The descent of Radha-Krishna to Golak Dham Brindaban :: Download
- Part 13 -
Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
The Descent of Radha-Krishna to Golak Dham Brindaban.
YASHODA TELLING NARD THAT IT WAS HER FAULT THAT KRISHNA LEFT BRAJ.
Yashoda blamed herself for Krishna’s departure. She told Nard that it was not the fault of her son Krishna, who went away and never returned. Rather, it was the backwash of her strict parenting, and that Krishna ran away because she disciplined him once when he was very naughty. She narrated, “When he was a little boy, he used to be very wayward. He used to sneak into every house in the neighborhood, and steal yoghurt, white butter, and cheese.
Not only did he eat the stuff and enjoy himself, but he also broke many earthenware unglazed pots containing them. He also fed monkeys with those milky things. He often prevented many cowherds from milking cows and let their calves loose and wander.
When someone rebuked boy Krishna, he retorted in a sharp but witty phrase. People did not mind a couple of times, but he did so frequently that they came to me complaining and asking me to sort him out so that he did not become a delinquent.
One day, I had to fasten him with a rope around his waist and tie him to a wooden rice pounding mortar. I still cannot forget how he looked so frightened and darted around sheepishly before I caught him for that petty chastisement.
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