Yadaa yadaa hi dharmasya glaanirbhavati bhaarata Abhyuthaanam adharmasya tadaatmaanam srijaamyaham Paritraanaaya saadhunaam vinaashaaya cha dushkritaam Dharma samsthaapa naarthaaya sambhavaami yuge yuge… “When righteousness reduces in this world, I reveal Myself in some form”, says Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna Returns is a contemporary story in which Lord Krishna returns to Vrindavan and revives His childhood... Set amidst the flora and fauna of Vrindavan, the story starts on the Milky Way with some science, traverses along the banks of the Yamuna river and ends with a message on what it means to be assertive, while also sprinkling magical moments and mathematics on the way...
This book offers a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for worshipers of Krishna. This priestly family has arguably been the most creative force in this important town. Their influence also radiates well beyond India's borders both because of their tireless work in fostering scholarship and performance about Krishna and because the scion of the family, Shrivatsa Goswami, has become an international spokesman for Hindu ways and concerns. Case, who has been an occasional resident in the family ashram, gives the reader a real sense of the atmosphere of daily life there, and the complete devotion of the residents to the service and worship of Krishna.
Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna is born in Mathura (some 85 miles south of present-day Delhi). As an infant he is smuggled out of Mathura for his own safety. He and his brother Baladeva grow up among cowherds in the forest, where between them they perform many miraculous deeds and kill many dangerous demons, before returning to Mathura where they kill the evil King Kamsa and his cronies. Thereafter, Krishna is the hero and unofficial leader of his people the Yadava-Vrishnis. When Mathura is besieged by enemies, Krishna leads his people to abandon the town and migrate west, founding the dazzling new city of Dvaraka by the sea. Krishna then repeatedly travels away from that base repeatedly to perform heroic deeds benefitting those in need - including his own people, his more immediate family, and the gods. After narrating the stories of Krishna, the Harivamsha ends by finishing the story of Janamejaya with which the Mahabharata began. The Harivamsha is a powerhouse of Hindu mythology and a classic of world literature. It begins by contextualising Vishnu's appearance as Krishna in several ways, in the process presenting a variety of cosmogonical, cosmological, genealogical, mythological, theological, and karmalogical materials. It then narrates Krishna's birth and adventures in detail. Presenting a wide variety of exciting stories in a poetic register that makes extensive use of natural imagery, the Harivamsha is a neglected literary gem and an ideal starting-point for readers new to Indian literature.
Krishna is bliss. He is a symbol of love, sacrifice and spiritualism. The life, deeds and philosophy of Krishna remain perennial guiding inspirations to mankind. In the world festering with materialism where humanity bleeds, knowledge and study of Krishna provides eternal peace and turns the conscience vibrant. It also lets the people understand the whispering instructions of their souls. The understanding of Krishna separates grief from life. Dhruva – the Pole Star, the narrator of the KRISHNACHARITAM The Essence of Life, narrates Krishna's complete life and elucidates various events that happened during the lifetime of the Avatar. Krishna's early life at Vrindavan, his actions in Mathura and Dwarika, and his diplomacy during the great war of Mahabharata have been beautifully knitted in this book. It contains sermons of Krishna which he gives to Arjuna on the battle field of Kurukshetra and to Udhava at the end of his Lila on the Earth. This book will provide the reader a solace from the competitive and hectic world. It is a must read for all virtuous people aspiring an abode in the realm of true devotion and righteous welfare. May Lord Krishna bestow his blessings upon the ardent reader.
