[Advaita-l] From Sri Krishna karnamrutam

[H S Chandramouli]

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On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:43 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
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> Namaste.
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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:
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>> 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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