Ghosha praghosha samanaaya madho gunena
Madhye babandha janani Navanitachoram
Tat bandhanam jagathaa mudaraasrayaanaam
Aakrosa kaarana maho nitaraam babhuva!
Leela Shuka sees in his mental vision the exceptionally beautiful form of his beloved Lord Krishna! How is He for the poet? “ Standing in front of him, Krishna is changing His stance by putting His left leg to the right and the right leg to the left! As usual, He is adorned with the crown of peacock feathers! His lotus face is aligned with the openings on His flute! He looks as an embodiment of compassion and radiates dazzling brilliance! Let this extraordinary dazzling brilliance appear before me during my terminal state!” says the poet languishing for the presence of Krishna!
“Gopikas, unable to tolerate the mischief of little Krishna in stealing milk and butter from their homes, complained to Yasoda. She wanted to admonish Krishna and persuade Him to desist from such mischievous acts and trouble the Gopikas. She wanted to tie up the thief of butter with a the rope used for churning butter! She managed to tie up Krishna with great difficulty! Little did Yasoda realize the suffering of the three worlds in the stomach of Krishna, the Avatar of Vishnu! Unable to tolerate the pain induced by tying Krishna, the three worlds were in throes of intense pain! In trying to relieving the suffering of Gopikas Yasoda ended up in torturing all the worlds!
The Bhagavatha purana narrates the leelas of young Krishna splendidly! Krishna would break pots of milk being carried by Gopikas by throwing stones at them! He would dart into the homes of Gopikaas with His mischievous train and steal butter, eat it and distribute to all his followers! If the butter is kept safe in pots hanging above, he would make his followers bend down, climb up above them and empty the precious butter collected and saved by the Gopikas! He would go the cows and release the calves so that they can move freely! Because of His mischief there arose quarrels between the Gopikas and their mothers in law! The Gopikas tolerated to the maximum and had no other alternative but to go in group and complain to Yasoda against mischievous Krishna. They were so much annoyed with Krishna that they threatened Yasoda and said they would leave their homes and settle elsewhere!
Poor Yasoda was an ordinary innocent woman! Her maternal instinct made her impervious to all complaints against he darling Krishna! But she grew angry when repeated complaints were levelled against her dear son. Unlike Devaki, Krishna's mother, she had no idea of the Avatar of Krishna! Devaki was blessed with the darshan of the radiant form of Vishnu just before Krishna was born! Yasoda was under the impression that Krishna was an ordinary lad like others! That is why Krishna reveals to her His nature in a few incidents! When she tried to tie him up, the rope fell short every time and she felt tired! Pitying her state, Krishna allowed Himself to be tied up! When Balaraama complained to Yasoda that Krishna was eating small quantities of earth, she reprimanded and asked Him to open His mouth. When innocently Krishna opened His mouth she was aghast at what she saw inside-- the entire universe, the upper seven worlds and the seven nether worlds.
Krishna tells elsewhere ”Mama Maya duratyaya”—My Maya can never be won over! Various sages too had this experience. Even as Yasoda was wonder struck at what she saw in the small mouth of little Krishna, she was overcome by Maya and felt that Krishna was her darling child! How can she think that the One that has no beginning, middle and end—“Adimadhyantharahita” can be her mortal son? He is “Ajo Nithyaha sasasvathoyam puraano na hanyathe hanyamane sarire”! He is eternal, sanatana! Purushha Sukta describes the Purusha as having a thousand heads, thousand eyes and a thousand legs! “ Sahara shirshah Purushaha sahasrakshah sahasra path” Is it so easy for Yasoda to recognize the Paramatma who has taken Avatar as Krishna? Leela Shuka feels sorry that Yasoda, in tying up Krishna with the rope, had unwittingly tormented the entire universe and the fourteen worlds in the stomach of Krishna!
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