Wishesh Magazine June 2016

One day krishna was playing with his friends
in the courtyard of the house. Yasoda was busy
cooking in the kitchen. Suddenly Balarama
rushed to her and said,
“Mother, Mother, Krishna has
eaten mud.”Yasoda did not
believe him.
But the other friends also
said,
“Yes, mother, he ate in front
of all of us even though we
forbade him”.
Yasoda was irritated by
Krishna’s new prank. Her
house had every kind of
sweets. Why then should the
restless boy eat mud? She
rushed to Krishna, caught
hold of him.
She said: “You mischievous
fellow! Why did you eat
mud? Your friends and even
Balarama say so.”
But child Krishna protested.
“Mother” he said, “I have not
eaten any mud. They are all
liars. If you want, look into
my mouth.”
“All right, open your mouth.
Let me look into it,” said
Yasoda.
Challenged by his mother,
Krishna, opened his mouth.
Ah! What did mother
Yasoda see in his mouth!
Inside her son’s mouth, she
saw the whole universe.
There was the whole earth,
heaven, sun, moon, stars
and everything else! All the
gods and goddesses were
there. There was also a
strange light in the mouth.
She saw the whole Gokula
too inside the mouth. She
saw also herself sitting inside
his mouth and examining the
open mouth of her darling
boy. She could not believe
that within the mouth of
her son such things could
appear. Yet she was seeing
them! She was struck with
fear and wonder.
She pondered, “I am not
dreaming, my eyes are open.
I am actually seeing what is
happening before. So this
vision must be due to some
divine power of my son, as
predicted by Gargamuni.”
She surrendered herself to
the Lord and prayed to Him
to protect her child.
When we are beset by
some problems for which we
can find no solution, there
is no alternative except to
surrender to the Supreme
Lord and offer Him our
respectful obeisance. This
was the means adopted by
the intelligent Yasoda. Lord
Krishna cast the spell of his
Maya again on her and once
more appeared like a small
child to her eyes. As one
forgets everything after a
dream, Mother Yasoda too
forgot the entire incident.
As her natural feeling of
affection was again roused,
she took the child on her lap
and fondled him.
JUNE 2016 | WWW.WISHESH.COM