Damodarashtaka 2020

14 Nov 2020 – Mother Yashoda runs to catch Krsna – Damodarastaka (English translation) – Mathura, India

– Why mother Yashoda was running after Gopal?; – The duty of the parents is to discipline their children; – The beauty of Mother Yashoda, the purity of her clothes, and the beuatiful ornaments of flowers in her hair; – Why mother Yashoda caught Gopala from behind. – Krishna destroying the pride of the four-headed Brahma in Dvaraka, he was thinking he was the only Brahma; – To destroy the pride of their good-fortune (saubhagya-mada) and to pacify the mana...

14 Nov 2020 – Mother Yashoda runs to catch Krsna – Damodarastakam (Hindi) – Mathura, India

– Why mother Yashoda was running after Gopal?; – The duty of the parents is to discipline their children; – The beauty of Mother Yashoda, the purity of her clothes, and the beuatiful ornaments of flowers in her hair; – Why mother Yashoda caught Gopala from behind. – Krishna destroying the pride of the four-headed Brahma in Dvaraka, he was thinking he was the only Brahma; – To destroy the pride of their good-fortune (saubhagya-mada) and to pacify the mana...

13 Nov 2020 – Damodarastakam verse 1, Krsna`s beauty and His transcendental form (English translation) – Mathura, India

– 4 kinds of Damodara; – Damodarastakam: first sloka; – beginning with a mangalacharam (namamisvaram); – how the number one is essential (comparison to Lord Krsna); – Krsna is the origin of all avataras; – analysis of the characteristics of the rasas (shanta has nistha, dasya has seva vrtti etc); – the difference between gaudiya vaisnava`s Deity worship and advaita vadi`s Deity worship: they don`t accept the transcendental form of Lord; – Maya...

13 Nov 2020 – Damodarastakam verse 1, Krsna`s beauty and His transcendental form (Hindi), Mathura, India

– 4 kinds of Damodara; – Damodarastakam: first sloka; – beginning with a mangalacharam (namamisvaram); – how the number one is essential (comparison to Lord Krsna); – Krsna is the origin of all avataras; – analysis of the characteristics of the rasas (shanta has nistha, dasya has seva vrtti etc); – the difference between gaudiya vaisnava`s Deity worship and advaita vadi`s Deity worship: they don`t accept the transcendental form of Lord; – Maya...

12 Nov 2020 morning – Damodarastakam, 4 types of Damodara (English translation) – Mathura, India

– about following the 4 months of Chaturmasya; – Krsna let mother Yashoda bind Him; – the two fingers left in the rope; – importance of utkantha and avesh; – monkey logic x kitten logic; – 4 types of Damodara: one in vatsalya-rasa (Yashoda-Damodara), and 3 in madhurya-rasa (Radha-Damodara); – 3 Radha-Damodaras (madhurya-rasa): bound by Lalita-Vishakha, bound by Rati e Rupa Mañjari, bound by other sakhis; – mana is crooked: lalita mana (felt by...

12 Nov 2020 morning – Damodarastakam, 4 types of Damodara (Hindi) – Mathura, India

– about following the 4 months of Chaturmasya; – Krsna let mother Yashoda bind Him; – the two fingers left in the rope; – importance of utkantha and avesh; – monkey logic x kitten logic; – 4 types of Damodara: one in vatsalya-rasa (Yashoda-Damodara), and 3 in madhurya-rasa (Radha-Damodara); – 3 Radha-Damodaras (madhurya-rasa): bound by Lalita-Vishakha, bound by Rati e Rupa Mañjari, bound by other sakhis; – mana is crooked: lalita mana (felt by...