{"id":89114,"date":"2020-09-06T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/628527785654239232"},"modified":"2020-09-07T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T11:00:20","slug":"krsna-and-balarama-on-the-bank-of-the-yamunaduring-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=89114","title":{"rendered":"KRSNA AND BALARAMA ON THE BANK OF THE YAMUNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/c0a1ae25db9c2dd6eafe5ae480f57ad09ef26b29.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/c0a1ae25db9c2dd6eafe5ae480f57ad09ef26b29.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/c0a1ae25db9c2dd6eafe5ae480f57ad09ef26b29-150x187.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KRSNA AND BALARAMA ON THE BANK OF THE YAMUNA<\/p>\n<p>During the day, when Krsna goes to the forest to herd the cows with His friends, the gopis in Vrndavana village sing of Him as follows: \u201cKrsna moves about the forest in the company of His friends, who vividly chant the glories of His magnificent deeds. When the cows wander onto the mountainsides and Krsna calls out to them with the sound of His flute, the trees and creepers in the forest respond by becoming so luxuriant with fruits and flowers that they seem to be manifesting Lord Visnu within their hearts. As their branches bend low with the weight, the filaments on their trunks and vines stand erect out of the ecstasy of love of God, and both the trees and the creepers pour down a rain of sweet sap.<br \/>\n&#8220;Maddened by the divine, honeylike aroma of the tulasi flowers on the garland Krsna wears, swarms of bees sing loudly for Him, and that most beautiful of all persons thankfully acknowledges and acclaims their song by taking His flute to His lips and playing it.The charming flute-song then steals away the minds of the cranes, swans, and other lake-dwelling birds. Indeed, they approach Krsna, close their eyes and, maintaining strict silence, worship Him by fixing their consciousness upon Him in deep meditation.<br \/>\n&#8220;When Krsna is enjoying Himsef with Balarama on the mountain slopes, playfully wearing a flower garland on the top of His head, He englanddens all with the resonant vibrations of His flute. Thus He delights the entire world. At that time the nearby cloud, afraid of offending a great personality, thunders very gently in accompaniment.-The cloud showers flowers onto his dear friend Krsna and shades Him from the sun like an umbrella.<br \/>\n&#8220;O pious mother Yasoda, your son, who is expert in all the arts of herding cows, has invented many new styles of flute-playing. When He takes His flute to His bimba-red lips and sends forth the tones of the harmonic scale in variegated melodies, Brahms, Siva, lndra, and other chief demigods become confused upon hearing the sound. Although they are the most learned authorities, they cannot ascertain the essence of that music, and they bow down their heads and hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PAINTING BY VISNU DASA (1990)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/63439b7e503c5cd96d5d19fcd676f32a\/7add78b8396a3a0d-ea\/s500x750\/c0a1ae25db9c2dd6eafe5ae480f57ad09ef26b29.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During the day, when Krsna goes to the forest to herd the cows with His friends, the gopis in Vrndavana village sing of Him as follows: \u201cKrsna moves about the forest in the company of His friends, who vividly chant the glories of His magnificent deeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-89114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89114","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\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89117,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89114\/revisions\/89117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}