|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 168 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 19

 Sa Thathra  Dhadhrishe  Vishwam  Jagathsthasnu Cha Gam Dhisha: | Sadhri Dhveepabdhi Boogolam Sa Vayvagneendhu Tharakam || Jyothi Chakram Jalam Thejo Nabhasvan Viyadeva Cha | Vaikarikani Indhriyani Mano  Mathra Gunasthraya: ||

Once, Balarama and children of cowherds along with Krishna went to conduct their daily routine, stealing dairy products from the houses of cowherds.  It has become a practice that most of the time the stolen items were shared with friends, sometimes little Krishna takes pleasure in the stolen items without sharing with others,  the children of cowherds were annoyed at this behavior, returned home with a complaint against Little Krishna and informed Devi Yasodha that Krishna swallowed mud. Usually, Devi Yasodha does not believe anyone who brings complaints against her son, this time  Balarama joined with other children in complaining against his little brother.   So Devi Yasodha believed that Krishna must have swallowed mud, Balaram won’t complain against his little brother, listening to this she could not control her anger.  She seized the hand of little Krishna who was pretending as terrified, she did not leave him, questioned him in detail.   Krishna begged his mother to believe him that he did not consume sand; others are lying as usual and opened his mouth before Devi Yasodha.  The supreme Lord Hari wished to reveal his real nature to his mother.  He gradually opened his little mouth before Devi Yasodha,  she puzzled watching the mouth of her child, she could witness the entire Universe and its living beings, islands, Surya,  Chandra, planets, stars, ocean, mountains, Gokulam, people of Gokulam and Devi Yasodha, further it extended to several Universe and its living beings.  Devi Yasodha could not fix her gaze on the vision, she was terrified and believed that her child is not an ordinary one, he has some divine powers.  Devi Yasodha thought “I was too immersed in worldly matters, Vrajeshwara/Nadababa, wealth, household chores, Vraja and maiden of cowherds.   I could see the entire Universe in the mouth of my child; therefore this little child is my ultimate shelter place.”  Instantly her mind and intellect completely took surrender at the divine child. Devi Yasodha could not believe her eyes; she felt as if she was dreaming.  Little Krishna realized that his Mother understood his real nature, he immediately closed his mouth and looked at her affectionately on her eyes filled with Maya, instantly Devi Yasodha’s mind that was wedged in the Paramarththa/super consciousness, returned back to its natural form, the thought of her child itself made her bosom overflowing with milk, she carried little Krishna and fed him.

In this way, Lord Krishna taught her mother, the highest of the knowledge, that the supreme Lord is eternal and changeless and the Prakrithi undergoes constant transformation and ruin.  The self-realization is the knowledge of the supreme Lord who resides as soul in living beings, it would restrain attachment to worldly matters and people, expectation, and enslavement, it removes desolation, grief, sorrows, and leads to a state where there is permanent bliss.  The attachment to worldly matters and people causes extreme disappointments, sorrows, grief and endless miseries; it blemishes the mind and intellect with the cluster of unwanted thoughts due to ignorance.  The supreme soul resides as soul in a subtle form in the human body is the source of the function of mind and intellect; therefore it is essential to utilize the mind and intellect to contemplate upon the supreme soul that represents supreme bliss.  Devi Yasodha understood the highest of the truth and the all-pervading nature of supreme Lord, looking at the tiny mouth of little Krishna who is Paramathma and all that creation is merged in him.