Sri Damodar Lila

By Sri Srimad Radha Govinda Das Goswami

Because of mother Yashoda’s hard labor, her whole body became covered with perspiration, and the flowers were falling from her hair. When child Krishna saw His mother thus fatigued, He became merciful to her and agreed to be bound. Thus there was a competition between a devotee and Krishna. In the end, seeing His devotee’

• Language: English
• Publisher: BUUKS
• Release date: Jan 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9789389604719

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SRI DAMODAR LILA

Sri Srimad Radha Govinda Das Goswami

Bhagavata Mahavidyalaya Publications

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Śrī Śrī Guru-Gaurāṅgau Jayataḥ

Sri Damodar Lila

tām ātta-yaṣṭiṁ prasamīkṣya satvaras

tato ‘varuhyāpasasāra bhītavat

gopy anvadhāvan na yam āpa yogināṁ

kṣamaṁ praveṣṭuṁ tapaseritaṁ manaḥ

— Bhāg. 10. 9. 9

When Lord Sri Krishna saw His Mother, stick in hand, He very quickly got down from the top of the mortar and began to flee as if very much afraid. Although yogis try to capture Him as Paramātmā by meditation, desiring to enter into the effulgence of the Lord with great austerities and penances, they fail to reach Him. But Mother Yashoda, thinking that same Personality of Godhead, Krishna, to be her son, began chasing Krishna to catch Him.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all the devotees who worked hard to produce this book:

Editor : Brajsunder Das

Copy Editor : Isha Prakash Das

Saṅskrit Editor : Vrajsevika Devi Dasi

Translated : Sri Nilmani Das

Navanitika Devi Dasi

Assitance : Harilila Dasi, Damayanti Devi Dasi

Bhavamayi Devi Dasi, Daivisakti Devi Dasi

Cover Design: Ananda Rupa Das

ARTISTS

Front cover page: Damodar Lila painting © by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

Other paintings inside book by Kim Waters Murray.

Her website: www.kimwatersart.net

First printing, January 2012 – 3,000 copies

Second printing, October 2019 – Print on demand through BUUKS.com

Dedicated to

His Divine Grace

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Founder-Ācārya of the

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mangalacarana

Sri Damodar Lila

The Glories of Sri Damodar (Sri Damodarastak)

Glossary

Index to songs and verses

Mangalacharana

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena