Celebrate Sri Krishna Janmashtmi - August 27, 2005

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Sri Krishna Janmashtmi

 

Saturday, August 27, 2005

5:30 pm - midnight

 

http://www.barsanadham.org/festivals-janmashtmi.html

 

Janmashtmi is the appearance day for Bhagwan Krishn. He appeared at

midnight of the eight waning moon which falls in August/September.

This is one of the greatest celebrations of the Hindu community. At

Barsana Dham, we begin celebrating with dinner prasad. Then the Temple

program starts with nam sankirtan and chanting of the glories and

leelas of Krishn. Next, a philosophical discourse clarifies the true

devotional significance of Janmashtmi. This is followed by a cultural

program of dances and Krishn leelas which provide an opportunity to

imagine one is truly present in Braj at the time of Krishn's

appearance. During a short break everyone is welcome to come have

darshan of baby Krishn and swing the Divine child. Then we continue

with more chanting and Janmashtmi songs leading up to a loving and

enthusiastic midnight arti.

 

 

Shree Swamiji's Krishn Janmashtmi Message

 

Krishn Janmashtmi is a very auspicious night for those who really

desire for God realization. It is the day when the supreme Divine

power appeared on this earth.

 

It seems unbelievable that the creator of almighty God appeared in a

province, in a village in India. If you try to intellectualize this,

your mind will fail. It will never be able to comprehend it. He has

great compassion for all the souls, so He appeared to help the souls.

He appeared among us. And what did He do? He did everything to help

us.

 

In Divine love, the Gopis loved Krishn any way they liked. Mother

Yashoda loved baby Krishn. His playmates played with Him in the way

they liked. Krishn never showed He was superior to them. He showed

equality. Always He was thinking, "How can I give more and more

love?"

In this way, Krishn revealed the beauty, charm, and intensity of

Divine love on this earth, as long as Krishn lived in Braj. There are

a few instances…

 

Once Krishn was playing outside. He came running and rushed to His

mother because He was hungry. But Mother Yashoda was going to do some

housework. Krishn said, "Mum, Mum, I want curd, butter."

Mother said,

"No, I'm working. Go out and play. Come after half an

hour." This was

the scene. Young Krishn is pulling His mother's sari, and trying

to

see into her eyes. Children know if they look into their mother's

eyes, mother will do what they want. They know her weakness. Mother

also knows her weak part. Krishn is trying to look in His mother's

eyes and Yashoda is trying to avoid looking in Krishn's eyes.

With one

hand, Yashoda is trying to keep Krishn away from her sari, and says

while looking the other way, "Go and play! I'll give you curd

afterwards."

 

There were some Gopis (maidens of Braj) there. The Gopis couldn't

say

anything because after all, the mother of Krishn has more authority,

and she was liked as the queen of Braj. But the Gopis were thinking,

"If mother could do her work afterwards and take Krishn in her lap

now, it would be better." But, Mother Yashoda didn't want it

that way.

 

At this time, Sage Narad arrived. When he saw this scene he

couldn't

believe his eyes or ears. "What am I seeing? O, Yashoda, the Vedas

state that God is supreme, and a devotee is humble. A devotee always

wants to reach God, but here I am seeing the reverse! Who is greater?

Who is smaller? I can't decide. I know Krishn is the supreme form

of

God and Yashoda is a Divine personality, yet the supreme God is trying

to go into the lap of Mother Yashoda, a Saint. Things have become

reversed! I never heard of such a meditation or devotion or worship in

the Vedas which can make the supreme form of God as humble, as loving,

as devoted as I am seeing now in Braj." He said a few prayers,

kept on

looking at that beautiful scene of surrender where the supreme form of

God surrenders to a Divine personality.

 

There are hundreds and thousands of Krishn leelas. All the actions of

Krishn are done out of His Grace, done with only one ambition – to

help the living beings. Such actions are called leelas. In all the

leelas of Krishn, from His appearance to His disappearance, He only

showed His love. How humble, loving and devoted He was to all the

Brajwasis, to a Gwalbal or friend, or to His mother, or to a Gopi.

Whoever was in Braj, He tried to give maximum love. He was trying to

serve the Brajwasis.

 

What did the Brajwasis do? Nothing. They just loved Krishn

whole-heartedly, nothing else. Neither Gopis, nor Gwalbals, nor Mother

Yashoda, nor Nandbaba (his father), not a person in Braj did any kind

of meditation, austerity, devotional rituals, nothing. They only did

one thing, surrendered their heart, soul and mind for Krishn. They

accepted Krishn as their Divine beloved, that's all.

 

Bolo Kanhaiya ki, Jai!

Barsana Dham ki, Jai!

Shree Kripaluji Maharaj ki, Jai!

 

Jai Shree Radhey!

 

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guruH kRpAlur mama zaraNaM vande'haM sadguru caraNaM

gopIprema bhAva bharaNam vande'haM sadgurucaraNaM

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste all.

 

I like to offer this Song to our Birthday Boy!

 

SwAgatam krishnA sharanAgatam krishnA

MadurA puri sadanA mrudu vadanA madhusUdanA iha

 

Meaning:

 

Welcome to you O! Krishna, Welcome home;

O, the Dweller of the city of Mathura;

the tender-faced; and

the destroyer of the demon Madhu!

We have also come to You, O eternal Shelter!

