[Advaita-l] From Sri Krishna karnamrutam

[H S Chandramouli]

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Radha is a principal character in Brahma Vaivarta Purana.

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On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:23 AM KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Sir,                I am not in concurrance with the answer, Jayadev
> might have glorified her during bhakti movement, but she has definetly have
> vital role in the Vrindvan. I have seen people chanting 'Radha Sahasranama'
> with so much dedication as a upasana tattva.
> It is not a definetly a character, it will be also a upasana godess. In
> northern india people belives that 1000names of RamRam equal to 1 Radhe
> Radhe.
> I read some where, Krishna denied to marry her as he can't marry his soul,
> that means they are one soul although physically exsist.
> My self Visited Vrindavan several times, found it is treasure land of
> love, other than the saints, old woman living there, normal people speak
> with lot of compassion, devotion with proper usage of words. It is a rare
> scenario, people speaking with love to all you meet.
> The famous sport of vrindavan is 'Rasa' i.e mystical dance is not the
> 'kama krida' as several people misunderstoods and Radha has played vital
> role in Rasa with krishna.
> Any how , my interest is to know about her childhood life and her
> introduction to kirshna and her upasana tatwa, will find some sources to
> know the details.
>
>  Sri Guru Padaravindarpana MastuKameswara
>     On Tuesday, 31 August, 2021, 06:03:29 pm GMT+5:45, Kuntimaddi
> Sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Kameswararao Gaaru - PraNAms
> Radha character came out during the Bhakti movement and it is not in
> puranas. Sri Jayadeva glorified her in his poetry.
> Hari Om!Sadananda
>
>
>
>     On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 12:13:00 AM EDT, KAMESWARARAO MULA <
> kamesh_ccmb at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>
> My Questions to you sir: Any mention of Rahda's birth and her parental
> family in the purana's/scripts as a divine incarnation of maha laskhmi.
> Please show some light also the childhood of Radha Devi, how she raised and
> broguht to Krishna.
> Sri Guru Padaravindarpana MastuKameswara
>
>
>
>     On Monday, 30 August, 2021, 11:14:15 pm GMT+5:45, Kuntimaddi Sadananda
> via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  PraNAms to everybody.This is from the pages of my book Self and the
> Supreme, published by Indic Academy. I am coping few pages of the articles
> on Shree Krishna Karnaamrutam of Shree Bilvamangala Leelasukha - in view of
> the celebration of KrishnaashTami.
> These series were posted several years ago in these discussion groups.
>
> Hari Om!Sadananda------------------------
>
> Shree Krishna Karnaamrutam -1
> Note:I used to listen to pravachans of Shree Chaganti Koteswara Rao in
> Teluguthat are available online, during my daily walk. He has given
> extensivediscourses on Ramayana, and Bhagavatam. I was also fascinated by
> his talks onLeelasuka’s Shree Krishna Karnaamrutam. After listening to him,
> I thought I should write on some selectiveverses from this book. I started
> this during one of Janmaashtami daysand did it for ten days as an offering
> to the Lord. My Salutations to ShreeChaganti Koteswara Rao Gaaru.
>
> ---------------------------------
>
>            Shree Krishna Karnaamrutam byBilvamangala Leelasuka
>
> We are celebrating Krishna Jayanti – the celebration of the day the
> Lord’sdescending onto the earth in an enchanting form as a child to
> Devaki-Vasudevabut grow up in a cowherd family of Nada and Yashoda
> kishora. Krishna himself reveals his divine incarnation status in Gita, the
> fourthChapter, and declares that He comes down to uplift the good and to
> punish thewicked, who obstruct the good from flourishing.
>
> परित्राणाय साधूनाम्विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्,
>
> धर्मसम्स्थापनाय सम्भवामियुगे युगे|
>
> paritraanaaya sadhuunaam vinashayaacadushkrutaam,
> dharma samthaapanaarthaaya sambhavaami yuge yuge|
>
> andsays He comes whenever whenever the dharma is getting strangled by
> adharma-
>
> यदा यदा हि धर्मस्यग्लानिर्भवति भारत- yadaayadaa hi dharmasya
> glaanirbhavati bhaarata… ,
>
> He comes down to restore dharma. Rama wasnot aware of his divine status,
