Biography of His Grace Kripanidhi prabhu. Born in Georgetown Guyana, His Grace Kripanidhi Prabhu was initiated by Srila Prabhupad in 1972, at the age of 21, in Portland, Oregon, USA. On the direct order of Srila Prabhupad, he traveled and distributed books as a brahmacari for the next 11 years. In November 1977, he was briefly sent to Vrindavan, where he was present during the final pastimes of Srila Prabhupad. He was privileged to dig the samadhi by hand for Srila Prabhupad on the night of November 14th with another brahmacari. He returned to India in 1983 and served as President of the New Delhi Temple for 6 years. During this time, he opened one of the first bhakti yoga clubs at IIT - the Indian Institute of Technology with a special focus on synthesis of science and religion. He also lectured and organized programs with ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Institute. He returned to Canada in 1989 where he continued distributing books and preaching as his main service for the next 30 years. Now he resides in Sridham Mayapur with his family, where he serves Sri Sri Panchatattva on Their altar, manages & distributes Srila Prabhupada’s books at the International Book booth, participates in Harinams, & preaches Krishna Consciousness & Science to students, professors, pilgrims & guests.
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ŚB 1.16.2 sa uttarasya tanayām upayema irāvatīm janamejayādīṁś caturas tasyām utpādayat sutān Synonyms saḥ — he; uttarasya — of King Uttara; tanayām — daughter; upayeme — married; irāvatīm — Irāvatī; janamejaya-ādīn — headed by Mahārāja Janamejaya; caturaḥ — four; tasyām — in her; utpādayat — begot; sutān — sons. Translation King Parīkṣit married the daughter of King Uttara and begot four sons, headed by Mahārāja Janamejaya. Purport Mahārāja Uttara was the son of Virāṭa and maternal uncle of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Irāvatī, being the daughter of Mahārāja Uttara, was the cousin-sister of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, but cousin-brothers and -sisters were allowed to get married if they did not belong to the same gotra, or family. In the Vedic system of marriage, the importance of the gotra, or family, was stressed. Arjuna also married Subhadrā, although she was his maternal cousin-sister. Janamejaya: One of the rājarṣi kings and the famous son of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. His mother’s name was Irāvatī, or according to some, Mādravatī. Mahārāja Janamejaya begot two sons of the names Jñātānīka and Śaṅkukarṇa. He celebrated several sacrifices in the Kurukṣetra pilgrimage site, and he had three younger brothers named Śrutasena, Ugrasena and Bhīmasena II. He invaded Takṣaśilā (Ajanta), and he decided to avenge the unlawful curse upon his great father, Mahārāja Parīkṣit. He performed a great sacrifice called Sarpa-yajña, to kill the race of serpents, including the takṣaka, which had bitten his father to death. On request from many influential demigods and sages, he had to change his decision to kill the race of snakes, but despite stopping the sacrifice, he satisfied everyone concerned in the sacrifice by rewarding them properly. In the ceremony, Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva also was present, and he personally narrated the history of the Battle of Kurukṣetra before the King. Later on by the order of Vyāsadeva, his disciple Vaiśampāyana narrated before the King the subject matter of Mahābhārata. He was much affected by his great father’s untimely death and was very anxious to see him again, and he expressed his desire before the great sage Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva also fulfilled his desire. His father was present before him, and he worshiped both his father and Vyāsadeva with great respect and pomp. Being fully satisfied, he most munificently gave charity to the brāhmaṇas present at the sacrifice.