Delhi 2025

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...

14 Oct 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, Day 6 (English translation) | Delhi, India

PART 1 PART 2 On the need to be free from anarthas (impurities) to enter devotional service. Krsna’s innumerable pastimes in Vrndavana. Krsna’s birth from the womb of Mother Yasoda. Lila in which Krsna liberates the brothers Nalakuvara and Manigriva, sons of Kuvera, who had offended Narada Rsi. Yasoda Damodara’s pastime, when Mother Yasoda ties Krsna to a mortar. Mother Yasoda’s effort and the two missing fingers represent the sadhaka’s effort and the Lord’s...

14 Oct 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, Day 6 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

On the need to be free from anarthas (impurities) to enter devotional service. Krsna’s innumerable pastimes in Vrndavana. Krsna’s birth from the womb of Mother Yasoda. Lila in which Krsna liberates the brothers Nalakuvara and Manigriva, sons of Kuvera, who had offended Narada Rsi. Yasoda Damodara’s pastime, when Mother Yasoda ties Krsna to a mortar. Mother Yasoda’s effort and the two missing fingers represent the sadhaka’s effort and the Lord’s mercy. Pastime...