Krishna Prema ...........2

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Babaji:

 

For a Rasika premi of LOrd Krishna , every day is day of

CELEBRATION !

a KRISHNA PREMI always rejoices in sharing Hari Katha with other

like

minded devotees in a holy satsangha such as this . Babaji, you are a

master story teller - but , still i will make bold to share an story

on Sri Krishna Prema with you all .

 

One day , Lord Krishna was sitting in His palace in Dwaraka dham and

suddenly he experienced an excruciating headache . Narada muni who

was

visiting Sri Krishna at that time saw his lord and master in anguish

and suffering - Narada muni asked Lord Krishna what was the cause

for

the Lord's pain and suffering. Sri Krishna answered 'O! Narada

Muni !

I have an excruciating headache and the only way to get rid of this

painful headache is if I can get the 'DUST OF THE FEET' of a true

devotee and sprinkle it on my head , my headche will vanish and i

will

be pain-free. Narada muni was a great devotee of Lord Krishna but he

dared not apply his foot dust on his lord and master as he

considered

this a Vaishnava apradha. Narada Muni assured the Lord that he will

get the remedy for his sickness and requested the Lord to wait .

 

Narada muni then approached Sri Krishna's wives Satyabhama , Rukmini

and all the other sixteen thousand one hundred six consorts of

Krishna

to ask for the dust of their feet. But all of Sri Krishna's wives

declined to offer the dust of their feet saying they cannot do this

to

their lord and master as He was their supreme husband worthy of

worship and veneration. Narada muni was very disappointed but he

thought he will approach the Gopis and see if they would help him

out.

 

When the Gopis saw Narada muni , the first question they asked

was 'how was their beloved Shyam Sundar '? Narada muni replied their

Shyam Sundar was suffering from severe headache and only their foot

dudust would cure their beloved Gopikrishna! On hearing this , some

gopis fainted and a few others immediately volunteered their 'foot

dust ' and said 'Go , Narada Muni ! GO , AT ONCE , DO NOT DELAY -

Take

our foot dust and sprinkle it on Sri Krishna's head. "

 

Narada Muni was touched by this gesture on the part of the Gopis and

understood the real meaning of raga-anuraga bhakti! The gopis were

wiwilling to risk anything just to see their Gopi Jana Vallabha

Happy

and painfree!

 

Here , i would like to recall verse 21 from Narada Bhakti Sutra

 

yathâ vraja-gopikânâm ( verse 21)

 

The cowherd women of Vraja are an example of pure bhakti.

 

Compared to all of Lord Krishna's bhaktas such as Uddhava ,

Prahlada ,

Arjuna , even Mother Yasodha , the Gopi's love for Sri Krishna is

the

supreme form of Devotion .

 

Jai Sri Gopi Krishna!