Kl13. A Lesson To Lord Brahma Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

KRISHNA LEELA

On the bank of the River Yamuna,
Along with his friends, Krishna,
A spot He chose for their lunch,
And they opened their bunch.

While they were eating,
Some cows were grazing,
Some in Yamuna drinking,
A few calves were feeding.

Suddenly the animals vanished,
The boys became astonished.
Where they all disappeared?
Every one of them feared.

Their joy not to stop,
The search He took up.
Were they got misplaced?
They couldn't be traced.

Brahma, the Lord of creation,
With a testing intention,
Hid the boys and the cattle,
To find how Krishna would tackle.

Thro' His inner vision Krishna,
He knew the trick of Brahma.
But alone home when He went,
How their mothers would repent?

So He expanded Himself as boys,
And also their cows and calves,
Quite similar in shape and form,
He took them all back home.

One moment of Brahma is
What one year is for us,
One year like this passed,
No question was raised.

Balarama saw the touch,
Of Krishna in them each,
He came to know the fact,
And condemned this act.

For a moment Brahma felt
Of his tormenting ‘self' guilt.
While Krishna, for a year,
In multiple forms lived there.

At last, Brahma learnt a lesson.
And asked for the Lord's pardon,
The boys and the cattle woke up
From a year-long deep sleep.