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  1. Hairom ! Please accept my humble apologies , i never meant to offend or underestimate you. May be these are different propective we take to look at the same subject. Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  2. Haribol ! Sorry to post such a basic question. My colouege says Krishna means " black " , as far as i know krishna means " all attractive " Can someone tell me why krishna is black and why the name ? Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  3. jai Sri krishna when i say men i mean the people ( both male and female ) There is always mentioned in tamil stories " ettraikkum aazhu piravikkum" - till the 7 lifes piravi - means life sometimes its also mentioned "erezhu " - means 2*7 = 14 lifes. when someone curses someone in tamil , or when someone is grateful to someone else they will say " even at the end of 7th or 14th life , " There is very popular song in tamil sung for mother. " erazhu piravi edhuthalum vuzaithalum unakkenru naan pattay kadan theeruma ? " which mean , "Hey mother even if i take 14 lifes and work for you, will i be able to pay u back ? " thats really nice thing to say to mother , we definetely cannot repay the love , care and affection the mother has given to us We in hinduism praise our motehr one step above god, and we always respect and get ashirwadh from mom, As we are getting wishes from our won mother , its been beleived that , worshipping the maa to everyone , T The Durga ( shakthi , lakshmi , sarawathi ) who takes care of the universe and all living things as mother Ok coming back to the point about lives, its been mentioned that 2*7 = 14 lifes are not enough to pay our mother. Sometimes its mentioned as 7 and sometimes 14 i am not sure whats all about that Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  4. Jai sri krishna ! I tried seraching about Caitanya's death in the internet and i have returned back to our own site , Jus go through the following link , i have not read it fully , it might help. http://www.audarya-fellowship.com/showflat/cat/hinduism/15565/17/collapsed/5/o/1 Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  5. When i started to the temple , with my freind , we have to wait at the bus stand to get the straight bus from chennai to Thennagur. My freind asked me to tell about puranam of Thirupathi , Tirumala , i dont know that ( perhaps anybody who knows this can post it here ) , As i was running over craze of krishna , i told him , not to worry about that , as it could be jus few decades old and may not be fully true and might be jus the temple built by the king there and not something happened as accident , i insisted him jus to read bhagwat gita and therefore left a signature tht krishna is one and all ! When i went there to thennagur , i went inside the temple and got shocked , i saw srinivasan and alamelumanga there , it was saturday and they have decorated pandurangan as that, my poor mind doesnot able to know that both krishna and srinivasan are same and the other should not be considered as something lower to another. Even though the same rice can be used to cook different dishes , i like dosa very much than everything else, similarlry although my lord appears in different forms , i always like to watch him in krishna form , may he remove my ignorance and make me understand the truth. Okey here is a picture of the temple gopuram of thennagur ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  6. I have been to a blessed place called Thennagur last week. Although i had been once before , my love for the place and krishna who is as pandurangan there started growing like never ending beans tree. Let me share the information about the place. Krishna and Radhey as Pandurangan and Ragumayee , in standing pose , jus above height of human being s, so they look soo realistic, krishna stands keeping both of his hands in his hip , carrying fluet in one hand and wearing a very beautiful turban. Needless to say Ragumaye dressed similarly in north indian fashion with all oranaments. I kept starring at the beautiful pose of krishna the very first time i went. He looked jus real that i thought of reaching out to touch and hug him ! Speciality about this temple is , that , Gopuram is built in poori jagannath temple fashion with red saffron flag flying at the top. You have to watch the flag at night , with lights on it , it will be like a jyothi burning lively on the top of the Gopuram. Everyday the Pandurangan is decorated with different avatars , Normally the samll diety called as Uthsavar is decorated with each avatars everyday , but here , the main idol itself is decorated everyday , When i went there last saturday krishna was decorated as Srinivasan and Raghumaye as Alamelu manga thaayar.It is nija paatha dharisanam on Thursdays, and the Lord gives audience wearing silver kavachas and ornaments on Fridays. On Sundays He appears like a Maharaja