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Kaustav Ghosh

Hello readers, today we celebrate the birthday of Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna-the friend, the guide, the ideal husband, the ideal father, the ideal grand father, the master strategist, great politician,the king of romance, the hero of epic saga. Lord Krishna-the symbol of redemption, the name which inspires million of people even today. In the eve of Janmastami we usually worship Lord Krishna’s child form.

Worship usually means “to pray to and show respect for God” and we know different religion has different form of worship. But janmastami is different. Today we treat God as our own child, we can also say that today is the day when we feel God is not that who watches and punish for every wrong we commit. God is not that person who lives million of miles away. Today we celebrate God as our own, who lives in our heart, who is dearer than the dearest.

Wish you Happy Janmastami. May Lord Krishna shower all its blessing upon you.

I am sharing ‘Madhurastakam’ with you-

“His lips are sweet, His face is sweet,
His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet,
His loving heart is sweet, His gait (walk) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His words are sweet, His character is sweet,
His dress (garment) is sweet, His posture is sweet,
His movements are sweet, His wandering (roaming) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His flute-playing is sweet, His foot-dust is sweet,
His hands are sweet, His feet are sweet,
His dancing is sweet, His friendship is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His song is sweet, His drinking is sweet,
His eating is sweet, His sleeping is sweet,
His beautiful form is sweet, His Tilaka (mark on the forehead) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His deeds (activities) are sweet, His conquest (liberating) is sweet,
His thieving (stealing) is sweet, His love-sports are sweet,
His oblations (offerings) are sweet, His countenance is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His gunja-berry necklace is sweet, His flower garland is sweet,
sweet is the Yamuna river, and sweet are her rippling waves,
her water is sweet, and sweet are the lotus flowers also,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His gopis (cowherd girlfriends) are sweet, His pastimes (plays) are sweet,
His union (meeting him) is sweet, His deliverance (rescue) is sweet,
His sidelong glances are sweet, His courtesy (etiquette) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

His gopas (cowherd boyfriends) are sweet, His cows are sweet,

His cane (herding-stick) is sweet, His creation is sweet,
His victory (trampling) is sweet, His accomplishment (fruition) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.”