He is Freed From All Other Obligations
Worshiping Govardhana Hill KRISHNA BOOK CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada While engaged with the brahmanas who were too much involved in the performance of Vedic sacrifices, Krishna and Balarama … Read More
No dots
Once baby Krishna was playing in the goshala. One gopi was carrying fresh cowdung from goshala to make cakes for burning in her kitchen. When she saw Krishna, she requested Him to keep the big … Read More
Govardhana Puja
Govardhana Puja, also known as Annakuta Festival, is celebrated during the month of Kartika (October – November), on the day after Diwali. This festival celebrates the offering of a mountain of food items to Govardhan … Read More
Gopastami
On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves. Thus Sri Krishna, along with His elder brother Balarama, passed the childhood age known as … Read More
Don’t Put Your Face Near Mine
After He had stolen some yogurt from the pots of two gopis, Krishna told one of His gopi friends, “My dear beautiful friend, I can take oath that I have not stolen even a drop of yogurt from your … Read More
Dream Pastimes – Radharani and Caitanya
In Vrindavan there are some special places with fascinating histories. Nidhivan is a very beautiful kunja of small trees. According to Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura when Lord Krishna left Rasalila to find Srimati Radharani, this is … Read More
Brahma Stealing the Gopas
Śukadeva Gosvāmī was very much encouraged when Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked him why the cowherd boys did not discuss the death of Aghāsura until after one year had passed. He explained thus: “My dear king, you are … Read More
Rādhā Awakens
Rādhā, feeling slightly bewildered and fatigued from Her amorous pastimes, repeatedly tried to rise only to collapse again in slumber. She looked like a royal swan bobbing up and down in a wave- filled lake. … Read More
Blouse shadow
As Srimati Radharani was reclining on a couch in the pastime-groves of Vrindavana, Her dearmost Sri Krishna noticed His own bluish complexion reflected on her breasts. He became astonished, and jokingly explained that He had … Read More
Hayagriva, the avatara
The first story In Vedic literature incarnation as Hayagriva is attributed not to Visnu, but to Yajna. But the Taittiriya aranyaka depicts Yajna as a protoform of Visnu. The inference that may be drawn from the … Read More