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In the News (Wed 19 Nov 08)

  
  A profile of courage
The citation describes Yasoda as "a picture of courage and fortitude" and says that she is one of the 60 leaders of the Rural Women's Front (RWF), a wing of the Centre for Rural Women's Education for Liberation (CRWEL), a voluntary organisation.
Yasoda was nominated for the award by HEKS India, a Switzerland-based organisation that has been supporting the development initiatives of the CRWEL for the past nine years through its coordination office in Chennai.
Yasoda was convinced that education was the key to the empowerment of women and that the greatest impediment to ensuring education was their menfolk's addiction to liquor.
www.thehindu.com /fline/fl1821/18210930.htm   (1443 words)

  
 The Hindu : Report raises doubts about vagrant woman's claim over Chinnu
Restoring the child to Yasoda did not seem appropriate in view of circumstances under which she reached the cradle and the fact that she bore the marks of both abuse and neglect, the report said.
Yasoda had claimed that the child was born at her house in 1998 at Maruvapally, Penakonda P.O. in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.
Regarding the burn injuries found on the child, Yasoda claimed that they had been caused by an accident that occurred when the child was playing with a hot iron in a neighbour's house at Kondapuram, Anantapur.
www.hinduonnet.com /2003/03/08/stories/2003030808350300.htm   (619 words)

  
 VNN Publication - The Second Reason For Lord Jagannatha's Appearance
Yasoda never gave a drop of yogurt or butter to Krsna and Baladeva, so they were forced to steal them from neighbors' houses.
Yasoda and Nanda Baba were so cruel and evil that they never gave Krsna any shoes or sandals, although the forests were full of many thorns and hard pieces of stone.
At last, Mother Yasoda told them, 'You may go with the calves to a nearby forest in Vrndavana, but You must return home soon.' She brought them very beautiful shoes and umbrellas to shade them from the sun, but Krsna told her, 'The cows are worshipable for us because they are like our mothers.
www.vnn.org /publication/PB0307/PB05-8196.html   (7004 words)

  
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His skin was so dark that it appeared blue, and when Yasoda touched his cheek, his skin felt to her touch as soft as a monsoon cloud.
Yasoda returned to her work, and Krishna sat for a while, but he grew bored.
Yasoda, standing not far away, smiled when she heard these words.
www.uexpress.com /printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20050515&uc_comic=ts   (933 words)

  
 VNN World - Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja In Malaysia December '98 Part 4
Reaching Yasoda, He grabbed her churning stick with one hand and her veil with the other, and, seeing Him, she wiped His face with her veil, and then began to feed Him from her breast.
Yasoda considered it very essential to save the milk, because from her own breast milk makhan cannot be made.
Yasoda's love for Krsna was much greater than Krsna's for her, so she was able to catch him.
www.vnn.org /world/WD9901/WD15-2857.html   (2466 words)

  
 SREECGMATH
Yasoda was charmed and put the child on her lap to breastfeed Him, but at that very instant, the milk on the stove started to boil over.
Soon Yasoda was chasing Krishna all over the courtyard, but she quickly became tired and started to move more slowly.
Yasoda never stops in her service of Krishna, and that is why in the end Krishna allowed her to bind Him with the ropes of her love.
www.sreecgmath.org /guruji/articles/suddha_bhakti.html   (1157 words)

  
 Lord Krishna, His Lilas and Teachings
The Gopis with Rohini and Yasoda came rushing to the spot and took up the child, which was playing fearlessly on the body of Putana who was freed from her sins as she suckled the Lord.
She saw the sky, the space between the earth and the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars, the four quarters, fire, air, oceans, continents, mountains, rivers, forests, islands, and all things in the universe, animate and inanimate.
Yasoda who saw the whole universe within the mouth of her own son, shuddered and closed her eyes immediately in great fear.
hinduism.8k.com /krishnalila1.html   (3409 words)

