shining pearls increasing the beauty.
Sri Krishna accompanied other children in their play. They all
went eagerly to grab some butter from the churned pots. With the
maids eager to share the butter with Sri Krishna, all the children
enjoyed the butter. After having the butter, Sri Krishna and the
other children joined the men as they led the cows to the nearby
farms for their grazing.
Upanyasak, a preacher and staunch devotee of God, Sri Mahavishnu,
was sharing this story with a gathering at the temple. The gathering
included a thief as well. While, the rest of the gathering was
listening to the story with deep interest, the thief was engrossed in
his thoughts about the jewels and ornaments worn by Sri Krishna.
He was keen to know the whereabouts of Sri Krishna, so he could
steal the ornaments and amaze wealth.
As Upanyasak ended the story, the gathering began to disperse. The
thief wanting to know the whereabouts of Sri Krishna, followed
Upanyasak to his home. As Upanyasak turned into a dark narrow
curve, the thief shouted “Hault, you Upanyasak! I have a knife. I
just want to ask you a question”.
Seeing the thief with the knife, the Upanyasak got terrified and
replied “Dear village man, I am just a clergy man doing my service
to Lord Mahavishnu. I will be glad to answer you. What do you
seek?”
The thief said “I want to know where the child, Sri Krishna
resides.” To this, the Upanyasak replied “He is omnipresent, and
is present everywhere, even here. He exists in our breath, in air, in
tree, and in everything”.
Not willing to believe, the thief pressed “No, I want to know
In the palace garden of King Nanda Gopal, the children were
where the child with all those jewels and ornaments resides.” The
playing with the young calves and maids were milking the cows
Upanyasak continued “But, it is just a story about God. I was just
and churning the pots filled with curd, when Queen Yashoda came
sharing what I read and learnt from the scriptures.”
with her child, ‘Sri Krishna’. The child was adorned with lot of
jewels and ornaments, head to toe. A beautiful long necklace
Seeing the thief was not believing and not willing to let go, the
studded with diamonds hung on his chest, while his waist was
Upanyasak thought of a way to escape, and finally said “see, it is
circled with ‘oddiyan’, a pure gold ornament. Golden bangles with
long way, and you should be strong enough to pass through this
Gomethaka and ruby gems adorned his wrists, with a haram with
dense jungle.”
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