Bhagawatham-10.03-Vrindavana Leela-1

JAI SREE RADHE KRISHNA

"Barhapeetam Natavaravapu: Karnayo: Karnikaram,
Bibrath Vasa: kanaka kapeesam Vaijayantheem cha Malam,
Ranthran venoradhara sudhaya poorayan gopavrindair,
vrindaranyam swapada ramanam pravishat geetha kirthi: "

The Gopajanas thought that there are many bad happenings in the Gokul and they have to shift to some other place, so according to the suggestions of Upananda they moved to the west of Gokul, a place called Vrindavan--surely this must have been due to Krishna's prerana. But what a place this has been !!!!! and what a place the Lord chose to do His Madhur Leelas !!!! This place-Vrindavanam,- even today is the Garbha Griha of all the Bhakthi in this Kali Yuga. A heavenly place where the people dance on the narrow streets in the hope of meeting the Lord Krishna Himself.........Vrindavanam--Yathra Bhakthir Nrutyathi Nityada............................................

Bhagawan continued His Dushta Nigraha by eliminating Valsasura , Bakasura and Aghasura and at the same time playing with the Gopa balas as Himself a Gopa. The Vana Bhojanam Leela with His friends is the most watched one by the Devas and Demigods from the above and Brahmaji of all others had wondered how this gopala could be the Paramatma and wanted to test Him---nay..actually Brahma wanted to take part in Krishna's Leelas. So Brahma took all the Gopaganas and the cow herds to His Brahma lokam. Balakrishna came to know the trick by Brahmaji and alas........created the same Gopaganas and the cow-herds by His Divya Shakthi--no, He became the many cows and Gopas by Himself--"Aneka roopa roopaya,Vishnave Prabhu Vishnave". And when Brahmaji came back to Vrindavan, He could see each and every Gopa and cow as the Neelamegha Shyamala Krishna and isn't it what Brahmaji longed to see. Brahmaji returned the original cows and the gopas to Krishna and made the Shtuthi of the Paramatma , more than convinced that Krishna Himself is the Param Satyam and Param Atma.And Brahmaji had this to say about,not Krishna,but the Gopaganas...........
"Aho Bhagyamaho Bhagyam, Nandagopa Vrajaukasam,
Yanmitram Paramanandam, Poornam Brahma Sanadanam"-
(10/14/32)
Krishna reached five and half years of age-the Pauganta age- He along with Balarama started Gocharan that is to take the cowherds to the forest for the grass feeding ,and killed the Dhenukasura. Once Garuda was fishing in the Kalindhi river when Saubhari Maharshi saw and cursed Garuda that if he fished again in Kalindhi ,he will die because Mararshi was brazing the fishes with love there. And when Bali,who was feeding Garuda with snakes was eaten by Kaliya the poisonous snake,Garuda was after Kaliya and to avoid him Kaliya settled at Kalindhi river.And this was in the Yamuna river which was dear to Sree Krishna in Vrindavan. Due to the poison of Kaliya the Yamuna got contaminated and the cows and other animals who drank Yamuna water became sick due to poison. Krishna could not remain a silent spectator when his dear ones were getting affected by Kaliya,He jumped into the river and straight away went on the heads of Kaliya and started dancing. This is the famous Kaliya Mardanam of the Lord all the Devatas witnesswed the scene from the top. Kaliya was in pains and the his wife -the Naga Patni- started praying the Lord asking Him to pardon her husband. In her sthuthi she prays that the Nagas need nothing but the Krishna bhakthi and His Padaraja: --"..........Vanchanthi yat Padaraja: Prapanna:" The Kripalu Krishna pardoned Kaliya and asked him to go to Ramanaka island in the sea where Garuda will not disturb the Nagas. The complete surrender to the God can save us from all the sins we perpetuate in our lives, because He is the Karuna Moorthy--Anyatha Sharanam Nasti !

Bhagawatham-10.02...Bala leela

"Vatsan Munchan kwachitasamaye krosasamjathahasa:,
stheyam swaddachyatha dadhi paya: kalpithai: stheyayogai:."

