Vision of universal form

Vision Of The Universal Form

• Vasudeva’s request to Garga Muni
• Namakarana & Astrology
• Value of Samskara
• Who is Garga Muni ?
• Son of Sage Bharadvaja & Susheela
• “ Muni” – Definition
• Nanda Maharaja’s respectful behaviour
• Hospitality
• Grhastha-sadhu relationship
• Garga Muni’s Dilemma
• Indirectly indicates Krishna as sons of Devaki (Nanda Maharaja did not know)
• Balarama – known as son of Vasudeva because Rohini was there
• But Nanda Maharaja did not know that Krishna was Vasudeva’s son
• Garga’s warning about Kamsa
• As per astrology, Devaki could not have a female child
• Garga Muni indirectly intimated the exchange of children
• Secret ceremony
• Namakarana Performed
• Balarama’s Names: ( Bala + Rama / Baladeva / Sankarshana )
• Krishna’s Names: Vasudeva – son of Vasudeva
• Past Appearances, Complexions & Future Activities subtly hinted
• Baby Pastimes
• Balarama and Krishna began to crawl on Their hands and knees
• Different ages , saisava – kaumara - pauganda –kaishora –yauvana
• Anklets bells on waist and ankles sounded fascinating
• Act frightened - Enhancing love
• Breastfeeding – teeth growing
• Smeared with saffron and sandalwood pulp
• Crawl in clay / mud catch tail of calfs and stand up
• Later stand on feet and walk
• Complaints of Gopis – loose calves, can’t milk, pots empty
• Steal yoghurt & butter & milk
• When caught – act innocent
• Terribly Naughty!
• Steal yoghurt, butter n milk – feed to monkeys
• Useless food
• Effulgence
• Pinching babies
• Yashoda oh Yashoda !Your son …Acting Innocent
• Universal form
• Outer space & Natural Features
• 8 elements
• Controllers of senses
• Sense perception
• Yashoda is awestruck!
• Yashoda awestruck – power of God’s illusory energy or dreaming ?
• Offers obeisances to the Lord
• Prays to His illusory energy
• Highly philosophical for a moment
• But Krishna again expanded his internal energy, yogamaya
• Yashoda considers Krishna as own son.
• Who are Nanda Maharaja and Yashoda?
• Special position of Nanda Maharaja & Yashoda
• Enjoyment of childhood pastimes
• Mood of a Devotee
• How to Love Krishna?

• Lessions to be learned:

• The Lord’s supreme position in all situations
• One can serve without any position or power if has the concern for Lord mission
• Bhakti means selflessness
• Service can be done in any situation of personal pain
• Transcendental anxiety gives ecstasy
• Don’t try to understand him by metarial means - subtle or gross or by argument or reasoning
• When immediate cause can not be ascertained, let us simply offer obeisances to the
• Lotus feet of Lord
• Supreme Personality of Godhead is beyond contemplation, speculation, meditation
• Managers can always be bewildered
• Brahma was the one to order Krishna to appear and he forgets this and gets bewildered