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proteeti

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Once upon a time,

There lived an honest King.

By the glittering band of Yamuna

His glories did they sing.

Mathura, he called his land, Ugrasena was he to the world.

He had a son to fill his heart; a girl to keep him brave.

The princess, Devaki, was joyously loved.

The prince was but a knave.

When the blissful time did come,

The King called upon the groom.

Kansa, the prince did lead the way,

Alas! To certain doom.

For all went well till the time for leave,

When the Heavens did ring,

"Thy sister be thy death,"

Foretold the thunder-string.

"The eighth of lads begot from her,

Born of the Lord of truth

Shall see thee to thy very end.

He will, the holy youth!"

Enraged, Kansa, blinded by the fear of death, stood to behead his sister. Vasudeva, the groom fell at his feet, held his hand and said,

"Oh, Lord, the greatest of Yadav line,

Why would you malign your grace?

Look at the gentle woman; your sister,

The flower of your pure race!

"Spare her life for love's sake,

But, hark, for now an oath I take.

Fate of every child of mine.

Will be for you to make or break."

Kans, remembered the renown his brother-in-law enjoyed for his veracity; he lowered his sword. "But, you wouldn't put a step out of Mathura. I'll make sure of that."

Thus they were led to the darkest prison cells,

To begin their lives under jesting knells.

Six years did pass from hence,

Each slaughtered by the Prince.

He jailed his father and thence

Called himself the King.

Every time Devaki gave birth to a son, Vasudeva, chained by his own vow, did hand the poor child to his brother-in-law, who wasted no time to terminate its breath. The fool! He thought he would defeat death by destroying the infants of the couple who were to bring the Saviour to this world.

Building on this belief, he went ahead a step. Proclamations were made, throughout his Kingdom, forbidding those subject to him from worshipping anyone but the King. Those that rose in denial, were either imprisoned, or murdered in cold blood.

In such troubled times, one miry Shraavana night,

The silver moon gave way to clouds,
Which rained with all their might,
Under the glittering welkin shower,
Nature prepared the night.

Flowers bloomed to wake the fowls,
Who sang the notes of care;
The ether blew the clouds away,
To reveal the starry zephyr.

Victory to Right!
By sweet midnight,

Was born the little Divine.

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Edited by Radhikerani - 7 years ago

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Srutha

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Posted: 7 years ago

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The eight chief queens of Shri Krishna, His Ashtabharya sat together in Vaikunta-lok, deep in thought.

"We have to do something special for Arya's birthday!" said Satyabhama, breaking the silence.

"We do, Bhama, but what?" asked Rukmini.

"Didi, we have done almost everything for His birthday." said Kalindi.

"Jeeji, Bhama, what about... no. That won't work." said Jambavati, pouting slightly.

"Why am I not getting any ideas?, asked Satyabhama and Kalindi together.

Nagnajiti, Mitravinda and Lakshmana sat in silence, all three out of ideas as well. Mitravinda turned to look for Bhadra, and saw Bhadra deep in thought, a slight smile on her lovely face.

"Jeeji, Jeeji!" called Mitravinda drawing Satyabhama's attention, who was seated right next to her.

"You have any ideas, Bhadra?, asked a hopeful Satyabhama.

"Di, how about.., started Bhadra.

"Tell us, little sister, said Kalindi, taking her hands.

"We can organize His birthday in the way the various regions of Bharatvarsh do it?, said Bhadra.

"You mean like Gujaratis, Tamilians, Bengalis and so on?, asked Lakshmana.

"Exactly like that Didi, said a now excited Bhadra.

This got the eight Queens to soon discuss the various ways the people of Bharatvarsh celebrate His birthday.

"Okay. So at Mathura and Vrindavan, Swami is always given a ritualistic bath, and various poojas are performed at night, said Rukmini.

"All cultures do pooja at night, for He was born then, said Jambavathi.

"And they make chappan bhog, a collection of fifty-six kinds of delicacies, for Swami," said Satyabhama.

"That is now part of the dishes," said Mitravinda.

"And Makkan can never be forgotten," said Kalindi, grinning.

"Never!" said the seven queens together, after which they went on to discuss what others did.

"The Gujaratis prepare kheer, poha with milk, and poori for Swami, said Nagnajiti.

"But all of that is there in the chappan bhog, right?, asked Lakshmana.

"It is, agreed Bhadra. Almost all cultures have the same things."

"Not the Tamil, though!" said Rukmini, grinning at Satyabhama.

"They have a variety of food for Arya. Rice balls (pori urundai), Ghee balls (Nei Kadalai urundai), and a variety of snacks like seedai and thengkuzhal," said Jambavathi.

"And they also have something special that other traditions don't have." said a mischievous Satyabhama.

"What is that?, asked all the others together.

Satyabhama grinned.

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proteeti

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As the eight queens busied themselves in the preparation for the food to be made on their Lord's birthday, they were discussing about the various competitions and plays that highlight the events in Shri Krishna's life.

"For one Di, I love the dahi handi contests, said Mitravinda to Rukmini.

"That is true. The one who is called Govinda is the one who has to rise up to hit the Earthen pot kept at a high level, containing curd." said Kalindi.

"This of course has to be celebrated on the day of Swami's birth!" said Nagnajiti, laughing.

"Of course it does. Our Lord is a makkan chor, a butter-thief, and a dahi chor as well, right?, said Jambavathi.

"This happens mainly in the state of Maharastra. The other states don't have dahi handi competitions." said Bhadra.