Putana- Bala gathagi- only pretended to feed Balakrishna with her breasts,but actually wanted to kill the child as per the wishes of Kamsa ,yet Lord Krishna thought that Putana had served Him as a mother and hence should bless her.After giving Moksha to Putana,which was the first of His Leelas, Krishna wanted that He should not be recognised by the Vrujabalas as the Bhagawan and alas.....the people of Gokul did not. And at the infant stage Balakrishna bundles out Chakatasura and Trinavarta to declare that His Leela is well and truly on. Gargacharya thought that naming Krishna is not so difficult as He has thousands of names as in the Vishnu Sahasranamam and -"...Bahuni santhi namani roopani cha sutasya the....." -named Him as "Krishna". Krishna's balaleelas are the divine stories the Bhakthas will sing and chant all the times and His most favourite leela of the steeling of His Preethi Bhoj the Vennai-butter-
has earned Him the name Navaneeta choran. Scholers give many Tatwarthas to this Leela and the story in itself very sweet to hear. Let us discuss one such tatwartha told by Mahatmas,but rarely heard by us.

This butter we churn out of the Dahi is the Punyas we accumulate from the churning out of our Dahi that is our life. And as we know that we have to offer the result of our good or bad deeds to the God---Kayena vacha Manasa indriyair wa, budyatmana wa prakrute swabhavat,Karomi yadyat sakalam parasmaiNarayanayeti samarpayami----we only chant---- and hence this butter is to be offered to the God which we are storing in the Bhandas. Krishna wants us to offer this to Him and if we dont, He is there to take it away in the process braking the Bhandas-the pots. This is more illustrated by Sree Krishna Himself when He goes begging to Karna--a dhana prabhu himself--at the time of his death and asking for Dhanam from him - in the disguise of a Brahmin as only Brahmins are allowed to take Dhanams. Karna was in a Dharma Sankata,he might have given his Jeeva -life-as a dhanam if it was not about to go away from him. And Krishna Bhagawan asks him to give away the accumulated punyas by his Dhana Dharmas to Him at the time of his death, as these punyas if offered to the God , will fetch him the Moksha.Karna was happy to know there is some thing left to give as dhanam and knew it was Bhagawan and donated all his punyas in turn getting the Divya Darshan of Lord Krishna at the dying moments for which Maharshis and Munis do Tapas for many janmas.
"Ekata gruhadaseeshu yashoda nandagehini,
karmantharaniyukthasu nirmamantha swayam dadhi"
Oneday singing the glories of Balakrishna ,Yashoda was churning the Dahi herself,when Krishna came for the milk. Yashoda was feeding the young Krishna when the milk was overflowing on the stove,she rushed back to the kitchen after leaving Krishna on the floor,which made the Lord very angry. He thought Yashoda is not interested in the God and was looking for the worldly things such as milk,He broke the Dahi Bhanda and spilled the Dahi all over the places. Yashoda on return got angry with the Lad and tried to tie Him down on the Ulukhal, all the times finding herself short of two inches of the rope, until Krishna submitted to her love and got Himself tied by the rope to the Ulukhal. On the way Krishna liberated the sons of Kubera,Nalakubara and Manigreeva,from their Narada - Shapam. And Krishna earned the name of Damodara by the rope marks on his waist by this Bandanam.........The Lord who is above all the Bandanams -bondages-of the Universe is however boundable by the Pure Love of His Bhakthas....

Bhagawatha Parayanam-2007

Bhagawatha Parayanam during the Mahalaya Paksham can give eternal peace for the departed parents and they in turn give their blessings to the children who conduct such parayanams at home. Lord Sree Krishna's blessings are there for the Pravakthas as well as the shrothas of Bhagawatham.

