Why the name Krishna?

JAY SHREE POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA
JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG

Dear Readers,

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. In this new year take a resolution to try out chanting the name of Lord Krishna just as one tries out eating something which one has never eaten before. Try having a sincere faith in Krishna that he can do nothing wrong to us and that anything that happens with us is bound to be good for us in some way or the other. Only thing being that we cant see how that thing is good for us. So try exploring each and every small incident and event as to why this happened and what does it indiacate? And please give your feedback to us. It feels good to receive the comments of the readers. So feel free to express your views.

Moving back to our articles,

Since the last two months i.e. in the last four articles, the emphasis has been on the point that Lord Krishna is the Supreme and that having worshipped Him there is no need to worship anyone else.

In the Chaitanya-charitamrita it is said that a devotee of Krishna has strong and firm faith in the understanding that if he is simply engaged in Krishna consciousness and Krishna’s transcendental loving service then he is freed from all other obligations. A pure devotee of Krishna doesn’t have to perform any of the ritualistic functions enjoined in the Vedas; nor is he required to worship any demi-gods. Being a devotee of Krishna, one is understood to have performed all kinds of Vedic rituals and all kinds of worship to demi-gods. One does not develop devotional service for Krishna by performing the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or worshipping the demi-gods, but it should be understood that one who is engaged fully in the service of the Lord has already fulfilled all Vedic injunctions.
Diverting back to where we left the last article; here are the last few important manifestations of Lord Krishna:

Mrutyu: SarvaharshravaaHamudhbHavashrcha BhavisHataam
Keerithi Shreervakch naarinaam smrutirmedha ghrutihi kshama.

I am also death, which snatches all away. I am the origin of all that shall be born. Among women I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, endurance and forgiveness

Chapter 10 verse 34

Meaning: I am also death, which snatches away the life of all. Of those that shall be born I am that called birth. (Of women i.e. goddesses who are the powers of the Lord) I am prosperity (Sri); I am fame (Kirti); I am speech (Vak); I am memory (Smriti); I am intelligence (Medha); I am endurance(Dhrti); and I am forgiveness (Ksama).


bruhtsaam tatha saamnaam gayatri chhandasaamaham
maasaanaam margsHirshOahamrutunaam kusumakar:

Of Saman hymns, I am the Brhatsaman. Of meters, I am the gayatri. Of months, I am Margasirsa (Nov-Dec). And of seasons, I am the season of flowers.
Chapter 10 verse 35

Dhyutam chhalayataamasmi tejastejasvinaamHam
JayOasmi vyavasaayOasmi satravam satravavataamaham.

Of the fraudulent, I am gambling, I am the brilliance of the brilliant. I am victory, I am effort, I am the magnanimity of the magnanimous.

Chapter 10 verse 36

Meaning: Of those who practise fraud with a view to defeat each other, I am the gambling such as the dice-play etc. I am the victory of those who achieve victory. I am the effort of those who make effort. I am the magnanimity of those who possess magnanimity of mind.

VrusHninaam vaasudevOasmi pandavanaam dhananjayaha
MuninaamapyaHam Vyaasaha kavinaamushana kavihi

Of Vrsnis I am Vasudeva. Of Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of sages, I am Vyasa and of seers, I am Usana (Sukra).

Chapter 10 verse 37

Meaning: Here the Supreme Vibhuti (manifestation) is that of being the son of Vasudeva. Of sons of Pandu, I am Dhananjaya or Arjuna. Of sages who perceive truth by meditation, I am Vyasa. The seers are those who are wise.

Dando damayataamasmi neetirasmi jeegishatam
maunam chaivasmi gruhanaam dnyanam dnyanavtamaham

Of those that punish, I am principle of punishment. Of those that seek victory, I am the policy. Of secrets, I am also silence. And of those who are wise, I am wisdom.

Chapter 10 verse 38

Meaning: I am the power of punishment of those who punish, if law is transgressed. In regard to those who seek victory I am policy which is the means of getting victory. Of factors associated with secrecy, I am silence. I am the wisdom of those who are wise.



Yachchaapi sarvabHutaanaam beejam tadahamarjuna
na tadasti vina yatsyaanmaya bhutam characharam.

I am also that which is the seed of all beings, O Arjuna. Nothing that moves or does not move, exists without me.

Chapter 10 verse 39
Meaning: Of all beings, in whatever condition they may exist whether manifest or not, I alone am that state. Whatever host of beings are said to exist, they do not exist without Me as their Self. The purport is that the entire host of beings in every state, is united with Me, their Self. By this He makes it clear that He, being the Self of all things, is the ground for his being denoted by everything in co-ordinate predication.

NaantOasmi mama divyaanaam vibhuteenaam paramtapa
Aesha tudHyeshataha prokto vibhutervistaro maya

There is no limit to My divine manifestations. Here the extent of such manifestations has been made in brief by Me.

Chapter 10 verse 40

Meaning: There is no limit to the divine and auspicious manifestations of My will to rule. But it has been described to some extent by Me in brief by means of a few illustrations.

So these were the important manifestations of Lord Krishna in which he Has briefly explained that in each and every category of people, gods, beings, qualities, non-living entitites, He is the residing Self.

We will look at a few other shloka's from the Bhagwad Gita realting to this same topic in our next posting.
Till then do continuous chanting. Radhekrishna!!

Sarvam Guruvarpanam
Sarvam Krishnarpanam