KRISHNA* (New 12 DVD Box Edition with English subtitles from the Legendary Maker of Ramayan - Dr. Ramanand Sagar)
Inspired by the English rendering of Bhagwat Puran by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupadji the Founder Acharya of ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness).
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Volume 1 - Episodes 1- 6 Main Sources:
Shrimad Bagavat Mahapuran, Brahm, Brahm Valvart Puran, Garg Samhita, Agni Puran, Markandaya Puran, Harivansh, Vishnu Puran, Shri Padma Puran and some other sources from Indian Folk Literature.
Volume 2 - Episodes 7 to 14
Incarnation of Bhagwan Parshuram and Shri Ram. Devtas pray to Lord Krishna. Narad beholds the divine vision of Radha Krishna. Kans in the court of Maharaj Ugrasen. Marriage of Devki and Vasudev. Kans imprisons his sister Devki on hearing the divine proclamation. King Ugrasen orders release of Devaki and Vasudev. Frustrated Kans asks military help from King Jarasandh of Magadh. Kans marries both daughters of Jarasandh. A battalion of Magadh army posted in Mathura. Devaki gives birth to a son. Kans brutally kills Devaki's first child. Perturbed over Kans' henious crim, King Ugrasen orders his arrest. In a bloody coup, Kans captures the palace and arrests Ugrasen. Mathura under seige.
Volume 3 - Episodes 15 to 21
Kans mercilessly kills Devakis five more children. People await birth of the Promised One. Bhagwan Sheshnag takes the permission of Krish to be born as his elder brother. By the grace of Shri Krishna, the supreme shakti Yogmaya transmits the foetus of Shesh from Deviki's womb to Rohini's womb. Later, to relieve his devotees from the atricities of Kans, Lord Krishna decends himself on the planet earth in the womb of Mother Devaki. On this great spiritual occasion, all the gods in all the different planets of the Universe feel jubilant. Miracles in the jail frighten Kans. Lord Krishna reminds Mother Devaki about her previous births. The Lord appears as a child. He is carried to Gokul. Festivities at the birth of Lord Krishna.
Volume 4 - Episodes 22 to 28
Celebration of Krishna's birth. Kans orders mass killing of children. People's suffering. People of Gokul resist the soldiers of Kans. Demon queen Putna is sent to kill Krishna. Child Krishna sucks out her life. Salvation of Putna. She gets the honor of mother in Golok. Kans sends demons to kill Krishna. Pundit Shridhar is punished. The Crow Demon is destroyed. The invisible Demon Utkatch is killed. The naming ceremony of child Krishna by Maharshi Garg. Kans comes to know about the ceremony. Maharshi Garg tells Vasudeva that Krishna his son.
Volume 5 - Episodes 23 to 35
Kans threatens Vasudev and Devaki to tell the truth. Both refuse and are imprisoned again. Kans sends the Whirlwind Demon, Trinavart. Krishna kills him too. Devaki lives in the thoughts of Krishna only. At times, she actually feels him in her own lap - a mystic experience. Lord Shiva descends on earth. Pays homage to child Krishna. Krishna the "Butter Thief". Lord reveals to his mother the whole universe within his mouth. Krishna uproots two Arjun trees and releases two sons of Kuber from curse of sage Narad. Lord Krishna as child performs Leelas with cowherd friends. Mother Yashoda angered by complaints about Krishna stealing butter. Krishna sings and dances to placate her. Radha and Krishna's first meeting as small children on earth.
Volume 6 - Episodes 36 to 43
Brahma, Narad and other Devatas appear and sing the praise of the Divine Couple. Lord Krishna and his friends steal the clothse of Gopis. Lord Krishna kills Bakasur. Kans sends the Dragon Aghasur. Sri Krishna annihilates the Dragon. Lord Krishna fights the great serpent Kaliya. Kans tries to kill Devaki. Sheshnag saves her. Nand performs Goverdhan Puja on Shri Krishna's advice. Indra becomes revengeful. Indra creates storm and lightening. Shri Krishna lifts Goverdhan Paravat. Shri Krishna Stuti.
Volume 7 - Episodes 44 to 47
Kans is frightened to hear about lifting of Goverdhan Parvat. Sage Narada is insulted. Holi in Barsana - Radha's town.
Volume 8 - Episodes 54 to 63
Shri Krishna becomes Radha. Radha becomes Shri Krishna. Radha tests gopis' love. Gauri Poojan by Radha and gopis. Maharaas. Kans gets nightmares. Kans hangs Vasudev in a well full of venomous snakes.
Volume 9 - Episodes 64 to 73
Devaki persuades Akrur to go to Gokul. Nand and Yashoda get excited as Akrur reveals that Krishna is not their son. Yashoda is delirious. Krishna takes leave of Radha. Radha's will power brings the world to standstill. Krishna takes leave from the villagers of Gokul. Akrur gets the vision of "Virat Swarup" of Shri Krishan while taking a dip in river Yamuna. Krishna enters Mathura, meets Mali. Meets Kubja on the way to Rangshala.
