Krishna Beckons

 

Navaneetha Krishna

 

Krishna Leela

 

Vatsalya

 

Sky-high Grace

 

Yashoda Krishna

 

Navaneetha Krishna

 

Narayaneeyam 16

Brahma Mohanam - (ii)

(Delusion of Brahma) Dashakam 52

(Recap: It was incredulous for Brahma to believe what Krushna did in the Aghasura episode. He decides to test Krushna further. With his illusory powers he makes the entire herd of calves disappear and also the gopas disappear.)

Using his power of Maya, Krushna himself took the forms of all the calves, the gopas, the slings, the vessels, flutes, horns etc., He played with the gopas for a long time as usual in the forests, while Brahma watched.  Krushna returned home in those many forms.  The mothers of the gopas received their sons with joy and the cows rushed to lick their calves. They all experienced extreme happiness. This continued for one year. Such was Krishna’s Maya, that none could hardly notice that their sons or the calves were Krushna himself. 

At the end of the year, when Brahma saw both the old and the new calves and boys together. He was stupefied. Each of the boys and the calves were adorned with crowns, diadems, had four arms and all were of the color of rain-bearing clouds. (One human year was just one fraction of a moment for Brahma.) He immediately realized the truth. He saw each one of them as Narayana Himself, caressed by Lakshmi, reclining on Adisesha and attended by Sanaka and the other sages. He was overpowered with confusion. Krushna then became one as he appeared earlier, holding a half eaten ball of rice in the hand. 

Brahma’s pride was humbled. He fell at the feet of Krushna again and again, praised the Lord of the Universe and returned to his abode.

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i) Vanabhojanam: 

 It was afternoon. Just another day for the gopas led by Krushna. Completely at ease after the ordeal of Aghasura, Krushna stopped for lunch. It was graze time for the calves. It was customary for the boys to have lunch only after the calves were fed.   

Krushna mingled with each one of the gopas, enquiring about the welfare of their families etc., and talked humorously, sometimes playing his flute, sometimes serving food to his friends, and regaling everyone with witty responses. The boys laughed. Krishna had a ball of curd rise in his hand, with different kind of pickles tucked between his fingers. After every mouthful, he would lick the pickles. Did he enjoy the food! The gods observed with praise: “The meal he enjoys with the gopas, seems to please him more than the offerings of sacrifices in the midst of gods.”  

ii) Brahma Mohanam:

After watching the extreme glory of the liberation of Aghasura, unique to this avatara, Brahma wanted to test Krushna. Invoking his power of illusion, he made the herd of calves disappear. The gopas were worried!  Krushna!!

Krushna pretended to search for the calves, but was actually intending to aid Brahma’s plan much further. With the rice ball still in hand, he went around as if to search for them. Now the gopas, who were having lunch, also disappeared. 

Narayaneeyam 14

Aghasura

(Dashakam 51)

One day, Krushna led the cowherds and the calves to the forest. For lunch, they packed curd rice and condiments and various pickles, to celebrate the food in the woods. 

The sages, engrossed in their austerities saw Krushna. They were filled with ecstasy. They drenched themselves in the dust emanating from the footsteps of Krushna, with horripilation. It was the dust which sanctifies the three worlds.

The calves were grazing in an area dense with grass. A demon, Aghasura, in the form of a python, blocked the way. He lay with his mouth wide open, like a cave in a mountain.

Some boys, looked at the cave-like mouth of the demon with wonder. It invited their curiosity. Without thinking, they walked into the mouth of the snake, with some calves too. When they reached its belly, they started to feel the heat. Aghasura did not close his mouth. Krushna was still outside.

Krushna, knew that the boys and the calves were helpless. He knew that they trusted only him. He quickly entered the mouth of Aghasura. Reaching inside the throat, Krushna increased his size drastically, choking Aghasura’s breath. He grew bigger until Aghasura was torn asunder. Krushna came out of the cave with the boys and the calves intact. 

