Mananam

(Remembering Swami with the nāma - dāmodara, is special on this day, as told by Sri Krishna to Yudhisthira, in Padma Purana. Hence we shall look at few slokas from Bhagavata, revelling in the dāmodara-līlā, from 10th skanda - chapters 9 and 10).  kṛtāgasaṁ taṁ prarudantam akṣiṇī kaṣantam añjan-maṣiṇī sva-pāṇinā udvīkṣamāṇaṁ bhaya-vihvalekṣaṇaṁ haste gṛhītvā bhiṣayanty avāgurat 10.9.11. Holding by the hand, she threatened to beat Krsna, who was crying for having committed that offence, and was rubbing his eyes with his hand whereby the collyrium (añjanam) got spread all over and who was looking up (to his mother) with eyes bewildered and agitated with fear.  tyaktvā yaṣṭiṁ sutaṁ bhītaṁ  vijñāyārbhaka-vatsalā iyeṣa kila taṁ baddhuṁ  dāmnātad-vīrya-kovidā 10.9.12. Perceiving that her son was terrified, Yashoda, who was extremely affectionate to her child, threw away the stick. (Yet) Unable to comprehend the vīryam of Krsna, Mother Yashoda wished to bind him wi...

Study the following verses - first from Sri Ramayana and later from Gita.  The point of this study, is to remind oneself that no matter how difficult life gets, we must stay rooted in Karma Yoga - with Ishwara arpana buddhi and Ishwara prasaadha buddhi.  Mahaaveer Sri Swami Hanuman, himself was shaken during the search in Lanka.  Often despressing thoughts entered his mind, but Swami persevered, staying anchored in his fundamentals and overcame all odds, to discover Seethamma.  This study must grant us strength and Sraddha, to overcome our personal difficulties in life.  Jai Sri Ram.    Chapter [Sarga] 12 In this chapter Sri Swami Hanuman gets discouraging thoughts about Seethaamma being alive. He thinks that Seetha might be dead. He experiences depressing thoughts....   dṛṣṭam antaḥ puram sarvam dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇa yoṣitaḥ | na sītā dṛśyate sādhvī vṛthā jāto mama śramaḥ || 5-12-6 "All inner city has been seen. Women of Ravana have...