Sri Krsna Janmashtami Mahamahotsav

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Sri Krsna Janmashtami Mahamahotsav
happy. Just like the father
wants to see his son is well
situated and happy; similarly, Krsna also wants to
see every one of us happy
and well-situated. Therefore He comes sometimes.
Yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati [Bg. 4.7].
This is the purpose of
Krsna's advent. So those
who are servants of Krsna,
devotees of Krsna, they
should take the mission of
Krsna. They should take
up the mission of Krsna.
That
is
Caitanya
Ma-
haprabhu's vision.
LONDON, Aug 21st 1973
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Radhastami– HH
NYSM
2
Appearance of Sri- 2
mati Radha Rani—1
Appearance of Sri- 2
mati Radha Rani—2
Appearance of Sridham Navadvipa
3
Appearance of Sri- 3
mati Radha Rani—3
My Experience with 4
Srila Gurudev
Quiz Session
4
After 2 month of dry season for
festivals devotes enthusiastically
start preparing for advent of
Lord Balrama and Lord Krsna.
The mahamahotsav started with
8th ceremony of temple opening
along with Lord Balrama appearance day on 21st September.
After ecstatic mangal aarti in
morning and evening abhishek
and kirtan pravachan filled the
devotee with great happiness.
Akhand Harinaam was started
on 27th September till midnight
of 28th September with the advent of Lord Krsna. Beautiful
Jhanki of Kalia Daman Krsna
changed the city of Udhampur
into Vridnavan when devotees
roared the city with Harinaam
Sankirtan for 5 hours. Peoples
from all religion and community
enthusiastically participated after
forgetting their recent memories
of clashes between religious
communities few days back.
People eagerly waited for their
lordships for their first darshan
on this auspicious day. Special
Sri Sri Gaur Radha Krishna
dresses for their lordships are
brought from Sridham Vrindavan.
Peoples start coming at 5PM and
long line upto 2km were properly
guided by security personals for
peaceful celebration of festival.
HG Sudarshan Prabhu filled the
atmosphere with divine vibration
with melodious songs. The city
DIG Mr. Garib das along with
family participated and danced
with gurukul boys on Harinaam.
The abhishek of Balgopal and
Laddo gopal were performed at
midnight. Kanhiya was warmly
welcomed by all peoples chanting the holy name of the Lord.
Sri Radhe Rani incarnated in
sound vibration to welcome the
lord.
Sweets and fruits were distributed for the pleasure of their lordships. Many gift stalls were installed for catering different
needs of peoples for spiritual
articles. That by followed by
Krsna prasad.
The event was well covered and
appreciated by Udhampur media
as compare to other celebration
in city. But we missed Srila
Gurudev on this occasion as he
were out for USA.
Pics—Janmashtami & Srila Prabhupada Vyas Puja 2013
GURU
Radhastami Special– By HH NYSM
KRIPA
Today is Radhastami. On this
auspicious day Sri Krsna’s Pleasure potency (hladini shakti) appeared on this plant earth. Srila
Prabhupada used to tell without
the mercy of Srimati Radharani
we can not get the Krishna prem
which is ultimate goal of human
life.
Srimati Radharani is Lord Krishna’s Para Shakti which resides and
maintain the spiritual world. All
goddess of Laxmi are expansion
of Srimati Radharani. The position
of Srimati Radharani is very high.
She is queen of Sri Braj mandal.
Without Her mercy we can’t do
the devotional services.
Lotus Feet of Srimati
Radha Rani
O
Queen
of
Vrindavan, Sri Radhe, I
worship You!. Your fair
complexion
is
more
resplendent than molten
gold, the color of Your sari
the hue of a blue lotus
flower. Even the beautiful
lotus in full bloom or the
rising full moon offers no
comparison
to
Your
breathtaking face, for it is
much more exquisite. The
arches of your elegant
eyebrows put to shame
cupid’s bow.
O Srimate Radhe! Among
all the beloved gopis You
are the cherished jewel.
