busy servant who constantly executes his regular duties while awaiting divine commands attracts the personal reciprocation and protective glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Transcendental Eagerness in Separation: The eternal residents of Mathurā, Dvārakā, and Vraja constantly experience an intense, loving anxiety while waiting for the arrival of the Lord, which serves to deeply enrich their spiritual consciousness.
- Active Execution Versus Idle Expectations: A true Vaiṣṇava never sits idly waiting for cheap miracles or special favor; instead, he remains completely occupied with his prescribed duties while continuously awaiting divine orders.
- Historical Examples of Steadfast Patience: Great historical figures like Bhīṣmadeva on his bed of arrows and the celestial demigods waiting during the advent of the Lord demonstrate how advanced souls possess the power to patiently endure all conditions for a glimpse of Godhead.
- The Qualification of Spiritual Timing: Spiritual power, family planning, and grand preaching campaigns cannot be manufactured prematurely by human effort, requiring practitioners to patiently await the opportune moment sanctioned by the Lord.
- The Rectification of Conditional Karma: Certain souls who do not fully grasp the science of devotion or who fail to find absolute shelter under the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa must patiently wait for subsequent lifetimes to achieve perfect purification.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Patiently Waiting for Kṛṣṇa to Bestow His Mercy.
Pages in category "Waiting for Krsna"
The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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- All of these sakha friends of Krsna sought only to serve Him. Sometimes some of them would rise early in the morning and immediately go to Krsna's place and wait at the door to see Krsna and to accompany Him to the pasturing grounds
- All the kings were joyful at the news (of Krsna's forthcoming visit to Hastinapur) and began to wait very anxiously for the Lord's arrival
- Although Srila Raghunatha dasa was very anxious to join Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord advised him to wait for the mercy of Lord Krsna
- Although the fighting between Krsna and Jambavan went on for twenty-eight days, the inhabitants of Dvaraka waited outside the tunnel for twelve days, and after that they decided that something undesirable must have happened
- As soon as Krsna and Balarama heard that Nanda Maharaja was waiting for Them and could not take his food in Their absence, They started to return
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- Having attained this wonderful body, he (Aghasura) stretched his mouth open just like a mountain cave. Desiring to swallow all the boys at once, including Krsna and Balarama, he sat on the path
- He (Kamsa) patiently waited for the delivery of the child, expecting to kill Him (Krsna), as he had done previously with the other babies of Devaki
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- I am sorry to learn that Visvanatha and Kunti Devi did not take this very seriously. What can be done? They will have to wait to the next life, or if Krishna's Mercy is there, they will come back surely
- I have become very big Vaisnava. Let me sleep under the name of chanting Hare Krsna. That is not Vaisnava. Vaisnava must be very busy, always awaiting the order of Krsna
- I have noted your scheme for a greater Sankirtana party in Germany. Your ambition will certainly be fulfilled, but wait till Krishna gives you the adequate chance. You require more men and wait till that time
- In special cases, of course, there is special favor from Krsna, and although we should always expect that, we should not sit idly and simply wait for Krsna's special mercy; the regular duties must be performed
- In the meantime, the other inhabitants of Vrndavana, headed by Nanda and Upananda, had already reached Mathura by going through the forest, and they were awaiting the arrival of Krsna and Balarama in a garden
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- The demon (Aghasura) did not swallow them (the cowherd boys), for he was thinking of his own relatives who had been killed by Krsna and was just waiting for Krsna to enter his mouth - SB 10.12.26
- The doorkeeper said, My dear Indra, please desist from reading your prayers. This is creating a disturbance. Please wait silently. My dear Varuna, please go away. & my dear demigods, do not waste your time uselessly. Krsna is very busy; He cannot see You
- The Lord (Krsna) has already performed His duties to help the demigods, and He is awaiting the rest. You Pandavas may wait as long as the Lord is here on earth
- They (devotees) simply want to serve Krsna, they are waiting for the order of Krsna, and that is their satisfaction
- They (the inhabitants of Mathura) had been awaiting the arrival of Krsna and Balarama with great anxiety, and in their extreme eagerness to see Krsna and Balarama, the ladies did not dress themselves very properly
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- We cannot find out or understand Krsna by our own endeavor. We have to qualify ourselves through Krsna consciousness and wait for Him to reveal Himself
- When He was supposed to be in the womb of His mother, Devaki, all the demigods from heaven came to see the marvel of Krsna. They even waited to see Him. BG 1972 purports
- When Krsna brought the girls back home to His capital city, it is not that each of the sixteen thousand wives had to wait sixteen thousand nights to meet Krsna
- When Mother Yasoda was very anxiously waiting for Krsna to return from Mathura, Maharaj Nanda gave her this solace
- While Krsna was within the mouth of Aghasura, the demon's spirit soul came out like a dazzling light, illuminating all directions, and waited in the sky