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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

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Killing of aghAsura All the dhEvathAs joyfully glorified krishNa killing aghAsura, Hearing about this, brahmA at once descended here, saw everything and became amazed. brahmA who is usually devoted towards bhagavAn had thamO guNam (quality of ignorance) rising at … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Benediction received by dhadhipANdan When krishNa was about five years old, along with the other cowherd boys, he would go to the forest and manage the cattle there. Since there were flush fields in vrindhAvan, they would joyfully go … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Moving to vrindhAvanam, Killing of more asuras In krishNAvathAra pastimes, many delightful experiences and amazing principles are shown. Among those, there is a wonderful pastime in which krishNa grants mOksham to a potter and his pot. We are unable … Read more