Lectures and Commentaries on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7, made in Vrindavan (India)
In the Seventh Canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, there is a very interesting dialogue recited by Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī about the liberation of Śiśupāla who was killed by Kṛṣṇa during Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja’s Rājasūya-yajña. Śiśupāla was Kṛṣṇa’s cousin, but hated Kṛṣṇa since his very birth. At the first sight of Kṛṣṇa, he would start insulting Him, but Kṛṣṇa always remained tolerant, not showing any sign of disturbance. Kṛṣṇa had promised Śiśupāla’s mother, his maternal Aunt, “I will tolerate one hundred abuses from your son, but the day he crosses this limit, I will take action.”
Our body is a vehicle and life is journey, and you have to move on a path. You can move on a path of envy, jealousy, hatred, for that you need the fuel of envy, jealousy, and hatred. Gossiping is good for creating that fuel. But these highways have a lot of bumps and your life will be rickety-rackety with a lot of jerks – so many jerks that you may become yourself a jerk. If you want to move on a highway that is smooth with no bumps, that is the path of Bhakti.
