BG - 19

Verse 

 Bg. 15.12 

 यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भ‍ासयतेऽखिलम् । यच्च‍न्द्रमसि यच्च‍ाग्न‍ौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥ १२ ॥ 

 yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yac candramasi yac cāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam 

 Synonyms yat — that which; āditya-gatam — in the sunshine; tejaḥ — splendor; jagat — the whole world; bhāsayate — illuminates; akhilam — entirely; yat — that which; candramasi — in the moon; yat — that which; ca — also; agnau — in fire; tat — that; tejaḥ — splendor; viddhi — understand; māmakam — from Me. 

 Translation The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me. 

 Focus of this session will be AGNI (second session). 

 Bhajan 

 Song Name: Nagare Nagare Gora Gay Official Name: Sri Krsnaer Vimsottara-Sata-Nama Song 1 Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura Book Name: Gitavali Language: Bengali 

 https://kksongs.org/songs/n/nagarenagaregoragay.html 

 Note to Teacher: Every stanza is a pastime of the sweet Lord. First briefly tell the pastime in 5 mins and then start singing. 

 For Tune see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQS0kp9-8j4   

 LYRICS: 

 (Refrain:) nagare nagare gorā gāy 

 (1) yaśomatī-stanya-pāyī śrī-nanda-nandana indra-nīla-maṇi braja-janera jīvana   (2) śrī-gokula-niśācarī-pūtanā-ghātana duṣṭa-tṛnāvarta-hantā śakaṭa-bhañjana 

 (3) navanīta-cora dadhi-haraṇa-kuśala yamala-arjuna-bhañjī govinda gopāla 

 (4) dāmodara bṛndābana-go-vatsa-rākhāla vatsāsurāntaka hari nija-jana-pāla 

 (5) baka-śatru agha-hantā brahma-vimohana dhenuka-nāśana kṛṣṇa kāliya-damana 

 (6) pītāmbara śikhi-piccha-dhārī venu-dhara bhāṇḍīra-kānana-līlā dāvānala-hara 

 (7) naṭabara guhācara śarata-bihārī vallabī-vallabha deva gopī-vastra-hārī 

 (8) yajña-patnī-gaṇa-prati karunāra sindhu govardhana-dhṛk mādhava braja-bāsī-bandhu   (9) indra-darpa-hārī nanda-rakṣitā mukunda śrī-gopī-vallabha rasa-krīḍa pūrnānanda   (10) śrī-rādhā-vallabha rādhā-mādhava sundara lalitā-viśākhā-ādi sakhī-prāneśwara 

 (11) nava-jaladhara-kānti madana-mohana vana-mālī smera-mukha gopī-prāna-dhana 

 (12) tri-bhańgī muralī-dhara jamunā-nāgara rādhā-kuṇḍa-rańga-netā rasera sāgara 

 (13) candrāvalī-prāna-nātha kautukābhilāṣī rādhā-māna-sulampaṭa milana-prayāsī   (14) mānasa-gańgāra dānī prasūna-taskara gopī-saha haṭha-kārī braja-baneśwara 

 (15) gokula-sampad gopa-duḥkha-nivāraṇa durmada-damana bhakta-santāpa-haraṇa 

 (16) sudarśana-mocana śrī-śańkha-cūḍāntaka rāmānuja śyāma-cānda muralī-vādaka 

 (17) gopī-gīta-śrotā madhu-sūdana murāri ariṣṭa-ghātaka rādhā-kuṇḍādi-bihārī 

 (18) vyomāntaka padma-netra keśi-nisūdana rańga-krīḍa kaḿsa-hantā malla-praharaṇa   (19) vasudeva-suta vṛṣṇai-vaḿśa-kīrti-dhvaja dīna-nātha mathureśa devakī-garbha-ja 

 (20) kubjā-kṛpāmoya viṣnu śauri nārāyana dwārakeśa naraka-ghna śrī-yadu-nandana 

 (21) śrī-rukminī-kānta satyā-pati sura-pāla pāṇḍava-bāndhava śiśupālādira kāla 

 (22) jagadīśa janārdana keśavārta-trāna sarva-avatāra-bīja viśvera nidāna   (23) māyeśwara yogeśwara brahma-tejādhāra sarvātmāra ātmā prabhu prakṛtira pāra   (24) patita-pāvana jagannātha sarveśwara bṛndābana-candra sarva-rasera ākara 

 (25) nagare nagare gorā gāy bhakativinoda tachu pāy 

 https://kksongs.org/songs/m/mamamanamandire.html 

 Katha 

 This is a beautiful pastime of Agni deva in the Mahabharata.  

 You can start reading from "One day Arjuna suggested, “O Kṛṣṇa, the days are hot. Let us go for some time to the banks of the Yamunā. We have constructed many fine pleasure houses there.” 

 https://vedabase.io/en/library/mbk/1/14/ 

 Split this pastime across two sessions. 

 Teaching Tracks (Juniors, Seniors and Parents combined in one doc) 

 https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/55 

 Experiment 

 Separating Salt from Water Using Fire (Simple Distillation) 

 ### Materials - Small pot or kettle (with a lid) - Water - Table salt (2–3 tablespoons) - A heat source (stove or camping burner — adult operated) - A metal or glass bowl (heat‑safe) or a large cup - Ice cubes (optional, for faster condensation) - Two small spoons for tasting (or better, two separate cups for tasting the water) 

 ### Steps 

 1. **Prepare the salt water**      - Fill the pot about halfway with tap water.      - Add 2–3 tablespoons of salt and stir until dissolved.      - Let the child taste a tiny drop on a spoon tip — it should be very salty. 

 2. **Set up the collection method**      - Place the lid upside down on the pot (so the handle dip faces downward).      - Alternatively, place a large heat‑safe bowl directly over the pot as a “dome lid”.      - Put a few ice cubes on top of the upside‑down lid or dome. This cools the surface so steam condenses faster into liquid water. 

 3. **Boil the water (adult does this part)**      - Turn on the heat to high. Wait for the water to boil vigorously.      - As the water boils, steam rises, hits the cool lid, and turns back into liquid drops.      - Those drops will run down the lid and drip into a separate clean cup placed beside the pot (or into a groove if using a kettle with a spout). 

 4. **Collect the purified water**      - Let the experiment run for 5–10 minutes.      - You will see clear, salt‑free water collecting in the separate cup.      - Turn off the heat. Let everything cool. 

 5. **Test the result**      - Have the child taste a tiny drop of the collected water. It should taste **plain** (no salt).      - Compare with the original salty water from step 1. 

 ### What the child learns (fire’s purifying role) 

 - **Fire (heat) separates essential from non‑essential:**     The essential pure water turns to steam and leaves the non‑essential salt behind in the pot.   - **Revealing what is real:** Only the water molecules rise; the salt crystals cannot. Fire “discriminates” at a molecular level.   - **Real‑world connection:** This is how we get drinking water from seawater, and how boiling makes water safe. 

 ### Safety note - Always have an adult turn the heat on/off.   - Keep pot handles turned inward so no one bumps them.   - Let the equipment cool before touching.   

 This experiment is simple, memorable, and perfectly illustrates Krishna’s *tejo in agni* — fire’s power to burn away the non‑essential and reveal the pure.