Granthams English

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << gurukula vAsam under sAndhIpani muni After completing the gurukula vAsam, krishNa lived in mathurA. After kamsa’s death, two of his wives who were daughters of jarAsandha went to their father and informed their great sorrow to him. He became … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Freeing dhEvaki and vasudhEva’s shackles vasudhEva spoke to his kulaguru (guide for the clan) and fixed a date for krishNa and balarAma’s upanayana samskAram. On the fixed date, both krishNa and balarAma had their upanayanam done. Then, it … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of kamsa After killing kamsa, krishNa went straight to his parents dhEvaki and vasudhEva. Both of them became very joyful on seeing krishNa. krishNa broke their shackles and eliminated their sorrow. krishNa and balarAma bowed at their parents. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of wrestlers After killing of the elephant kuvalayApeedam and the wrestlers who were considered by kamsa as his protection, kamsa who was seated on a throne on a high platform, started shivering. krishNa was determined to finish him. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of kuvalayApeedam After killing kuvalayApeedam, krishNa and balarAma entered the wresting arena. At that time, the wrestlers, the men and women were all amazed looking at both of them. All the noble people who were present there could … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << krishNa’s blessing and anger in mathurA In this manner, krishNa and balarAma, after decorating themselves, went directly to the place where the bow festival was happening. While the guards were stopping them, krishNa picked up the bow which was … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << akrUra’s yAthrA krishNa and balarAm reached mathurA in akrUra’s chariot. They sent off akrUra and joyfully roamed around in the streets of mathurA. From the mansions there, the women of the city enjoyed seeing krishNa and balarAma. Since they … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << kamsa’s fear and conspiracy akrUra who was sent by kamsa to bring krishNa and balarAma, started towards vrindhAvanam early in the morning at a quick pace. akrUra was very devoted towards krishNa. He was waiting for a long time … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << nappinnaip pirAtti (nILA dhEvi) kamsa sent many demons thinking that he can kill krishNa and escape. But all those demons were destroyed by krishNa, and kamsa was left with fear and dejection only. nAradha who is a great devotee … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of arishtAsura, kESi and vyOmAsura A very important and a nice aspect of krishNa leelAs is the relationship between krishNa and nappinnaip pirAtti. We can enjoy this through AzhwArs pAsurams nicely. First, we need to know the answer … Read more