  
 The Indian Express : National Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Yasoda was then presented the award by Neeru Nanda.
Yasoda, who lost her daughter and sister battling against illicit liquor barons, gave all the credit to the Centre for Rural Women’s Education for Liberation (CRWEL), an active body in Beemanthope in Tamil Nadu which started the movement.
Yasoda also announced that the sum of 1.5 lakh given to her will be used to institute the Indra-Ratna award, on the name of her daughter and sister.
www.indianexpress.com /ie20010908/nat14.html   (297 words)

  
 Puttaparthi Weblog - April 2005 News from Puttaparthi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Yasoda, out of her love for Krishna, pleads that there is not need for Krishna to become a Navaneetachora, as abundant butter, mild, curd and cheese are available in their own hose.
At this Krishna reacts and teases Yasoda, that she is blaming Him believing in some false complaints and asks her, is she would scold Him in the same manner, were He to be her own son.
When Yasoda asks him if it is not a fault on his part, Krishna declares that eternal truth that He has the right to do so, as he has protected the entire Gokulam by punishing Kaaleeya by killing Demons and by lifting the Govardhanagiri.
www.puttaparthi.org /januarynews05.html   (1977 words)

  
 Confusion in Vrindavan
Mother Yasoda was so frightened of what Kamsa would do to Her son, that She tried to conceal Krsna by covering and hiding Him underneath so many peices of clothing.
Yasoda Devi was finally coaxed to bring Her Son forth from His shelter of cloth.
After this, Mother Yasoda her breasts soaked with the hot, salt-laden tears, fell on the floor in a flood of tears, speechless.
www.vina.cc /stories/PHILOSOPHICAL/2003/6/confusion.in.vrindavan.html   (2154 words)

  
 Devotee Memorial
Yasoda Dulal joined ISKCON 1979 and quickly became the most dedicated book distributor in Sweden.
Even though he was no longer active in the forefront of the Swedish yatra, and though marked by the illness, his heart never for a moment left Krishna and the devotees.
Yasoda Dulal Dasa was 47 years old and is survived by his wife Rasasundari Devi Dasi.
www.iskcon.net /inmemoriam/devotees/d_YasodaDulala.html   (819 words)

  
 Nandagram (Nandgaon)
Further south, in the outskirts of the village, is Yasoda Kunda and Nanda Kunda.
Next to the deity of Mother Yasoda is a deity of Srimati Radharani, a small deity of Rohini (the mother of Lord Balarama) and Revati, Balarama’s wife.
Mother Yasoda then told them to be careful of the bogeyman or in Hindi “hau” and she described him.
www.naturalnirvana.com /Braja-Mandala/Braja-Mandala/Nandagram-Nandgaon.htm   (4259 words)

  
 Child
Indeed, mother Yasoda saw within the mouth of her child everything necessary for the cosmic manifestation.
The Lord Krishna expanded His internal energy, and Yasoda forgot all speculation and accepted Krishna once again as her own beloved child.
They said, "Dear Yasoda, why don't you restrict your naughty Krishna He comes to our houses with Balarama every morning and evening, and before the milking of the cows They free the calves, and the calves drink all the cows' milk.
www.crystallotus.com /Krishna/06.htm   (581 words)

  
 Vaisnava.cz - Articles
...Mother Yasoda understood that a child was born to her, but because she was very tired from the childbirth, she was fast asleep.
Nanda, Yasoda, Rohini, Balaram and Krisna are the Deities on different altars at Nanda Bhavan.
Yasoda began to breast-feed Him, but meanwhile, the milk on the fire began to boil over.
www.vaisnava.cz /clanek_en.php3?no=187   (2170 words)

  
 Mahavana Forest (Old Gokula)
“Mother Yasoda understood that a child was born of her, but because she was very tired from the labor of childbirth, she was fast asleep.
This is the difference between Krishna as the son of Yasoda and as the son of Devaki.
During this great catastrophe, mother Yasoda could not see her baby, who was taken away by the whirlwind, and she began to cry very piteously.
www.naturalnirvana.com /Braja-Mandala/Braja-Mandala/Mahavan-Gokula.htm   (3433 words)

