SRISHTI TALES

We continue our Manasik Yatra of Vrindavana through the parikrama of Govardhana giri. Today we will be taking our first steps in the circumambulation of the divine hill in this new episode narrated by Dr. Ojaswita Chaturvedi.

Perumal's beautiful thirumeni entices us and make us fall in love with him in a trancelike state. An acharya will direct us through the path of conscious and disciplined bhakthi. In any Vaishnava Sampradaya, acharya bhakthi or bhaagavatha bhakthi is highly valued than Perumal bhakthi. Knowing all the secrets, Madhurakavi azhwar had his devotion exclusive to Nammazhwar and avoided having even a gli...

She had given up hope in her loved ones. She had lost her physical and mental strength. Achyuthaa..., Govindaa..., Pundareekaakshaa.... murmured her lips thinking of Lord Krishna. His names rescued her even before the Lord. Veda paatti's beautiful narration of Draupadi's story makes us wonder. Do we chant Lord Vishnu's names at least during our difficult times? Let's request the Lord to make us mi...

We continue our Manasik Yatra of Vrindavana through the tales that happened at Govardhana giri. Together we unravel  a new secret of vrindavana in this new episode narrated by Dr. Ojaswita Chaturvedi.

He shook the confidence of Ravana and warned him by showing a brief demonstration of what would happen to Lanka with Ram's arrival. He was aware of Ram's feelings, therefore chose the right words to convey an information precisely without aggravating his anxiety. He gave a light of hope to Rama and Sita. The Mighty Rama bhaktha, Anjaniputra Hanuman did everything perfectly and meticulously from th...

We continue our Manasik Yatra of Vrindavana with another shining star of Vraja mandala - Govardhana mountain. How did the mountain appear in this holy land?  Let's unravel a new secret of Vrindavana in this new episode narrated by Dr. Ojaswita Chaturvedi.

Sri Rama was indifferent towards Kousalya and Kaikeyi, Lakshmana and Gugan, Bharatha and Sugreeva, and monkeys and squirrels. Fort or forest, city or jungle, all were the same to him. He was unruffled in every circumstance. Sriman Narayana took the poorna avatar of a human to teach us how to lead a dharmic human life with essential values and principles. Let's all develop those good virtues and be...

We continue our yatra through Yamunaji who stands as the testimonial to the various pastimes of krishna at Vrindavana.

Krishna staged a play to grant moksha to one of his ardent devotees of Gokulam. However the situation appeared like the devotee was engaged in a serious play. Penpillai discusses about Dadhipandan's concern for Lord Krishna. She emphasizes that we should not just care about our own well-being, but also about the interest of the Lord to whom we are devoted.

Penpillai laments for not being a credulous devotee of Vaithamaanidhi Perumal. The Supreme God Sriman Narayana is found in 5 states. Para, vyuha, vibhava, antaryami and archa. A strong belief of a devotee makes the Lord to peform miracles. Prahlad's resolute faith compelled the lord to appear from an achetana (the pillar) revealing his antaryami state to the world. While all the other Gods are bou...

We continue our yatra to the temples of the prime deities of Vrindavana and unravel the stories behind their appearance.

Despite living in this materialistic and sophisticated world, the stories of disciples from our ithihasas and Puranas never cease to amaze us. Penpillai comes with yet another story of a woman's acharya bhakti.   Sabari, a disciple of Matanga muni, awaited the arrival of Rama, solely for the sake of the word foretold by her Guru. She gave motherly care to Rama who was completely shattere...

Hanuman came across one Rama bhakta amidst the cruel demons in the country of Srilanka. Among the group of flatterers in the royal court, He noticed one person who spoke the truth. It was Vibheeshana, the brother of the demon king Ravana.  Throughout his life, Vibheeshana walked on the road of dharma, which eventually led him to the place of Lord Rama. Following the path of dharma is never ea...

Bhagavatam is the foremost scriptures when it comes to Krishna Leela. In Bhagavatam it is described that the gopis have predominantly sung 5 songs or geetas for their dear lord Krishna. These are Venu Geeta, pranaya Geeta, Gopi Geeta, yugala Geeta and bhramara Geeta. Let us look at where these songs have been based in current vrindavana!

According to Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya, whoever serves Thaayar, becomes favorite to Perumal. Penpillai is guilty of not winning the blessings of Vaithamaanidhi Perumal by performing any kainkaryam to Kumudavalli Thaayar like Jatayu's kainkaryam towards Devi Sita. Jatayu, the King of Vultures, was unperturbed about the consequences when he fought with Ravana. He rather considered Rama Sita kainkarya...

We enter the last and the best of the forests - Vrindavana. How and why Vrindavana was chosen as the abode of the Yadavas? Krishna’s amazing adventure land has many tales to tell..

Why Rama considered Gugan as his brother and also as a friend? What was so special about him? Generally, Rama's Prabhaavam is highly celebrated on his meeting with Gugan. However, our Penpillai highlights the glory of revered Gugan for our benefit. We all know Gugan helped Rama in crossing the river Ganges. Was it the only reason for Gugan's role to be popularly underlined in Ramayana? Pen Pillai...

Bharathan - the brother known for bhagavath paarathanthriam. He was firm and contented in doing simply what Rama desires and orders. Bharath considered himself as a body and Rama as his soul. Is it possible for the body to exist without the soul? But that was the command of Rama. Bharath promptly  proposed an idea that alleviated his agony of seperation. He patiently waited in Nandigram. Even...

Once when Krishna and his friends were talking about Ramayana, Krishna remarked that he's sri Rama himself. Radha and other gopis refused to believe him and put him through a test. Know this and many more pastimes that took place in" Kamyavan ".

Lakshmana - the brother known for his bhagavath Eshathvam. He set an example of how a devotee should be ready and ever willing to serve the lord. Like how a crawling baby follows the mother around the house , Lakshmana wanted to follow Rama everywhere. Let's know from Veda paati , how Adisesha seized the opportunity of doing Kainkaryam to Sriman Narayana , when he was born as Lakshmana.

In this episode we explore the past times of Balarama through the forests of Taalavan and Bhadravan.

One of the five lessons that Andal has taught us is to offer flowers to Lord vishnu. We have also heard about the life of many Azhwars and Aacharyas who have pleased the god by their pushpa kainkaryam. Here's a garland maker's story from Penpillai's archive.  As we heard in the virtuous Vidhura's story, Lord Vishnu has met many of his devotees throughout his avatar leelas. Yet again in Krishn...

As Krishna and Balarama walked down the streets of magnificent Mathura, astonished  were the people at the sight of those boys with godly figure. Trivakra makes Krishna happy by offering the finest of what she had and unexpectedly gets a gift from him. Penpillai, through this story hints us about the favourites of Lord Krishna and inspires us to delight the lord at our home.

Lets continue the Manasika Yatra of Vrindavana through Lohavana, Belavana and Kumudhavana through unique tales of Sri Krishna's pastimes.

Hope you are all enjoying the manasik yatra of the 12 forests of Vrajabhoomi. In today’s episode, we will be going around Khadiravana and Bahulavana, remembering the pastimes of Krishna. Smt Ojaswita Chaturvedi presents to us the secrets of Vrindavana in this audio story series in English.