> and even when told, he considered himself to bea human, until when he was
> ready to leave this earth. Unlike Rama’s case,Krishna is fully aware of his
> divine status and declared himself that truth bydemonstrating again and
> again by showing His viraat swaruupa.Still, in the end, He departed this
> earth like a human being, shot by an arrowof a hunter. Krishna declares:
>
> बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन,
>
> तान्यहम् वेद सर्वाणिन त्वम् वेत्ति परम्पत|
>
> bahuuni me vyatiitaani janmaani tavacaarjuna|
> taanyaham veda sarvaaNi na tvam vettha parantapa|
>
> that is He is aware of all the births thatHe has taken before, while
> Arjuna does not remember, and thus declares He wasthe one who taught this
> science of Vedanta first to Vivasvavaan. Hence all theLeelas of Krishna
> have to be understood with the knowledge of who is playingthese Leelas, the
> one who can kill Putana by sucking her life out, who coulddive into the
> Yamuna to punish the most poisonous snake, Kali and dance on itshood, and
> who could lift with his little finger the Govardhana mountain toprotect all
> the innocent.
>
> His leelas, therefore, have to beunderstood as divine plays with deep
> inner meaning for those who revel andbhakti for those who are enchanted by
> those. Leelasuka in his enchanting work –Sri Krishna KarnaamRitam –
> introduces himself –
>
>
>
> शैवा वयम् न खलु तत्रविचारणीयम्,
>
> पन्चाक्षरी जपपरा निरतम्तथापि|
>
> चेतो मदीय मतसीकुसुमावभासम्,
>
> स्मेरननम् स्मरति गोपवधूकिशोरम्||
>
> Shaivaa vayam na khalu tatra vicaaraNiiyam
> pancaaksharii japaparaa nitaraam tathaapi|
> ceto madiiya matasiikusumaavabhaasam
> smerananam smarati gopavadhuu kishoram||
>
> He says we are Shaviates. By using we, the implication isthe whole family
> that he comes from that tradition where Shiva bhakti ispracticed from his
> childhood.  Then the question is – was he involved indaily Vishnu
> aaraadhana? He says no – he does pancaaksharii japapaaraayanam nitaaraam –
> thus consistently does Shiva naama japa. However,he says there is no need
> to be concerned about these either – na khalu tatravicaaraNiiyam. Even
> though he is doing all the time panchaaksharii japa,his mind is always
> dwelling on little Krishna all the time. madiiya cetaHgopavadhuu kishoram
> smarati – His mind is constantly locked in the visionof Lord Krishna that
> too in the form of a child of gopavadhuu – agopica stree – yasoda. He does
> not say even the son of Nanda baaba. – He isthe son of an innocent cowherd
> lady whose whole life is spent in rendering thecows, their milk, butter,
> etc. since that is all their wealth. Hence eventhough I come from a family
> of Shiva bhaktas, my mind is constantly dwelling onthe Lord in the form of
> a little Krishna running around his mother, Yasoda,holding her dupatta. He
> describes Krishna as atasee pusha avabhaasam– atasee (do not know what
> equivalent English name is) is supposed to bea dark blue flower, and it is
> said that even when it is dry, and the tree isshaken it makes the sound of
> bells. Leelasuka imagines Krishna as beautifullittle flower-like atasee
> flower, with full of brilliance – avabhaasam– The light of consciousness
> because of everything shines after – tasyabhaasa sarvam idam vibhaati.  Yet
> it is manifesting in the form ofsmall child who is drinking the milk of
> Yasoda and growing slowly by that. Hereis the Lord who himself has no birth
> – ajo nityaH – has no parents –causeless yet cause for all –the one who is
> beyond the six modifications – asti,jaayate, vardhate, etc,  now longing to
> drink the milk of mother Yasodawhile growing in her lap like any other baby
> – yet constantly aware of His truenature. Even the gods are envious of
> Yasoda and Nadabaaba, as Lord is seenplaying in the dust of Gokul.
>
> Leelasuka also is aware of the whole scenario and thereforesays – madeeya
> ceto smeraananam nitaraam smarati – constantly dwellingon the enchanting
> face of the yashodaa kishora that is always smilingwith an innocent, sweet
> smile.
>
> Krishna KaranaamRitam has to be understood imagining themind of Leelasuka
> as the platform on which the divine leelas are taking place,as he describes
> with intense experience.  We will explore some of theseleelas of the Lord
> as visualized by Leelasuka.
>
>
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