Bhagawatham-10.01--Krishna Jananam

"Twam Adbudam Balakam Ambujekshanam"
"Balam mukundam manasa smarami"

In the IX skandam Sukadeva explained the Surya vamsham and the Chandra vamsham in details,describing the Krishna Charitram in just two slokas. Parikshit maharaja wanted to listen to Krishna Charitram in details. In fact Sukadeva Bhagawan was waiting to see whether Parikshit was interested in the Krishna Katha,because only those who're interested in the Hari Katha are eligible to hear it. There are some vital differences in the Ramayana and and the Bhagawatham. In Ramayana the Bhagawatha Dharmams are kept in the heart and the Samanya Dharmams such as Satyam,Pitru vakya paripalanam etc,are shown outside,where as in the Bhagawatha Puranam , it's Bhagawatha Dharamams at the heart and at the outside. So Ramas life is Charitram, any one can emulate, where as Krishna's life is full of Leelas which are not to be emulated,they are Bhagawat Leelas only to be remembered and to be chanted.
It's Bhagawan Sree Krishna's leela that He takes birth as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva,as Bhagawan with four hands,and with Shanka,Chakra,Gadha and Padma in each hand and on their request He becomes a Prakruta Sisu and asks parents to take him to Gokulam....Tharhi mam Gokulam yaya.....On that Ashtami Thithi at the midnight hour the Paramatma appeared as the Demigods and the Devas made the Garbha sthuthi...........
"Satyavratham Satyaparam Trisatyam,
Satyasya yonim Nihitham cha satye,
Satyasya Satyamrutha Satya Netram,
Satyatmakam Twaam Sharanam Prapannah."
That Param Satya swaroopi Bhagawan Sree Krishna took the Manushya Avatara on this earth. All the Devatas made the Pushpa vrishti and Vasudeva took the new born child to Gokul as the Krishna Leela made all the gate keepers and others into deep sleep, another indication as to what is in store for the people in the Vraja bhoomi.
"Jai Jai Sree Balakrishna."

Bhagawatham-9.02--RAMA AVATARAM

ApadhamApahartharam,Dhataram sarva sampadam,

Lokabhiramam Sree Ramam , Bhooyo bhooyo namamyaham.
Aarthanam Arthi hantharam,Bheethanam
Bheethi nasanam.
Dwishatham Kaladandam Twam,Sree Ramachandram Namamyaham.

Guruvarthe..tyaktha rajyo vyacharadanu Vanam,Padma padbhyam priyaya,
Panisparsha shamabhyam mrijitha padarujo,yo Harindranujabhyam,
Vairoopyam Shoorpanakhya priya viraha rusha,Aaropitha bhroo vijrumba,
Thrasthebdir banda sethu khalada vadahana,Kosalendro avathanna.

King Dasaradha thought that Ram is grown big to take over the reigns of power from him and consulted the crown people and the Raja guru regarding it , all of them agreed for the crowning of Rama. Then the King asked the public,the common people, about Ram, all of them unanimously agreed that Ram should be the next king. So Ram could have become the king by the tradition or by the democratic way,will of the majority people,but He opted to go to the forest with Seetha and Lakshmana because He thought one should become the leader ,not because some people wanted it or some majority wanted it,but for the up-keep of the Dharmam. And here Ram should prove that Satyam is of paramount interest to him than the power. That's Guru to Him (in His Heart) and hence "Guruvarthe Tyaktha Rajyo..........................." And that we should understant is the essence of RAMA RAJYAM.
Sukadeva Bhagawan is worried who will do the pada seva for the Lord ,who had so tender feet that the soft touch of Seethadevi's hands made them red,now that He's in search of Seethadevi in the thick forests without any foot wears......................When Hanuman was with the Lord he always did the Pada seva and Seethadevi did it on other times. .......If only we can get that chance.......

Whole of Ramayana is described in just two chapters by Sukadeva Bhagawan,as he felt that this matchless Epic of India is written in many languages by many Mahatmas and no one can claim that he has told the whole of Sree Ram's virtues,such is the ocean of Ramagunas that even if one is taking bath at a small corner of it,he can get a good measure of Ram's virtues. In one sloga the whole of Ramayanam can be told or in 25,000 slogas as in Valmiki Ramayanam.
Aadho Rama thapo vananu gamanam, Hathwa mrugam kanchanam,
Vaidehi haranam, jatayu maranam, Sugreeva sambhashanam,
Bali nigrahanam, samudhra tharanam, Lanka pureem dahanam,
Paschad Ravana Kumbha karna madanam, Ethat ithi Ramayanam

