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Yamuna is made up of two words Yama + Una, Yama means Yamdev, Una means Less, Nyun. Here, the younger sister of Yama, , the second meaning is to take the meaning of Yamadhatu in Sanskrit. Shriyamunaji takes the goddess closer to God, and makes the name true. Two maias are famous in the Hindu Religion. One Yashoda Maia another Yamuna Maia. Shri yashoda is the mother of Lord Shri Krishna, and Shriyamunaji is the lover of devotees. Yamuna is one of the holiest rivers in Hinduism. Yamuna is only second to the Ganges (Ganga), the holiest river in HinduismYamuna ji also sits in the emotional form of Shrimaharaniji and the fourth Priya of Shri Prabhu in the heart of the devotees with positive sentiment.
The first of Shri Vallabhacharya’s sixteen works is the Yamunastakam.Shri Yamushtakam is the first among the sixteen works known as shodashgranth. This particular granth is composed by Shri Vallabh in v.s.1549(1491 A.D.) on the Shraavan Shukla 3 during the prithvi parikrama Shri Vallabh was in Gokul and he was undecided about the exact place of Thakurani Ghat. At that time Shri Yamunaji herself appeared and guided Shri Vallabh and pointed out the exact place. Shri Vallabh than and there composed Shri Yamunashtakam,the beautiful stotra,in the praise of Shri Yamunaji. It consists 9 verses,eight of them are written in praise of Yamunaji and in 9th Shri Vallabh describes for daily paath- doers the fruits of Shri Yamunashtakam.
Benefits Of Yamunastak path and puja
