Hi,
According to Hindu scriptures the Hindu calendar, we are presently going through the month of kartika masam (Oct 24th – Nov 22nd Nov 2014), which is very auspicious. It is especially dear to Lord Krishna. This month is also called the month of Damodara, one of the many names of Krishna. Devotees of Lord Krishna celebrate this holy month practicing austerities and performing rituals in praise of Lord Krishna. Do you know why Krishna is called Damodara? What is that we could learn from this aspect of Krishna? Read the story….
According to Hindu scriptures the Hindu calendar, we are presently going through the month of kartika masam (Oct 24th – Nov 22nd Nov 2014), which is very auspicious. It is especially dear to Lord Krishna. This month is also called the month of Damodara, one of the many names of Krishna. Devotees of Lord Krishna celebrate this holy month practicing austerities and performing rituals in praise of Lord Krishna. Do you know why Krishna is called Damodara? What is that we could learn from this aspect of Krishna? Read the story….
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With love you can win, even the
Lord
Lord Krishna’s childhood was spent in the home of his foster
parents, Yashoda and Nanda in the village of Gokul. He spent his time there
happily playing with his friends, gopis, and cows, and also roaming in the
beautiful forests of Vrndavana. He was a very naughty and mischievous child. He
was also very fond of eating butter. One day, he broke a pot of butter in his
home and started eating the butter and also feeding it to the monkeys. His
mother Yashoda saw the broken pot and thought that it must be His work. Fed up
with this and also all the complaints received from her neighbors about
Krishna’s pranks time and again, Yashoda decided to tie him up so that he would
not be able to move around and indulge in His misdeeds. But how could she chase
Him and tie Him up, when He is not an ordinary child as Yashoda was thinking?
But it became possible for her. How? Feeling the love of His mother, He
became compassionate and allowed Himself to be caught and tied to a wooden
grinding mortar. As a result of this, Krishna is referred to as Damodara. The
word "Damodara" comes from the words, "dama" (cord or rope) and "udara" (stomach), which means the one who is tied around the
stomach (or waist region) with a rope.
According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, Radha Rani, knowing this mood of
Krishna’s surrender in agreeing to be bound by His mother Yasoda's love, longed
to have similar kind of experience with Krishna. She desired to express such
intense love for Krishna that He would also agree to be bound by Her love. Once in the auspicious month of Kartika masam,
Krishna came late for a rendezvous with Radha Rani. In loving anger, she took
the opportunity to tie Krishna with a rope around Sri Krishna's belly to punish
Him for not showing up as promised. It was again possible, because she was
allowed by Krishna. Radha Rani's desire to bind Krishna with Her love was thus fulfilled.
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Krishna
is the supreme giver of all kinds of liberation to His devotees, but the
benediction which He bestowed upon mother Yashoda and Radha Rani was of the
highest order. It was possible because of their pure love for Him. We, the human
beings, are not alien to love. Every one loves to be loved. It is the love that
makes the people live with harmony and happiness – be it in a family or a
factory, an organization or a nation. You can win the hearts of the people you
care for with love, as love alone can pierce into their hearts of the people and
melt them, and nothing else.
With love and regards,
Siva
value4value@gmail.com
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