0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,021 Story 14 Gandhari, Duryodhana, Krsna 1 00:00:00,022 --> 00:00:04,544 PRABHUPĀDA: Everyone was determined, “I must kill.” 2 00:00:04,545 --> 00:00:12,722 Duryodhana was determined to kill Bhīma, and Bhīma was determined to kill. 3 00:00:12,723 --> 00:00:20,949 So when they did not listen to the instruction of Baladeva, 4 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:23,948 then Baladeva left the place. 5 00:00:23,949 --> 00:00:26,475 He went to Dvārakā, back. 6 00:00:26,476 --> 00:00:29,356 Of course, Kṛṣṇa was there, 7 00:00:29,357 --> 00:00:36,078 because Kṛṣṇa was to give hint to Bhīma how to kill Duryodhana. 8 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:42,939 So, Duryodhana, by the blessings of his mother, 9 00:00:42,940 --> 00:00:50,294 his whole body became iron-like solid. 10 00:00:50,295 --> 00:00:57,393 So by beating by the Bhīma, it was not easy. 11 00:00:57,394 --> 00:01:08,112 So the story is that Gāndhārī, the mother of Duryodhana, 12 00:01:08,113 --> 00:01:13,873 she was great chaste woman. 13 00:01:13,874 --> 00:01:17,542 Because her husband was blind, 14 00:01:17,543 --> 00:01:23,082 she used to remain as blind woman covering the eyes. 15 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,358 But she had some power. 16 00:01:25,359 --> 00:01:30,834 Chaste woman, anyone who sticks to the regulative principles, 17 00:01:30,835 --> 00:01:35,647 he gets a power, spiritual or material. 18 00:01:35,648 --> 00:01:37,647 Gets power. 19 00:01:37,648 --> 00:01:43,338 A brahmacārī gets power if he follows brahmacarya. 20 00:01:43,339 --> 00:01:48,198 Everyone, if we follow the prescribed rules and regulations, 21 00:01:48,199 --> 00:01:51,422 automatically you become powerful. 22 00:01:51,423 --> 00:01:56,838 So, Gāndhārī had some power. 23 00:01:56,839 --> 00:02:05,949 So [her] eldest son, Duryodhana, was advised to see the mother naked. 24 00:02:05,950 --> 00:02:07,120 She advised, 25 00:02:07,121 --> 00:02:08,343 “My dear son, 26 00:02:08,344 --> 00:02:12,886 tomorrow morning when you come to offer your obeisances to me, 27 00:02:12,887 --> 00:02:14,979 you come naked. 28 00:02:14,980 --> 00:02:21,857 I shall see you and you will be solidified just like iron.” 29 00:02:21,858 --> 00:02:27,927 So [he] was going naked and Kṛṣṇa saw. 30 00:02:27,928 --> 00:02:30,283 So He asked him, “Where you are going?” 31 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:35,271 “This is the… I am going to see my mother.” 32 00:02:35,272 --> 00:02:36,394 “How is that? 33 00:02:36,395 --> 00:02:37,636 You are going naked? 34 00:02:37,637 --> 00:02:42,639 At least you have some langota[?]. 35 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,558 This is not good.” 36 00:02:44,559 --> 00:02:53,382 So he took the instruction of Kṛṣṇa and covered the private part with a langota. 37 00:02:53,383 --> 00:03:04,030 And, when Gāndhārī saw; she saw that [he] was not fully naked, so she regretted, 38 00:03:04,031 --> 00:03:07,544 “O my dear son, I asked you to come before me naked. 39 00:03:07,545 --> 00:03:09,165 Why you have got this…?” 40 00:03:09,166 --> 00:03:10,956 “No, Kṛṣṇa advised.” 41 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:16,543 Then she began to smile, that “My attempt is failure.” 42 00:03:16,544 --> 00:03:23,893 So Kṛṣṇa knew it, that part which was covered, that was not turned iron. 43 00:03:23,894 --> 00:03:31,795 The other parts turned into iron on account of seeing by Gāndhārī. 44 00:03:31,796 --> 00:03:42,971 So in this fight Kṛṣṇa hinted Bhīma that “You strike here. 45 00:03:42,972 --> 00:03:47,275 That part is not ironized.” 46 00:03:47,276 --> 00:03:52,584 Although it is against the regulative principle 47 00:03:52,585 --> 00:03:58,373 to strike the opponent party below this waist, 48 00:03:58,374 --> 00:04:05,231 Kṛṣṇa advised that “Unless you transgress this law, you cannot kill him.” 49 00:04:05,232 --> 00:04:15,952 So he was stroken below the waist, and he was not killed, but his waist was broken. 50 00:04:15,953 --> 00:04:22,739 Therefore it is said vṛkodarāviddha-gadābhimarśa. 51 00:04:22,740 --> 00:04:32,276 Then he died. 52 00:04:32,277 --> 00:04:32,278 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com