of Rajasthan. The inner and outer mandap were all decorated with painting of krishna , 10 avatars , all leelas of krishna , and the roof painting contains Rasa leela , standing at the center of the building and when u see upwards , its jus like u are part of raasa leela , where krishnas and gopikas are dancing rounding you ! Sthala Puranam : Among the four seats of authority established by Sri Adi Sankara, one is the Jyothir Mutt in Badrinath. The sixth head of this mutt ('peetathipathi') swami.Gnananda Giri entrusted the responsibilities of the ashram to his disciples and went to the Himalayas. One of his chief disciples swami.Haridas Giri was on a pilgrimage around Pandarpur to spread his guru's message. During this time his guru came in his dream and asked him to reach Pandarpur. When swami Haridas Giri reached Pandarpur, the 'Panda' or the priest informed him that he also dreamt of swami Gnanananda Giri asking him to hand over the idols of Lord Panduranga and Goddess Raghumayi to his disciple and it was done accordingly. From that time onwards it had been a dream of swami Haridas Giri to build a temple for the Lord in Thennaangur. He installed the idols from Pandarpur as the main idols. We can also find a 10 ½ feet tall Panduranga and 8 ½ feet high Raghumayi in the broad and well-lit sanctum sanctorum. Closer to this is a panchaloka idol of Lord Varadaraja along with his consorts. Another rare feature of this temple is that we can find an ancient idol of Achutharaya Perumal, brought from Tirupati, which cannot be found anywhere else. Along with these the golden idols worshipped by Swami Haridas Giri is also installed here. According to Kanchi Paramacharya, Thennagur or Dhakshina Haalaasyam is the place of birth of Goddess Meenakshi. The Thennaangur temple is a perfect fusion of the past and the present.Next to the Temple there is mutt where Haridas jalasamadhi is there. So visit the temple, appreciate the beauty and seek the blessings of Krishna ! Thanngur Is in india , in Tamil nadu ( 40 Kilometers from Kancheepuram , 6 kilaometers from Vandavasi ) Radhey Shyam ki Jai ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/smile.gif Srivats
  7. I am really sorry for posting the star of krishna as Krithikai , i jus did it unknowingly ( how can i be ?!) on that day only , the people celebrated the festivel of taking the god outside the temple decorated as krishna , probably i should find out with my dad , as he is priest he must be knowing that. Oh krishna forgive me for my ignorance. Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  8. Haribol ! I suppose u have taken karma as something related to fate. Karma is the reaction for the every action we do. God never wants to punish us , he lets ourself to take our own reactions of what we are doing , and at last he will make every situation for you to come back to him. If you can browse back pages of this discussion i have asked questions as what is right or wrong , its been described clearly in that discussion , even i had the same doubts as you have. http://www.audarya-fellowship.com/showflat/cat/hinduism/40726/4/collapsed/3/o/1 http://www.audarya-fellowship.com/showflat/cat/hinduism/41301/2/collapsed/5/o/1 Read Bhawat Gita , it has anwers for everything. Radhey Shaym ki Jai ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  9. I have been always told , i studies in stories also , that we got 7 lives as men in this world ! there are old tamil saying which contains such information about birth. Radhey Shyam Srivats
  10. Thanks a lot hari , I will first start studying Gita and Srimad - Bhagawatam. I am sure krishna will take me to the right person. You know onething , i was working in night shift for the past one week , so after going home , i will take some rest and hence i didnt go to temple to see him for a week , Yesterday was "Krithika " thats the star of Krishna , and there was cermony in the nearby temple, where they decorate krishna and take him round the area , This is very usual , but yesterday i felt as if he is coming to see me , whether i am ok, since i have not gone to the temple , Its a practise that we offer him , fruits and flowers when he comes on the way out of temple... i was standing in 3 floor , and seing the procession at the end of the road , i rushed to my flat to make the aarthi plate ready , immdiately dressed myslef in dhothi and had thilak on head , and rushed downstairs to submit the aarthi plate . I was soo lucky i got him right there , after the formalities i rused to temple to see my lord. How many forms he is coming to meet me , when i see calender in my home , his small picture is there, he is soo simple for his devotees , he comes in varoius forms to given dharshan to us . I take one step towards him , he takes 100 steps towards me ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/smile.gif Srivats
