Hare Krsna, Gurudev Maharaja!
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sripada, and Guru Parampara,                         Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay, Radha Krsna Ki Jay.

Guruji Maharaja, Dandavat Pranam!

In the BRS 2:1:146 – Jiva Gosvami’s commentary : This is a verse sung by a bard. Sasi-Kala can mean “who are decorated with the tips of the fingernails or marks of the fingernails, whih are like many moon”. Or in reference to the wife of Siva (Gauri), it can mean “who possesses only one digit of the moonb, which is situated on Siva’s forhead”.  ……… whereas she (Gauri Siva’s wife) is decorated with the reflection of only one moon on Siva’s forehead.

Why half Chandra possesses on the head of Siva? What is the underlying story of Siva  and Chandra?

It is not mentioned in the  NOD.

HpS - We have also wondered about this. We have heard one story that after drinking the ocean of poison Lord Shiva felt hot so he put the moon on his head to cool himself.

Another story is that the moon was being chased by someone and took shelter of Lord Shiva to get saved.  I have never heard that Srila Prabhupada gave us any explanation.

The number I had mentioned in my previous letter is in BRS – 2:1:143

(37) Saranagata-palakah –

Palayan saranapannan saranagt-palakah

This (37) is in NOD-Part two; Chapter tweny one : Qualities of Sri Krsna. 37 protector of Surrendered Souls.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - We have Mangala-arati, reading from NOD and 30-minutes Japa together on-line every day at 4.30AM our time at www.startmeeting.com (ref. 992 055 489). We read the NOD is Spanish from Vedabase.com. We are on Southern Side now in Sattvika bhava. Very nice.  We have very nice religion.