8 Fun Facts about Yamuna

📖 सूतजी कहते हैं: उद्धवजीने वहाँ एकत्र हुए सब लोगोंको श्रीकृष्णकीर्तनमें लगा देखकर सभीका सत्कार किया और राजा परीक्षित् को हृदयसे लगाकर कहा ॥ १ ॥

📖 उद्धवजीने कहा: राजन् तुम धन्य हो, एक मात्र श्रीकृष्णकी भक्तिसे ही पूर्ण हो क्योंकि श्रीकृष्ण – संकीर्तनके महोत्सवमें तुम्हारा हृदय इस प्रकार निमग्न हो रहा है ॥ २ ॥

📑 स्स्कन्द पुराण श्रीमद्भागवत माहात्म्य ३.१-२

☀️ Did-You-Know?

Queen Kāliṃdī of Dvārakā is:

1) ’Sūrya-Tanayā’, the daughter of Sūrya (Lord of the Sun);

2) ‘Yamunāji’, the younger sister of Yama (Lord of Death);

3) Daughter of the ‘Kaliṃda’ Mountains (Yamunotrī is her source of origin, from where she descends onto the plains);

4) The Fourth Principal Queen-Consort to Dvārakādīśa Śrī Kṛṣṇa;

5) Eternally present (even today) in Vraja Dhāma as the river Yamunā;

6) Free of any sorrow of separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa because she has taken shelter of and is in service to Śrī Rādhā (ŚrīKṛṣṇa’s Ātmā);

7) Yamunā grants humility (Dīntā), which is the throne upon which Queen Devotion (Bhakti Mahārani) may be seated in one’s heart.

8) Asked the secret to her constant happiness by fellow 16,100 queens of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and she directs them to hear Śrīmad Bhāgavata Kathā from Uddhavaji. 

❔What is the method to manifest God and His devotees, such as Uddhavaji, amongst all? 

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