Sri Kris hna

His G lorie s a nd P a s time s

B a s e d on th e te a c h ing s of

HDG AC Bhaktivedanta Swami

Srila Prabhupada

Salvation of Trnavarta

Wh y th e Lord De s c e nds ?

paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge

In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millenium after millenium

- Bhagavad Gita 4:8

P roc e s s o f h e a ring

• Associate with the Lord by hearing with faith

• Cleansing our heart• Process of reviving

Krishna consciousness• Evolve to the

transcendental nature

Utth a a na c e re m ony

• Sri Krishna starts to turn over • Brahmanas were invited for

chanting prayers and yajna• Yasoda placed the Lord on her lap

and soon baby Krishna was falling asleep

• Left Krishna under a household handcart

• Krishna started crying as he wanted to drink milk

S a ka ta s ura de live re d

• In anger he used his small legs and kicked the cart which was actually a demon – Sakatasura

• Everything broke and got scattered

• Did not assume any special force• Asura represents carrying a cart of

old and new bad habits• Yasoda thought it was due to the

effect of some bad planets

Ce re m ony for th e Lord

• Bathing of the Lord immediately after the incident• Feeding of Brahmanas was done with nice preparations• Charity was given to brahmanas who were also powerful yogis• Brahmanas were invited to conduct yajna

Ya jna for Ka li Yug a

One ye a r la te r…

• One day, Yasoda was patting Krishna whilst on her lap and all of a sudden he started getting heavier

• Thought perhaps He was being attacked by ghosts

• Called brahmanas and prayed to Narayana

Trna va rta a ppe a rs

• Krishna became very light suddenly and was lifted from the ground

• Everyone was frantically searching for Krishna

• Anxiety and depression sunk in

Hig h e r you g o th e h a rde r you fa ll

• Trnavarta brought the Lord higher and higher by his mystic yoga siddhi

• Lord Krishna became too heavy but he was enjoying the ride

• Krishna caught hold of the asura’s neck and choked him to his death

De live ra nce of Trna va rta

• Trnavarta was choked to death and killed.

• Gopis came and brought Krishna to Yasoda

• Trnavarta represents false pride from material scholarships which lead to bogus philosophies

Th e Afte rm a th

Krishna showed YasodaThe

Universe

Conc lus ion

Hare Krishna Hare KrishnaKrishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare

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