Hari OM Dear Families,
Here is this week's update.
Week 3:
9th October 2022 / 9:15 AMOpening prayers and Shlokas
Slokas: Class began with 3 OMs followed by
"Om Saha Navavatu" (page 8 in My Prayers book)
Om shrI Ganeśaya Namaha, shrI Saraswatyai Namaha, shrI Sat Gurubhyo Namaha.
"Vakratunda Mahakaya" (page 27 in My Prayers book)
"Gurur Brahma" (page 60 in My Prayers book)
"Krishnaya Vasudevaya" (page 105 in My Prayers book)
Krishnashtakam - We had started Krishnashtakam in the previous class. We learned the first shloka in the last class. Today we continued with the second shloka.
Lessons - Krishna krishna
A long time ago in ancient India, there lived King Ugrasena in the city of Mathura. He had a son called Kamsa. Kamsa's cousin was princess Devaki. King Ugrasena was a good king. Unfortunately, Prince Kamsa was evil by nature. Soon, Kamsa's sister Devaki was married to King Vasudev. He loved his sister so much, so he decided to become a charioteer for a day, and take the couple to their house. When he drove the chariot, Kamsa heard a divine warning from the sky, "O King! Your sister's eighth son will grow up to destroy you." After Kamsa heard this, he was afraid. Immediately he wanted to kill Devaki. Vasudeva stopped him and promised that he would give every child born to Kamsa, When the first child was born, as promised, Vasudeva brought the child to Kamsa. Kamsa however said that since it is the eighth child who is the problem, he letVasudeva leave. Sage Narada later visits Kamsa and warns him that his end is near, as Lord Vishnu will soon be born, and his supporters already took birth in the Yadava clan.
Now Kamsa got really scared, and he imprisoned Devaki and her husband king Vasudev, and kept them guarded and watched 24/7. So that no one can oppose him, he even imprisoned his own father, Ugrasena.
Each time Devaki gave birth to a child in the prison, Kansa arrived personally and took the child away. When Devaki became pregnant for the eighth time, Kamsa was totally scared and was on guard all the time. Vasudeva and Devaki were scared and kept praying to the Lord to protect them aad their child. Finally the time came...It was midnight and suddenly there was a flash of light in the prison, and Lord Vishnu appeared in front of Devaki and Vasudeva.The Lord told them that their sufferings are coming to an end, as he will be born to them soon. Lord Vishnu also instructed Vasudeva,"Take the child across the Yamuna River to Gokul and exchange Him with Yashoda's daughter. You will return to the prison before anyone comes to know about the birth of this child. No one will stop you" Soon, Lord Vishnu disappeared, and Devaki gave birth to a baby boy.
Vasudev immediately followed the advice. As he carried the child in his arms, he found that the prison doors opened automatically and the guards were put to sleep. Before he knew it, Vasudeva, along with his new born baby, were on the streets of Mathura. We paused our story here. The kids were eager to hear more and wanted us to continue the story.
Since we had a few minutes remaining, we showed them a video depicting the story we did today.
It was a short class today, and we stopped the lesson around 10.10. We then headed to the temple hall to perform Saraswathi puja.
Please encourage the kids to practice whenever they get some time.
The Kids performed Saraswathi puja with the guidance of the priest. It was great to see all the kids sincerely perform the puja.
The assembly ended with the Chinmaya mission pledge.
We look forward to seeing the kids in the class next week. (Next class on 10/16/22)
Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Hari OM
Pranaam,
Vidhya & Neelima
