Karthika is the presiding deity of Karthik who is actually Radharani and any spiritual activity you perform in this month you get 1000 times the benefit in this month. In this month they engage in special devotional service to the Lord to please him. Krsna performed many favorite pastitimes in this month - damodar leela, diwali, govardhan puja, rasa dance, appearance of Radha kunda - various festivals in this month.
It is explained in this month it is the most purifier and best month. The effects of performing karthik vrata stays for 1000 years. The meditation in this month is on the bhakta vataslaya of the lord, that the lord he reciprocates to the love of the devotees. That is the bhakta vatsalya of Krsna. We medidate on his pasttimes with his dearmost devotees - mother yasoda, gopis, Radha and sing the damodarashtakam prayers. We offer lamps to Krsna. The gift of a lamp during the month of Karthik is the best. No gift is equal. So, today we will read this particular bhajan and will discuss about it. This bhajan is written by satyavrat muni and he is specifically when he medidates on mother yashoda binding Krsna. The leela goes as follows, one particular morning as all the lady maid servants of mother yashoda. Nanda maharaj was the king and Yashoda was the queen, they had many many maid servants to help with the household. But on one particular day of deepavali, mother yashoda is thinking Krsna loves butter so much, that he goes to the neighboring gopis and stealing their butter. Maybe the butter I make or the butter maid by the maid servants isn't good, so let me make the butter personally. So she personally takes the milk and by churning rod starts to make butter.
The focus of the activity was quality service to Krsna. That should be given to Krsna. That is the mood of a devotee. A sincere devotee gives best to Krsna. Doesn't compromise. So, the butter she is making is from the best of the best of the best milk. And while serving Krsna, mother yashoda is composing beautiful past times of Krsna as bhajans. So same way we should sing Krsna's past times while working for Krsna. Her bangels were sounding like kartals. With all her parental affection she was making butter for Krsna. Today we see that mothers aren't even cooking for their kids or taking care of her children and out of her parental affection for Krsna he breast milk (Yashoda) is oozing out. Little Krsna comes over and he wants to drink the milk from Mother Yashoda. Maya, I'm hungry please feed me. Please nourish me. While this is all happening, the milk on the stove is feeling, what is my use, I should just die so the milk is just coming out of the vessel. So Mother Yashoda runs to save this milk for butter. Now, Krsna feels very angry and he thinks I should break all the pots and feed the butter to these monkies. These monkies had helped Sri Rama and now he is helping them. So, no body should ever leave Krsna. When mother yashoda comes back she see butter foot prints and she follows them to see that Krsna is actually sitting on the grinding mortar and he is feeding it to the monkies. She thinks it is my duty to correct him, the mokies flee away seeing Krsna. Krsna seeing mother Yashoda, he starts running and this is the particular point in this bhajan of how Krsna is running and mother Yashoda is running after him.
(1)
namāmīśvaraḿ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaḿ
lasat-kuṇḍalaḿ gokule bhrājamanam
yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaḿ
parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā
1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.
Please remember, Krsna is not doing a show, he is really fearful of mother Yashoda. He has so much unlimited energies that he can do anything. Krsna feeling Mother Yashoda is really going to beat him.
(2)
rudantaḿ muhur netra-yugmaḿ mṛjantam
karāmbhoja-yugmena sātańka-netram
muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāńka-kaṇṭha-
sthita-graivaḿ dāmodaraḿ bhakti-baddham
2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.
We must hence thoroughly devote completely in Krsna with love because this is a one stop opportunity to serve Krsna completely so we aren't bound by the material desires or maya. So, start the month of Karthik very sincerely from tomorrow.
Why 2 inches 2 shorts - 1. Our effort to bind Krsna must be so deep and it should attract the attention of Krsna. Because by ourselves we can't do anything by our own accord. Krsna says I give rememberence and forgetfullness in everybody. 2. Only by Krsna can it happen to be bound.
