Lord Krishna The Supreme & His Blissfull Flute

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LORD KRISHNA THE SUPREME & HIS BLISSFUL FLUTE.

 

Lord Krishna, probably the most important of the ten incarnations of Vishnu, is

believed to be Vishnu himself by the Vaisnavas. From his early life given in

the Harivansa, Vishnu Purana, Bhagavat Purana and other Puranas we know that he

was the son of Vasudeva of the Yadav clan then living in Mathura.

 

Lord Krishna is to be born in our bosom as we wait for His birth in the ruthless

prison house, shackled with heavy chains of iron at midnight, when it is

completely dark and there are only tiny stars twinkling in the Sky. It was a

stormy night in Mathura. The Devas played the divine Music, the Gandharvas &

Apsaras sang & danced with anticipation & joy.

 

The high sage Narada, a roving seer of extraordinary insight into times Past,

Present, and Future, had prophesied that Devaki's eighth son would kill Kansa.

Kansa, therefore, im-prisoned Vasudeva and Devaki, Vasudev's wife Devaki was a

cousin sister of Kansa, the most dreaded king of Mathura.

 

Lord Krishna’s parents. Vasudeva & Devaki sat in isolation with heavy chains on

their hands & feet. When the Lord of the Universe was stepping down to the

mortal world in the tiny cell, the Lord of Light lit up by an unearthly

radiance in which Vasudeva & Devaki saw the Divine Lord Vishnu Himself.

 

The Divine Lord smiled and blessed the couple and said, ‘ The time has come for

me to manifest Myself to destroy evil. I will be born to you. Vasudeva, then

take me to Gokula to your friend’s Nanda’s house and bring back a daughter born

to Yasoda & replace me there.’

 

The Divine Form of Lord Vishnu came suddenly. He also vanished. When Devaki

turned her side and saw a beautiful baby boy smiling at her lying next to her.

His complexion was dark. She hugged and kissed Him and parted with the Divine

child by offering Him to Vasudva to carry out the instructions of the Lord.

 

He was born ! He being a Commander of the Universe, His Will was executed by

snapping the chains & opening the doors of the prison & all the duty guards

went into slumber, snoring like Kumbhakarnan, as if, they had not slept for

months. It became then walk for Sri Vasudeva to walk away & to show the World

the various fancies of His life style.

 

Vasudeva was walked the deserted streets of Mathura. When he reached the banks

of the Yumuna, the water was roaring to receive the Lord of Universe & it

started raining very heavily, but Vasudeva was debating as how to cross this

swelling river which was ready to greet the Lord. Time was running away &

Vasudeva had to come back and it was a situation of do or die. No sooner

Vasudeva entered the waters up to his neck, the very touch of the feet of the

Lord, the water receded & the thousand headed Adishesha, spread his hood &

protected the Lord from the rain water. Vasudeva reached Gokula & brought back

the baby girl with him as instructed by the Lord.

 

The guards woke up no sooner Vasudeva entered with the child, who started

crying. The news reached Kamsa, who came running to destroy the eighth child of

Devaki, who was destined to kill him. Devaki pleaded with Kamsa, his brother to

save the little girl from being killed. Kamsa ignored the pleas and picked up

the child, but the child slipped away from his hands & rose up in the air,where

she manifested as no other than Devi Mahalakshmi & warned Kamsa, " Oh fool, your

enemy has already been born & He will come and destroy you at the appropriate

time. You thought that by these acts you will be in a position to avert the

Will of the Lord but your ego will bring your downfall". She disappeared.

 

No sooner, Yasoda got up from sleep she saw a beautiful Infant was gazing at her

with a heavenly smile and an aroma of Divinity emitting from His face. The news

spreaded very fast and soon there was a gathering of people to see the Divine

Child.

 

The Brahmins chanted the Vedic hymns and invoked the blessings of gods and

goddesses.. Nanda gave away in charity cattle, money & hosted a big feast in

honor of Lord Krishna. Thus the Lord was born & that day is now known as

'JANAMASHTAMI', a wonderful day which we celebrate every year & this year it is

on the 11th August,2001. When the Lord is arriving, people do not eat. Fasting

is Upavasana i.e. to live, to attune self & to be in meditation which quieten

their mind to bring them nearer to the Lord.

Kansa found out where Krishna was and sent many demons to kill him, but Krishna

overcame them all. He grew up among the cowherd boys and girls, his loves and

dalliances with the latter being the subject of a vast literature in later

years. Among the cowherd maiden, Radha was no doubt his favourite.

 

The Vishnupuran describes Kaliya as a snake with many heads living in a pool of

water near Vrindaban. As he had poisoned the pool with his potent venom and

killed many of Krishna’s friends, the cowherds and their flocks, he rushed to

their aid, revived them and danced on one of the snake's many heads. When

Kaliya's friends and relatives begged for Krishna’s mercy, the snake was spared

to become one of Krishna’s votaries.

 

The same Purana relates the story of Krishna asking the cowherds to start the

worship of the Govardhana, a low hill in the Mathura district, and stop adoring

Indra (Indra-yagna). This had en-raged Indra who bade the clouds rain

incessantly on the area. Krishna then held up the Govardhana on his little

finger and gave shelter to the cowherds and their cattle under the hill. Indra

pride was humbled

 

Blissful Flute.

Perhaps the most popular of these stories are about his skill as a flute-player.

This adds considerably to the pastoral character of many of Krishna stories. . .

.. On hearing the music of Krishna’s flute, peacocks dance and other animals

stand still and worship him with their glances. . . ."

