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comments continued : In his Ananda Vrindavana Campu Kavi Karnapura has also started with describing Krsna transcendental birth in Gokula. Actually Janmastami outside of Vraja became known when Krsna and Balarama entered Mathura and killed Kamsa and the last of his demons.That time Vasudeva Krsna father and the Mathura Basis asked Him how to celebrate Janmastami. devotees should kindly read the 5th Vilasa from Hari bhakti Vilasa: http://nitaaiveda.com/Compiled_and_Imp_Scriptures/Glories_of_Lord_K...
The Origin of Shri Janmashtami
In the Bhavishya Purana, Uttara-khanda, Shri Yudhishthira says:
O infallible Lord, please describe to me the vow of Janmashtami in great detail. When did this vow begin? What piety does it grant? How is it performed?
Shri Krishna said: O Yudhishthira, after I had killed the demon Kamsa, Devaki embraced Me, placed Me on her lap, and wept.
When the wrestling was over she stood up in the grandstand. The Kukuras and Andhakas praised her.
Her affectionate kinsmen and their wives surrounded her. Vasudeva came, embraced me, said, "Son! Son!" and wept with a father's love.
His eyes filled with tears, he embraced Balarama and Me. In a choked voice he said:
Today my birth has born fruit. Today my life is lived well. Now I have met my sons, the two glories of the Yadu dynasty
O king, seeing My parents' happiness, everyone else became happy. Bowing before Me, everyone spoke these words:
Today we are happy. Today Krishna is born. Today the demon Kamsa has fallen in a wrestling match.
O Lord Krishna, please glance at the people in this festival. Please give Your mercy to them and to others also.
O Krishna, O Lord who removes all sufferings, please give to us the day when Devaki gave birth to You. We will celebrate a festival in Your honor. O Krishna, please be kind to Your sincere devotees.
Filled with wonder to hear the people speak these words, and the hairs of his body now erect in ecstasy, Vasudeva glanced at Balarama and said:
It should be so. Please tell the people.
O son of Pritha, then, on My father's order, I revealed the vow of Janmashtami to the people of Mathura.
The brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras, and all others who are pious, from the age of eight years and older, should observe this vow of Janmashtami.
Shrila Sanatana Gosvami comments:
The same is true for observing ekadashi. In the scriptures it is said:
ashta-varshadhiko balah
"Children eight years and older should also observe ekadashi."
See also my article about fasting on Janmastami:
Srila Raghunath das Goswami has stated in his Vraja Vilasa:
To celebrate his son’s birth, the King of Gokula respectively gave in charity to the brahmanas palatable foods, nectar beverages, and transcendental cows decorated with many jewels. Day after day he satisfied the brahmanas with these valuable presentations, and he repeatedly begged for their blessings on his infant boy. I worship the king of Gokula, who is always absorbed in thoughts of his son.
May the queen of Vraja, whose breasts continually trickle milk out of maternal love for her son, who is prepared to give her life many millions of times to protect him from even a single drop of perspiration, and who is so attached to Him that if she cannot for a moment see Him she cries like a cow frightened for her new born calf, protect us.
I humbly urge devotees to not only read Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto in the month of Kartika but also Ananda Vrindavana Campu.And Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book.
The next pastime Srila Rupa Goswami is focusing on is Krsna killing Putana thus we are up to chapter 6 in the Krsna book
http://krsnabook.com/contents/ and the first 6 chapters of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada all nicely commented on:
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
SB 10.1: The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
SB 10.2: Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb
SB 10.3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
SB 10.4: The Atrocities of King Kaḿsa
SB 10.5: The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
SB 10.6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā
In the 10 canto chapter 5 Vasudeva had warned Nanda Maharaja that Kamsa would send demons and that there would be distrubance in Gokula.
The first vers of chapter 6 of 10 Canto Srila Prabhupada has given a nice purport:
śrī-śuka uvāca
nandaḥ pathi vacaḥ śaurer
na mṛṣeti vicintayan
hariḿ jagāma śaraṇam
utpātāgama-śańkitaḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, while Nanda Mahārāja was on the way home, he considered that what Vasudeva had said could not be false or useless. There must have been some danger of disturbances in Gokula. As Nanda Mahārāja thought about the danger for his beautiful son, Kṛṣṇa, he was afraid, and he took shelter at the lotus feet of the supreme controller.
PURPORT
Whenever there is danger, the pure devotee thinks of the protection and shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also advised in Bhagavad-gītā (9.33): anityam asukhaḿ lokam imaḿ prāpya bhajasva mām. In this material world there is danger at every step (padaḿ padaḿ yad vipadām). Therefore a devotee has no other course than to take shelter of the Lord at every step.
In Treta Yuga King Ambarish Maharaja who was the king of Mathura was challenged by Durvasa Muni whoes asrama you can find on the opposite side of Yamuna from Mathura.
This is explained in the 9th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, this asrama is still there and Durvasa Muni was also present during Krsnas pastimes in Dvarpara Yuga and the gopis met with him, this is explained in Gopal Tapani Upanisad.
Actually the place the Gopis crossed to Mathura is at Visrama Ghat (where they sometimes would sell youghurt and milk in Mathura).So from Gopal Tapani Upanisad we can understand that on occasions the Gopis graced Mathura with their lotusfeet even Srimati Radharani.Strictly speaking Mathura is also part of Vraja and surrounded by Vraja in all directions.The glories of Mathura is found in Srila Rupa Goswamis Mathura Mahatmya. Our beloved Gurudeva , Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja also has written a wonderful book:
Sri Vraja Mandal Parikrama I humbly urge the readers to carefully study. Vraja Mandal Parikrama is started at Visrama Ghat in Mathura the day after Sarat Purnima.Lord Caitanya also took bath at the 24 Ghats of Yamuna. At Visrama Ghat Lord Caitanya rested when visiting Mathura .
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