Ba:la Leela:s of Lord Krishna-#3

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Sri Krishna Parabrahmane Namaha!!

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale:Saranam!!

 

Yasoda was getting angrier for his mischievous nature but never doubted that

He could be Bhagavan. He was her son, so she was trying with love to correct

him with punishment. She was sweating. All her hair came down loose and

became entangled. Her sari pleats were disturbed. But she did not stop her

trials to bind him. Bala Krishna saw this. He pitied his mother. He was

happy for her efforts. His 'Aiswaryam' one side and her love the other side

were competing. Swami is 'Bhaktha Vatsala'. He withdrew his affluence. He

submitted to her rope and obliged to be tied.

Oh! Swami! How strange is your leela!.

You are the Supreme! You are not under anyone's control. You have all these

loka:s and their rulers under your control. This incident was surprising all

those who could witness and those who later learnt of this episode that such

powerful 'YOU' surrendered to be tied by an 'abala'. Neither Brahma nor

Siva, not even Lakshmi who never dwells away from His Divine body were

blessed with such fortune. It is Bhagavan who relieves the souls of their

'karma bondage'. That Bhagavan is not easily attainable by jna:nis, yo:gis

or 'karma nishta:s' But for those bhaktha:s who believe in Him with love as

the 'means' also He is 'Sulabha'

Swami had shown the secret of Bhakthi in this 'Ulukhala Bandhana' episode.

The mind always keeps meditating on the thing it loves. Bhagavan will be

present in such thoughts. But that thought process (smarana) should continue

uninterruptedly. Between one 'smarana' and the other 'smarana' one should

not think of anything else. Such continuous string of thought process done

with incessant love is called 'Bhakthi'. It would bind Bhagavan and keep Him

before us. 'Smaranam' is a rope. Such 'smaranams' of Him are the ropes; the

second rope, the third rope and so on., Yasoda did not try to bind any

other thing. She tied to one another all the available ropes in her house

and strived hard to tie him. Can the task be accomplished? Would this rope

be enough for the task?

 

She never doubted! The reason - her pure love- uncorrupted by 'Jna:na'. She

never felt that she was doing 'it' or 'it' had any purpose. 'He had to be

tied'- was the only motive of her. This should be the state of a bhaktha. 'I

am the doer', 'It would serve this purpose of mine'---as long as these two

feelings prevail the rope would always be shorter by 'two inches'. Those who

have incessant love for Lord would witness Bhagavan's 'Soulabhyam' only.

 

(Isn't He amazing?..)

 

Jai Srimannarayana!!

Ramanujamma Mudumbai,

Ramanujadasi.