  
 KC Principles
Mother Yasoda wanted to collect the milk from these cows, make it into yogurt, and churn it into butter personally since she thought that this child Krishna was going to the houses of neighborhood gopas and gopis to steal butter because He did not like the milk and yogurt ordinarily prepared."
As Mother Yasoda binds His belly with ropes, He shivers in fright and the pearl necklace shakes upon His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell.
From Mother Yasoda's point of view, He is conquered and bound by her loving parental devotion, vatsalya.
www.atlantaharekrishnas.org /newsgroup/kcprinciples/0136.htm   (1458 words)

  
 Damodarastakam Tika
Yasoda Bhiya== Lila visesa, excellence of Krsna's pastimes.
By binding this waist Mother Yasoda has single-handedly bound the whole universe and brought the entire creation under her control by the strength of Her vatsalya prema.
For anyone else it would be totally impossible to bind the all pervading unlimitedly potent Supreme Lord; but He willingly accepts Mother Yasoda's binding as an attribute of His bhakta vatsalya visesa, excellence of His being controlled by the love of His devotees.
www.salagram.net /damo-k.htm   (1678 words)

  
 India Vilas Kids Corner
Yasoda tried to explain away the event as the work of some other demon like Putana trying to injure her dear darling child, Krishna.
Behold, Yasoda saw in his mouth the miraculous vision of the entire universe: the earth with its mountains, oceans and continents, the sun, the moon, the stars and all the planets, Yasoda saw her own village there surrounded by the children and Krishna opening his mouth to her.
One day, Yasoda had to tie him up to the mortar with a strong rope to stop his childish pranks of breaking and stealing butter from the pot in her kitchen.
www.indiavilas.com /kidscorner/krishna.asp   (5234 words)

  
 krsna's appearance
Yasoda saw Krishna’s body as a mound of dark blue musk, softer than the butter churned from the milk ocean.
The elderly gopis instructed Yasoda how to caress the baby in her lap, and affectionately push the nipple of her breast into Krishna’s mouth to feed Him.
Due to Yasoda’s intense love, personified bliss flowed from her breasts as steady streams of milk.
www.salagram.net /jan-krsna-app.html   (3395 words)

  
 SB-text-166   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The mother, Yasoda, was taking care of the milk, and Krsna wanted to suck his (her) breast.
So He went to the butter stock and broke the butter pot, spoiled it, and when mother Yasoda saw that the child is breaking the butter pot, he (she) immediately wanted to catch Him, and Krsna fled away.
Vasudeva and Devaki or mother Yasoda or Nanda, they became the father and mother of Krsna, and now they are chastising Krsna.
www.prabhupadavani.org /Bhagavatam/text/166.html   (2030 words)

  
 Krishna Book Chapter 9: Mother Yasoda Binding Lord Krsna
Mother Yasoda could understand that Krsna was unnecessarily afraid, and for His benefit she wanted to allay His fears.
Being the topmost well-wisher of her child, mother Yasoda began to think, "If the child is too fearful of me, I don't know what will happen to Him." Mother Yasoda then threw away her stick.
Mother Yasoda was thinking that Krsna was her tiny child; she did not know that the child had no limitation.
www.krsnabook.com /ch9.html   (1546 words)

  
 SB-text-270   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Just like Krsna, when He was playing as a child of mother Yasoda, so He was taken with stick, "Krsna, if you become again very naughty, then see the stick." So Krsna used to cry.
Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, they are foster father and mother.
Because Krsna acted as the son of mother Yasoda, His name is Yasoda-nandana.
www.prabhupadavani.org /Bhagavatam/text/270.html   (2592 words)

