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Join Papa and Baby as they read “My Little Book of Krishna” together. This enchanting book introduces young readers to Krishna, a beloved deity in Hindu mythology. We meander around the book and mostly talk about what she sees in the book, which are inside jokes.

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Arjun Nanda (00:00)
Okay, ready? So this is how we get started. Alright, welcome back to Storytime with Papa and... Alright, and today we'll be reading this book called The Little Book of Krishna. Have you read this book? Yeah, that's Bhagavanji. Yeah, Krishna Bhagavanji. Okay, so here we

He's saying bless you. Yeah, he's saying bless you. Yeah. So it goes every creature and everyone loves little Krishna of Vrindavan. And what's happening on this page? No, I sat down and this is. Yeah, right. So interesting.

And what's happening over here?

Yeah, the monkey's giving a big hug to the boy's head. saying, I love you so much. Right? Yeah. Yeah. And look, here's a guy and there's Krishna. There's another guy. next page. Okay, so let's read this one. He and his friends. you're covering his face.

So the day is that over here. Yeah, the day over here is butter. Butter. what they're saying is he and his friends, like one thing a lot, the day is that they're seeing all this butter in the pot and they say, that would be really yummy. Let's go take some. Yeah, it's food. Do you remember what butter is in Hindi?

And who else? What are they saying over here? Yeah. What is it, Chris? It's so blue. He's so blue, that's right. And green. And green? Okay.

Okay, next pitch.

They sneak inside when no one's around? monkey's entering. And what are they doing? Krishna. Yeah, Krishna.

It was nice, but it's so quiet. Yeah. That's right, he's being really sneaky. And quiet. And quiet. He's like, shh. Let's come in and... What are they doing here?

Butter. Butter? What are they gonna do to the butter? Crash. yeah, it's gonna crash.

What happens

He's eating all the butter. And what's happening over here?

Sure the pot falls to the floor suddenly yeshoda ma is at the door Right. She's saying my gosh, what's happening?

She shakes her head and stamps her foot. what is she doing? Tied to a drum. Yeah. Why?

Why is she tying him to the drum?

He's being naughty. Yeah, he's being a really naughty boy

Krishna. And what's happening on this page? All friends play. Yeah. All the friends are playing. And what's happening to Krishna? Tied to the drum. He's tied to the drum. He's pulling and pulling and pulling. And then what happens here? So poorly. Mm -hmm. He's pulling and pulling.

And what is everybody saying? my gosh, Krishna. my gosh, Krishna. And look, the monkeys are going,

And then what happens

This is a confusing page. What happens here? Yeah. The trees turn into people.

And they say, we were cursed and turned into trees. This mighty kid has set us free. Sun. Is down. The sun has set.

Okay, what's happening here? Yeah, the sun is setting over there.

Everyone is saying, Krishna, that's incredible. But you have to stop stealing butter. What does Krishna say? Yeah right. Yeah right. Do this. Okay. Do you want to tell me about it? No. Papa tell me. Okay. Well, this one is Devaki and this one is Vasudev and they had a boy called Krishna. And then Vasudev said, it's not safe for you here, baby.

So he gave Krishna baby. So then Vasudev gave Krishna baby to these two people. This is Yasoda and Nanda.

How old do you think this baby

He is not using a Pasi. He's not using a Pasi.

What do

Yeah. Yeah. Right from the brim. Right from the brim, huh? A nana baby. Yeah, he's a nana baby. Yeah. He's closing her eyes. Yeah, he's closing his eyes. He's saying, go to sleep. And what's he doing here? What pose is that?

But look at Krishna. What pose is that? Happy baby pose. Happy baby pose. Okay. All right. Well, that's the end of the book. Do want to say anything to say goodbye? Huh? You to say goodbye? Huh? Say it. Goodbye.

Goodbye.