(Agha means sin. The rest is self explanatory)

A light emanating from the body of the asura, was glowing in the sky. When Krushna came out, it merged with him. The gods who watched this spectacle, praised Krushna with song and dance. 

(Note: This incident of Aghasura, was narrated in detail by the boys to their families when they returned home. After one whole year. )

Narayaneeyam 13

(i)Vatsasura vadham

Krushna, as a routine, grazed the cattle, with his flute, horn and cane - accompanied by Balarama and other gopas. Krishna played the flute atop the Goverdhan mountain. Vrindavan became prosperous with trees, creepers, waters, fertile land, and other bounties of nature. No wonder! Vrindavan was graced by the divine footsteps of Krushna, the Lord of Lakshmi.

Krushna, noticed that one of the calves in the cattle was behaving peculiarly, turning his head back, wagging his tail vigorously, waiting for the right time to attack. Krushna knew it was a demon in disguise. He caught hold of his hind legs, whirled the calf in quick circles and threw the lifeless asura on a tree. Many other trees fell under the impact. 

The gods showered flowers on Krushna. The gopas were amazed when they saw the fragrant flowers falling on him from the sky, The gopas ask Krushna about it. He said, “My dear gopas, you all saw the asura hit the trees? Many flowers suddenly went up the sky on impact. Now they’re slowly coming down.”  

(ii) Bakasura vadham

Vrindavan was simmering in heat. Krushna and the gopas went to the Yamuna to drink water. While the boys were quenching their thirst, a gigantic crane (Bakasura) approached Krishna, flapping his wings. With great speed, he swallowed Krushna. But instantly, the crane spat him out, as though it was a blazing ball of fire. Bakasura rushed to tear apart Krushna with his beak. Krushna grabbed both parts of the asura’s beak, tearing it apart. 

Then they all left for home.

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Hearing the melodious flute played by Krushna in a distance, the gopikas quickly came near him with great joy. How they adored him!
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Narayaneeyam 12

 

03-11-25 | Krishna Leela , Bhagavatha , Shloka , Bala Leela , Narayaneeyam

Vrindavan 

Dashaka 49

The gopas saw the acts of Putana, Shakatasura, the falling of trees etc. were ominous.

They did not understand the glory of Krushna. They all decided to shift elsewhere. Upananda, a senior gopa decided on a forest called Vrindavana, towards the west.  It would be an ideal settlement for them. It was Krushna, who prompted the choice to Upananda, from within. 

Quickly, they gathered all their belongings and the cows, and moved out in carts - with Yashoda and Krushna in a majestic cart. The gopikas drank in the exuberant talk by Krishna in the midst of the delightful jingling carts rolling along and the rhythmic sound of the hooves of the cows. The long journey did not feel tedious. 

Krushna was delighted to see Vrindavana with its jasmine and other trees in full bloom. The vast green pastures appeared like a floor paved with emeralds.  The gopas settled down comfortably in houses in the form of a half-moon. 

Krushna revelled at the river Yamuna, coursing through winding paths. He also relished the beauty of the Goverdhana mountain, with peacocks seemingly reflecting the innumerable gems in the mountain and its peaks, so majestic that it seemed they would touch the Satyaloka. 

Krushna and Balarama roamed about with other boys, grazing the cattle  in the forest. It was very congenial for tending the calves.

Narayaneeyam 10

 Tying Krushna to the mortar 

(Ulukala bandhanam)

Krushna was eager to have milk. Yashoda was in the midst of churning curd. He climbed on to her lap and was having milk to his satisfaction — when Yashoda saw that the milk boiling in the kitchen was about to brim over. She interrupted Krushna’s feed and rushed there.

When the joy from feeding milk was cut short, Krushna was angry. He took the churning rod and broke the pot which Yashoda was churned. Hearing the loud noise, she came out and saw the curd flowing all over the floor, like Krushna’s fame. 

Krushna was not to be seen. Yashoda was furious.  She searched for him, as one would seek the Supreme through the Upanishads. The fortunate mother had such easy access to Him. 

Krushna was sitting on the mortar, feeding fresh butter to a cat. 

