Vidyadhara's Deliverance

Hare Krsna!!!

Dear Parents,
We would like to thank Radhika Mataji for helping out in the class. Thank You, Radhika Mataji. We heartily thank all the parents for their sincere efforts and great enthusiasm in bringing the kids to sunday school. Thank You!!

This week,

PRAYERS : We sang Guru prayer thanking him for giving us knowledge, Lord Shri Krsna and Srimati Radharani seeking their blessings and guidance to become knowledgeable good devotees of the Lord.

SLOKA : We learnt the Bhagavad-Gita Sloka from Chapter 10 : verse 8
aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravarte
iti matvaa bhajante maam
budhaa bhaava samanvitaah

TRANSLATION : I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

Audio Link: http://kids.iskcondesiretree.info/Audio/03_-_Sloka_recitation_by_5_year_old_Samhita/Bhagavad_Gita_108_Important/Ch%2010%20Opulence%20of%20the%20Absolute/BG%2010.8.MP3

Bhagavad-Gita Link : If you would like to know more about this verse and its purport, please visit http://vedabase.net/bg/10/8/en
(Note: Please refer to the previous posts for the prayers and their translations.)

STORY TIME: We heard the liberation of Vidyadhara.
Once Nanda Maharaj and other cowherd men went to Ambikavana to observe siva-ratri, to worship Lord Shiva. Ambikavana was near river saraswati, so Nanda Maharaj and other men took bath in the river and went to worship Shiva and went to sleep on the bank of river Saraswati. That night, from the nearby forest, a big snake came and hungrily began to swallow up Nanda Maharaja. Nanda Maharaj called out to Lord Krsna to save him from the snakc. By the sounds, the cowherd men woke up and began beating the snake with burning logs but the snake would not stop swallowing Maharaj Nanda. Lord Krsna appeared on the scene and put his lotus feet on the snake head and the snake turned into a demigod.
The demigod named Vidyadhara bowed down to Lord Krsna and Lord Krsna asked Vidyadhara, what bad activities he did to get the body of a serpent. So, Vidyadhara explained to Lord Krsna that he was a beautiful demigod in his previous life and while he was traveling in his airplane, he came across a great sage, Angira. As he was so proud of his beauty, he made fun out of Angira Muni's features. Due to this sinful action, Angira Muni cursed him to take the body of the lowly species, snake.
Now, being touched by Lord Krsna's lotus feet, Vidyadhara was freed from all kinds of sinful reaction. He asked Lord Krsna's permission to go home in higher heavenly planets. Lord Krsna gave permission and Vidyadhara circumambulated Lord Krsna to offer obeisances and went to his home. That's how Nanda Maharaj was saved from being swallowed by the big snake.
While Nanda Maharaj and other cowherd men returning home, they kept on recalling the wonderful activities of Lord Krsna. They came to worship Lord Shiva but became more attached to the supreme Lord Krsna.

Practical Application:
1. Always remembering Krsna and never forgetting Krsna will help us in living a peaceful and happy life.
2. We can develop love for Lord Krsna by hearing His pasttimes, chanting His Holy name, singing for Him, and dancing for Him.
3. With pure love for Lord Krsna, we will be able to go to our original home, Lord Krsna's spiritual planet.

Krsna Book link : Liberation of Vidyadhara http://krsnabook.com/ch34.html

Finally, we concluded the class with coloring pictures. All the kids know who they are coloring and they like this activity more.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in the next class.

Haribol!!!!
Gopala Class Teachers
Namapriya Mataji
Amutha