  
 Krishna plays kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Devas and Devatas were telling themselves that Yasoda was the most fortunate person among all because she was able to play with the Lord.
While playing, Balarama would always ask Him if he was truly the son of Yasoda and He used to humiliate Him in the presence of other children by saying that He was actually purchased by Yasoda from some other mother and that He was not truly the son of Yasoda.
At this Yasoda was deeply moved and she told Krishna that Balarama was always jealous and hence kept on cooking up such stories.
www.chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/religion/2004/12story45.asp   (849 words)

  
 A Calendar of Festivals - page five
When Yasoda found out what he had done, she was furious.
Krishna started to run away as fast as his little legs could carry him, but Yasoda was quicker and she soon grabbed hold of him.
At last, when Krishna saw how hot and tired and upset Yasoda was, he took pity on her.
www.storiesfromtheweb.org /stories/gilchrist/calendar/page5.asp   (338 words)

  
 Sri Damodarastaka by Sri Satyavrata Muni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His eyes were fearful and His breathing quick, and as Mother Yasoda bound His belly with ropes, He shivered in fright and His pearl necklace shook.
O Lord Damodara, in Your form as a baby, Mother Yasoda bound You to a grinding stone with a rope for tying cows.
O Lord, the entire universe was created by Lord Brahma, who was born from Your abdomen, which was bound with a rope by Mother Yasoda.
www.hindu-religion.net /printthread.php?Board=hinduism&main=895&type=post   (396 words)

  
 The Hare Krsnas - Krsna's Vrindaban Pastimes - Trnavarta Demon
"Another day, when mother Yasoda was sitting with her child on her lap, she suddenly observed that he had assumed the weight of the entire universe.
She was so astonished that she had to put the child down, and in the meantime Trnavarta, one of the servants of Kamsa, appeared there as a whirlwind and took the child away.
Thus mother Yasoda was struck with wonder, but because of yogamaya's influence, no one could understand who Krsna was and what had actually happened.
www.harekrsna.com /philosophy/associates/demons/vrindaban/trnavarta.htm   (762 words)

  
 Lilas Of Krishna - His Childhood Lilas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Putana became the foster mother of the Lord, although she had the evil intention of killing the child.
This very moment, she requested Lord to be his son alone and never ever show her this form of almighty.
Yasoda found the pot of curd broken to pieces, and at once guessed that it was her son's doing.
www.aryabhatt.com /krishnalilas/krishnalilas4.htm   (758 words)

  
 Sathya Sai Baba - Bhagavatha Vahini - XL. From Mrita to Amrita - Page 147   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Though there was no paucity of servants, it was Yasoda the mistress of the house who, according to traditional custom, did all the chores of the household.
Just then, she heard the noise of a pot rolling down from the oven in the kitchen inside; she suspected, it was the mischief of the cat; she lifted the child from her lap and placed it on the floor, for, she had to run in to examine what had happened!
When Yasoda disappeared into the next room, Krishna was incensed at her behaviour, dropping Him in the middle of His feed.
home.comcast.net /~mkkmkk/bhagavatavauhini/bhagavathavahini/bhagavatha147.html   (523 words)

  
 Krishna -- The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Both Krishna and Balarama were so restless that Their mothers Yasoda and Rohini would try to protect Them from cows, bulls, monkeys, water, fire and birds while they were executing their household duties.
Yasoda could find within the mouth of her child everything necessary for cosmic manifestation.
While mother Yasoda was thinking in this way, Lord Krishna again expanded His internal energy just to bewilder her with maternal affection.
science.krishna.org /sudarsana/a024.html   (2096 words)

  
 Damodar -- Krishna as a Naughty Boy
Mother Yasoda could understand that Krishna was unneccessarily afraid, and for His benefit she wanted to allay His fears.
Mother Yasoda was thinking that Krishna was her tiny child; she did not know that the child had no limitation.
Krishna is the supreme bestower of all kinds of liberation to His devotees, but the benediction which was bestowed upon mother Yasoda was never experienced even by Lord Brahma or Lord Siva or the goddess of fortune.
www.krishna.org /sudarsana/a012.html   (2933 words)

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