Leelas of Ba:la Krishna

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Sri Krishna Parabrahmane: Namaha!

Jaisrimannarayana!

 

Nanda was the Chief of 'Nanda Vraja', Krishna chose them as his parents and

arrived in their house. . Because of their incessant love for him, Krishna

made them witness his leelas.

 

Ullu:khala Bandhanam:

 

Nanda's queen was Yasoda. She had many servant maids. She had many cows.

After Sri Krishna's birth, the quantity and the quality of her live stock

grew high. Milking, boiling and churning were continuing all through the

day. Sri Krishna loves butter. Hence, they never stop taking out butter. One

day it so happened that though there were many maids churning the curds

there were still many more pots left to be churned. So, Yasoda also got

ready to get into the task of churning the curds. While churning the curds

one should be pious. Of course, the butter had to be offered to Krishna!

Like 'yajna' to a Brahmin, the 'dadhi madhanam'(churning the curds) is a

holy activity. So Yasoda wore a white pattu sari (pure silk sari). Not to

let it slip off while she was churning, she tied a string round her waist.

Her heart melted when she thought of her son Gopala. Her whole body

trembled. The sweet thoughts of extracting the butter, feeding Bala Krishna

and his delight over eating that butter made her bosom heavy. She forcibly

held a heavy churning stick inside the rich hard curds in a big earthen pot.

The stick was not turning at all because of the curds' thickness. She was

pulling the rope tied around the stick with great effort. Because of that,

her heavy bangles and her ear drops were moving. Their auspicious sound was

spreading all around. While churning she was singing Krishna's 'ba:la

leelas'. The noise of her churning, the sound of music of her song and the

sound of her ornaments was mingled and was filling the entire universe

making it pure and holy. Her face was sweating with the strain. The

'Ma:lathi' flowers she decorated in her tied up knot of hair were dropping

down. Though she was not seen by all, that sound and that scent were

spreading all through Vre:palle. Bala Krishna went to his mother who was

churning the curds, stopped the stick and asked cutely to feed him.

 

She tied the stick , took the boy into her lap, glancing lovingly at his

charming happy face started feeding him milk. Meanwhile, the milk being

heated on the fire started to spill over. But, the baby had not finished his

feed yet. However, she got up leaving the baby unsatisfied. The baby got

angry. The red lips were trembling . Biting his lip with his teeth, he threw

a stone and broke that pot of curds. He ate the butter and ran inside .

Yasoda , who came back after removing the pot of milk from the fire,

laughed merrily at her son's mischief. She looked around for him. He was

not there. She went searching for him in the backyard.

 

(what happens next?………..)

 

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale: Saranam!

O:m Haraye: Namaha!

O:m Haraye: Namaha!

O:m Haraye: Namaha!

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Excerpt from Tatva Deepika of Srimad Bha:gavatham (Canto-10) by

Sri U V SriBha:shyam Appalacharya Swamy in Telugu.

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Jai Sreemannarayana!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,

Ramanuja Dasi.