Therefore,
kindly
pleased with me.
be
To please Srimati Radharani we
have to follow the footsteps of Six
goswami and previous acharyas
and please the discipline succession by her unmotivated unalloyed
service.
We have to sincerely pray to
Srimati Radharani for Her kind
mercy. If She get pleased with our
service then she can recommend
to Lord Krsna for taking us back
to Godhead and serve the Sri Sri
Radha Shyam Sundar in Golok
Vrindavan.
Sri Rupa Goswami pray to Srimati
Radharani in Stavamala as:
O Radha! O beloved of Madhava!
O You who are worshiped by all
the young girls of Gokula! All
glories unto You! All glories
unto You!
(1-3) You who dress Yourself
in such a way as to increase
Lord Damodara's love and
attachment for You! O queen
of Vrindavana, which is the
pleasure grove of Lord Hari! O
new moon that has arisen
from the ocean of King Vrsabhanu! O friend of Lalita! O
You who make Visakha loyal
to You due to Your wonderful
qualities of friendliness, kindness, and faithfulness to Krsna!
O You who are filled with
compassion! O You whose
divine characteristics are described by the great sages
Sanaka and Sanatana! O Radha,
please be merciful to me!
Sri Radha’s Appearance on Earth
There are varying descriptions in scripture about the appearance of Srimati Radharani on the
earth. One reason for this is that the appearances took place in different kalaps.
Description 1:
Once king Vrsabhanu was immersed in the water of the Yamuna, meditating upon the lord.
Suddenly a one thousand petalled flower came floating towards him and touched his
Description 2
This description was given by Sri
Narada to Purnamasi Devi. Vindhya Parvata was envious of
great Himalaya having Parvati as
daughter and Lord Shiva as his
son-in-law. He performed great
austerities to please Lord Brahma to boon a daughter whose
husband can defeat Mahadeva in
battle. After pleasing and giving
the boon Lord Brahma realizes
his mistakes it is not possible to
defeat Mahadeva in battle. Suddenly he realized that Lord
Krsna’s pastime was going to
take place on earth and only he
can defeat Mahadeva.
Brahma thought, “Lord Krsna’s
eternal consort Srimati Radharani. If She agreed”. He underwent
severe austerities to please Sri-
body. When he opened his
eyes, he saw the most beautiful
molten gold colored girl lying
on the lotus and moving her
hands and legs. As the king had
no child he was very happy to
receive this girl. He brought
Her to his place and gave Her
to his wife Kirtida. Thus Srimati
Radharani appeared in the
earthly home of Her eternal
parents, Kirtida Sundari and
Maharaja Vrsabhanu.
mati Radharani. She appeared
and agreed for the same. She
asked Yogmaya to put –
Radharani and Chandravali,
who were already in womb of
wives of Vrsabhanu and Chandrabhanu in the womb of the
wife of Vindhaya . As a result
his wife begot two daughters
who were very beautiful.
new born males and abduct
females children's. Putana
searches and kidnapped these
two girls. Vindhaya ordered
Brahmana to kill putana by vedic mantras. This causes putana
to gradually become weaker as
she couldn’t hold both girls. She
throw chandaravali in river in
the kingdom of Vidarbha whose
king kept her until the age of
five. She was taken by Jambavan
by order of Vindhaya. As putana
weakness increased she fell on
the ground of Vraja. Purnamasi
Devi recovered and hand it
over to Mukhara, telling her,
“She is the daughter of your
son-in-law, Vrsabhanu”. From
that day She became known as
Radha, the daughter of King
Vrsabhanu.
At Krsna birth Yogmaya appears in Kamsa Jail and disclose about appreance of
Lord Krsna advent. Along
with it she disclose the birth
of Srimati Radharani and
Chandravali along with eight
sakhis. She confirmed whoever marries these two girls will
be Rajendra and will defeat
even Mahadeva in battle.
