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Lord
Krishna
 Lord
Krishna needs no introduction and
GSBs have Him in their midst as Vittal.
And therefore there are only a few temples
dedicated to Lord Krishna. But He is worshipped
on Gokulashtami Day, 8th day of
Krishna Paksha of Shravana
month with a day long
fast and midnight pooja chanting Shri
Vishnu Sahasranama and 108 Shri Krishna’s
glorious names, accompanied by the offering of
equal number of tulsi dals-two leaves each.
After the midnight pooja the fast will be
broken. Bhagawat Purana has one shloka that
summarises the Lord’s glories as follows:
“In the days of yore, the Lord, born of Devaki,
brought up by Yashoda, killed the wicked Putana.
Then he lifted the Govardhana Hill, slayed Kamsa
and protected
the sons of Kunti.”
Shrimad Bhagwat Gita is His creation
and at least once in life time one should
read it. Then the 12th Chapter, the
smallest one in the Gita is worth chanting
everyday in every home. Not only chanting, let
us understand and try to follow. This contains
the essence of human behavior
and qualities and virtues.(In
the picture is Shri Dwarakadish Shri Krishna
installed in Shri Sadguru Dham of GSB
Sabha, Baroda, by H.H.shrimat Sudhindra Tirth
Swamiji in the year 2001)
Lord Krishna was a great champion of the cause of
women.
After killing Narakasura he
married all the 16,000 princesses imprisoned by
him and gave them a new lease of life. Then
about Draupadi!
When Yudhishtira lost her at the game of
dice,
Duryodhana thought of humiliating her by instructing his
younger brother, Dusshasan to bring her to the
royal court and disrobe. When nobody was able to
help her out,
she prayed to Lord Krishna for protection.
Although he was in far off lands he heard the prayers and granted her ‘akshaya vasana’,
the endless robe or saree and all the efforts by the devilish Dusshasan in
trying to disrobe
became futile.
Not
long ago in devout GSB residences Draupadi
Vastrapaharan, a Konkani ballad, was sung
by ladies as a part of evening prayers in praise
of Lord Krishna.
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