Radhe Krsna Radhe - 3 Poem by Umasree Raghunath

Yashodha was tired by his constant antics,
And of the constant complaining of all Her neighbours,
That Her lil' son was beyond mischievous,
And that he didn't miss a chance to turn their world upside down,
Ah! But deep in their hearts they silently knew,
That the world looked better upside down,
With little Krsna standing upright.

Yashodha the Mother of little Krsna was exasperated,
To sort out the constant bickering of her neighbours,
But she didn't know that they all came to her home,
As an excuse to look at the divine child Krsna.

Once Mother Yashodha caught hold of Krsna red handed,
In fact caught him with mouth full of freshly churned butter,
She caught hold of his tender hands and asked,
'I have caught you stealing butter, now you can't escape? '
Krsna giggled and asked, 'Are you sure you can catch me tight enough? '

Yashoda couldn't understand Krsna's play of words,
As She was a simple daughter of a Cowherd Chief,
Who had no interest in philosophy or anything esoteric,
She naively said, 'Of course! ' and tightened her grip,
But the more she tightened her grip,
Krsna began to escape from her easily.

She was dumbfounded by the strange occurrence,
So to divert her attention, she asked, 'Open your mouth, I see butter in there? '
Krsna laughed aloud and said, 'Okay Ma! See what you want to see? '

He opened His mouth and Yashodha peeped into it,
And that's when She saw something inexplicable,
The whole of Cosmos was seen inside the tiny mouth of Krsna,
She swooned in a deep trance losing Her identity with Him.

Yashodha, the Mother of Krsna had just witnessed,
The Universal Form of the Formless God,
What She saw was seen by no one else after that,
As it was a loving Son's greatest gift to His Mother,
Krsna the Highest Godhead had lifted His Mother,
To His own status...! ! !