He ordered Putana to kill all
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Why Srimati Radharani created Sri Navadvipa Dham
Navadvipa Mayapur Dham
The holy dhama descends with Sri
Krsna and his associates and paraphernalia. Sri Mayapur-dhama,
however, was Srimati radharani’s
own creation, to lure Krsna away
from another lover.
Once in Golok Vrindavan, Krsna
was enjoying with Viraja Gopi. Sri
Radhika heard this news from one
sakhi and hastily ran to find Krsna.
Seeing that Radha is coming, Krsna
suddenly disappeared and Viraja
become a river. When Sri Radhike
arrived there, she couldn’t find
them. Absorbed in thoughts of
Krsna, Sri Radhe began to think of
how to attract him away from
Viraja.
She gathered her sakhis together
Once Surya Deva (Bhanu) worshipped Lord Sri Hari with a desire to get Golokesvari as his
daughter. The Lord was pleased
and agreed to fulfill his desire.
There is a village Ravel in earthly
Gokul mahavana ruled by king
named as Mahabhanu. He has five
sons who all are great vaishnavs.
Among them Vrsabhanu was selected to take up the throne who
was non different than Surya Deva. He was married to Kirtida,
daughter of Bindu. Many years
passed still they have no child.
They tried their best to conceive
to a child by performing different
yajans, giving charity, performing
special pujas and archana, but still
they were not successful.
between the Ganga and Yamuna
rivers. She created a beautiful
place, decorated with creepers
and trees and filled with male and
female bumblebees. Deer and
bucks were happily enjoying as
they wandered about, and the
whole area was filled with the
fragrance of jasmine, mallika and
malati flowers. That transcendental abode was adorned with tulasi
forests and decorated with various
groves. On Sri Radha order, the
Ganga and Yamuna, with their
pleasant water and banks, acted as
a moat to protect the garden.
Cupid himself, along with springtime, eternally resides there, and
the birds constantly sing the auspicious name of Krsna.
Sri Radhike, dressed in colorful
cloth, then began to play a beautiful melody on a flute in order to
attract Krsna. Attracted by the
melody, Krsna appeared in that
enchanting place. Radha, the attractor of Krsna’s mind, seeing
that Krsna had come, held his
hand and experienced ecstatic
delight. Then Krsna, understanding
Kirtida advised her husband to
worship Devi Katyani. He performed austerities by following
mauna vrata and abstaining from
food for lone time at foot of
Govardhana. One day he heard a
sound vibration in his mediation
for chanting the holy name by
accepting it from authority. He
went to Kratu Muni and accepted
Hare Krsna Mahamantra. Kratu
muni asked him to engage in
chanting holy name with full concentration.
After receiving this mahamantra
he offered obeisance's and came
back to the bank of river Yamuna
and chanted the mantra with devotion. After some time Devi
Katyani being pleased with Vrsa-
Radha’s mood, spoke in a voice
choked with love.
“O lovely-faced Radha, You are
my very life. There is no one more
dear to me than you. Therefore. I
will never leave you. Just for me
you have created this wonderful
place. Staying with you, I will
transform this place, filling it with
new sakhis and groves. The devotees will glorify this place as New
(nava) Vrindavana. As this palce is
like an island (dvipa), the wise will
call it Navadvipa. By my order, all
the holy places will resides here.
Because you have created this
place for my pleasure, I will live
here eternally, those people who
came here and worship is will
certainly attain our eternal service
in the mode of the sakhis. O dear
Radha, like Vrindavana, this place
us extremely pure. If anyone
comes here just once, he will obtain the results of going to all sacred places. He will quickly attain
devotional service, which satisfies
us.
“jagat-mohan
Krsna, tanhara
mohini.
Ataeva samastera
para thakurani”
Lord Krsna
enchants the world,
but Sri Radha
enchants even Him.
Therefore she is the
supreme goodness
of all.
CC-Adi Lila 4.95
From Ananta Samhita
Description 3
bhanu, appeared in front of him.
