16 Oct 2025 morning – Sri Damodarastakam 2nd Sloka – Day 8 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Satyavrata Muni beautifully describes the baby Krsna.
- Krsna runs, but Mother Yasoda catches Him and punishes Him; Krsna cries like a common child, and Mother Yasoda’s heart melts.
- The logic of the monkey is that of the cat.
- The two fingers Mother Yasoda needs to tie Krsna represent the devotee’s effort and the Lord’s mercy: cesta and krpa.
- The story of Sridhara Svami, who did not want to marry but was forced to, had a son, and was left a widower.
- The Lord allows Himself to be tied by the rope of love: vatsalya-bhava.
- The Lord manifests Himself as Paramatma for yogis, brahman for jnanis, Bhagavan for bhaktas.
- Beautiful description of Krsna weeping and rubbing His kajal-adorned eyes.
- The three lines on Krsna’s neck are beautiful and auspicious. The 8th verse of the Radha Krpa Kataksa also speaks of them.
- The three lines represent: bhakti, bhakta, Bhagavan.
- To get out of the well, one must hold tightly to the rope that comes from outside.
- We must practice sadhana with all the limbs of our body.
- The Lord cannot be conquered by aisvarya moods, only by madhurya-bhava.
- When you listen to Harikatha, sit close to the sadhu.
