When we were children, we would have loved to hear and watch Lord Krishna's pranks. But little do we know, that they are merely not only His pranks, but also contains implied teachings of Dharma, which one has to follow. There are few such teachings being mentioned through this story.
1. Lord Krishna used to play with Gopabalakas who are His friends. One day He along with His friends entered a Gopika's house silently. The gopika in that house would not treat guests and other kids well and do not usually keep eatables outside in fear of surprise guests. Krishna and His friends found that there is neither milk nor butter in the pot hanging from the ceiling. So He got angry and threw the pot on the floor and broke it. This Gopika went to Yashoda and complained about Krishna's prank. When Yashoda enquired Krishna about this, He humbly told that the Gopika did not behave like a Aditi. She did not follow Aditi Dharma. As a good householder, she should have thought about guests, under privileged gopabalakas, aged persons as her own kith and kin, and thus should have saved some food for them. As she ignored Aditi Dharma, Krishna wanted to teach her the importance of it, and hence broke the pot.
According to our Baratheeya culture, we have to save some food to serve in cases of surprise guests or under privileged people. We should never keep food stuff empty and also have to serve Aditi the same way as we treat our own kith and kin. (Story of Nachiketa illustrates the importance of treating Aditi well)
2. Lord Krishna as part of his plays with gopabalakas, used to free off the calves and pave way for them to go and drink to their cows. All gopikas got angry on seeing this and complained Yashoda that their cow's milk got wasted by Him and they could not feed their children and make livelihood from cow's milk.
However Krishna wants us to teach them, that we have to be compassionate to animals, birds and other living beings in this earth as our fellow human beings. Just because we have power over them, we should not exploit those creatures. The hungry calf experiences the same grief as our child and hence it is important to milk cows only after the calves have their stomach full. And keeping this in mind, we should not waste milk, and has to consider it as calf's food.
There is a famous song by Mahakavi Barathiyar (Tamil poet), which sings about the pranks of Lord Krishna.
Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai
By Mahakavi Bharathi
Raga: Raga Malika
Thala: Aadi
Pallavi
Theeratha vilayatu pillai, Kannan,
Theruvile pengalukku oyatha thollai
Anupallavi
Thinna pazham kondu tharuvan-pathi
Thingindra pothinile thatti parippan,
Yennappan yennayyan yendral athanai,
Echir paduthi kadithu koduppan.
Charanam
1. Azhagulla malar kondu vande-yennai,
Azha azha cheythu pin, kannai moodi kol,
Kuzhalile chootuven, yenban, Yennai,
Kurudaki malarinai thozhikku vaipan,
2. Pinnalai pinnindru izhuppan-thalai,
Pinne thirumbu munne chendru maraivan,
Vanna puthu chelai thanile-puzhuthi,
Vari chorinthe varuthi kulaippan.
3. Pullanguzhal kondu varuvan-amudhu,
Pongi thathumbum geetham padippan,
Kallal mayanguvathu pole adai,
Kan moodi vay thirandhe ketpom.
English Translation:
Pallavi
Krishna is an ever playful boy,
And women in the streets are in endless trouble
Anupallavi
He would give fruits to eat-but,
While half eaten, he would snatch it from you.
If we say my lord and my darling, then he wood,
Mix it with his saliva by biting and give it back.
Charanam
1. He would bring very pretty flowers,
And after making me weep and then cry,
He would say, close your eyes,
I will set them on your hairs and once,
I become blind, he would keep it to my friend.
2. He would pull my braid from behind,
And before I turn, he would hide in front.
In the new coloured sari that I wear,
He would rain dust and spoil it.
3. He would bring a flute and play,
In it a song dripping with nectar,
And then we would close our eyes,
With an open mouth and be like,
One who has fainted due to wine.
Story Courtesy: www.moralstories.blogpost.com
Lyric Courtesy: www.celextel.org
PS: I have tried an attempt to relate a song to the stories I write here. Hopefully I find some more of this kind.
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