Birthday ceremony
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 8
SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
CC Madhya-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
His playmates then threatened not to allow Him to play with them again. Kṛṣṇa became afraid, and instead of going back home, He went back again to play with the boys. At that time, mother Yaśodā scolded the children and told Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, do You think that You are a street boy? You have no home? Please come back to Your home! I see that Your body has become very dirty from playing since early morning. Now come home and take Your bath. Besides, today is Your birthday ceremony; therefore You should come back home and give cows in charity to the brāhmaṇas. Don’t You see how Your playmates are decorated with ornaments by their mothers? You should also be cleansed and decorated with nice dress and ornaments. Please, therefore, come back, take Your bath, dress Yourself nicely, and then again You may go on playing.”
In this way mother Yaśodā called back Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, who are worshipable by great demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. She was thinking of Them as her children.
When mother Yaśodā’s children, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, came home, she bathed Them very nicely and dressed Them with ornaments. She then called for the brāhmaṇas, and through her children she gave many cows in charity for the occasion of Kṛṣṇa’s birthday. In this way she performed the birthday ceremony of Kṛṣṇa at home.Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Festival Lectures
General Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: [break] ...deliver each and every child to Kamsa, but in the case of Kṛṣṇa he did not do so. He did not deliver. He cheated him by changing. So to give protection to Kṛṣṇa, they had to do something, even it is not sanctioned. He violated because he promised before Kaṁsa that "I shall deliver all the children," and he did it. But when there was Kṛṣṇa, he broke the promise.
Śrīdhara: "Vasudeva continued, 'My dear friend it is very difficult...' "
Prabhupāda: Therefore Vasudeva is very jubilant that Kṛṣṇa is now alive and His birthday ceremony has been performed. Therefore he is so pleased.Correspondence
1967 Correspondence
1968 Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
1970 Correspondence
1976 Correspondence
Page Title: | Birthday ceremony |
Compiler: | Sahadeva |
Created: | 03 of Jun, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=3, CC=3, OB=2, Lec=3, Con=1, Let=6 |
No. of Quotes: | 18 |