  11. Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyaar was born in the year 1882. Bharathi was passionately involved in the freedom movement. He worked as a school teacher and as a journal editor at various times in his life. Bharathi died at a young age of 39 (in 1921). But he left a legacy that is truly invaluable. Bharathiyaar, as the Mahakavi is known in Tamizh, lived in an era when India was still under British occupation. His devotion to Tamizh led him to say: yaamarintha mozhikazhi-le tamizhmozhi-pole E-nithavathu engum kaaNOm (Among all the languages I know, there is none sweeter than Tamizh) But at the same time, Bharathiyaar was fluent in many languages (incl. Hindi, Sanskrit, Kuuch, English etc.) and frequently translated works from other languages (Bengali, English) into Tamizh, thus showing that one can love one's language/culture and yet be appreciative of other languages/cultures. Bharathi was a Hindu. But his spirituality was not limited. He sang to the Hindu deities, and at the same time he wrote songs of devotion to Jesus Christ and Allah. Bharathi was a vigorous campaigner against casteism. He wrote in 'Vande Matharam' : We shall not look at caste or religion; all human beings in this land - whether they be those who preach the vedas or who belong to other castes - are one Bharathi love for krishna and parashkathi is huge, he has writtern numerous poems on both of the dieties. He is very open minded and brave person, who helped for women liberation also in india. He lived in very poor state after marrriage also , since because he came out of his brahmin life to help others in time of freedom struggle and revoultion against higher class of people in society. He has writtern " Panjali Sabatham " , the oath for revenge Panjali has taken in Mahabaratha when she is ill treated by gauravas, this poetery is huge containing 8 chapters and gives us clear vision about event. I will keep writing about him , now and then , because there is so much to write about him I have given the transulation of one more his poet about loving enemies Love thine enemy ------------- Love thine enemy, heart of mine, Oh! Love thine enemy. Hast thou not seen the shining flame Amidst the darkening smoke? In foeman's soul lives Krishna, whom As Love the wise invoke. Oft we have preached to men that God In all that is doth shine. Why, then, my heart, 'tis God that stands Arrayed as foemen's line. Dost know that limpid pearls are found Within the oyster vile? Hast seen on dunghill, too, sometimes The starry blossom smile? The heart that fans its wrath, shall it The inner peace possess? The honey poison-mixed, shall it Be wholesome nevertheless? Shall we who strive for Life and Growth, Lend thought to Sad Decay? 'Thine evil thoughts recoil on thee', So do the wise ones say. When Arjun fought, 'twas Krishna whom He faced, disguised as foes; 'Twas Krishna, too, that drove his car In charioteering pose. Strike not the tiger threatening thee, But love it, straight and true; The Mother of All hath donned that garb, Salute her there, there, too. Love thine enemy, heart of mine, Oh! Love thine enemy. -------------------- Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  12. Thanks stonehearted / shyam, I have started reading Bhagwat gita , whenever i find time , i have to buy book of bhagawatam , but my parents are saying not to read that in home ( they believe reading bhagawatham in home will make conflicts and fights between relatives ).Anyway i will convince them on that. I have been to vedantic lectures on bhagwat gita , for the past 4 days and i felt , hearing the principles through a guru is more clear than reading myself and i felt today somehow that i need a Spiritual guru to move towards krishna. I live in chennai , india -Please write to me at srivatsana@hotmail.com for any help. Thanks a lot ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  13. Hey all, Although i think , i know little drops in big spirtual ocean , I would like to have a spiritual guru to teach me. What ever i am acquiring from here and there , is not giving me full picture , so i might not ask doubts on one particaular part , on first place becasue i dont know much of basics. Can someone help me ? Madhavan Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/smile.gif Srivats
