Hari Om Parents,
Welcome to our Grade 4 class, a quick recap of what was covered today. Today was the 4th Session of our class.
We all met in our classroom -- "Kesava" and after everyone sat down we said our Opening prayers.
Opening Prayers: We all sat straight, criss cross, hands folded, chanted together 3 Oms, then Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Slokha -Vakra Tunda, Saraswathi Slokha- Saraswathi Namasthubayam, and Guru Slokha - Guru Brahma.
Navratri & Dussehra: We discussed how and why Navratri and Dussehra are celebrated. Kids shared how they celebrated at home and we discussed how Rama had killed Ravana on VijayaDasami day!
Diwali: We briefly discussed why we light lamps for Diwali and that it's a celebration on Rama's return to Ayodhya from his exile.
Then we discussed the below stories from Bala Bhagavatham.
Bala Bhagavatam - Mother Earth in distress : Mother Earth was deeply hurt seeing the sins being committed by people on earth and by the increasing number of Asuras troubling everyone. Then Lord Narayana promised Mother Earth that he will come to the Earth as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva and cleanse the Earth of Sins and Sinners.
Prophecy: Devaki 's marriage with Vasudev in Mathura, Kamsa hears the divine prophecy that the eighth child of Devaki and Vasudev will kill him.
Kamsa shattered by the divine Prophecy. An angry Kamsa puts Devaki and Vasudev in prison and vows to kill the eighth child. He mercilessly kills all of the seven babies of Devaki and Vasudeva. And also puts his father Ugrasena in prison and takes over the throne.
Sri Krishna's birth: Soon Devaki is pregnant with her eighth child. Lord Narayana appears in front of the dejected Devaki and Vasudev and informs them that he himself will be born as their child and after his birth Vasudev should take the baby and go to Gokul and exchange the baby with his friend Nandakumar's baby girl and bring her come back to Mathura.
And at midnight which is the darkest hour of the night, Lord Sri Krishna was born. Devaki and Vasudev were mesmerized by the beauty of baby Krishna.
Then Vasudev took the baby in a basket and carried the basket over his head, while SeshNag was protecting Sri Krishna with his hood and River Yamuna bowed in reverence to the Lord and made way for Vasudev to cross over. Vasudev crossed river Yamuna and went to Gokul and entered Nandakumar's house, kept baby Krishna beside Yashoda, who had given birth to a baby girl and took the baby girl and carried her back to Mathura and kept her bedside Devaki. Hearing the newborn baby's cries Kamsa comes rushing and tries to kill her, when the baby girl takes the form of Goddess and says No one can protect him now and he cannot escape God's wrath as the baby is born and will surely kill him. Kamsa is in shock and is in deep thought.
Attendance: was taken and we all went to the Prayer hall for Saraswathi pooja.
Saraswathi pooja: We all together performed Saraswathi pooja and followed the priest' s instructions. Kids participated well and performed pooja to Mother Saraswathi.
Please note Next class is next week on Oct 27th 2024.
Pranaams
Mahalakshmi Arcot
Anurag Saran
