Krishna Leela (The divinely play with gopikas)

In Brindhaban, the time of spring season came. The peacocks presented their dance. All the trees which had lost their leaves due to the heavy winter started to grow up. All the leaves of the trees began to spring. By this season Sri Krishna used to guide and look after the cows. He used to take food at the mid noon. All the water ponds were with water for full level. The Brindhaban appeared with green trees. The flowers began to blossom up. All the trees began to yield fruits of varieties for riping.

Sri Krishna led the team of cows to forest near by the river side. He played music with his flute, to control the cows and that they might not go beyond and far away. Again in the evening Sri Krishna used to play the flute music to call back cows to their sheds.
Sri Krishna’s flute music touched the divinely beings like, Ramba, Urvasi, Menaka and Thilloththama, who came near by the Brindhaban to hear the divinely music of Sri Krishna. When they listened the heavenly music of Sri Krishna they plunged themselves with unlimited pleasure. Along with them joined, Sri Naradha the great saint and Siddha Vidhyathar also enjoyed the music. The heavenly beings named ‘Gandharvas’ also immersed in the divinly music of Sri Krishna. Even the good saints whom after their fasting, had their ritual diet food and went to ‘Brindhaban’ and heared the unique music of Sri Krishna. They were pleased with pleasure. Even all kinds of birds with out closing their eye lids heared the heavenly flute music. The animals like tigers, lions and cheetas became calm and soft natured while they heared the flute music of Krishna. All the ladies of women hood in Brindaban liked SriKrishna and they were called as ‘Gopikas’.They fell in love and had the affection with Sri Krishna. The rainy season came. In that time the people, who looked after the cattles used to do a ceremony.

The purpose for the ceremony was to get the blessings of the Almighty for the welfare of their cattle and their lively hood. The principle Goddess for that ceremony was named “Gowri”. Sri Krishna ordered to commence that ceremony “Kathyayani viratha. By doing this ceremony, it was believed that those who had not got married would be married soon.
At the riverbank of ‘kalinthi’ the Gopikas (Female devotees) while worshipping Sri Krishna with their lips, they made a wet sand image of ‘SriGowri’ and they followed the prayers with flowers and camphor to the Goddess ‘Sri Gowri’. When the final day for completion of the ceremony at the Banks of “River Yamuna”, All the Gopikas went to bathe in the river Yamuna. Before that, they placed their dresses and sarees safely at the bank of Yamuna. All of them were bathing in the river, dipping their body up to the neck.

By that time, Sri Krishna entered to the riverbank, to play with Gopikas, took their sarees, and climbed upon a tall tree. All the Gopikas watched this mischievous action of Sri Krishna. It was really a clumsy scene with shy. Gopikas asked Sri Krishna, “You have taken our cloths and climbed upon that tree. We are not immoral woman but Gopikas. Do you know the manners? “You your self know that you are thief of butter” we will inform about this to your parents. If you can return back the clothes we will forgive and worship you”.
However, Sri Krishna denied all the request from Gopikas, who pleaded for their clothes, one Gopika came nakedly before Sri Krishna and worshipped him by raising her both hands. Lord Krishna gave her the clothes. The other Gopikas also one by one-worshipped Sri.Krishna with both hands got back thir clothes.

By this playful act of Sri Krishna, it was denoting directly that one should avoid body consciousness to attain enlightment. To a common out look the conduct of Sri Krishna with the Gopikas could confuse every one. But there is a sound reason behind it. Long ago there was a big forest in which the Rishis (saints) were worshipping Lord Narayana. They did severe penance. They had the presence of the Lord. Rishis enjoyed the incomparable beauty of Lord. Their inner hearts had the desires to embrace the Lord. Even in this present day the friends, family members when they come or go for out stations we use to embrace each other in respect of love.

Lord blessed born them their wishes and told them that in their future births, they would born as Gopikas in Brindaban and the lord in his incornation as Sri.Krishna would grant them the opportunities. As such, Sri Krishna when played the flute the Gopikas enjoyed the tunes and submerged with the sweetness. There were so many Krishnas in formation. Each of the Gopikas was able to be with Sri Krishna individually. They were pleased to dance around sri Krishna and their boon asper their previous birth came for existence. It was purely the achievement of devotion only and nothing beyond that to be considered. One day Sri Krishna with other cowherds went deep into a forest. Sri Krishna’s colleagues told him, that they are hungry.

Sri Krishna told them in this forest some Brahmin scholars are performing “Homa” (a kind of holy fire). Go and ask for food. As per the words of Sri Krishna, the cowherds went and asked food from the scholars. But the scholars refused to give food to them because they thought Sri Krishna should have been an ordinary person. Hearing this, Sri Krishna again told his cowherds to get food from the wives of the scholars. This time, wives of the scholars treated the collegeus of Sri Krishna nicely and gave the food they asked.
But one scholar came to know about this activity of his wife and her offering food to the cow herds with whom Sri Krishra accompanied. That scholar began to punish his wife through the deer’s skin by tieing her both hands and dragged her on the way to home. However, that woman did not think about any thing and worshipped Sri Krishna. By that time, a palanquin decorated with flowers came from heaven and took her to “vaigundha”, Sri Narayana’s palace of heaven. Sri Naryana, Sri Krishna and all explain about the Almighty “Sri Maha Vishnu” only.

Then Sri Krishna told the wives of the other scholars and all other scholars that, “Those who surrender and worship me would not enter into the hell”. Then the scholars regretted about their ignorance. The Sri Krishna with his cowherds took the food and ate.

posted by Swamy ji Sri Selvam Siddhar

Posted Date 01.05.2015 .