The king offered his obeisance's
and prayers to Devi. When Devi
asked for boon, the king replied,
“Simply by having your darsana, all
my desire are fulfilled. Still if you
are pleased to give me some boon
then all my heart’s desires are
known to you!”. After hearing the
words of King, Devi offered the
king an oval golden box which
was radiant like thousand of suns.
The king returned home with
great jubilation. After some time
Srimati Radharani appeared on the
most auspicious day at the most
auspicious moment. She was very
tender and most beautiful like a
golden campaka flower.
Srimati Radha Rani
on Lotus Flower
Govindanandini radha, govinda-mohini
anayaradhito nunam, bhagavan harir Isvarah
Govinda-sarvasva, sarva-kanta-siromani
Yan no vihaya govindah, prito yam anayad rahah
My experiences with Srila Gurudev-
Quiz Related to Srila Gurudev
Sachinandan Prabhu
I had seen that, in this material world, there is nobody
who loves the soul, then what about a fallen soul like
me, but Srila gurudev loves me, which I don’t know
why.
Just as hungry person knows how much hungry he is,
similarly I know how fallen I am still gurudev loves me,
This quiz session is based on the life and
teaching of Srila Gurudev. Please reply your
answer within 7 days by post or mail. The
rating will be based on accurate and fast response.
1.
What is Gurudev favorite flower.
2.
In which year Gurudev visit Sridham
Vrindavan first time.
that’s why in a dream he told me I have taken eight
birth in material world to take you back home back to
3.
What is Gurudev favorite granth.
God. Still you are not making yourself serious and this
4.
Which first book Gurudev like to give
is the last chance for you. So become serious because
you have to go back in this life itself.
When I told him the same dream, he appreciated this
dream by his sweet smile. From that day I decided to
spent my life in shade if lotus feet of Srila Gurudev.
for preaching.
5.
What is Gurudev favorite sweet.
Srila prabhupada transcendental Book
distribution score
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Vaishnav calendar
Birthday’s
We Sincerely pray to their Lordships Sri Sri Gaur
Radha Krishna, Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman,
Sri Sri Narsimhadev Prahalad Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada & Sri Gurudev to bless the devotee’s good
health and Krishna Consciousness on their birthday.
1st Sept
Ashwini Khajuria
(Udhampur)/ Pradeep Gupta
(Jammu)/ Jitender
Sharma (Jammu)
5th Sept
Raghav Gupta
(Jammu)/
Srivind Kashyap
(Jammu)
9th Sept
Viney Bargotra
(Jammu)/ Devashish Gupta
(Jammu)
10th Sept
Sunita Bhalla
(Jammu)/ Salil
Gupta
(Udhampur)
6th Sept
Sonalika
8th Sept
Payal Saraf
(Jammu)
13th Sept
Anshika
14th Sept
Dr. R K Gupta
(Pathankot)
15th Sept
Jatinder Mangotra
(Jammu)
17th Sept
Kunal (Jammu)
19th Sept
Arjun (Noida)
21st Sept
Pradyumna
(Noida)
23rd Sept
Honey (Delhi)
26th Sept
Vikram
Agarwal
(Jammu)
29th Sept
Priya Bansal
(London)
30th Sept
Vrinda Gupta
(Jammu)
1th Sept
Fasting for
Annada Ekadashi
10th Sept
AD of Srimati Sita
Thakurani
11th Sept
AD of Sri Lalita
Devi
16th Sept
Fasting for
Parsva Ekadashi/ AD of
Sri Vamana
Deva/ AD of
Srila Jiva
Goswami
17th Sept
AD of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakura
18th Sept
AD of Padmanabha/ DD of
Srila Haridasa
Thakura
19th Sept
Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava/ Acceptance of Sannyasa
20th Sept
3 Month of
Chaturmasya
begins (Fasting
for Milk)
rd
26th Sept: Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in USA
* DD : Disappearance Day/ * AD : Appearance Day
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