Lord Damodar

Hare Krsna!!!

Dear Parents,
Please let the kids hear the Damodarastakam few times and they will be able to sing in the class very nicely. Thank you for helping us.

This week,
Prayers & Bhajans: Many kids led  " he krsna " prayer very nicely.

Damodarastakam: We learnt the second verse of the Damodarastakam.
Kartik month is the favorite month of Lord Krsna and He performed Damodar(one whose belly is bound by ropes) lila during Kartik month. So, we should all take a little time to sing Damodar Astakam and light a ghee lamp for Lord Krsna and He will be immensely pleased.
Lyrics for Damodarastakam: http://kksongs.org/songs/n/namamisvaram.html
Audio Link: Damodarastakam

Story Time: We heard the story why Lord Krsna is called Damodar.
Once when Mother Yashoda was churning butter singing songs about the little Krsna. Krsna woke up and was hungry. While Mother Yashoda was feeding Him, the milk on the stove was boiling over. So, Mother Yashoda put Krsna down for a little while to turn off the stove. Krsna was very angry with Mother Yashoda for leaving Him in the middle of the feeding. So, He ate the butter from the butter pot,  broke it and ran away from the room for fear of punishment.
After turning off the stove, Mother Yashoda came into the room and saw what Krsna has done. Wanting to teach Him a lesson, Mother Yashoda went in search of Him with a stick in her hand and found Him standing on an upended wooden mortar, stealing and eating more butter from the butterpots hanging from the ceiling and feeding it to the monkeys as well. As soon as Krsna saw  Mother Yashoda with the stick in her hand, He ran away as quickly as His little feet could carry Him.
Mother Yashoda ran very hard to catch Him but He could not be caught until He wishes to be caught. Seeing His mother hard labor, Lord Krsna decided to let Mother Yashoda catch him. After getting caught, He was rubbing His eyes in crying by seeing the stick and Mother Yashoda threw away the stick not to frighten Him. She still wanted to stop Him from his mischief, so she decided to tie Him up with the wooden mortar. She brought a rope from the house and tried to tie Krsna but the rope was 2 inches short. So, she brought more ropes from the house and kept on trying with connecting all ropes but still the rope was always 2 inches short no matter how long the rope was.
By this time, Mother Yashoda was really tired and she kept on trying to tie Krsna who could not be tied unless He lets it to happen. Lord Krsna, seeing the sincere effort of Mother Yashoda and how tired she was, decided to let Mother Yashoda tie Him up. After He decided, Mother Yashoda was able to tie Him up. That is why Lord Krsna is called Lord Damodar -  one whose belly is bound by ropes.
From this story, we could understand that Lord Krsna could only be bound by love for Him.

We concluded the class with the coloring picture of Mother Yashoda tying a rope around Lord Krsna.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in the next class.
Haribol!!
Gopala Class Teachers
Radhika Mataji
Amutha