The
King of Kasi was a good friend of King Paundraka. His city Kasi, or
Varanasi was devoted to the worship of Lord Siva. When Krishna killed
the King of Kasi, the king's son took up the task of killing Krishna and
began worshiping Lord Siva to become empowered.
To worship Lord Siva in order to kill Krishna is not a very good plan. Lord Siva is the greatest devotee of Lord Krishna, the greatest Vaishanava with His own line of succession just as Lord Brahma also has his line of succession for devotional service. Lord Siva is very merciful to those of demonic mentality as well as ghosts and those suffering in the deepest darkest modes of ignorance.
To worship Lord Siva in order to kill Krishna is not a very good plan. Lord Siva is the greatest devotee of Lord Krishna, the greatest Vaishanava with His own line of succession just as Lord Brahma also has his line of succession for devotional service. Lord Siva is very merciful to those of demonic mentality as well as ghosts and those suffering in the deepest darkest modes of ignorance.
Sudaksina the son of the King of Kasi evoked a terrible demon that was
then dispatched to Dvarka. The demon was blocked by Sudarshan cakra and
was forced to return to Varanasi and Sudaksina. Since the demon had to
destroy something he destroyed the entire city of Varannasi and all the
inhabitants.
Destruction in the material world is inevitable. No one wants it, but it has to be there. The material world is functioning under three modes... creation, maintenance and destruction. They are waves of energy in the material nature and are conducted under the influence of time.
The description of Varanasi is very disturbing. It was beautiful place. No doubt by worshiping Lord Siva there was wonderful opulence as described below. But it was all vanquished by the misuse of powers granted by Lord Siva.The goal is not material opulence per se, the goal is surrender to Krishna. If there is material opulence it can be vanquished in seconds.
"This city of Varanasi had been very opulent and great for a very
long time. Even now, the city of Varanasi is very opulent and famous, and it is one of the important cities of India. There were then many big
palaces, assembly houses, marketplaces and gates, with very important large monuments by the palaces and gates. Lecturing platforms could be found at each and every crossing of the roads. There was a treasury house, and elephant heads, horse heads, chariots, granaries and places for distribution of foodstuff. The city of Varanasi had been filled with all these material opulences for a very long time, but because the king of Kasi and his son Sudaksina were against Lord Krishna, the Vishnu-cakra Sudarsana (the disc weapon of Lord Krishna) devastated the whole city by burning all these important places. This excursion was more ravaging than modern
bombing." KB 2.11
Destruction in the material world is inevitable. No one wants it, but it has to be there. The material world is functioning under three modes... creation, maintenance and destruction. They are waves of energy in the material nature and are conducted under the influence of time.
The description of Varanasi is very disturbing. It was beautiful place. No doubt by worshiping Lord Siva there was wonderful opulence as described below. But it was all vanquished by the misuse of powers granted by Lord Siva.The goal is not material opulence per se, the goal is surrender to Krishna. If there is material opulence it can be vanquished in seconds.
"This city of Varanasi had been very opulent and great for a very
long time. Even now, the city of Varanasi is very opulent and famous, and it is one of the important cities of India. There were then many big
palaces, assembly houses, marketplaces and gates, with very important large monuments by the palaces and gates. Lecturing platforms could be found at each and every crossing of the roads. There was a treasury house, and elephant heads, horse heads, chariots, granaries and places for distribution of foodstuff. The city of Varanasi had been filled with all these material opulences for a very long time, but because the king of Kasi and his son Sudaksina were against Lord Krishna, the Vishnu-cakra Sudarsana (the disc weapon of Lord Krishna) devastated the whole city by burning all these important places. This excursion was more ravaging than modern
bombing." KB 2.11
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