# Nanda Maharaja *Vrindavan Associates* **See also:** [[artwork/personalities/krsna|Krishna]] | [[artwork/personalities/yasoda|Mother Yasoda]] **24 images** --- <h3>The Lord Appears Before Prajapati Daksa</h3> ![[0043_SB-6-1-7.jpg]] *Lord Hari was very pleased by the prayers Dakṣa had offered, and thus He appeared before Dakṣa riding His carrier Garuḍa and accompanied by Nārada Muni, Nanda, and all the principal demigods.* <h3>Krsna's Birthday Ceremony</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-1-7.jpg]] *Nanda Mahārāja, Kṛṣṇa's foster father, celebrated the birth ceremony of his newborn son with great opulence. Everyone was overwhelmed with joy.* <h3>The Bathing Ceremony of Lord Krsna</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-2-2.jpg]] *Just after baby Kṛṣṇa turned three months old, mother Yaśodā saw that He was slanting His body in an attempt to rise and turn around. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, she arranged to observe the Vedic ceremony called utthāna, a bathing ceremony performed when a child is due to leave the house for the first time. So Mother Yaśodā called together the other women of the neighborhood to assist her, and the brāhmaṇas joined by chanting Vedic hymns while professional musicians played their instruments and sang.* <h3>Krsna Kills the Cart Demon</h3> ![[0047_SB-10-2-3.jpg]] *EN KB 2018 one-vol: The demon Śakaṭāsura took the form of a cart, but baby Kṛṣṇa, lying beneath it on a bed, kicked His legs in anger and destroyed the cart demon.* <h3>Krsna and Balarama and the Name-giving Ceremony</h3> ![[0049_SB-10-2-5.jpg]] *One day Vasudeva inspired Gargamuni, the family priest of the Yadu dynasty, to go to Nanda Mahārāja’s house in Vṛndāvana and perform the name-giving ceremony for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. To keep the ceremony hidden from King Kaṁsa, Nanda Mahārāja requested Gargamuni to perform it in Nanda's very secluded cowshed. As Gargamuni cradled baby Kṛṣṇa in his hands, he said to Nanda Mahārāja, “To increase the transcendental bliss of the cowherd men of Gokula, this child Kṛṣṇa will always act auspiciously for you. And by His grace only, you will surpass all difficulties. Demons cannot harm the demigods, who always have Lord Viṣṇu on their side. Similarly, any person or group attached to Kṛṣṇa is extremely fortunate. Because such persons are very much affectionate toward Kṛṣṇa, they cannot be defeated by demons like the associates of Kaṁsa. O Nanda Mahārāja, in His transcendental qualities, opulence, name, fame and influence, this child of yours is exactly like Nārāyaṇa. You should therefore raise Him very carefully and cautiously."* <h3>Krsna Kicks the Cart</h3> ![[0084_SB-2-2-10.jpg]] *At the age of three months, Lord Kṛṣṇa killed the Śakaṭāsura demon, who had remained hidden behind a cart.* <h3>0087/TLC 13</h3> ![[0087-TLC-13.jpg]] <h3>0092/NOD Nanda Yasoda</h3> ![[0092_NOD-Nanda-Yasoda.jpg]] *Vātsalya-rasa (Parenthood): “Mahārāja Nanda addressed his wife, 'My dear Yaśodā, how wonderful Kṛṣṇa looks, and how He is increasing my transcendental bliss more and more!;" Kṛṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer, and He takes pleasure in all the varieties of love offered to Him by His devotees. He sometimes lets His confidential devotees think of Him as their son and enjoys their parental affection.* <h3>The First Janmastami</h3> ![[0093_KB1-4-pg.38.jpg]] *The joyous vibrations at Kṛṣṇa's birth ceremony could be heard in all the pasturing grounds and houses.* <h3>Name-giving Ceremony for Krsna and Balarama</h3> ![[0094_KB1-13-pg.56.jpg]] *The family priest, Garga Muni, performed the name-giving ceremony when Kṛṣṇa was one year old.* <h3>Krsna and Balarama in Varuna's Court</h3> ![[0096_KB1-34-pg.184.jpg]] *The god of the waters was holding Nanda captive under the sea.* <h3>A Serpent Swallows Nanda Maharaja</h3> ![[0096_KB1-39-pg.226.jpg]] *EN KB: Kṛṣṇa appeared on the scene and touched the serpent with His lotus feet.* <h3>Dhruva Goes Back to Godhead</h3> ![[0119_SB-4-2-6.jpg]] *EN SB 4.1 1987: After boarding a transcendental airplane for the journey to Vaikuṇṭha, Dhruva Mahārāja thought, “How shall I go alone to Vaikuṇṭha and leave behind my poor mother?” Nanda and Sunanda could understand his mind, and thus they showed him that his mother, Sunīti, was traveling in another plane. Then the planes ascended and started for the spiritual world. While Dhruva passed through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system, and the demigods in their airplanes showered flowers upon him like rain.* <h3>Lifting Govardhana Hill</h3> ![[0142_KB1-26.jpg]] *Az Úr Kṛṣṇa ötezer évvel ezelőtt, vṛndāvanai kedvtelései során felemelte a Govardhana-hegyet, s hét napon át tartotta a magasban, hogy megvédelmezze Vṛndāvana lakóit a rettentő esőtől, amelyet Indra, a félistenek királya küldött ellenük.* <h3>Krsna Greets His Parents</h3> ![[0147_KBC-3--p55.jpg]] *When Kṛṣṇa entered Vṛndāvana with His friends at the end of a day of cowherding, His face decorated with tilaka and smeared with the dust raised by the cows, He was received by His affectionate parents, who bathed Him, dressed Him in clean garments, and bestowed blessings on Him.* <h3>Krsna Rescues Nanda Maharaja From the Abode of Varuna</h3> ![[0187_UP--176.jpg]] <h3>Laksmi-Narayana in Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0196_UP--287.jpg]] <h3>Art 0048/0048/SB 10-5-4</h3> ![[0048_SB-10-5-4.jpg]] <h3>Art 0161/0161/NOD 505</h3> ![[0161_NOD--505.jpg]] <h3>Art 0183/0183/UP 140</h3> ![[0183_UP--140.jpg]] <h3>Nanda Maharaja Saved from the Python</h3> ![[Art-0209_KB1-94.jpg]] <h3>Art 0210/Art 0210/KB1 78</h3> ![[Art-0210_KB1-78.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Carries His Father's Wooden Shoes</h3> ![[Mad-2-9.jpg]] *EN SB 10.2 1977: In any situation, Kṛṣṇa is always the infinitely powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead. But just to increase the ecstatic emotion of His intimate, loving devotees like Mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja, Kṛṣṇa agrees to come under their control. Sometimes Nanda Mahārāja would ask Kṛṣṇa to bring him his wooden slippers, and Kṛṣṇa, with great difficulty, would put the slippers on His head and take them to His father. At such times Nanda Mahārāja would exclaim, “My dear Yaśodā, just look at your offspring, Kṛṣṇa! See His blackish bodily luster, His eyes tinged with red color, His broad chest and His beautiful pearl ornaments. How wonderful He looks, and how He is increasing my transcendental bliss more and more!”* <h3>Caitanya Mahaprabhu Serves at Nandagram</h3> ![[Mad-7-5.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 4: In the cave, Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered His respects to the forms of Nanda and Yaśodā, and then with great ecstatic love He touched the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.* --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. 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