'Krishna Yantra', digital fine art yantra image, 12 x 12", (C)2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree

Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna who is known through his advice to Arjuna, a spiritual seeker, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra given to us by Vyasa, the writer of the Mahabharata of which the Bhagavat Gita is a part, and gives the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna before Arjuna fights.

Each time Janmashtami comes up I am reminded of a song that devotees at the SRF Temple of Paramahamsa Yogananda sing:

My Krishna is blue, the tamal tree is blue, so i do love thee tamal tree.
So do I love thee my tamal tree!
and when I die, o mother
put me high
on a branch of the tamal tree
on a branch of the tamal tree
Where Krishna sat, there I would die
on a branch of the tamal tree.

According to legend of the Bhagavata the tamal tree is closely associated with the life sport of Lord Krishna – and Krishna is shown to be of blue or dark skin color.

Perhaps Krishna’s tamal tree is related to the Tamala Tree, which is called Cinnamomum tamala and it’s extract is strongly aromatic, somewhat reminiscent to cinnamon or cloves. Often labeled as “Indian bay leaves”, they are used as a spice and also for medicinal purposes.

Subha Janmashtami!

Resources:
India Net Zone
Krishna Yantra Art Print at my Zazzle Yantra Art Store

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