Feb 12, 2023 - Grade 5 (Sunday PM)

Hari Om Parents,

February 12, 2023 -  Class Updates

1. Kids wrote Likhita japa for the first five minutes.
2. We started off the class with the opening prayer (Dhyana shloka - Om Saha Navavatu)
3. Mahabharata
   
1. Continuation of Vana parva
1. Arjuna gets Pashupatastra
1. Arjuna does penance towards Lord Shiva.
2. A demon called Muka disguised in the form of a boar attacked Arjuna.
3. Arjuna shot an arrow at the boar. At the same time, another arrow hit the boar. Boar gets killed.
4. A hunter came and claimed that he shot the boar.
5. Fight ensued between Arjuna and the hunter. But the hunter was powerful.
6. Arjuna made a Shivalinga and decorated it with a garland and prayed to Lord Shiva.
7. Surprisingly, the garland appeared in the hunter's neck.
8. Arjuna understood that the hunter was none other than Lord Shiva and requested him to reveal his true form.
9. Lord Shiva blessed Arjuna and gave him Pashupatastra.
2. Arjuna gets invited to Indraloka by Indra devata.
   
1. Arjuna goes to Indraloka and he befriends Chitrasena there.
2. Arjuna learns music and dance.
3. Due to an incident, Arjuna gets cursed by the apsara, Urvashi.
3. Bhima meets Hanuman
1. Bhima went in search of Saugandhika (fragrant lotus) flower as requested by Draupadi
2. A huge monkey was sitting in Bhima's way.
3. Bhima tried to lift the monkey's tail but could not.
4. After many failed attempts to move the monkey out of the way, Bhima realized that it was not an ordinary monkey.
5. Bhima became humble and surrendered to the monkey.
6. The monkey revealed himself and it was none other than Lord Hanuman.
7. Lord Hanuman was the son of Vayu devata and the birth of Bhima was blessed by Vayu devata, making Hanuman and Bhima brothers.
8. Hanuman blessed Bhima and said that he will be in Arjuna's chariot flagstaff, protecting the Pandavas during the war.
4. Kauravas gets routed by Gandharvas
1. Kauravas wanted to know how the Pandavas were suffering in the forest.
2. Kauravas set up a camp near the place where Pandavas were living.
3. The place where Kauravas camped was already taken by the Gandharvas.
4. Fight ensued between Kauravas and Gandharvas.
5. Kauravas get defeated and Duryodhana gets tied up.
6. One of the Duryodhana's army soldiers asks help from Yuddhishthira.
7. Yuddhishthira tells Bhima and Arjuna to help Duryodhana.
8. When Arjuna sees Chitrasena, the captured Duryodhana was given to the Pandavas.
9. Yuddhishthira releases Duryodhana.
10. Duryodhana gets humiliated by this incident.
4. Story of a Saint - Shri Ramana Maharshi
   
1. Shri Ramana Maharishi  was born in Tamil Nadu on December 30, 1879.
2. At the age of 16, he left home and started meditating in a cellar of Thiruvannamalai temple.
3. Silence is the message of Shri Ramana Maharshi. He taught through silence.
4. Upadesa Sara is one of his famous writings.
1. Recording of the Upadesa Sara verses -  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uLz68e3Otw55tjS3O17mJ27XkxLdx4rS/view?usp=sharing
5. Once, Swami Chinmayananda met Shri Ramana Maharshi.
6. Shri Ramana Maharshi died on April 24, 1950.
7. Values to be learned from him - be contemplative.
5. Kids practiced the Bhagavad Gita chanting using the video - Verses 19 and 20 of Chapter 3
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmyii3ijvwE&list=PLwv-WSJSokEMjzRiL_CQC--igySyIgJqA&index=10
6. Shloka chanting - we reviewed and practiced all the verses of Ganesha Pancharatnam
   
1. Kids did a great job in the class by following the chanting. Please ask them to practice
7. Aarati and pledge in the Temple Hall.
   

There is no balavihar class next sunday. Our next class is on February 26th.

Please reach out to us if you have any questions. Thanks.

Regards,

Roopa and Ramee