Gopashtami

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Namo Guruvayupuradhisaya!

Pandit Gopalan Nair says in his elaborate commentary in Malayalam on Srimad Bhagavatam that Gopashtami was the day on which Lord Krishna took up grazing cows. Till then he was grazing only calves. This is stated in the first sloka of dasaka 53 of Srimannarayniyam-- ateetya baalyam---

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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Lakshmy Prakash <lakshmygprakash wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today is Gopashtami.

 

 

Gopashtami Utsav. Thakorji (ShrinathJi) took birth in Vraj & also manifested himself in Gokul. Henceaccepted for himself Gocharan i.e. cow grazing being the principleduty of the people of Gokul. This indicates the basic nature of

Prabhu, just as Prabhu Shri Ram in Raghukul learnt the use of bow & arrow & also in teenage showed his liking of security of the subjectsof the kingdom. This is the proof that Bhagwan accepts the form &

duty of the people of the place where He manifests Himself. Heperforms the same with deep interest & concentration.Our Thakur in the same way accepts & behaves as per our own system.He will act like Brahman in the house of a Brahman & shall perform

the rights of Kshatriyas in the house of Kshatiyas. AccordinglyThakorji used to go daily for Gocharan in Vrajleela. Prabhu liveswithin the frame of harmony of the devotee & becomes harmonious withhim then only it becomes Utsav. If Prabhu can harmonise with the

devotee then the devotee can harmonise with Prabhu. If Prabhu doesnot harmonise with the bhakta the bhakta cannot with his own powerharmonise with Prabhu.Bhagwan's manifestation is the manifestation of Anand & with that

Anand i.e. bliss only He acts like us between us. We can give toPrabhu of our house the form according to our wish. He is ready toaccept such form but the important point is that this is inproportion to the harmony wecan add up. Well, if it is not possible

to adopt his harmony at least we can try to live for Him & as His.Gopashtami is the Utsav to become " For Him " & then " Harmonise withHim " .