 

BhOgatApta sulabha supushpa gandha kalabhA

KastUri tilaka mahipA mama kAnta nanda gOpa kanda

 

Meaning:

 

O Distributor of pleasures (Bhogada),

easily obtainable to (Aptas) those who are near and dear,

Who is adorned with flowers and fragrant sandal paste

and the kasturi musk mark on the forehead,

 

the king Who is my own Beloved, the offspring of

the cowherd chief Nandagopa

 

SwAgatam krishnA sharanAgatam krishnA

MadurA puri sadanA mrudu vadanA madhusUdanA iha

 

Welcome to you O! Krishna, Welcome home;

You, the Dweller of the city of Mathura;

the tender-faced; the Destroyer of the demon Madhu !

We have also come to You, O eternal Shelter!

 

MushtikAshUra chAnUra malla

Malla vishArada kuvalayA pEda

Mardana kAlinga nartana gOkula

Rakshana sakala surakshana dEva

Sishta jana pAla sankalpa kalpa

Kalpa sata kOdi asama parAbhava

DhIra munijana vihara madana sukumAra

Daitya samhAra dEva

Madhura madhura rati sAhasa sAhasa

Vraja yuvatI jana mAnasa pUjita

 

SwAgatam krishnA sharanAgatam krishnA

MadurA puri sadanA mrudu vadanA madhusUdanA iha

 

Welcome to you O! Krishna, Welcome home;

You, the Dweller of the city of Mathura;

the tender-faced; the Destroyer of the demon Madhu !

We have also come to You, O eternal Shelter!

Meaning:

One who crushed the best of wrestlers, Mushtika

and Chaanoora, as well as the elephant Kuvalayapeeda;

One who danced on the kaliya;

the protector of Gokula; the lord

who is endowed with all auspicious qualities;

who has taken the vow of protecting the surrendered;

who is the wish-yielding tree (kalpa);

 

who is unparalleled in hundreds of kalpas (ages);

who is bold in defeating others;

who sports in (the mind) the sages;

who is as beautiful as Cupid (the God of Love);

who has destroyed the demons; who is sweet;

 

who is fond of adventurous love;

who is worshipped in the hearts of the cowherdesses

 

 

SwAgatam krishnA sharanAgatam krishnA

MadurA puri sadanA mrudu vadanA madhusUdanA iha

 

Welcome to you O! Krishna, Welcome home;

You, the Dweller of the city of Mathura;

the tender-faced; the Destroyer of the demon Madhu !

We have also come to You, O eternal Shelter!

 

- song completed with classical Karnatic musical notes

and steps for traditional dance

 

sA dha pA ga rI pa ga ri sa dha sa ri

 

Tatthi takajanutAm titthaka janautAm taka janutam

 

Takatimukuku tana kida taka dhIm

 

Takatimukuku tana kida taka dhIm

 

Takatimukuku tana kida taka dhIm

 

Translation given by Dr.C.S.Radhakrishnan

- and modified by me

 

source: http://www.bhajanasampradaya.com/DetailsOf...ana.asp?san=400

 

Janmashtami Animation

 

http://www.hindunet.com/multimedia/digipra...tami/index.html

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Sri Krishna Janmashtmi

>

> Saturday, August 27, 2005

> 5:30 pm - midnight

>

> http://www.barsanadham.org/festivals-janmashtmi.html

>

> Janmashtmi is the appearance day for Bhagwan Krishn. He appeared at

> midnight of the eight waning moon which falls in August/September.

> This is one of the greatest celebrations of the Hindu community. At

> Barsana Dham, we begin celebrating with dinner prasad. Then the

Temple

> program starts with nam sankirtan and chanting of the glories and

> leelas of Krishn. Next, a philosophical discourse clarifies the true

> devotional significance of Janmashtmi. This is followed by a

cultural

> program of dances and Krishn leelas which provide an opportunity to

> imagine one is truly present in Braj at the time of Krishn's

> appearance. During a short break everyone is welcome to come have

> darshan of baby Krishn and swing the Divine child. Then we continue

> with more chanting and Janmashtmi songs leading up to a loving and

> enthusiastic midnight arti.

[Guest guest]

Namaste all.

 

"dekh adbhuta....."

 

Ponder the Imponderable, the paths of the Unfathomable.

 

Consider the way He has taken the human guise,

He holds in His womb the universe, the whole,

yet He curls up in the corner of a winnowing pan.

 

>From His navel spring Brahma and all the gods,

toward Whom every vow and work of the art are aimed,

Yet a woman of Braj has cut that navel cord

and bandaged it up with a strand of silken twine ...

 

- Saint Suradas

Translation by J. S. Hawley.

 

http://www.blessingsonthenet.com/temple/pics/janmashtamicard5.jpg

 

 

Happy Janmashtami Greetings to all devotees!!!

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

 

Divine_Lovers, "dr. jaya" <pyari_h> wrote:

> Namaste all.

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Sri Krishna Janmashtmi

>

> Saturday, August 27, 2005

> 5:30 pm - midnight

>

> http://www.barsanadham.org/festivals-janmashtmi.html

>

> Janmashtmi is the appearance day for Bhagwan Krishn. He appeared at

> midnight of the eight waning moon which falls in August/September.

> This is one of the greatest celebrations of the Hindu community. At

> Barsana Dham, we begin celebrating with dinner prasad. Then the

Temple

> program starts with nam sankirtan and chanting of the glories and

> leelas of Krishn. Next, a philosophical discourse clarifies the true

> devotional significance of Janmashtmi. This is followed by a

cultural

> program of dances and Krishn leelas which provide an opportunity to

> imagine one is truly present in Braj at the time of Krishn's

> appearance. During a short break everyone is welcome to come have

> darshan of baby Krishn and swing the Divine child. Then we continue

> with more chanting and Janmashtmi songs leading up to a loving and

> enthusiastic midnight arti.