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

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PastimePastimess

Krishna Krishna BalaramBalaram

a’s a’s ChildhooChildhoo

d d FeaturesFeaturesSaisavaSaisava

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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

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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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