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SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Burning down khANdava vana, Building indhraprastha Let us see how krishNa marries five more women. All these eight women in total, are his eight primary consorts in krishNAvathAram. Once when krishNa and arjuna went to the forest for hunting, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << pradhyumna’s birth and history After hearing that pANdavas had returned after their exile in forest and living incognito for one year, krishNa along with sAthyaki and other yAdhavas, went to see them at indhraprastha. krishNa became overjoyed on … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << syamanthaka maNi leelA, jAmbavathi and sathyabAmA kalyANam pradhyumna was born as the son of krishNa and rukmiNi. In his previous life, he was manmatha (cupid). He is glorified as a partial incarnation of bhagavAn. manmatha was burnt down by … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << rukmiNi kalyANam There was a king named sathrAjith who was very devoted to sUrya. Appreciating his devotion, sUrya gave him syamanthaka maNi (jewel). This jewel is very radiant and will bestow great wealth. sathrAjith placed it in a chain … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE satakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:  SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Building dhvArakA, Blessing muchukundha After krishNa annihilated kAlayavana’s army, jarAsandha came waging a war with a huge army. krishNa did not consider to kill them at that time. Hence he along with balarAma escaped to dhvArakA. Since jarAsandha could … Read more

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