|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 186 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 37

Krishna: Kamalapathraksha : Punyashravanakeerthana: | Sthooyamanoanugair Gopai: Sagrajo Vrajamavrajath ||

The women of cowherds remembering the lovely face of Krishna filled with perspiration and the dust rose from the hooves of the cows, his beautiful smile, attractive flute and melodious music from the flute, made them completely surrendered to him.  They forgot to perform daily duties thinking the marvelous face of Krishna, they were drinking the beauty of Mukundha with their eyes and hearts.  In this way they have become so dependent on Krishna, and they could not perform any of the duties without him, eventually, their sincere devotion and love for Krishna made them helpless in his absence.  Krishna and Balaram returns home after grazing the cows were happily received by Devi Yasodha and Devi Rohini, gave bath to the children, clothed in marvelous dresses and fed them.

Yevam Sa Bhagavan  Krishno Vrindavanachara: Kvachith | Yayau Ramamrithe Rajan Kalindhim Sakhibhir Vritha: ||Adha Gavashcha Gopashcha  Nidhaghathapa Peeditha: | Dhushtam Jalam Papusthasyasthrishartha Vishadhooshitham ||

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, Once, Krishna along with the herds of cows and children of cowherds without Balarama arrived on the riverbank of Kalindhi,  all their way singing, and dancing, the children and cows were tired of hunger and thirst, they drank water from the Kalindi without knowing the presence of venom in it.  Krishna who is Yogeshwareshwara saw the children and cows on the mouth of death immediately after consuming the water from the Kalindhi, he could not bear the scene, and he looked at them with extreme compassion, immediately they all got out of the state of unconsciousness. The children felt relieved, they have regained life once again; they looked at each other in awe.  Bhagavan decided not to let anyone pollute the Earth, put an end to the poison in the waters of river Kalindi and purify the waters of the river Kalindi.”

King Pareekshith speaks “ Oh! Bhraman, how did Krishna remove the toxic poison in the deep waters of Kalindi? Kindly describe to me in detail.”

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ There was a venomous serpent Kaliya and his family lived in the underwaters of Kalindi.  The poison of Kaliya spread in the whole waters of Kalindhi, therefore if any birds fly over the waters would get killed immediately due to the power of the venom.  The shrubs, creepers, trees, and plants close to this water would get dried; animals and all the creatures that consume the water of Kalindi would get killed instantly. Krishna decided to bring an end to the atrocities of Kaliya.  He advised the children to remain silent on the river bank, do not get overwhelmed or get closer to the waters, eventually, he retired close to the huge Kadamba tree on the river bank.   He climbed up on the huge Kadamba tree, tightened his upper cloth around the waist, kept the flue fastened with it.  He dived in the deep waters of Kalindhi, at that moment the waters of Kalindhi overflown due to the heaviness of Krishna.  Maharishi Vedavysa describes the supreme Lord Krishna who has endless prowess caused the waters of Kalindi brim over with no effort.  The sudden movements of the water annoyed Kaliya, he began to swim upwards with its huge body.”