॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
25 April 2023 Tuesday - Today is the auspicious Jayanti of Adi Shankara. He was one of the greatest devotees of Bhagavan Sri Krishna. The photo above is of the Sri Krishna temple in Kaladi, Adi Shankara's birthplace, the deity being the same Krishna whom Shankara worshipped.
Adi Shankara is the incarnation of Bhagavan Shiva Himself, who is called Parama Bhagavata. So we should celebrate this Jayanti as a part of our Srimad Bhagavatam worship.
Adi Shankara has summarised the Srimad Bhagavatam in his great work, Govindashtakam. Each episode we have read is beautifully embedded in this Stotram. You can enjoy this being sung by Bharata Ratna MSS
You can study this beautiful Stotram here:
We are about to cover the wonderful Rasa Leela. Tomorrow I shall cover the 29th Adhyaya. Before that, we should savour this shloka from Govindasktakam:
गोपीमण्डलगोष्ठिभेदं भेदावस्थमभेदाभं शश्वद्गोखुरनिर्घूतोद्धतधूलीधूसरसौभाग्यम् ।
श्रद्धाभक्तिगृहीतानन्दमचिन्त्यं चिन्तितसद्भावं चिन्तामणिमहिमानं प्रणमत गोविन्दं परमानन्दम् ॥
T: Bhagavan Sri Krishna as Gopala sported with the Gopis in different groups, appearing as a different individual lover to each of them while being the one Paramatman without a second! This Eternal One was constantly covered by the dust of the hooves of cows, and calves. How blessed were they and how belssed was the dust too! The bliss of Bhagavan is available through Shraddha = total dedication and Bhakti= pure devotion of total immersion. Bhagavan is beyond intellectual debates about Nirguna Saguna etc. He can be attained only through love. Bhagavan Sri Krishna is the divine gem Chintamani who grants everything to His devotees. Oh, devotees, all of you, bow down to that Govinda, embodiment of Supreme Bliss!
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॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
