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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 21 – rAsa krIdA

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 20 – gOvardhana leelA

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

krishNa leelAs and their essence – 19 – Benediction received by the rishipathnis

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