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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

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << gOvardhana leelA Among the krishNa leelAs, another important leelA is his rAsa krIdA with the gOpikAs. rAsa krIdA means holding hands and blissfully dancing in the night in the moonlight. One night, krishNa remained in the forest and started … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Benediction received by the rishipathnis When krishNa was seven years old, he performed a super-human act which was amazing. Let us enjoy it now. One day, in vrindhAvanam, the elders of the cowherd clan were gathered and discussing about … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Stealing the clothes One day krishNa, balarAma and their friends, the cowherd boys where seated in vrindhAvanam in the forest. The cowherd boys started feeling hungry. They saw krishNa and balarAma and prayed to them to arrange food … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Playing flute Among krishNa’s leelAs, stealing the clothes of the gOpikAs is an important one. Let us see this leelA along with its essence. krishNa had great love towards the cowherd girls. They too had great love towards him. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Tending cows and calves One of the most famous leelAs of krishNa is playing flute. krishNa would always have the flute in his hand or his waist, to make one think about flute everytime one thinks about krishNa. In … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of pralambAsura In his young age, one of the favourite acts of krishNa was to tend cows. nammAzhwAr in his thiruvAimozhi says “thivaththilum pasu nirai mEyppuvaththi” (More than being in paramapadham, tending cows is pleasing to krishNa), thirumangai … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << kALinga nardhanam krishNa and balarAma along with their friends, were joyfully playing in vrindhAvanam, One day, a demon named pralamba entered their gathering in the form of a cowherd boy. He was thinking to kill krishNa somehow. Seeing … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of dhEnukAsura On the banks of the yamunA river, in a pond, there lived a snake named kALiya/kAlinga along with its family. It was having an evil mind. By constantly spitting poison, it was stopping everyone from approaching … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Eliminating brahmA’s pride krishNa and balarAma, along with their friends would joyfully play in the forest. Once, when they were playing like that, the cowherd boys, who are their friends, told that there is a place named thAla vanam … Read more