The Blue Boy of the Jamuna banks, ever clothed in yellow garbs & singing away

upon the flute, making every one crazy in delight & joy. He is never without a

flute, whether He is at Home with His mother, or on the grazing grounds with

His herd of cows or amongst the Gopis or Gopas or roaming alone every where. He

is with the Flute by day & night & He sleeps with the Flute.

 

How lucky and fortunate is the Flute with seven holes, apart from the main

opening at the end, which emits the euphony of Love and make every one

engrossed in His melodious sounds & makes the Universe in forget their day to

day problems & get so engrossed, as if to become part and parcel of the Flute.

 

As the flute has eight holes, similarly, we have eight holes in our system, the

five organs of perception, & mind, intellect & ego. The Lord fills us with His

breath, the Divine Life and plays upon these spots or holes to bring about the

melody He wants, but we with our stupid ego, try to sing our own song and thus

bring wrong notes and create a chaos in the World.

 

If we can allow an uninterrupted and faithful flow of His will, He shall ever

keep us in His hands and never leave us even for a moment. Even when we sing

our senseless songs of lust & passion, likes & dislikes, hatred & jealousy,

this, He never disowns us but guides every one to lead a righteous life, but we

have to be honest with ourself by remembering Him & developing Faith &

Perseverances in Him.

 

Hence let us realize what is good for us & to whom should we be faithful,

because we had promised the Lord that we will do such and such things when we

will come to this world, but many of us have not kept our promise & are

unfaithful & then what is the recourse available to Him. One has reap what one

has sowed. On realization, one can retrace the way of Life.

 

Think , if any one is unfaithful to you, what action will you take against that

person. Similarly, if you are unfaithful to the Lord, He is within His right to

take action against you or abandon you. But He is so much merciful.

 

Despite the crimes committed by us or when we are sick or in trouble, but when

we remember Him, He is always at our beck & call. He never abandons any one as

we all are His part and parcel & He and all of us are inseparable. Let us pray

to the Lord to take us to Brindrvan & Gokul to sing away upon His flute,

sending every one of us crazy in rapturous delight & joy in a maddening

picture of His endless Bliss.

 

Why Radha was dear to Lord Krishna.

Once Lord Krishna was ill, His pure tender body was inflamed with high fever &

no drug or medicine had any effect & the fever was unabating. Mother Yasoda was

very much worried & enquired from Lord Krishna what could cure Him. Thereupon

Lord Krishna replied that the dust of the feet of any one of his beloved would

get Him well. Mother Yasoda went from door to door asking all gopis and gopas

for this strange request. Every one refused though they are prepared to lay

down their life for Lord Krishna who is so dear to them, but offering a dust of

their feet would take them to Hell & they would not commit this act of

indecency.

 

At last, Mother Yasoda went to Radha and told her the purpose of the visit.

Radha replied that it was so simple she belong to Shyama and whatever she has,

belongs to Him & She would be indeed fortunate and lucky to render any services

& she is prepared to face all the tortures and go to Hell for this act of hers.

Mother Yasoda became speechless & gazed at Radha's face. Yasoda picked up a

little dust and returned to her house & to her utter surprise Krishna was not

in the bed but was up and eating & relishing milk and butter. Yasoda then

realized the Maya of Lord Krishna.

 

This proves the point why Radha was so dear to Lord Krishna. The Law of Love is

the law of sacrifice. If you would love, be prepared to sacrifice all you have

for your beloved ones at the alter of your Lord.

 

In the Divine Song, the priceless scripture, Lord Krishna places emphasis on the

Nishkama Karma (action without desire) & without any worry about the fruits or

results of the actions. An interesting analogy could be drawn, depending upon

each ones own imagination that the Upanishads is a Cow, the Bhagawad Gita is

Eternal Milk, Lord Krishna is a cowherd & Arjuna is a calf. The essence of the

Upanishads is milked by Lord Krishna & the Bhagawad Gita, the Eternal Milk is

fed to Arjuna.

 

Life In Nutshell.

The Lord Krishna's life was a tragedy from birth to death. To begin with, He was

born in a jail for no fault of His. His parents were imprisoned because He was

to be born. From His birth, he was persecuted by tyrants. He left Gokul, never

returned again. From Mathura He went to Dwarka to build His kingdom with empty

hands. He came & befriended the Pandavas in their troubles & shared their

sorrow where they were exiled for 14 years. When the war was won, He took

permission of the Pandavas to go home & when He reached Dwarka, His people had

destroyed themselves in a civil war. Lord Krishna went in to the jungle &

while sleeping under a tree He was shot in the foot by an arrow and killed by

a hunter.

 

Despite these problems and troubles, Lord Krishna was streaming, joyous, and

bubbling with excitement with hope and expectation. Never did He complain. He

remained in the world like a Lotus leaf. His life was a leela + all along He

demonstrated

 

It is said that He had 16000 wives. A man with one wife is sorrowful, but with

so called 16000 wives, He managed them effectively and none had any grievance

against Him. Even though He lived in the midst of sorrow. He rose above the

joys & sorrows of life. It is an example of an ideal man how each of us can

change our attitude in life…..how we should live & perform.

 

Krishna's life style is a Mysterious Glory that has kept up the culture of our

nation for thousands of years. Even today, the Divine Song of Life- Shrimad

Bhagwad Gita, although written or narrated over 6000 years ago, is still

applicable to the present situation, provided it is interpreted in the right

manner to the level of the common man.

 

DO YOU KNOW

Lord Vishnu has taken many incarnations on the earth to re-establish Dharma or

righteous justice, starting from the Matsya (fish), Kurma (tortoise),Varaha

(boar), Narasimha (half man & half lion), Vamana (the dwarf) Parasurama( the

angry sage), Rama (the perfect man), Krishna (the divine statesman) & the

Buddha (the compassionate man).

 

May God Bless you

nimano fakir.

 

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