{"id":1570,"date":"2019-11-02T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T03:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverursupersoul.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2019-11-02T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T03:30:20","slug":"who-was-nanda-and-yashoda-in-their-previous-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/who-was-nanda-and-yashoda-in-their-previous-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Nanda and Yashoda in their previous lives?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lord Shiva standing in front of the house of mother Yashoda was pleading her to show him a glimpse of little Krishna. Without her permission, he, the greatest of the great demigods, could not directly go to see<\/strong> the beautiful form of Krishna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And little Lord\nKrishna too could not come out<\/strong> without his mother\u2019s permission to meet Lord\nShiva. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Lord Krishna and\nLord Shiva were helpless in front of Yashoda<\/strong>, the mother of Krishna, the\nsupreme Lord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scriptures tell that the yogis meditate for thousands of years to just have a glimpse of Lord\nKrishna<\/strong>.  And here Krishna was living\nwith Yashoda as her son. And Yashoda was trying her best to take care of\nKrishna whom she did not consider the Supreme Lord, but she treated Krishna as\nher little baby who needed her complete attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She used to feed him,\nbathe him, play with him and also protect him. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maharaj Parikshit who was absorbed in hearing the sweet\npastimes of Krishna from Sukhdeva Goswami was surprised to know the great\nfortune of Yashoda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He inquired from the sage, \u201cWhat past auspicious activities did she and Nanda Maharaja perform to achieve such perfection in ecstatic love?<\/strong> Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.46<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Although Krishna appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki\nyet they did not have the opportunity to be part of Krishna\u2019s most celebrated\nchildhood pastimes. Just by meditating on these magnanimous pastimes one can\nachieve complete perfection in their life.  Krishna played in the courtyard of Nanda\nMaharaj and he was extremely fond of his mother and father.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, scriptures tell\nthat Yashoda and Nanda Maharaj are more fortunate than Devaki and Vasudeva.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may wonder, \u201cWhat penance did they perform? What\nextraordinary devotion they did that they got such an exalted position? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there any\npossibility that we too can have the fortune to become the mother or father of\nKrishna in any life?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this material world in their previous life, Nanda Maharaj was Drona and Yashoda was Dhara. And to become parents of Krishna they prayed to Brahma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Brahma granted them permission, \u201cthe most fortune Dro\u1e47a, who was equal to Bhagavan, appeared in Vrajapura, V\u1e5bndavana, as the most famous Nanda Maharaja, and his wife, Dhara, appeared as mother Yashoda.\u201d Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.50<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if we delve more into the scriptures we would find that it is not that they became Krishna\u2019s parents after seeking permission from Brahma but they, in fact, are the eternal father and mother of Krishna.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yashoda and Nanda Maharaj eternally live with Krishna in the spiritual world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever Krishna descends in the material world his eternal associates too appear to assist him in his pastimes<\/strong>. For example, we see Srimati Radharani, an eternal consort of Lord Krishna appears in Vrindavan for the pleasure of Krishna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In SB 10.8.48 purport Srila Prabhupada explains that Yashoda and Nanda Maharaj are expansions of K\u1e5bishna\u2019s personal body; they are not ordinary living beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describing the fortune of Nanda Maharaj and mother Yashoda, Sukhdeva Goswami says, \u201cNeither Lord Brahma, nor Lord Shiva, nor even the goddess of fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yashoda. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.20<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If Brahma cannot get such mercy as Yashoda and Nanda then how can he give such a great benediction to Drona and Dhara to become parents of Krishna? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we can understand that they are already the parents of Krishna but to play the role of mother and father of Krishna in the material world they seek blessings of Brahma because Brahma has been given the role of a creator of this material world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the associates of the Lord and even the Lord many times\nrespect the universal laws which he himself has created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see here that Drona and Dhara did not have to undergo severe penance to become father and mother of Krishna. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two categories of devotees in the spiritual world \u2013 nitya siddhas and sadhana siddhas<\/strong>. Nitya Siddhas are the eternal associates of Krishna. They originate from the personal body of Krishna. They can never fall down from their exalted status. Just like Krishna, they are supremely pure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas the sadhana siddhas are ordinary living beings like\nus but after sincerely practicing devotional life they attain perfection and\nthey too get an opportunity to be with Krishna, to enjoy the pastimes with\nKrishna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nanda Maharaj and Mother Yashoda who eternally exist in the spiritual world, Goloka Vrindavan, expand to become Drona and Dhara in the material world to assist the Lord in the pastime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although to descend in this world Krishna does not need a\nmother and father but just to enjoy the pastimes here and to show to people\nlike us how his pastimes in the spiritual world are so sweet, he comes with his\neternal parents to this material world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Srila Prabhupada writes, \u201cBefore Krishna appearance, Dro\u1e47a and Dhara appear in order to become His father and mother. It is they who appear as Nanda Maharaja and his wife, Yashoda. In other words, it is not possible for a sadhana-siddha<\/em> living being to become the father or mother of Krishna, for Krishna\u2019s father and mother are already designated.\u201d Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.49 purport <\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Although we the living beings can\u2019t have the same position as that of the nitya siddhas but if we follow the process of Krishna consciousness then we too have an opportunity to develop similar affection for Krishna and also can reside with Krishna in the spiritual world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Sri Brhad \u2013 Bhagavatamrta it is mentioned, \u201cAccording to the time, place and mission to be performed, the residents of Goloka appear, sometimes in partial forms and sometimes in fullness. They do this as Krishna Himself does. When the Lord incarnates, the residents of Goloka, each attracted by his own rasa with the Lord, also desire to appear, by some pretext, in their own incarnations and then at the end their incarnations merge into them and become one with them again.\u201d Chapter Six: Abhista \u2013 labha (The Fulfilment of Desires) Text 205 \u2013 208. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So, Nanda and Yashoda come from the spiritual world to enjoy pastimes with Krishna. And after Krishna unwinds his pastimes in the material world Nanda Maharaj and mother Yashoda merge into their original sources in the spiritual world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanda Maharaj merges into the original Nanda Maharaj<\/span> which is eternally existing in the spiritual world. Similarly, Yashoda merges into the original Yashoda<\/span> which is eternally existing in the spiritual world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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