Volume 10 - Episodes 74 to 83
Krishna breaks Lord Shiva's bow at Kans' Rangshala. Kans goes through nightmares. Krishna kills Kans' elephant Kuwaliyapeed. Krishna appears in various forms in Rangshala. Krishna kills Kans and frees his parents and Ugrasen from prison. Coronation of Maharaj Ugrasen. At Shri Krishna's request Nand leaves for Gokul. Thread ceremony of Krishna and Balram.
Volume 11 - Episodes 84 to 93
Shri Krishna and Balram go to Sandipani Ashram for higher education. Krishna meets Sudama. Education at Sandipani Ashram. The tal of Varah Avtaar. Brahma gives boon to Hiranyakashyap. Vishnu takes the form of Narsimha Avtaar. The tale of Matsya Avtaar. The tale of Kacchap Avtaar. Mohini Avtaar. Vaman Avtaar. Ram Avtaar.
Volume 12 - Episodes 94 to 100
Narration of wedding of Ram and Sita. Radha becomes Shri Krishna. Radha tests gopis' love. Gauri Poojan by Radha and Gopis. Maharaas. Kans gets nightmare. Kans hangs Vasudev in a well full of venomous snakes. Kaikayee asks for promised boom. Bharat meets Kaikayee. Meeting of Ram and Bharat at Chitrakoot. Abduction of Sita. Hanuman goes to Lanka in search of Sita. Ram - Ravan at war. Coronation of Ram. Sandipani goes to Gargmuni Ashram in an invisible form. Krishna insists on paying gurudakshna. Krishna and Balram depart to bring the guru's deceased son. Demon Panchjan is destroyed. Krishna and Balram bring back guru's deceased son from Sanyamani puri. Summing up by Ramanand Sagar. The first part of the deeds of divine incarnation ends here.
KRISHNA LEELA
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Volume 1
The story of Krishna Leela begins in Mathura, when King Kans dethrones his father and takes over the Kingdom. He arranges his sister Devki's marriage with his influential friend Vasudev. But when a Sage predicts that her eighth son will be responsible for Kans' death, he imprisons Devki and Vasudev.
Kans personally kills Devki's first six children born in the prison. Devki's seventh "pregnancy" is taken over by Vasudev's second wife who gives birth to Balram. And when the eighth child, Krishna is born, miraculously the prison doors open and Vasudev is able to smuggle out the child and leave him in Gokul with his friend Nand.
Unusual celebrations in Gokul make Kans auspicious that Devki's eighth child must be there. Pootna is sent there as a toy seller to kill all the children born in Gokul. When she tries to kill Krishna, she herself is killed. Meanwhile all the people of Gokul, including Krishna's foster parents, shift to Nandgaon.
Childhood of Shri Krishna, the Supreme Being, and Narayan. While Yashoda happily reared Shri Krishna in Nandgaon his real mother Devki, and his father Vasudev spent days inside the prison in Mathura. Krishna regaled the entire Nandgaon with his divine sports.
Krishna's divine sports make him the darling of his friends. To everyone's amazement he killed Kalia the Serpent King who lived in the river Yamuna, while retrieving the ball of his friend Sridham from the bottom of the river.
Krishna grows up to an 11-year-old boy. Now he has given up stealing butter; instead he steals the hearts of the young "Gopinis". Radha is one such "Gopini" who has lost her heart to him. Two songs illustrate this beautiful relationship. Also, Krishna encourages the habitants of Nandgaon to stop sending butter, as a levy, to Kans, the ruler of Mathura. Kans feels slighted that someone has defied him.
Volume 2
Kans tries to subdue Krishna. He commands two demons to destroy Nandgaon. However, Krishna and Balram, annihilate the evil demons. The episode also covers two major portions of divine sports - one, saving of Nandgaon by lifting the Goverdhan Mountain and the other, "Maharass" in which Shri Krishna creates the illusion among the dancing Gopis, each one of whom thinks that he is dancing with her and her alone. Meanwhile, Kans tricks Vasudev's friend Akrur into inviting to Mathura with the intention of killing him.
Krishna departs from Nandgaon for Mathura. The residents of Mathura have heard of his divine sports and they pay obeisance to him as an "Avatar" (incarnation of God). Eventually Krishna faces his uncle, Kans. The cruel ruler had planned to slay Krishna but he meets his own death at the hands of Shri Krishna. Before killing him, Krishna reveals to him his 'Viraat Roop' (Deity Incarnate in its full form).
Shri Krishna releases King Ugrasen and his parents Devki and Vasudev who had been imprisoned by Kans. People of Mathura rejoice and celebrate the coronation of King Ugrasen. Krishna goes to Sandeepani Gurukul for his education. In Nandgaon, Yashoda is upset learn that Shri Krishna had stayed back in Mathura and probably would never return.
KRISHNA* (New 12 DVD Box Edition with English subtitles from the Legendary Maker of Ramayan - Dr. Ramanand Sagar)