"Satya Didi, what are you thinking about?" asked Lakshmana.

"The fact that there are various plays as well, is what I am thinking about." said Satyabhama. "The most popular theme being Swami and His natkhatpan and michievousness!"

"Swami is Mischievousness personified!" said Mitravinda.

"No no. Natkhatpan is Swami personified. Didi, what was that saying we were talking about?, asked Satyabhama.

Together, Rukmini and Satyabhama said, "Mischief, thy name is Krishna!"

The other six laughed agreement with Rukmini and Satyabhama.

"Didi, shouldn't we decorate the floor?" asked Bhadra.

"Oh we should!" said Kalindi.

The eight queens busied themselves with taking care of the floor decorations.

Shri Krishna walked towards His chamber, after paying respects to His parents, His Dau and Bhabhi, followed by the various people who wanted to greet Him on His birthday. The Devas had also wanted to meet Him.

Tired from the exhausting day, and wanting to spend time with His eight wives, He had left for His room where He knew they would be in a hurry. He was aware that the eight of them had plans for the evening, and He was waiting for it.

As He neared His room, he saw the entire place lit with bright diyas. Smiling, He reached the doorstep, and looked down, to see what His wives had done. He smiled.

Keeping His steps on the feet they had drawn on the floor, He entered the room smiling. Looks like the Tamil tradition of drawing His feet on His birthday had gotten to them.

"Happy Birthday Swami!"

He turned towards the chorus, seeing His eight wives holding pooja thalis, waiting to welcome Him. After the applying of Tilak by all eight, Rukmini and Satyabhama grasped one hand each and led Him to His seat.

"Swami, we will go bring the gifts we have for you." said Rukmini.

The eight of them left the room, and returned soon, with a wide variety of various food types, as well as new ones.

"What is this?, asked Krishna, picking up a chocolate bar.

"Chocolate!" chorused His eight queens, laughing with Him.

"Why this feast, my loves?" asked Krishna, grinning as Jambavathi showed Him the large quantities of his beloved butter.

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Srutha

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"So," said Krishna as he licked the butter lining his fingers and took a bite off the chocolate bar he held in his other hand. Rukmini pursed her lips, but did not say anything.

"Whatever made you treat me with such extravagance?"

"Let's tell him, then." winked Lakshmanaa.

Krishna raised his eyebrows.

Rukmini stood up first, "We did all of this for the day you swept me off, right from my marriage hall. Not to mention shaving off half my brother's hair!"

Satyabhaama placed a hand on Rukmini's shoulder, and continued with a sarcastic smile, "We did this for the day you returned to me, from assured death. Thank you, for worrying me to death."

Jambavati frowned, but then looked up with a dazzling smile, "We did this for the day you defeated Dad, scared off my little brother, and made me cry; all for some stupid jewel!" With this, she threw a secret glare at Satyabhaama. Krishna, who was grinning at all of them, chuckled loudly.

Kalindi, his fourth wife then took the baton, "We did this for that one time you followed Arjun when he led you. I can't tell you how happy I was, when I received your message bearing the proof of your love for me." Krishna shook his head, remembering how Arjun had acted the messenger for them and arranged for their first meet.

Nagnajiti now stepped forward to say her part. Her speech was punctuated by delicate pauses that she utilized to embed her emotion in the hearts of her listeners through intricate gestures of her beautiful eyes, "We did this, for the times I had dreamt myself beside him, and the day, he fought seven bulls, to make it come true."

Krishna was now listening intently; the feast lay forgotten.

Mitravrinda silently sought permission from the rest before she spoke, "We did this for the day you honoured my choice over the goodwill of my brothers."

Lakshmana continued, "We did this for the day you decided to show up at my swayamvar, so that I could finally achieve my dearest desire without upsetting my parents with outspokenness."

"I do most heartily regret that." said Krishna, with a twinkle in his eyes.

Lakshmana gave him a just-for-today look, and sat down.

It was Bhadra's turn now. She stood up, blushing profusely. "We did this, we did this- oh I can't!" Knowing his shyest wife very well, Krishna walked over to her. He held her hands away from her blushing face. Looking into her downcast eyelids, he prompted, "Well, you did this for?"

"We, um, we wanted you to be happy."

With this she again covered her face and smiled. Krishna however didn't move. After some time he turned to face his beaming wives, "How can I even match up to your love?"

"Oh you don't have to," Satyabhaama grabbed the opportunity to lighten the mood, "We are quite satisfied with first position!"

The day thus ended with the setting sun casting his last rays on the glowing faces of our dear Lord Krishna and his eight sweet wives.

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_shadesnature_

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Posted: 7 years ago

Mere toh girdhar Gopal

Dusro na koi ...

Kanha phir tumko naye avtar mein tumko dharti pe aana

Jai shree Krishna janamashtmi ...

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Posted: 7 years ago

Wonderful thread Proteeti and KrishnaPriya ⭐️ ⭐️ ..
Happy Janmashtami to all.. May Lord Krishna bless you all..

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Amrita

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Posted: 7 years ago

Great Thread

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proteeti

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Posted: 7 years ago

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A very, very happy birthday to my Kanhaji!

I hope he'll like our little tribute to his loveliness, on his birthday!
May he enjoy all the gifts his devotees and others, have prepared for him with such an overwhelming amount of love!
May he know, that he's the sweetest, cutest and the best one in all of ours' lives!

Kanha,
I hope you'll like these small gifts from me! 😳