Stories From The Bhagavatham - Krishna Avatar - Brahma's Brahm - Part 1

 

In the previous episode, we read about how Krishna killed Aghasura and saved his friends from death. The Bhagavatham mentions that these children went to their home and told their parents about Aghasura after a year.

Why did it take a whole year for the children to tell their parents about Aghasura? Usually when something significant happens, children are most excited to inform their parents about the same. Then why did these children, the friends of Krishna, wait for a whole year to tell their parents about their dreadful tryst with Aghasura?

The Bhagavatham mentions that a lot happened in a year, in the time gap between Aghasura’s killing and the children returning to their homes.

After Aghasura was killed and all the children had been revived by Krishna, he took them to the banks of the river to divert their attention. He had performed many miracles in front of his friends and because of his maya, these events didn’t stay long in the human minds. Aghasura had been indeed terrifying and he wanted his friends to forget the entire episode with the Asura.

“I am hungry.” Krishna told his friends. Gesturing to the banks of the river, he said, “This seems to be a nice place to sit down and have our food. Come, let’s eat.” The children readily agreed. All of them sat in a circle, Krishna in their midst. Every child had bought some snack and before long, they all were eating, teasing each other and having fun.

Let’s take a minute and visualize this scene – Krishna, the supreme Lord of the Universe, in a beautiful human form, sitting with his blessed friends, eating with them, teasing them and spreading happiness around him. How blessed were these children to whom the Lord came as a friend!

The children were engrossed in eating. In the meanwhile, the calves that they had brought with them, ventured off into the jungle. After a long time, the children realized that they had lost their calves.

“Krishna, we have lost the calves!” The kids said in despair. “They seem to have ventured into the jungle where it is not safe. What should we tell the elders?”

“Don’t worry,” Krishna said calmly. “You all continue eating. I will go and bring back the calves.” His assurance calmed the children, and they went back to eating while Krishna set off into the jungle in search of the calves.

He looked for them for a long time but could not find them. He returned to the banks of the river to inform his friends, but they had disappeared too. The entire place was empty!

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