TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI
Chapter Six:

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.23
yatha hrishikesa khalena devaki
kamsena ruddhaticiram sucarpita
vimocitaham ca sahatmaja vibho
tvayaiva nathena muhur vipad-ganat

TRANSLATION

O Hrishikesa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devaki, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kamsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.

JOURNAL:

Here are a few quotes from Srila Prabhupada found in this chapter:

Sometimes He puts His pure devotees in such dangers because in that condition of helplessness the devotee becomes more attached to the Lord. The more the attachment is there for the Lord, the more success is there for the devotee.

But above all others, the supreme controller is Krishna, who is known as Hrishikesa. The word hrishika means "senses." We are enjoying our senses, but ultimately the controller of the senses is Krishna. Consider my hand, for example. I claim, "This is my hand. I can fight you with a good fist." I am very much proud. But I am not the controller; the controller is Krishna, because if He withdraws my hand's power to act, the hand will be paralyzed. Although I claim, "It is my hand, and I shall use it," when it is paralyzed I cannot do anything. Therefore, I should understand that although I possess this hand by the grace of Krishna, I am not its controller. This is Krishna consciousness.

Our natural position is to provide enjoyment for Krishna. In the spiritual world, for example, Krishna enjoys, and the gopis, the transcendental cowherd girls, supply the ingredients for Krishna's enjoyment. This is bhakti.

Bhakti is a relationship between master and servant. The servant's duty is to serve the master, and the master supplies whatever the servant needs.

Krishna consciousness is very sublime. We should try to understand it from Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita and try to engage our senses for the service of the master of the senses (hrishikena hrishikesa-sevanam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]). Then we shall actually be happy.

Hari Bol Prabhus!