Sukadeva Bhagawan describes that after the return of Rama from Lanka the Crowning ceremony was attended by all the Devatas and the whole of Ayodhya, it's a wonderful day for the people of Ayodhya,who were waiting for this day for the last 14 long years.Then it was Rama rajya for many hundred years,all the people were happy and there was no death,only if some one wanted to leave the earth,the death occured. Rama performed the Aswamedha Yagna and after the yagna He gave away all His belongings as Dhana to the priests,brahmins and Vipras. Even after all the wordly materials were given away,there came a brahmin for the dhanam. Rama wondered what He can give to the brahmin,He looked at Seethadevi. The eyes talked each other and Seethadevi started to remove Her mangala sutra to be given to the brahmin as dhanam,"............ ..........thadha rajyapi vaidehi saumangalyavasheshitha". Then the brahmin said that he just wanted to test the Highness and that he and all the other people of Ayodhya are so very well looked after by His Highness and they didn't need anything from Him except His love and all the brahmins returned the things back to Ram. That one should give away their belongings as Dhanam is another Dharmam , Sree Ram taught to His Prajas,apart from all other virtues He had.

In the Uttara Kandam , Sree Ram's Vaikuntarohanam is as eventful as His Avataram in Ayodhya as the son of Dasharadha. He asks all the people in Ayodhya including all the creatures and plants to accompany Him to the Vaikuntam and who will miss that opportunity to get the Moksham directly from the Lord Himself. But Hanumanji did not want to go to Vaikuntam with Ramji. For him where ever the Rama Nama Sankeerthanam is there, his Ramji is present very much. He is Bhaktha to the God, for Bhakthas, attainment of the God is Moksham and chanting His names is Bhakthi and Hanuman always want to remain a Bhaktha. Let Ramji bless us also with His Bhakthi all the times ....

Bhagawatham-9.01..Ambarisha charitham

Melkote krishnan

Ambarisha was a pious king who inherited all the good virtues of his father Nabhaga. He always worshiped Vishnu Bhagawan, with his wife's help, he cleaned the temple premises himself ,made garlands of good flowers to the diety every day from his palace gardens. He performed Ekadasi vrata regularly fasting from the dasami day to the dwadasi day paranai,all the times.

Once Ambarisha performed a special Ekadasi vruta for one year and on the concluding day, in the month of Karthik. Ambarisha fasted for three days preceeding the Ekadasi and spent the days and nights in prayers and worships. On the fourth day,dwadasi day he took bath in the Yamuna and did the worship and prayers and then waited for some guests to come for the feast and had food with them after receiving their ashirvadams. He always wanted pious brahmins or rishis for those days. And on this day his purva janma punyam that Bhagawan Durvassa came unexpectedly to his doors. Ambarisha was happy and asked Durvassa to accept his request for the Dwadasi feast. The rishi agreed and went to Yamuna for his prayers before the food. For long hours Durvassa did not turn up,Ambarisha was in a Darma Sankata because the time for the paranai was coming to the end and if he did not take paranai at this muhurtha, his vritham will have no effects,and if he takes the paranai he'll be doing a mistake of eating before his invited guest . Then the Purohitas suggested that the paranai can be taken by drinking the Theertha water by which he will not be insulting the guest. On this advise Ambarisha took the theertha paranai before the Muhurtham expired and thus completed the vritham and was waiting for the guest to arrive for the food to be served to him.

Durvassa by his deerga thrushti came to know about it and came to Ambarisha with red hot eyes. He said that Ambarisha had insulted him and he deserves punishment for that. He took out one hair from his long Jada and made a Rakshasa and sent him to kill Ambarisha. Ambarisha thought that if he had done anything wrong he should get the punishment and remained silent. But the Sudarshan Chakra ,which was given to him by Lord Vishnu, could not see his devotee getting hurt, so the chakra came instantly and killed the Rakshasa and started to attack Durvassa . The Rishi knew that if Pilli Sunyam was directed against wrong purposes, it will bounce back on the same person,he started to run away fron the Sudarshan Chakram. He went through the earth and the skies and then went to Brahma and Shiva,both of them advised him to go to Vishnu. Then he went to Vaikunta singing the Bhajans on Vishnu. "Atchyutha Anantha Sadeepsitha Prabho.............". Bhagawan Hari knew why Durvassa was there and He said that He can't save him from the Sudarshana Chakra , only Ambarisha can save him,because........... Aham Bhaktha Paradeeno........ Vashee kurvanthi Mam Bhakthya................So Durvassa Maharshi went to Ambarisha's saranagathi.Ambarisha performed a Sudarshana Pooja and requested the Chakra to save the Rishi. After this Ambarisha concluded his Ekadasi vritham with giving a feast to Durvassa Maharishi. This episode has left Durvassa to do nothing other than praising Ambarisha whereever he went. So Hari's bhakthas and anyone doing bhakthi to Hari will never have to worry about anything in this world.