more on the verses in the next class:
(3)
itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe
sva-ghoṣaḿ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam
tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaḿ
punaḥ prematas taḿ śatāvṛtti vande
(4)
varaḿ deva mokṣaḿ na mokṣāvadhiḿ vā
na canyaḿ vṛṇe ‘haḿ vareṣād apīha
idaḿ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaḿ
sadā me manasy āvirāstāḿ kim anyaiḥ
(5)
idaḿ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair
vṛtaḿ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā
muhuś cumbitaḿ bimba-raktādharaḿ me
manasy āvirāstām alaḿ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ
(6)
namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo
prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam
kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaḿ batānu
gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ
(7)
kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat
tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca
tathā prema-bhaktiḿ svakāḿ me prayaccha
na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha
(8)
namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne
tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne
namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai
namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam
It is explained in this month it is the most purifier and best month. The effects of performing karthik vrata stays for 1000 years. The meditation in this month is on the bhakta vataslaya of the lord, that the lord he reciprocates to the love of the devotees. That is the bhakta vatsalya of Krsna. We medidate on his pasttimes with his dearmost devotees - mother yasoda, gopis, Radha and sing the damodarashtakam prayers. We offer lamps to Krsna. The gift of a lamp during the month of Karthik is the best. No gift is equal. So, today we will read this particular bhajan and will discuss about it. This bhajan is written by satyavrat muni and he is specifically when he medidates on mother yashoda binding Krsna. The leela goes as follows, one particular morning as all the lady maid servants of mother yashoda. Nanda maharaj was the king and Yashoda was the queen, they had many many maid servants to help with the household. But on one particular day of deepavali, mother yashoda is thinking Krsna loves butter so much, that he goes to the neighboring gopis and stealing their butter. Maybe the butter I make or the butter maid by the maid servants isn't good, so let me make the butter personally. So she personally takes the milk and by churning rod starts to make butter.
The focus of the activity was quality service to Krsna. That should be given to Krsna. That is the mood of a devotee. A sincere devotee gives best to Krsna. Doesn't compromise. So, the butter she is making is from the best of the best of the best milk. And while serving Krsna, mother yashoda is composing beautiful past times of Krsna as bhajans. So same way we should sing Krsna's past times while working for Krsna. Her bangels were sounding like kartals. With all her parental affection she was making butter for Krsna. Today we see that mothers aren't even cooking for their kids or taking care of her children and out of her parental affection for Krsna he breast milk (Yashoda) is oozing out. Little Krsna comes over and he wants to drink the milk from Mother Yashoda. Maya, I'm hungry please feed me. Please nourish me. While this is all happening, the milk on the stove is feeling, what is my use, I should just die so the milk is just coming out of the vessel. So Mother Yashoda runs to save this milk for butter. Now, Krsna feels very angry and he thinks I should break all the pots and feed the butter to these monkies. These monkies had helped Sri Rama and now he is helping them. So, no body should ever leave Krsna. When mother yashoda comes back she see butter foot prints and she follows them to see that Krsna is actually sitting on the grinding mortar and he is feeding it to the monkies. She thinks it is my duty to correct him, the mokies flee away seeing Krsna. Krsna seeing mother Yashoda, he starts running and this is the particular point in this bhajan of how Krsna is running and mother Yashoda is running after him.
(1)
namāmīśvaraḿ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaḿ
lasat-kuṇḍalaḿ gokule bhrājamanam
yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaḿ
parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā
1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.
Please remember, Krsna is not doing a show, he is really fearful of mother Yashoda. He has so much unlimited energies that he can do anything. Krsna feeling Mother Yashoda is really going to beat him.
(2)
rudantaḿ muhur netra-yugmaḿ mṛjantam
karāmbhoja-yugmena sātańka-netram
muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāńka-kaṇṭha-
sthita-graivaḿ dāmodaraḿ bhakti-baddham
2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.
We must hence thoroughly devote completely in Krsna with love because this is a one stop opportunity to serve Krsna completely so we aren't bound by the material desires or maya. So, start the month of Karthik very sincerely from tomorrow.
Why 2 inches 2 shorts - 1. Our effort to bind Krsna must be so deep and it should attract the attention of Krsna. Because by ourselves we can't do anything by our own accord. Krsna says I give rememberence and forgetfullness in everybody. 2. Only by Krsna can it happen to be bound.
more on the verses in the next class:
(3)
itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe
sva-ghoṣaḿ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam
tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaḿ
punaḥ prematas taḿ śatāvṛtti vande
(4)
varaḿ deva mokṣaḿ na mokṣāvadhiḿ vā
na canyaḿ vṛṇe ‘haḿ vareṣād apīha
idaḿ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaḿ
sadā me manasy āvirāstāḿ kim anyaiḥ
(5)
idaḿ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair
vṛtaḿ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā
muhuś cumbitaḿ bimba-raktādharaḿ me
manasy āvirāstām alaḿ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ
(6)
namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo
prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam
kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaḿ batānu
gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ
(7)
kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat
tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca
tathā prema-bhaktiḿ svakāḿ me prayaccha
na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha
(8)
namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne
tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne
namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai
namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam
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