first quarter @ Jyeshta '19

Shiva is invoked as Hara.

 Wishnu is invoked as Gowinda.

Go-winda literally translates as cow-protector.

In a larger sense, Gowinda means protector of all life.

Another meaning attributed to Gowinda is, one who has subjugated / sheltered his senses.

-  Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Kanchi

Third quarter @ Rohini '19

Of 12 sacred names of Wishnu, 3 are associated with Krishna awatar  - Kesawa, Gowinda and Damodara.

Dama - restraint; Udara - belly. He of restrained belly - Damodara.

As punitive measure for stealing  consciousness of stakeholders in dairy business - Yashoda tethered her son to a roller.

Many alwars have chosen this event to compose devotional verse.

-  Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati,  Kanchi

moon of Srawishta

Diwya-dunee makarandey
Parimala paribhoga sat-chit-anandey
Shri pati hi Pada arawindey
Bhawa bhaya kedachhide wandey

Pollen of milky way
Fragrant revel of Sat-chit-ananda
Lily sepal toes of divine wealth's Lord
Fragments vicious loop of  life and death 

Shat padi,  Sancara 


Here, Diwya-dunee refers to the event when a dwarf, scaled up his form to become Tri-wi-krama ( breaker of 3 laws ). The mutant measured milky way with his foot. 

For one to revel in fragrant sat-chit-ananda, vicious loop of samsara must be fragmented.

- Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati,  Kanchi

Naga Panchami '19

Your senses always travel into the objective world.
And wherever your senses go, your mind follows.

This dynamics causes loss of discrimination, cognition, consciousness.
And energy to travel towards oneself, is lost.

When mind is a follower of  senses, where is the space for it to be quiet, to be still?

 - When mind is slave of sensory faculties