For Yashoda, the anger multiplied. While her friends looked on, she caught him.  Fear was written all over his beautiful face — pretended fear. She fetched a rope to tie him up.

Narayaneeyam 09

 

Narayaneeyam 09

31-10-25 | Yashoda Krishna , Krishna Leela , Vishwaroopa , Bhagavatha , Shloka , Bala Leela , Narayaneeyam

 

Bala Leela (iii)

Vishwaroopa darshana to Yashoda.

 

Once, Krushna and his friends were collecting fruits together. The boys, angry with some issue, reported to his mother that Krushna had eaten mud.  

 

Yashoda, fearing that he may fall sick, was angry. She asked Krushna repeatedly, whether he had consumed mud.  

 

Krushna laughed for a long time, finally answering — “No, it’s false.” 

 

“If it’s false, open your mouth” says Yashoda.

 

He opens his mouth, which was like a blossoming lotus. She expected a little mud. 

 

But what she saw was not only the entire earth, but all the other worlds as well. The forests, the sky, the ocean, the nether regions, human beings, asuras and the gods!

 

She saw Krushna himself reclining in the ksheera sagara (milk ocean), in his abode Vaikuntha. Her own child in front of her in countless different forms. She also saw Krushna standing with his open mouth, inside which she saw all the worlds again, and again, and again, bringing out clearly, the infinitude of the universe! For an instant, Yashodha had the knowledge of the Reality. 

 

Krushna clung to her, asking her to feed milk. Deluded by Maya of affection, Krushna made her forget that knowledge immediately, making her look upon him as her child alone. 

Narayaneeyam 08

 

Narayaneeyam 08

30-10-25 | Krishna Leela , Bhagavatha , Shloka , Bala Leela , Narayaneeyam

Bala Leela (ii)

Balarama and Krushna started to walk on their feet. They played with other boys in the neighborhood — chasing cats, running after calves and sometimes parrots. The other boys laughed and ran behind the brothers, albeit with restraint.

Wherever the brothers went, gopikas were transfixed looking at them —unmindful of their household duties at home. Krushna and Balarama liked the fresh butter served by the gopikas. They sang melodious songs and danced charmingly - expecting an affectionate reciprocation with butter and freshly boiled milk. 

Maybe Krushna remembered the way he had to beg before Mahabali. He decided to give up begging and decided to steal curd and butter. 

The gopikas never felt anger or sorrow because of the theft.  He stole their hearts too, plunging them in an ocean of bliss!! 

Narayaneeyam 03

 Narayaneeyam - 3

Putana Moksham - Narayaneeyam 03 (Dashakam 40-41)

Kamsa, influenced by his coterie, orders the killing of the recently-born babies in Gokula. 

Putana, in the form of a graceful damsel, entered the village to kill the new- born baby. When everyone stood wondering about her presence, Putana picks up Krishna and suckles Krishna with her poison. Krishna, angered at the killing of so many children, sucks the poisoned breasts - and also her life. 

She fell, in her real gigantic form of a fearceful demon, crushing many trees. The gopis ran up to pick up Krishna, who was casually playing over her chest with a smile. 

Vasudeva had met Nandagopa and warned him about the impending danger to baby Krishna. Nandagopa rushed to Gokula. He saw the crushed trees and the dead Putana. He prayed. He was relieved to find Krishna and the villagers safe.
 
When they cremated Putana, the smoke from the pyre rose very high and the fragrance of sandal and other scents wafted around the village, surprising the villagers. ‘Was it the grace of Krishna which purified the body of Putana?’

The Gopis started frequenting Nanda’s house to get a glimpse of the miracle boy Krishna. 

His mere presence seemed to give them all happiness. 

They were happy when he glanced at them, overjoyed when he gave a smile, elated when his hands would touch the gopikas.

They took turns to hold the child. 

When Krishna changed hands from one Gopi to another, it looked like a bee was hovering from one flower to another in a lotus garland. 

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Narayaneeyam 01

 

Vishwaroopa

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