Kl25. Krishna In Mathura Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

KRISHNA LEELA

In Mathura, Krishna stayed,
But His mind deeply swayed
First the Gopis of Vrindavan
And His parents in between.

For Yasoda, His foster mother,
And Nanda, His foster father,
Who were with Him for years,
He understood well their tears.

Uddhava, his cousin brother,
Who was almost similar,
To Krishna's shape and feature,
He was sent as emissary there.

They all saw in Uddhava,
A resemblance of Krishna,
That gave them some relief,
From their legitimate grief.

The message His cousin told,
How much the Gopis He loved,
And His parents, although foster,
More than His own mother-father.

With the Kamsa's disappearance,
His demon friends for a chance,
To attack Mathura they waited,
But His departure they awaited.

So, there rose a necessity,
For Him in the Mathura city,
From the enemies to defend,
That kept His stay at this end.

He wished to spend sometime,
With His own parents this time,
To alleviate their years of pain,
In their prison life held in chain.