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Wow...
The
Most
Auspicious
Kartik
Month
-Damodar
Festival
&
Deepavali
(October
31st
to
November
30th,
2020)
Blessed
indeed
is
that
fortunate
soul,
who,
due
to
some
past
pious
activities,
can
observe
the
month
of
Kartik.
This
month,
known
as
the
month
of
Damodar,
is
most
auspicious
and
truly
benevolent,
for
the
sukriti
obtained
by
performing
devotional
activities
for
the
pleasure
of
the
Lords
in
this
month
is
1000
times
more,
than
in
any
other
time
of
the
year.
This
month
commemorates
how
mother
Yashoda
was
able
to
bind
the
Supreme
Personality
of
Godhead
Shri
Krishna
with
the
ropes
of
her
love
and
affection.
The
same
Supreme
Lord,
whom
neither
Lord
Brahma,
nor
Lord
Shiva,
and
not
even
the
Goddess
of
Fortune,
Laxmi
devi,
can
ever
bind,
was
bound
by
the
selfless
pristine
parental
love
of
Mother
Yashoda.
It
is
in
this
very
month,
that
Vrajendranandan
displayed
transcendental
fear
from
his
mother
and
was
running
from
her
trying
to
escape
her
punishment.
After
putting
her
own
endeavor
and
receiving
the
mercy
of
the
Lord,
the
two
ingredients
that
a
devotee
needs
in
order
to
bind
Shyamsundar,
she
tied
Him
up
to
a
grinding
mortar,
taking
which
Shri
Krishna
later
crawled
to
the
Yamalarjun
trees
growing
in
the
courtyard
of
Nanda
Maharaj
and
delivered
the
two
sons
of
Kuber,
namely
Nalakubera
and
Manigriva.
Remembering
this
beautiful
pastime,
and
hoping
to
one
day
be
able
to
tie
Damodar
with
their
ropes
of
love,
all
the
devotees
offer
ghee
lamps
in
the
evening
and
sing
the
beautiful
Damodarashtakam,
creating
a
very
transcendentally
surcharged
atmosphere
in
the
temple
room
of
Krishna
Balaram
mandir,
in
the
land
of
Vraja,
the
very
place
where
these
pastimes
were
manifested
by
Yashodanandan,
five
thousand
years
ago,
to
attract
the
minds
of
the
conditioned
souls
of
this
material
world
and
make
them
realize
their
eternal
identity
as
the
servants
of
Shri
Krishna
(Jivera
svarupa
haya
Krishnera
nitya-dasa).
This
month
is
also
known
as
Urja
vrata.
Urja
means
shakti
and
refers
to
Shri
Krishna’s
internal
potency
which
is
none
other
than
Vrindavaneshwari
Shri
Radha,
and
thus
she
is
the
predominating
deity
of
this
month
of
Kartik,
and
the
glorification
of
her
transcendental
name,
fame,
forms
and
qualities,
is
the
main
vrata
to
be
performed
in
this
month.
This
is
the
month
when
Shri
Radha
and
the
other
sakhis
sang
the
Gopi
geet,
which
is
truly
relished
by
the
elevated
vaishnavas
following
the
moods
of
the
young
damsels
of
Vraja,
whose
love
for
Krishna
is
unsurpassed,
and
the
foremost
of
whom
is
Shrimati
Radhika.
Aspiring
to
be
the
humble
recipients
of
a
single
drop
of
the
moods
of
separation
of
the
Gopis
and
pleading
to
receive
the
dust
of
their
lotus
feet,
the
devotees
all
chant
the
Gopi
geet
after
Damodarashtakam.
This
month
is
truly
glorious
not
only
due
to
the
aforementioned
reasons,
but
also
because
many
prominent
pleasing
pastimes
of
the
Lord
were
performed
in
this
month
of
Kartik.
The
first
day
of
the
month,
Sharad
Purnima,
is
when
the
Sharad
raas
was
performed
and
the
desires
of
all
the
Gopis
of
Shri
Krishna
were
fulfilled.
In
this
month,
the
Gopis
who
had
never
before
attained
the
direct
audience
of
their
worshipable
Lord,
their
very
life
and
soul
Shri
Krishna,
were
purified
of
all
the
traces
of
anarthas
left
in
them
by
the
intense
heat
of
separation
and
were
able
to
fulfill
their
long
cherished
heart’s
desire
to
attain
their
one
and
only
goal,
the
lotus
feet
of
Shri
Krishna.
It
was
in
this
month
that
the
demon
Arishtasura
was
killed,
which
led
to
the
appearance
of
Radha
kund
and
Shyam
kund,
two
beautiful
kunds
at
the
foot
of
the
great
Govardhan
hill,
having
jeweled
steps,
blooming
lotus
flowers
and
surrounded
by
the
kunjas
of
the
eighth
prominent
Sakhis,
and
in
the
center
Svanada
sukhad
kunja
of
ananga
manjari
where
the
divine
couple
perform
many
enchanting
pastimes.
The
Amavasya
of
this
auspicious
month
is
celebrated
as
Dipavali,
the
festival
of
lights,
celebrating
the
long
awaited
return
of
Lord
Ram
to
his
kingdom
Ayodhya
after
the
14
years
banishment
and
the
war
that
waged
between
Ram
and
Ravan.
All
the
devotees
celebrate
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