Bhagawatham-8.3--Vamana Avataram

Waman Darshan
Vamana Bhagawan at the temple at Tirukoiloor,Tamil Nadu is said to be the tallest Murthy of Vishnu Bhagawan, 15 feet ..Ulagam azhandaan....................

It's the "HANTHA BHAGYAM JANANAM" that Mankind has a number of Archa Vigrahas of Gods whom we can worship as and when we can,but whether all of us are visiting those Holy places, is a matter of self conviction. Vaman Bhagawan has one temple at the holy town of Tirukoiloor,in Tamil Nadu,India. Vamana Bhagawan is perhaps,the greatest admirer of the human value,which is clear from his accepting the head of King Mahabali for the third Padam,when He measured the whole earth and the skies by his two padams. Perhaps He thought that His bhaktha's head is more valuable than these,earth,sky and whole of Universe!!!!!
Mahabali,the demon,escaped the total destruction of the Asuras by Devas after the Palazhimadanam,because of the Mrithasanjivani of Guru Sukracharya and further increased his strength by the Viswajit Yagna. He terrorized the Devas and ruled the three worlds. The Devamata Adithidevi performed the PAYAVRUTHAM and as a boon Hari agreed to take the avataram as her son and save the Devas from Mahabali. And on the Sravana Dwadasi day at the Abijit Muhurtham, Bhagwan Vamana Deva appeared as the Son of Adithi and Kasyapa. Then Vamanadeva after the Upanayanam ceremony, in which Aaditya gave Gayatri, Brihaspathi gave Yagnopaveetham, Kasyapa gave Megalam, Bhoomadevi gave Krishnajinam, Chandran gave Palasa dandam, Adithidevi gave Kaupeenam, Akasam gave Umbrella Brahmadeva gave Kamandalu, Saptharishis gave Darbas, and Saraswathidevi gave Rudrakshamala, went to the Yagnasala of Mahabali where he was performing the Aswamedhayagna. Vaman asked for three feet of Land from the demon . MAHABALI knew that it was Bhagawan Vishnu at his door, and agaist the wishes of Guru Sukracharya, agreed to give away the Danam . And when the first two Padams covered the earth and the skies, he showed his head as the place for the third,because he knew that he had the Ahamkara which was the cause of his down fall and he wanted to give it to the God . Hari was pleased by Bali and gave the boon to him that he will be there as the watch man at his palace doors and Bali can get his Darshan at any time he wanted . Who else can get such a wondertful boon ....?

The story of Malsyavataram follows before the VIII-skandam ends in Bhagawatham..

Bhagawatham-8.2--Mohini Avataram

SWAMIYE SARANAM AYYAPPA

"BHOODATHI NAADA MOHINI BALA ,SHANTI THA SABARI GIREESA"

Lord Ayyappa is the Prakthyaksha deva in this Kali Yuga,who is the Varadana Prabhu blessing millions of bhakthas every year, sitting atop the Holy Shabari mountain. Every year on the Makara Sankranti day,on the 14th of January,He appears on top of the mountain as Live Jyothi for whose Darshan, His bhakthas throng that mountain ranges in millions. For them it's the sight of a life time,though they come back every year for the same BLISS again. He is the only God whose Sannidhi is open to all the bhakthas,irrespective of their religion,cast or creed. Why is Ayyappa worshipped by so many........? May be because He is son of both Vishnu and Shiva......because He's Hariharaputra........Shiva's son born to Mohini Avataram of Vishnu..........that brings us the story of Mohini Avataram.......

