{"id":11265,"date":"2013-02-13T05:32:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T04:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2017-01-01T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T11:54:29","slug":"a-chronology-of-the-events-in-lord-k%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87as-life-in-vraja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11265","title":{"rendered":"A chronology of the events in Lord Krishna’s life in Vraja"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brijabasi das<\/strong><\/p>\n

From \u015ar\u012bla J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s \u00abLaghu-vai\u1e63\u1e47ava-to\u1e63a\u1e47\u012b\u00bb commentary on the Tenth Canto of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, 10.45.3. I have added the corresponding chapters of the Tenth Canto of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, the original sanskrit and approximate ages in parentheses. I have used Pur\u012bd\u0101sa Mah\u0101\u015baya’s edition of the commentary (\u00ab\u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Sa\u1e45k\u1e63epa-vai\u1e63\u1e47ava-to\u1e63a\u1e47\u012b\u00bb, Mymensingh, 1946, sanskrit). <\/i><\/p>\n

T\u1e5b\u1e47\u0101varta killed<\/b> (7th Chapter) \u2013 after a full year passed (var\u1e63e p\u016br\u1e47e)<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Damod\u0101ra-l\u012bl\u0101<\/b> (Chapters 9-10) \u2013 in the beginning of the third year during K\u0101rtika month (t\u1e5bt\u012bya-var\u1e63\u0101rambhe k\u0101rtike)<\/i> (2 years and 2 months).<\/p>\n

K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-Balar\u0101ma and all the cowherds move to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana<\/b> (11th Chapter) \u2013 some days after Damod\u0101ra-l\u012bl\u0101 (katicid-din\u0101nte v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana-prave\u015ba\u1e25)<\/i> (2 years and 2 months).<\/p>\n

K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a began herding the calves<\/b> (10.11.37) – 2-3 months after moving to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana (dvi-tra-m\u0101s\u0101nantara\u1e41 vatsa-c\u0101ra\u1e47\u0101rambha\u1e25) <\/i>(2 years and 4-5 months).<\/p>\n

Vats\u0101sura, Bak\u0101sura and Vyom\u0101sura killed<\/b> (10.11.41-54) \u2013 during that time (tatra vatsa-baka-vyoma-vadha\u1e25)<\/i> (2 years and 4-5 months).<\/p>\n

Brahm\u0101 stole the cowherd boys and calves<\/b> (Chapters 12-14 ) \u2013 after the third year passed and the fourth year started, in the autumn (t\u1e5bt\u012bye p\u016br\u1e47e caturth\u0101rambhe \u015baradi b\u0101la-vatsa-hara\u1e47a\u1e41)<\/i> (little more than 3 years)
\n[Note: At this time He actually entered pauga\u1e47\u1e0da age but it was manifested only after a year passed \u2013 see 10.12.41].<\/p>\n

Pauga\u1e47\u1e0da age manifested<\/b> (10.12.37) \u2013 in the beginning of the fifth year (pa\u00f1cam\u0101rambhe pauga\u1e47\u1e0da-prak\u0101\u015ba\u1e25)<\/i> (little more than 4 years).<\/p>\n

Started herding the cows<\/b> (10.15.1) \u2013 on \u015bukla-a\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b of K\u0101rtika month (tatra k\u0101rtika-\u015bukl\u0101\u1e63\u1e6damy\u0101\u1e41 go-c\u0101ra\u1e47\u0101rambha\u1e25)<\/i> (4 years, 2 months and 2 weeks).<\/p>\n

K\u0101liya-damana-l\u012bl\u0101<\/b> (Chapters 16-17) \u2013 in the summer of the fifth year (pa\u00f1camasya nid\u0101ghe k\u0101liya-damana\u1e41)<\/i> (4 years and appr. 10 months).
\n[Note: This l\u012bl\u0101 is described in \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam after killing of Dhenuk\u0101sura]\n

In His sixth year He was immersed in herding the cows<\/b> – (\u1e63a\u1e63\u1e6dhe go-c\u0101ra\u1e47a-kautuka-m\u0101tra\u1e41) <\/i><\/p>\n

He entered kai\u015bora age<\/b> \u2013 in the beginning of the seventh year (saptam\u0101rambhe kai\u015bora-prave\u015ba\u1e25)<\/i> (little more than 6 years).<\/p>\n

Dhenuka killed <\/b>(15th Chapter)\u2013 at that time when when t\u0101la-fruits became ripe (tatraiva pakva-t\u0101l\u0101vasare dhenuka-vadha\u1e25)<\/i>.
\nOn that evening also the gop\u012bs for the first time manifested their loving mood <\/b>described in 10.15.43. (little more than 6 years).<\/p>\n

Pralamba killed<\/b> (18th Chapter) \u2013 in the summer of the seventh year (saptamasya nid\u0101ghe pralamba-vadha\u1e25) <\/i>(6 years and appr. 10 months).<\/p>\n

