LORD KRISHNA
Introduction
The stories of Krishna come in myriad shapes and hues. Be it in the form of the adorable laddu Gopal or in the charming pose of playing the flute with Radha or in the form of Arjuna’s charioteer, Krishna manages to enchant all of us.
Each of these images represents different phases of His life- with stories that are both colourful and divine. Let’s begin with the birth of Krishna which was replete with exciting and miraculous events.
The Birth of Krishna
Krishna was born in the small town of Mathura, ruled by a very cruel king Kamsa- a man so filled with evil that he had his own father imprisoned to grab the throne. When a divine voice prophesied Kamsa’s doom at the hands of Devaki and Vasudeva’s eighth child on the day of their wedding, Kamsa imprisoned the couple and killed their babies one by one as soon as they were born. Devaki and Vasudeva managed to save their seventh, also a miracle child who got transferred to Rohini’s womb. He was Balarama, the older brother of Krishna.
The baby slipped from his grip and, in a bright flash of light, the baby turned into Goddess Durga who announced to Kamsa that the eighth child was indeed safe and his doom was imminent.
The eighth child, none other than Krishna, grew up to become a brave prince, defeating the evil doers one by one. He would later become a guide and mentor to his confused warrior friend Arjuna with words of wisdom which we know as the Bhagavad Gita.
Krishna’s childhood or Bala Leela
Leela literally means a light-hearted journey. Every episode of His childhood, while filled with mirth, reveals some divine aspect or the other.
Gokula was a land of simple cowherds; the men being called ‘Gopalas’ and the women, ‘Gopis‘. Krishna was an infant of about three months when his mother had carried him to where the people had assembled with their families for a festival. The afternoon meal had to be cooked by Yashoda and other women and she left the sleeping infant under the shade of a bullock cart. The meal eaten, people were busy dancing. Having slept soundly, Krishna woke up to the sounds of music.
Yashoda discovers more about her own son
As he grew, Krishna, living in Gokula, the land of ‘Gopalas’ or cowherds, saw milk, curds, and butter all around. He always had his fill through the love of the Gopis. He had watched them clean the greasy vessels after they were emptied of the butter using mud and always wondered if his stomach also needed to be similarly cleaned.
The stealing of butter
Krishna grew up to be about six years old, and his fondness for butter had grown so strong that he would gang up with his friends to get the creamy goodness whenever he could. Knowing this, Gopis, the mothers of all the children, would hang the pots of butter high up from the ceiling, out of their reach. To reach the pot, Krishna, Balarama- his elder brother and other kids would open the roof tiles to access the pots.
Krishna waited for the news to reach his mother who came rushing to see if he was injured. But the devastation caused to the two big trees only left her bewildered and it confirmed her belief that her infant was really out of the ordinary!
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