Summary in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Pastimes by Śrī Uddhava
Śrī Uddhava is talking to Vidura. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 3: The Status Quo, Chapter Two: Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa Text 16: When I think of Lord Kṛṣṇa — how He was born in the prison house of Vasudeva although He is unborn, how He went away from His father’s protection to Vraja and lived there incognito out of fear of the enemy, and how, although unlimitedly powerful, He fled from Mathurā in fear — all these bewildering incidents give me distress. Text 17: Lord Kṛṣṇa begged pardon from His parents for Their [Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s] inability to serve their feet, due to being away from home because of great fear of Kaṁsa. He said, “O mother, O father, please excuse Us for this inability.” All this behavior of the Lord gives me pain at heart. Text 18: Who, after smelling the dust of His lotus feet even once, could ever forget it? Simply by expanding the leaves of His eyebrows, Kṛṣṇa has given the deathblow to those who were burdening the earth. Text 19: You have personally seen how the K...