Ve\u1e47u-g\u012bt\u0101 pastime<\/b> (21st Chapter) \u2013 in the eighth year during A\u015bvina month (a\u1e63\u1e6damasy\u0101\u015bvine ve\u1e47u-g\u012bta\u1e41)<\/i> (7 years and 1 month).<\/p>\n

K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a lifted Govardhana<\/b> (24th Chapter) \u2013 in His eighth year, on the first day of the waxing moon in K\u0101rtika month (k\u0101rt\u012bke govardhanoddhara\u1e47a\u1e41)<\/i> (7 years, 2 months and 7 days).<\/p>\n

Govinda-abhi\u1e63eka<\/b> (27th Chapter) \u2013 in the beginning of His eighth year, on \u015bukla-ek\u0101da\u015b\u012b of K\u0101rtika month (a\u1e63\u1e6dam\u0101rambhe eva k\u0101rtika-\u015buklaik\u0101da\u015by\u0101\u1e41 govind\u0101bhi\u1e63eka\u1e25)<\/i> (7 years, 2 months and 17 days).<\/p>\n

Journey to Varu\u1e47a’s planet<\/b> (10.28.1-11) \u2013 on the following dv\u0101da\u015b\u012b (dv\u0101da\u015by\u0101\u1e41 ca varu\u1e47a-loka-gamana\u1e41)<\/i> (7 years, 2 months and 18 days).<\/p>\n

Vrajav\u0101s\u012bs bathed in Brahma-hrada<\/b> (10.28.16) \u2013 on the following full moon day of K\u0101rtika (tat-p\u016br\u1e47im\u0101y\u0101\u1e41 brahma-hrad\u0101vag\u0101hana\u1e41)<\/i> (7 years, 2 months and 21 days).<\/p>\n

Vastra-hara\u1e47a-l\u012bl\u0101<\/b> (22nd Chapter) \u2013 in the winter of His eighth year (hemante vastra-hara\u1e47a\u1e41)<\/i> (7 years and appr. 3 months).<\/p>\n

Showing mercy to the wives of the br\u0101hma\u1e47as<\/b> (23rd Chapter) \u2013 in the summer of His eighth year (nid\u0101ghe yaj\u00f1a-patn\u012b-pras\u0101da\u1e25)<\/i> (7 years and appr. 10 months).
\n[Note: \u015ar\u012bla J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b says in the commentary to 10.24.1 that these l\u012bl\u0101s are described in \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam out of chronological order because of \u015aukadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s lack of self-control due to his prema (prema-vaiva\u015by\u0101t)<\/i> and also because of the similarity of the pastimes (svaj\u0101t\u012byatv\u0101c ca)<\/i>]\n

R\u0101sa-l\u012bl\u0101<\/b> (Chapters 29-33) \u2013 in the beginning of His ninth year, in the autumn season (navamasya \u015baradi r\u0101sa-l\u012bl\u0101) <\/i>(8 years and 1.5 months).<\/p>\n

Journey to Ambik\u0101-vana<\/b> (10.34.1-3) – during \u015aiva-r\u0101tri festival on caturda\u015b\u012b [on the fourteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Ph\u0101lguna] – (\u015biva-r\u0101tri-caturda\u015by\u0101m ambik\u0101-vana-y\u0101tr\u0101)<\/i> (8 years, 6 months and 6 days).<\/p>\n

\u015aa\u1e45khac\u016b\u1e0da killed <\/b>(10.34.25-32) \u2013 in Ph\u0101lguna month (ph\u0101lguny\u0101\u1e41 \u015ba\u1e45khac\u016b\u1e0da-vadha\u1e25)<\/i> (appr. 8.5 years).<\/p>\n

Ari\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura killed<\/b> (10.36.1-15) – on the full moon of Caitra month (ek\u0101da\u015basya caitra-paur\u1e47am\u0101sy\u0101m ari\u1e63\u1e6da-vadha\u1e25)<\/i> (10 years, 7 months and 21 days).<\/p>\n

Ke\u015b\u012b killed<\/b> (10.37.1-8) – on the twelfth day of the dark fortnight of Ph\u0101lguna (dv\u0101da\u015basya gau\u1e47a-ph\u0101lguna-dv\u0101da\u015by\u0101\u1e41 ke\u015bi-vadha\u1e25)<\/i> (11 years, 6 months and 4 days).<\/p>\n

Ka\u1e41sa killed<\/b> (44th Chapter) – on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Ph\u0101lguna month [2 days later] (tac caturda\u015by\u0101\u1e41 ka\u1e41sa-vadha\u1e25)<\/i> (11 years, 6 months and 6 days). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Brijabasi das<\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought that many devotees would be interested in the following information on the times of different lilas and corresponding ages of Lord Krishna during His stay in Vraja. It is entirely taken from Srila Jiva Gosvami’s commentary to SB 10.45.3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34981,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions\/34981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}