On the advise of Vishnu Bhagawan ,Devas call Daityas for the churning of the Ocean of Milk, to get the Amritam so that they can be safe from the tortures of the Daityas.While the Samudra Mandhan started, the first thing came out was Halahala Visham,which had to be consumed by Shiva . Thus He became the Neelakanta .Then,Surabi,the Kamadenu came up which was given to the Maha Rishis,then a horse equivalent to Uchaisravass,elephant equivalent to Airavatham,then a Deva Vriksha equivalent to Kalpaka Vriksha of the Nandanam Garden,then some Angels like Deva Strees came up.....all these were distibuted to the Devas.
Then out of the Palazhi madanam came Lakshmi Devi, the godess of wealth and godess of all the beauties put together.The Demi-gods,devas and the Asuras were all in line for Lakshmi when She came with a varamala in her hand for the swayamvaram. But there was only one HARI who was Manoharam and Varenyam in the lot and Lakshidevi did not make any mistake in the Swayamvaram.
"NAMASTESTHU MAHAMAYE,SREE PITE SURA PUJITHE,
SHANKA CHAKRA GADHA HASTE,MAHALAKSHMI NAMOSTUTHE"
Then came Varunidevi the enchanter,who's given to the Asuras. Then the all anticipated Amritam was brought by the beautiful Dhanwantaramurthy.The Asuras grabbed the Pot of Amritam and the Devas tried to take it from them and soon there was a scuffle between them. To solve this dispute,Lord Hari took the Avataram of Mohini,the beautiful Angel. Mohini distributed the Amritam,the nectar,to the Devas while engaging the Demons by her beauty. Lord Shiva was interested to see the Beautiful Mohini and he requested Vishnu,in Vaikunta and when Vishnu in the form of Mohini and Shiva united the birth od Ayyappa took place and He grew in the palace of Panthalam Maharaja."Swamiye saranam Ayyappa"

Our mind is the Palazhi and we have to churn it all the times . There evil thoughts are likely to come out at the first churning ,once this poison is out,the good things like the airavathams kamadenus and the mahalakshies will follow and we sure will have golden days of our lives...So let us do Mandhan of our minds...............................

Bhagawatham-8.1..Gajendra Moksham

" NAMO NAMASTE AKHILA KARANAYA,NISHKARANAYA ADBUDA KARANAYA,

SARVAGAMAMNAYA MAHARNAVAYA,NAMO APAVARGAYA PARAYANAYA"
(VIII-3/25)

When Indradyumna became an elephant due to a curse he was happy because the shapa moksha is to come from the hands of Lord Vishnu,for which he was ready to wait any length of time. He enjoyed the kingdom of the Trikuta mountain ranges as the undisputed king Gajendra whom even the Lions feared. But once when he went to the river for quenching the thurst he was caught unawares by a crocodile who grabbed his leg. He tried very hard to pull his leg out,even his family members tried to help him out ,but the croc did not leave him. For years this struggle went on with none winning. Many years passed and he could not bear the pain any more and also he found nobody to help him. But he remembered that for such helpless people and for those who have no guardians in the world, there is Lord Vishnu who is the Jagannath and that He is only a call away from him. With a lotus on his trunk, he started the Vishnu puja......a 29 stanza memorable puja

"OM NAMO BHAGAWATHE THASMAI YATHA ETHACHITHATMAKAM,
PURUSHAYA AADIBIJAYA PARESAYA ABHI DEEMAHI"(VIII-3/2)

The Vishnu Bhagawan from Vaikunta listens to the cries of Gajendra and He could not waste any time in coming down to Trikuta mountain on the Garuda Vahanam.Gives Moksha to Indradyumna from the shapa,by killing the Crocodile by his Sudarshan chakra.This story gives us the following lesson..............................
ALL WE HAVE TO DO, IN TIMES OF CRISIS, IS NOT TO DEPEND ON THE UNDEPENDABLE AROUND US AND JUST CALL THE MOST DEPENDABLE WHO IS EVER READY TO COME TO OUR HELP . IN OTHER WORDS,LET'S NOT CRY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T DESERVE OUR TEARS AND SHED OUR TEARS FOR HIM, WHO WILL N0T ALLOW US TO CRY.