Sept 24, 2021 - Grade 7 (Friday)

Hari Om Dear Parents,

Here is an update of : Sep 24th 2021
We started our class with Likhita Japa and Opening Prayers. We always start our class with Likhita Japa and hence request parents to make sure kids come prepared to the class with a notebook and a pen/pencil.

Slokas :

We learnt 2 slokas in the class - Sri Rama Rama Rameti... and Nilambhuja Shyamala Komalangam.

Ramayana:

We started our class with an introduction to 7 Kandas in Ramayana and how they are divided in chronological order. 
We narrated the story starting from King Dasaratha who from Solar Dynasty ruled Kosala kingdom from the capital city of Ayodhya. King Dasaratha was a just leader. Though the praja was very happy,  the King himself was sad that there was no one to pass on his Kingdom to, after him. He performed Putrakamesti yagna and was blessed with a bowl of Kheer. He shared the kheer with his 3 queens - Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra.
In Deva loka, devas were worried with Ravana's torture and pleaded with Brahma ji that Ravana be destroyed. Upon realizing that the boon given to Ravana that he was invincible by Devas, Asuras and Gandharvas, did not include human, the Devas pleaded with Lord Vishnu to take an avatar to destroy Ravana.

Kaushalya had Rama, Kaikeyi had Bharata and Sumitra had the twins, Lakshmana and Shatrugna. 
When the boys were around 14, they were visited by Sage Vishwamitra.

Sage Vishwamitra was a great King. Once when he was returning from a war, Sage Vashista with the help of his cow Sabala fed the entier army. Vishwamitra wanted to conquer Sabala and he fought with Sage Vashista, only to realize his valor was no match to the sage. Vishwamitra went to the forest and did meditation, earned the title Raja Rishi. We saw how he tried to create a separate universe for Trisanku, did thousands of year of meditation, overcame all hurdles and temptation, atlast became Brahma Rishi.

We will continue with the story next class.

Activity :

We asked kids to recollect all the names that they learnt from the day. We also learnt how to draw Lord Ganesha step-by-step. If your kids are interested in practicing, please share the following link with them : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCT_9-jnA0&t=7s

Aarthi and Pledge :

We completed the day with 'Poornamadam..' and Pledge. 

Looking forward to having your kids next class.

Thanks and Hari Om
Purnima and Shankar!