Baladeva’s Birthday Today is the appearance day of Rohini-nandana Baladeva. According to the Vedic scripture Garga-samhita, Baladeva Prabhu appeared after Janmastami, but if this is accepted, there would be confusion. Baladeva would be older … Read More
Text 9 sayam phanindro ‘vatu mam sadaiva parat paro raksatu mam pradose purne nisithe ca duranta-viryah pratyusa-kale ‘vatu mam sadaiva sayam – at sunset; phanindrah – the king of serpents; avatu – may protect; mam – … Read More
Nanda Bhavan Temple and Chaurasi Khambha This is where Krishna and Balarama lived with Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda. There are big Deities here of Nanda Maharaja on the left, Mother Yasoda on the right, and Lord … Read More
Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama accompanied Akura to the city of Mathura to kill the evil King Kamsa and to be reunited with Their parents Devaki and Vasudeva. After revealing to Akura Their other forms of … Read More
The spiritual planet goloka Vrndavana, the eternal abode of Lord Krishna, is shaped like the whorl of a lotus flower. Even when the Lord descends to any one of the mundane planets, He does so … Read More
Powerful Lord Balarama has a fair complexion the color of crystal. He wears blue garments and a garland of forest flowers. His handsome hair is tied in a graceful topknot. Splendid earrings decorate His ears. His … Read More
Sri Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He is equal in supremacy to the Supreme Godhead, yet wherever Krishna appears, Sri Baladeva appears as Krishna’s brother, sometimes elder, sometimes younger. In his vaibhava-prakasa feature, … Read More
DVIVIDA GORILLA Srila Jiva Gosvami points out some interesting facts about the ape Dvivida. Although Dvivida was an associate of Lord Ramacandra’s, he later became corrupted by bad association with the demon Naraka, as stated here: … Read More
From Back to Godhead By Vishakha Devi Dasi What is love? Where is it? And how can we get it? Love, we are told, is all we need. It is the subject of numberless books, songs, … Read More
Sri Balarama Rasayatra Krsna performs rasa lila of two varieties, one in the autumn season and one in the spring season, on vaisakha purnima. Balarama also performs rasa dance at this time. In order to … Read More
The transcendental pastimes of Sri Krishna and His dear devotees. We have written and published many books, some on history and others on philosophy but never on Krishna’s pastimes in Vraja. This is the first one. … Read More
Dhenukasura Pralambhasura Killing of Rukmi (mention Brhad Bhagavatamrta excerpt) Lord Balarama visits Vrndavana (includes ploughing the Yamuna) Dvivida Gorilla Dragging Hastinapura into the Yamuna Killing of Romaharsana Suta In Srimad Bhagavatam Lord Balarama is known as … Read More
Shortly thereafter Lord Balarama returned home to Dvaraka. There was then an incident where His nephew, Samba, was kidnapped. The family patriarch, King Ugrasena, called for retaliation. Seeing the family preparing for a fight, Balarama pacified … Read More
BALARAMA AS NITYANANDA If anyone wants to attain the Lotus feet of Sri-Sri Radha-Krishna, and be able to taste and fully relish Their pastimes, one must first approach the lotus feet of Lord Balarama or Lord … Read More
There came a time when it was inevitable that the two arguing factions of the Kuru dynasty were going to war. Lord Balarama, not anxious to see the outcome of this conflict decided to take pilgrimage … Read More
The Glories of Offering a Lamp During Kartika Hari-bhakti-vilasa Sixteenth Vilasa, Volume One By Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Text 99 atha tatra dipa-dana-mahatmyam- skande tatraiva kalpa-koti-sahasrani patakani bahuny api nimeshardhena dipasya vilayam yanti karttike In the … Read More
Duryodhana and Bhima We see that there was a disagreement between Krsna and Baladeva, which was not really a disagreement but a semblance of it for the purpose of the successful execution of Their pastimes together. … Read More
There was once an incident where in order to marry Balarama and Krishna’s sister Arjuna, upon the advice of Krishna, disguised himself as a sage. Balarama, believing Arjuna to be a sage presented him Subhadra to … Read More
Just from a logical deduction perspective, Sri Krsna has to be the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, one without a second. There is no one in the history of the universe … Read More
