Hurry Kṛṣṇa

sweet krishna

here is a short tale
on the life of lord krishna
inspired to inspire

baby krishna

Baby Krishna was born at midnight.

His mother was Queen Devaki and his dad was King Vasudeva.

His birthday is called Janmashtami.

It is a week after the first full moon after August 23.

Janmashtami is Thursday, September 7, this year, 2023.

Krishna was born in a place called Mathura.

Mathura is in the middle of the flower, near the river.

As a boy, he lived across the river in Gokula.

Mohan ("enchanter")
Govinda ("chief herdsman")
Keev ("prankster")
Gopala ("Protector of the 'Go'", which means "soul" or "the cows").

Jagannatha ("Lord of the World") is a form or incarnation of Krishna,
worshipped in the Puri Hindu temple, and surrounding areas in Eastern India.

Vāsudeva-Krishna, Murlidhar, or Chakradhar.

The honorary title "Sri" is used before his name..

Shri Krishna

3 flutes

Small flute about 15cm with six holes. A whistling flute creating a divine sound vibration.
When Krishna plays the Venu, The four Vedas will come to collect the divine vibration from the sound.

Murali is about 45cm, has a hole at the end, and four holes on the body. It produces an enchanting sound. A very enchanting sound. The moment Krishna starts playing the Murali flute, Shiva and Parvati will come and enjoy the sound.

Mura is a demon’s name and Ari means enemy. Murari means one who removes enmity from one’s mind, one who destroys the enemies of his bhakthas. To one who always chants the name of Krishna, Krishna will play the Murali flute inside the atma or the soul. When Krishna's bhakthas pray to him to hear the sound of Murali, Krishna will play.

The Vamsi flute is about 40cm, with nine holes on its body.
The sound of Krishna’s Vamsi flute spreads in all four directions.
Even though Krishna vibrates his flute within this universe, its sound pierces the universal covering and goes to the spiritual sky.
Thus the vibration enters the ears of all inhabitants.

Mura was son of Rishi Kashyapa.

He received a boon from Brahma that whoever would be touched by his hands would die.

After receiving this boon, he went on to challenge the Gods in individual combat.

Everybody knew of the boon he had received, and nobody was willing to fight him. Thus, he won the Swarga without fighting a single war.

In the mean time, King Raghu of Raghuvansha, decided to perform a Yajna. Mura did not want this and wanted to destroy King Raghu, but Brahmarishi Vishwamitra intervened saying that, Raghu was not his equal, and that battles must be fought between equals.

Rishi Vishwamitra further advised Mura to challenge Yama. On hearing that Mura wanted to fight him, Yama fled to Vaikuntha and asked Lord Vishnu to help him. Lord Vishnu said that he would fight Mura in the place of Yama. Yama then met Mura and said Sri Hari would Fight Mura in his stead, asking him to wait at the shore of the ocean called Kshiroda, where Sri Hari would fight Him.

When Narayana and Mura met face to face, Mura started taunting him.

In reply, Narayana said, “if you are feeling so brave Mura, then why is your heart beating so fast?”.

On hearing this, Mura put his hand on his chest in order to refute Sri Hari’s claim. But the damage was done. He touched himself with his hand, and according to the boon from Brahma, anyone who was touched by Mura’s hand, irrespective of who the person was, would die. Thus, Narayana defeated Mura, and is thus called Murari.

Vishnu shapeform

Krishna would play on any of his 3 flutes when they were needed.

These flutes were sometimes bedecked with jewels, sometimes of hollow bamboo.

young krishna

hallelujah

This video below celebrates the 50th anniversary of the George Harrison album:

"All Things Must Pass"

what a great song.

i'm going to learn it on guitar.

good night krishna

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