  14. ---------- like wise, while most praise krishna, some rare vaishanvsa also call him names or scold him. ------------- Scold him , the context meaning makes me think differently. When you get close to god , you wont feel the respect in between , I have seen in old tamil spirtual literatures that many poets have gone in realtionship with god so much and they used to call god without respect,jus like calling ones own friend without respect. But thats considered to be the highest bakthi level ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  15. Krishna is my lover In this poem the great poet Bharathiyaar, sees Krishna as his lover, himself as male and Krishna as female, There are numerous poems in Tamil, written in the opposite manner i.e. thinking them as female and Krishna as their lover. Nevertheless to say Bharathiyaar saw Krishna, (kanna in Tamil) in very different forms, as his daughter, His master, his dad, his mom, his friend and as his servant too. I have tried translating the Kanna my lover part as it is to English, just to make sure I didnt interpret it wrongly So u might feel its still with Tamil nativity. This is the first part, and three more parts are there, I will post them one by one. In Kanna - as a lover, Bharathiyaar calls Krishna as Kannama (of course with female name) And he describe the appearance of her .Its jus like praise his own lover to please her, it goes like this. Kannamma is my lover The eyes which are like bright light - Kannamma ! is it Sun and moon ? That round black retina - Kannamma ! Is it the blackness in the sky ? The dark blue saree with diamonds on it is nothing but the stars that glitters in midnight sky! Is the Glowing garden flower is turned as your beautiful smile? Blue Waves in sea is jus like the waves in your heart The pleasing voice of Cuckoo, that is what your sweet voice! You are very young good-looking girl and I have fell in love with you! Why you speak about laws now, only angry people speak about that. We will get married with all elders ; agreement and blessings later. Why should I wait till that time, see here, and a kiss on the cheek! ----------- All dedicated to my lord Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/smile.gif Srivats
  16. Whenever i saw the picture in the left handside of ur name , i thought its jus the krishna , and sometimes i felt like that the picture is smiling and talking to me... I am not joking , we have lcd panel here and there is no doubt about the monitor pixels , its jus shows whats there.. but i feel the pic is very very lively then later only i understood from one of ur posting that this picture is not krishna but chaitanyar ( if i am not wrong ) , but then still i see him as krishna only. All in one , one for all Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  17. I know its very late to bring this topic here ...I just that i can refresh my ideas about poorva janma and life after death ... i was going through a good poem of Wordsworth, here it is ... ---------------- Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come -William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood -------------- Now coming to the point , can someone pls explain in simple terms about our 7 janmas , or is it more , how loong i am suppose to be here ?! , but sometime i thank god for giving me life, in this world ( which normally saadhus dont want ) , why because i can , understand and pray him.. i cna take as many birts as possible to sing and praise my lord. Madhva Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  18. I guess all might know about Bharathiyaar lived in south of india ... he has written numerous poems on krishna , he has written kanna as his freind , his lover , his mom , dad and as his servent too , amazing isnt it ? i have translated one of the poem where he has seen kannan as his servent , one should be soo close to kanna to think that way ... i enjoyed every bit of it ... let me share the nector with you all.. here it goes Krishna is my servent ------------------------- servents are no good now a days They ask for more money for less work,They will forget whatever you have given them, If you have enough jobs to be done , they wont turn up that day, When you ask them for reason they either tell " scorpio has bitten me " or " Ghost came in my wife " or " that was 12th day after my grandma death " They always tell lie, they wont do whatever has been told. They speak with my wife in person.They tell about my family to others in town. If there is lack of things in home , they will tell to everyone I suffered a lot without servent Since no servent was there nothing went on When i was suffering like this , one came from somewhere , he told that he belong to yadhava community. He told that, " I will take care of calves , I will also take care of children , I will clean your house and light deepam in it , i will do whatever you ask me to do , i will take care of all cloths , i will make your small kid sleep using my wonderful music, I will dance and make sure your kid does not cry , whenever you go out , i will come with you for your saftey , let it be deep forest , let there be robbers , let it be morning evening or night , i wont worry about my comfortableness , I will save you from problems that may come along the way. I have not learnt anything i am very country man , but i know boxing malyudham , I wont do any dishonest things to you " I asked him " Tell whats your name " he replied " nothing much , they call me kannan " His body is well built , He got honesty in his eyes , He is speaking good .. so I am happy that i got a good person I asked him " i appreciate your good speaking , whats the labour charge you expect ? " He replied " yes master , please listen , i have no wife no children, i am just alone , Even though i dont have grey hairs still i am old , Jus support me , thats enoguh , i want your love and affection , i dont mind about money " I thought he is very old fashioned crazy country man , with much happiness i have taken him as my servent. From that day onwards my love for him started growing ,there are no words to express the goodness he has brought , jus like the eyelid care for eyes, he cares for my family , he never speaks bad things , he cleans the entrance of my house , he also cleans my house , he tells good things to my wife , he is teacher , baby sitter / maiden and doctor for my children, he is perfect in everything , he takes care of food items , he brings milk and butter milk. he takes care of my girls as his mother , he is like a friend , like a personal manager , good teacher , like lord in good will , and like servent while seeing. He came from somewhere , and told me that he belong to yadhava community . What thapa i did to have him here ? ! From the day he stepped on my house , all my thoughts are towards him, money , prosperity , goodness , good will , knowledge , wisdom , poetry shiva yoga , distinct vision on shiva gyana ....all good things like lightoeus is growing everyday , see they are just growing everyday ! i have taken full shelter of him, i have understood him , i have found him There are many reasons for him to comedown and take me in him. ---------------- All for one , One for all ! Madhava kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/laugh.gif Srivats
  19. Shashranamam .... for those who call him krishna , he is krishna with beatiful fluet , for people who call him naraynana he is there with four arms .. he is here there everywhere , He is there smiling as flowers in the palnts i grow ...i call him rose .... I see his glittering eyes in my puja room i call him deepam. He is dancing and playing with land and water , i call him as wind and his dance as waves... in every form , how can i call him with one name if he is not in one form , let me call him in whatever form i see ... All for one , One for All ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/laugh.gif! Srivats
  20. Hariom ! When Raman and Ravanan were on the battle field, Vibhishanan who is Ravanan's brother worried about Rama. He said " hey prabho ! , you dont have kavasam which is required for the warrior and you dont have the chariot also .. on the other side ravanan has chariot he has kavasam and all good things which is needed for the war , I am jus worried about you , how we are going to win this war " Rama Said to Vibhishanan "Dear Sakha , yeah its true that we dont have anything which is required for the war , but we have very important thing which Ravanan doesnot have , we have Dharma on our side ! , Its not the chariot of the Ravanan , its the chariot of Dharma which will ultimately lead to success " All success lies only with Dharma ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala /images/graemlins/smile.gif Srivats
  21. I heared govindham prayers in the same link http://www.gauranga.org/audio_page.htm I heared the same song in ISKON bangalore also, seems like some foreigner has sung this song , can someone give me more info bout such different song. Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  22. I have also read many vedantic verses for understanding that this body is temproray and we have to change it jus like chaning the old cloth to the new one, well i am not able to guess or remember what i was previously where i am going to be next , i find myslef as srivats who is praying to god and trying to understand his presence in this world, but will i be able to remember good things i learnt during this life , will i carry over something to identify myself in the next life ? thats where i actually dont get the concept exaclty. It may be true that way but still i am not not able to realise. Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  23. My full name is Srivatsan Bhattachriyaar, i suppose you mistook me for someone , but then only the masks are different all are one , one for all ! Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
  24. I read one poem about being vegetrian , that was too good to be shared.. In gods name , i have tried my level to translate that in english. It goes like this... I love to wear Silk cloths to the functions , Neverthless to say leather shoes and pure leather belts are my favourites , I still remeber my childhood days where i played by catching garden lizard and hanging it. Whenver a lion is trying to catch a deer in discovery channel , i wont change it till it catches and finishes it meel. Whenever someone asks me whether i take non veg , i will say " chi chi... i am Vegetrian " Madhava Kesava Madhana Gopala Srivats
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