Janmastami & Nandotsav

This day is not just a festival day. It is the day when the Supreme God came down on this earth to "bless the good and finish the evil" this is how it is commonly spoken or thought about Lord Krishna's incarnation.

But, in reality, His life has given us much more than that simply becuase it is not an incarnation of the supreme other Avatars, it is the supreme Himself with all his prowess and sweetness (Aishwarya and Madhurya) both. In Vrindaban He played His sweetest of sweet sports - thus, Brajwasis know Him as LOVE-GOD only.In Mathura & Dwarka He has shown more of His Prowess, Supernaturality and great political qualities. Lord Krishna's descent from divine abode has given us two great gifts:

1) It is said in the scriptures that God is something who cannot be seen with our eyes, not heard by ears, not known as an understandable thing, not even conceived by mind's deepest thoughts. Philosophy or Psychology, none of these sciences could say beyond this and the Vedas say - "Yamebaisa Brinute Tena Labhya" i.e, only to those whom He Himself makes Him known can know. It was only through Krishna's descent in a purely human form and being born apparently just like any human child born to parents, on the Janmastami day, that human being could see what and how He is. This is an act of extreme kindness towards mankind.

2) Having lived like a normal man within a human society and having been someone's child, someone's friend & someone's beloved, He gave us so many ways of visualizing Him, worshipping Him - as son, as bosom friend and as the most beloved one. With this, worshippers who used to get frustrated in their austerity by trying to imagine that Great Almighty in some form or other got a clear vision of looking at Him by choosing one of the aforesaid relations according to their personal inclination or "Swabhab" as I would say. To make this free from controversies, He has shown us the true form in which He is actually in His abode since eternity - "Dwibhuj Muralidhar Naba Jaladhar Shyam Sunder" (A man with two hands, holding a flute, of complexion like the early clouds of rain, and the wonderfully beautiful one). He not only looked lovely and attractive, He also did such sweet and pleasant things at Vrindaban that just by hearing or reading about those sports even an atheist will get attracted towards Him - "Ya Shrutwa Tattparo Bhabett" (Shrimadbhagbatam).

I have been blessed with the noble task of narrating the descent of Lovely Krishna at our Mahanam Angan, VIP Road, Kolkata on the 14th evening and performing Sankirtan along with devotee-accompanists on 15th morning. I remain grateful to my Gurudev Dr. Mahambrata Brahmachari for all this.

May Lord Krishna's birth anniversary bring eternal happiness to all and do good to all earthly beings.

Jai SriRadha-Krsishna