|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 165 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 16

Dhaithyo Namna Thrinavarththa: Kamsabhrithya: Pranodhitha: | Chakravatha Swaroopena Jaharasinamarbakam ||

Once, Devi Yasodha was entertaining her little child on lap, singing a lullaby and taking extreme pleasure looking at his lovely face.  Suddenly, the atmosphere of the entire Gokulam has become alarming with dust storm, eventually, the complete vision was lost.  The divine child understood the sand storm is not an ordinary one; it was a demon named Thrinavarththa assigned by Kamsa to kill the children of Gokulam.  Immediately the little child of Yasodha increased his weight, Devi Yasodha was mystified, watching sudden heaviness of the child on her lap.  She has assumed that the baby has put on weight as he was taking pleasure in her bosom milk for quite some time.  Devi Yasodha kept the child on the floor, and turn aside from looking for something.  Soon, the demon Thrinavarththa in the form of whirlwind wrapped the child with its powerful wind.  The people of the entire Gokulam were screamed in extreme fear, they could not open eyes because of the dust, and vision became absolutely zero.  Devi Yasodha was panic-struck, searching for her child, but found he was missing.  Devi Yasodha cried out loudly, eventually lost her consciousness, the cowherds produced shriek out of fear and anxiety. The demon Thrinavarththa started feeling the extraordinary heaviness of the thing he has picked up from the courtyard of Nandababa, doubted that he has picked up some heavy rock instead of the child in a hurry, it has become impossible to keep a hold on the child due to its extreme heaviness.  The little Krishna caught on the neck of Thrinavarththa and squeezed him,   remembered his Mother who was besieged with intense grief upon the missing of the child, at that moment he took the life out of demon Thrinavarththa who fell on the ground with a loud thud.  The cowherds stunned to hear the loud noise, saw little Krishna holding tightly on the neck of a cow fallen dead on the ground.  The people of Vraja felt relieved to see the child safe and sound.   They believed that the child was returned safely with their sincere prayers; they spoke to each other that their prayers and austerities protected the child and cheered at the safe return of the child.  Devi Yasodha regained her life, picked up the child affectionately, once again started feeding her bosom milk and forgot herself in the beautiful smile of Little Krishna.  Nandababa remembered the words of Vasudeva who pointed out the bad omens he had been witnessing for the past few days.

The demon Thrinavarththa represents the human mind and intellect that’s wedged on the silly matters/Thrina +Avarththa = grass /silly + repetition/.  The human mind and intellect have immense strength of a whirlwind, the constant anxiousness and thoughts over the silly matters could cause severe consequences like depression and mental illnesses.  The legend of Thrinavarththa Moksha depicts the victory of little child Krishna over the whirlwind like demon Thrinavarththa.  The mind and intellect that immersed in the constant contemplation upon the supreme Lord who resides as a soul could easily win over the whirlwind like a cluster of unwanted thoughts that causes depression and endless miseries.