22-05-2025
Message from Krishna leelas
Thirukkudandhai Dr. Venkatesh said in a discourse that the various leelas enacted by Lord Krishna are backed by different philosophies. His appearance before Devaki and Vasudeva in prison, sporting four hands, indicates that He is ever ready to extend the four precious tenets of Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha needed for a pious life to His devotees. Like dense clouds bringing heavy rain, Krishna, matching the colour of dark clouds, would pour down His rain-like grace on us.
When Krishna's father Vasudeva carried Him from prison to Gokulam, all the chains automatically disjoined. Likewise, He would detach us from the worldly tethers. Acharya Vedanta Desika says in 'Yadavabhyudayam' that like how a jnani or yogi crosses the sea of samsara, Vasudeva crossed the river Yamuna.
There is no antecedent of God's divine feet causing harm. They will only shower blessings and grant moksha. The Lord kicked Sakatasura, who came to kill, and ultimately granted him Moksha. 'Sakatam' denotes a wheel rotating by going up and down. We are also rotating in this world up and down by repeated births and deaths. Clinging onto His feet through surrender will stop the wheel of our rotation.
Antaryami Brahmanam of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent and resides in every being as a micro form. As a macro form, He holds all the universe's beings in Him. When Yasodha asked Krishna to open His mouth, He showed her the universe.
A snake does not travel straight; it only zigzags. The serpent Kaliya, with five hoods, emitted poison, and Krishna controlled it by dancing on its hood. Our mind is like Kaliya veering from one end to another. We have five faculties like the five hoods. We are pushed into the poison-like worldly pleasures. If we hold the divine feet of God, we can get liberation.
