Ba:la Leelas of Lord Krishna #12

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Sri Krishna Parabrahmane: namaha | Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha

 

Earlier Bhagavan had instructed Vasudeva to take

Him to Nandavraja and put Him in Yasoda’s bed and

bring the female baby from her bed. Accordingly

Va:sude:va took his baby, held him on his head and

walked out. As he was heading out, the doors which

were chained and locked till then, got unlocked

automatically and opened up wide. The surroundings

became clear just like the darkness cleared by

sunshine. That time it was raining and thundering

heavily. Adise:sha was shielding the baby from the

rain with his hoods.

 

The river Yamuna, sister to Yama, was foaming and

flooding the shores with high tides. Vasudeva

entered such Yamuna as per Bhagavan’s instruction.

Yamuna gave him way. He reached Nandavraja. There

all were fast asleep. Vasudeva kept his son in

Yasoda’s bed and took her daughter and walked

back. He kept the baby in Devaki’s bed. He wore the

chains on his legs as before. All the doors closed

on their own as earlier. They were bolted again.

Yaso:da and her people just came to know she gave

birth to a baby but did not realise the baby’s sex

and all fell asleep under the influence of ‘yo:gama:ya’.

Till Vasudeva returned all were sleeping under the

effect of Ma:ya.

 

This whole story enunciates the ji:va ya:tra (soul’s

journey). The soul donns this human body to attain

Bhagava:n. But the guna:s of rajas and thamas obstruct

our advance towards Him. With His grace one day, one

would get the possibility to get out of their

influence.

 

The ruler of Mathura is Kamsa. He is a ra:jasik and

ta:masik. He strives hard to keep on living. He regards

it his primary goal tries to achieve even by ending the

God, his kith or kin or even the infants. This is the

mental state of ra:jasic and ta:masic souls. Such ‘manas’

imprisons the a:tma and 'sathwam' to keep under his

control just like Kamsa, who imprisoned Devaki and

Vasudeva.

 

Bhagavan blessed them with His darshan in such a

condition too due to their earlier births' good karma

(punya).

 

To be continued ...

O:m Haraye Namaha | O:m Haraye Namaha | O:m Haraye Namaha |

Jai Srimannarayana | Ramanujamma Mudumbai Ramanuja dasi |