Om Damodaraya Vidmahe Rukmini Vallabhaya Dhimahi Tanno Krishna Prachodayath.

Om Devaki Nandanaya Vidmahe Vasudevaya Dhimahi Tanno Krishna Prachodayath.

Happy Krishna Janmastami! It is an annual celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This festival is celebrated on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of Shravan (August–September) in the Hindu calendar.

Lord Krishna is the principal protagonist with Arjuna in the Bhagwad Geeta also known as the Song of God, which depicts the conversation between the Prince Arjuna and Krishna during the great battle of Kurukshetra 5000 years ago where Arjuna discovers that Krishna is God and then comprehends his nature and will for him and for mankind. Arjuna is counselled by Krishna to "fulfil his duty as a warrior and establishing Dharma." and the attainment of liberation (moksha)". In the present age Krishna is one of the most widely revered and most popular of all divinities.

He is often described and portrayed as an infant eating butter, a young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana, a young man along with Radha or as an elder giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagwad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of philosophical and theological traditions. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and the Supreme Being. The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's story are the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Vishnu Purana.

As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that His appearance, birth, and activities, are all transcendental, and one who understands them factually becomes immediately eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. “