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Srimad Maha Bhagavatam: 7.1. - Swami Krishnananda.

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  ============================================================================== Thursday 25 Apr 2024 05:30.  Discourse 7: Sri Krishna's Kurukshetra Lila -1. =============================================================================== The life of Bhagavan Sri Krishna, as mentioned, is divided into three stages, known as Vrindavana Lila, Dvarka Lila, and Kurukshetra Lila. The last phase is the great epic of his association with the Pandavas and Kauravas. Although very soon after the Kamsa episode Sri Krishna sent Akrura to Dhritarashtra in order to ascertain the condition of the Pandavas who were in great trouble, and Akrura did not receive any reasonable response from Dhritarashtra, he had not yet seen the Pandavas personally. Sri Krishna met the Pandavas for the first time during the svayamvara ceremony of Draupadi at the court of King Drupada. He was an uninvited guest, and silently witnessed the ceremony. After they had won Draupadi, the Pandavas returned to their abode disgu