krishNa leelAs and their essence – 31 – Freeing dhEvaki and vasudhEva’s shackles

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 30 – Killing of kamsa

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 29 – Killing of wrestlers

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 28 – Killing of kuvalayApeedam

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 27 – krishNa’s blessing and anger in mathurA

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 26 – akrUra’s yAthrA

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 25 – kamsa’s fear and conspiracy

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 24 – nappinnaip pirAtti (nILA dhEvi)

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 23 – Killing of arishtAsura, kESi and vyOmAsura

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Dancing with pots In this manner, while krishNa was living in vrindhAvanam, a few more asuras who were sent by kamsa came one by one, to kill krishNa. krishNa easily killed them all. Let us now enjoy these … Read more

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 22 – Dancing with pots

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << rAsa krIdA Another wonderful pastime of krishNa is kudakkUththu. kudakkUththu means holding pots, having a drum tied to the waist, playing that drum and dancing. Usually, this is done in a four-way junction where everyone can see it … Read more