14 Oct 2025 morning – Damodarashtaka (English translation) | Delhi, India
- Quote from Sri Satyavrata Muni’s commentaries on the Padma Purana, explaining the first verse of Sri Damodarastakam.
- About what led Krsna to break the pot and distribute butter to the monkeys, crows.
- Explanation of Krsna’s feelings when Mother Yasoda stopped breastfeeding Him.
- About how an obstacle to sense gratification causes anger.
- Story of a brahmana who out of anger mistakenly killed a mongoose.
- Explanation of how anger takes away our power of discrimination and is capable of destroying everything.
- About pure foods offered to Thakuraji (Deity) that purify the mind.
- The story of a fisherman who went to sleep in a garden, but the fragrance of the flowers prevented him from sleeping.
- About prioritizing objects that serve Krsna, as Mother Yasoda did with the boiling milk.
- About Vraja, the transcendental world, where all beings are conscious.
- Quote from the verse that defines Bhakti: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11).
- About vatsalya-bhava (parental love).
- About Srimati Radharani’s mood when She wrestled with Krsna.
- Explanation of the difference between the mood of pleasing Krsna and the mood of harming Krsna.
- About the qualification of jivas who occupy the position of demigods.
- About the love dedicated to Krsna by the gopis, the creepers, and the cowherd, His friends.
- The meaning of the greed we must develop to achieve our goal.
- Uddhava goes to Vraja, where everyone felt separation from Krsna.
- A pastime where the gopis try to pacify Srimati Radhika.
- A quote from the Bhramara-gita.
