Dec 21, 2025 - Grade 4 (Sunday AM)

Hari Om Parents, 

Welcome to our Grade 4 class. We all met in  our classroom -- "Murari" and after all the kids came to the class, we started the class with:

 Opening Prayers: We all sat straight, criss cross, hands folded, chanted together 3 Oms, then Sahana Vavatu, Ganesha Slokha -Vakra Tunda, Saraswathi Slokha- Saraswathi Namasthubayam, and Guru Slokha - Guru Brahma.

Krishna Ashtakam :  This year we will be learning sloka Krishna Ashtakam.

 We chanted Krishna Ashtakam once together and it's in Page 109 of the My Prayers book.

Recap: We had a recap of all the Gurus we learnt so far and kids tried to guess the correct Guru, based on the Clues shared. And most of them guessed it Correctly!!

Then moved on to the next Guru.

My 24 Gurus - We learnt about the Next  Guru - Pigeon

Who Am I?

• I was a mailman 

• I can fly 

• I can be found in Trafalgar Square

Given the dire situation, we had a fascinating discussion on what the parent Pigeon could have done. We also played out the best and the worst outcomes and how one should have acted with courage and responsibility.

My 24 Gurus -  And then we learnt about the Next  Guru - Python

Who Am I?

• I am huge, scary.
• I slither
• People still like to keep me as a pet
• I may not have table manners
• I am famous for unique eating habits as well as style

Qualities to learn from Guru Python - 

• Be satisfied like Python

• Eat what comes to you according to your prarabdha(destiny).

• Python is content with any food that comes its way.

• Python eats occasionally.

• Python does not grieve, if it does not get food daily.  Waits patiently even if it has to starve for several days.

Class Attendance was taken after this.  

Bala Bhagavatam 

We went over the story of Bakasura, and how little Krishna defeated him.

We then went over the story of Aghasura and how he tried to kill Krishna and got killed instead.

For both these stories, we watched Little Krishna videos from youtube.

Bhagvad Geeta : Gītā Chanting Yajna telecast  Bhagavad Gītā - Chapter 15 - Puruṣottama yogaḥ -Yoga of The Supreme Spirit,  Verses 17, 18  we all chanted together.

Please make kids practice at home. 

Then we all went to the prayer hall  for Aarthi and Pledge.

Another wonderful session with kids actively participating and KIds were excited to be in class and meet their friends after the break. 

 Happy Winter break to all !! Happy Holidays!!

Pranaams

Mahalaxmi

Anurag