Wishesh Magazine August 2016

constantly complaining about
him would have to be taught
a lesson. He began to plan
what he would have to do. In
the middle of the afternoon
one day, he was walking
near the river bank and he
found all the gopis were
having bath in the river.
The women, busy playing in the water and
having a bath, didn’t notice anything. When it
was time to come out, they came out and saw
to their horror that their clothes were missing.
They screamed and yelled because they had no
clothes now. Where were they to go?
There were young women,
old women and girls. Krishna
thought this would be a good
opportunity to have some
fun and went and hid in the
bushes. He saw where all
the gopis had kept their
clothes on the river bank
before going into the river.
In those days, separate
times of the day were fixed
for men and women to bathe
in the river. When it was time
for the women to bathe, no
one would come there so
they had total freedom in
the river. Krishna bundled
up all their clothes, climbed
up a tree and just quietly sat
there.
The women, busy playing in
the water and having a bath,
didn’t notice anything. When
it was time to come out, they
came out and saw to their
horror that their clothes were
missing. They screamed and
yelled because they had no
clothes now. Where were
they to go?
When they started
screaming and howling,
Krishna started playing
sweet notes on his flute.
Then they screamed and
abused him and said, “Come
down you fool.” But Krishna
just continued to play his
flute, not bothered by what
they were saying to him.
Then from screaming and
scolding they came down
to pleading and begging
and after much begging, he
told them, “If you want your
clothes, we will make a deal.
You don’t go and complain to
my mother again and again.
You get that?” They were
ready to agree to anything
because they were naked
and had no clothes.
Krishna took out the clothes
and when everyone had
their clothes, he got down
and playing his flute, walked
away. Among themselves
the women said, “Oh, what
a terrible boy! What a sweet
boy! Aren’t we glad he’s only
seven and not seventeen.”
Though Krishna stole butter
from everyone’s homes and
played tricks and all kinds
of pranks on them, still,
everyone loved him because
he was in tune with them. He
was in perfect tune with life
around him.
Only when you feel in tune
with someone you will
feel pleasantness. When
you don’t feel in tune with
someone, they don’t have to
do anything wrong to you, if
you just look at them – their
unpleasantness. When you
are in tune, being loving,
being joyful, being like a
flower is very natural to you,
because that is how this
being is made.
AUGUST 2016 | WWW.WISHESH.COM