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KRISHNA LEELA 8TH DISCOURSE
HARE KRISHNA
BACKGROUND
Garga Muni’sArrival
Namakarana
- Name-giving -
Childhood Pastimes
VISION OF THE UNIVERSAL FORM
OVERVIEW
Nanda & Yashoda
Childhood Pastimes
Revisited
MOTHER YASHODA BINDS LORD KRISHNA
TheChase
Who are
Nanda and Yashoda ?
DRONA DHARA
Desire for Vatsalya
RatiEveryone’s Liberation
BEST OF VASUS
Increase Progeny
LORD BRAHMA
Vatsalya Rati – Parental Vatsalya Rati – Parental LoveLove
Nanda – JoyNanda – JoyYashoda – Yashoda –
Rich in FameRich in Fame
Krishna Krishna is is
bhaktavatsbhaktavatsalaala
The Lord is SvarAt – Completely Independent
BUTHe is also totally dependent on the
love of His Devotees
ParAsara Muni defines GodParAsara Muni defines God
Bhagavan, the Supreme Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is thus Personality of Godhead, is thus defined as one who is full in six defined as one who is full in six opulences — who has unlimited opulences — who has unlimited strength, fame, wealth, strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and knowledge, beauty, and renunciation.” renunciation.” [ Visnu Purana 6.5.47 ][ Visnu Purana 6.5.47 ]
Opulence
Strength
Fame
Beauty
KnowledgeRenunciation
aisvaryasya samagrasyaaisvaryasya samagrasyaviryasya yasasah sriyahviryasya yasasah sriyah jnana-vairagyayos caiva jnana-vairagyayos caiva sannam bhaga itinganasannam bhaga itingana (Visnu Purana 6.5.47)(Visnu Purana 6.5.47)
Yasha
Fame
ChildhoChildhood od
PastimePastimess
Krishna Krishna BalaramBalaram
a’s a’s ChildhooChildhoo
d d FeaturesFeaturesSaisavaSaisava
--KaumarKaumar
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Krishna’s Bodily Features & Krishna’s Bodily Features & MannerismsMannerisms
Flute under Arm
Bugle on right side in belt with cane
Rice paste and Yoghurt in left hand
Peelu, king of fruits in His fingers
ChildhoChildhoodPranodPran
ksks
UniversUniversal Formal Form
One day…One day…Yashoda’s maidservant was personally engaged
in household duties.
Yashoda decided to churn butter by herself
A Description
Milk
Bangles & Bracelets
Earrings & Breasts
Drops of Perspiration on face
Flower garland on head
Krishna came. Hunger – intensity of
love
Feeding is more important.
Yashoda feeds Krishna
The beauty of her son’s moonlike face – Krishnachandra
Milk began to boil over.
Yashoda puts Krishna down and ran to set the
milk pan.
Krishna became angry.Pressed his teeth and
lips.
Krishna enters …
Krishna’s AngerKrishna’s Anger
Stone & Broken Butter Pot
Crocodile Tears & Butter
Consumption
Yashoda. back and saw broken pot.
Churning yoghurt missing.
Krishna was not there.
Clever boy
Krishna on a big wooden grinding
mortar
Feeding to monkeys
Krishna looking this way and that.
Aware of Naughtiness
Yashoda silently approached him from
behind.
Krishna saw
Mother comingKrishna
began to flee
Yashoda chased
Him
Yashoda could
not catch Him
Symptoms of
Yashoda’s
tiredness
How to capture Krishna in our hearts ?
Krishna’s smears hands over eyes.
Eyes were restless from fear.
Tears flowing
Yashoda feared that Krishna would be too
afraid and so threw away the stick.
Krishna Gets Chastised
vaktram niniya bhaya-bhavanaya sthitasya
sa mam vimohayati bhir api yad bibheti
DamodaraDamodaraYashoda tries to bind
hands with rope.
Krishna’s achintya roopam – inconceivable
spiritual form (Bhagavad Gita 8.9)
Rope always fell 2 inches short.
Yashoda became tired. Krishna relented.
Benediction awarded to
Yashoda
Krishna can only be known by bhakti, pure
devotion.
Bhaktya mam abhijanati
Loka atmano bhakta-vashyatAm
– SB 10.11.9
Arjuna TreesArjuna Trees
Nalakuvara and Manigriva
- Narada Muni’s curse
Yashoda engaged in household
affairs.
Krishna was angry.
Gazed His eyes at the twin
Arjuna trees
rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam
karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram
muhuh svasa-kampa-trirekhanka-kantha-
sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham
Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand, He is
crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two
lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the
necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked
with three lines like a conchshell, is shaking because of His quick
breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri
Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but
with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble
obeisances.
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