Krishna is Insuperable

Krishna is insuperable. This means that He is incapable of being vanquished. He cannot be surpassed. He cannot be defeated. His supremacy was once challenged by the foolish king, Maharaja Paundraka, who declared himself to be the supreme and Krishna to be an imposter with the following challenge:

"Since I alone am the true Personality of Godhead, You should give up Your false claim to this position, as well as my divine symbols, and take shelter of me. If You do not, then prepare for battle."

Krishna met this fool in battle and immediately cut off his head with His sudarshan disc. A similar fate will be met by all those who challenge the authority of God. They will all be defeated by Krishna, who assumes for those who defy Him, the form of all-devouring death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

King Paundraka Faces Krishna in Battle and Is Defeated

King Paundraka Faces Krishna in Battle and Is Defeated

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Who is More Dear to Krishna: Householder or Sannyasi?

Who is more dear to Sri Krishna: one who is a family man, working and chanting in his mind Hare Krishna mahamantra all day or one who is a sannyasi chanting Hare Krishna? Or are they equally dear to Him?

Arnab

Answer: Whoever Is More Krishna Conscious

Because it is not possible for the neophyte devotee to chant Hare Krishna within his mind all day while working his job, he is instructed to chant at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mahamantra on japa mala beads before he goes to work. If he strictly follows this principle and does not engage in material sense gratification, especially illicit sex (sex other than for procreation), meat eating, intoxication, and gambling and offers his income in the service of the Lord, he can be just as dear to Krishna as any sannyasi (renounced monk). So it is not the clothes that makes the man. It how much he has given up sense gratification and absorbed himself in Krishna's service that counts.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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