The document discusses various Hindu festivals occurring in August and September, including Krishna Janmashtami and Radhashtami. It then summarizes passages from scriptures about Brahma offering prayers to Krishna after having his pride humbled, and establishes that Krishna is the supreme lord, beyond material conception. It explains that Balarama is the first expansion of Krishna and the source of other expansions like Vishnu.

1. HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA LEELA 14--TH DISCOURSE

2. FESTIVAL GALORE BALARAMA POORNIMA 16 TH AUGUST JHULAN YATRA 12 TH - 16 TH AUGUST KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI 23 RD / 24 TH AUGUST RADHASHTAMI 8 TH SEPTEMBER VYASA POOJA 25 TH AUGUST

4. CHAPTER 14 PRAYERS OFFERED BY LORD BRAHMA TO LORD KRISHNA

5. KRISHNA’S POSITION & PRAYERS Krishna the only worshipful Supreme Lord Pleased by humble prayers (uttamashloka) Offers obeisances (vandanam) The Lord’s bodily features

7. BRAHMA SAMHITA 5.30 venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayatAksham barhAvatamsam asitAmbuda-sundarAngam kandarpa-koti-kamanIya-vishesha-shObham govindam Adi-purusham tam aham bhajAmi I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.

10. BHAGAVAD GITA 8.9 kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anusmared yaḥ sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature.

11. BRAHMA SAMHITA 5.32 angani yasya sakalendriya-vrtti-manti pasyanti panti kalayanti ciram jaganti ananda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.

12. For devotees’ benefit Offence mitigated by Mercy Transcendental Quality Paratvam & Soulabhyam Unable to estimate Lord’s transcendental personality & pastimes APPEARANCE AS COWHERD BOY

13. BHAGAVAD GITA 4.9 janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.

14. jnAne prayAsam udapAsya namanta eva jIvanti san-mukharitAm bhavadIya vArtAm sthAne sthitAh shruti-gatAm tanu-vAn-manobhir ye prAyasho ‘jita jito ‘py asi tais tri-lokyAm Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds. SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM 10.14.3

15. Conquering The Unconquerable - Ajita Karma, Jnana & Bhakti Beating Empty Husk of Rice Paddy

16. SAMADHI Studying the cosmic nature Lord’s Qualities are uncountable

17. nirguna correct understanding Ever Expanding Qualities Beyond Estimation

18. BRAHMA’S PRESUMPTION Testing Krishna Humbled Atomic Weapon vs Sun’s Energy Expansive Energy Brahma vs Krishna

19. Like a Little Child within the womb of his mother Entire Manifestation existing on the energy of the Lord Mother is never offended by the kicking of the child

20. BRAHMA SAMHITA 5.52 yac-chaksur esha savita sakala-grahana raja samasta-sura-murtir asesha-teja yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrita-kala-cakro govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami The sun, who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul, is the eye of this world. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey, mounting the wheel of time.

21. BRAHMA’S ORIGIN Born from the lotus flower Lotus stem contains 3 planetary systems Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka Where is this lotus coming from?

22. NARAYANA - MEANING nAra – aggregate total of all jivas ayana – resting place NArAyana – He who is the resting place of all living creatures NArAyana – He who rests on the Garbhodaka Ocean

23. WHO IS ANANTA ? A PLENARY EXPANSION OF KRISHNA THE APPEARANCE OF ANANTA / BALARAMA

24. 1 BALARAMA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL OTHER EXPANSIONS KRISHNA FIRST EXPANDS AS BALARAMA

25. Maha Sankarshana KaranodakasAyi Vishnu GarbhodakasAyi Vishnu KshirodakasAyi Vishnu Sesha Balarama Krishna

26. 2 KARANODAKASAYI VISHNU expands into GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU

27. 3 GARBHODAKASAYI VISHNU

28. 4 KSHIRODAKASAYI VISHNU - PARAMATMA

29. Brahma Vishnu Shiva

30. SANKARSHANA & SHANKARA

31. Krishna’s Achintya shakti The Supreme Controller of Maya Within cosmic manifestation YET Cosmic manifestation is within Him Yashoda’s darshan of Universal Form

32. Krishna as Adi-Narayana Why? First Alone Expanded Energies Vishnu forms Worshipped by elements & devatas Again Alone KRISHNA IS SVAYAM BHAGAVAN

33. Appearance in All forms, both Original and as Avatar All through the agency of Yogamaya or Atmamaya Material world A place of misery II Pleasing only because of originating from Krishna

34. VEDIC EVIDENCE govindam Adi purusham Brahma Samhita akshara Body as Indestructible sac-cid-Ananda vigraha Brahma Samhita niranjana Uncontaminated Pastimes amrtam sasvatam brahme Gopala Tapani