Aug 31
A Gopi Story – I
Sage Durvasa had come to Vrindavan and was very hungry. The gopis joyfully made all kinds of delicious food for the great Sage. There were different types of rice, many types of vegetables, savouries, rotis, papads, sweets of many, many varieties, steaming hot food, cold, cold food, and everything in between… Food enough for more than a few hundred people!!
Carrying all this, they made their way to where the Sage was, and found Him on the other side of the Jamuna River waiting for them, and the food. There was no bridge for miles and the river was in spate. And the Sage was impatiently waiting…
They ran to Krishna Kanhaiya, and told Him the story. We have all this food, the Sage is waiting for it on the other side of the river… and this particular Sage was well known for His quick temper. HELP!!
Krishna smiled at them and said, go to the river and bow down to Jamuna maaiya (Mother) and tell her this… We have all this food for Sage Durvasa and He is hungry. We need your help o maaiya. Please help us. If Krishna has never told a lie, has never done any sort of mischief, has never broken anyone’s heart, then please O Jamuna let us pass. The gopis look at each other in bewilderment, each remembering Krishna’s long list of escapades… and look imploringly at Krishna for some other more feasible solution, but he had already gone…
Very hesitatingly, they go to the banks of the river and bow down and pray to Jamuna maaiya… And say the words Krishna has told them to say… And wonder of wonders…. The river magically splits apart and there is a clean pathway straight to the waiting hungry Sage. The gopis are relieved and quickly cross over to the other side.
With great devotion and love they feed the Sage. He eats and eats and eats and eats… If one would ask Him if He wanted more, He would say don’t ask, just put whatever you have in the plate! All the rotis and vegetables, all the different types of rice and fried stuff, all the sweets, hot and cold… every single thing that they had cooked; all is consumed with gusto by the Sage. At last when all the food is over, the Sage leans back, rubs his tummy, gives a few satisfied contented burps and is about to go to sleep…
One of the gopis suddenly realizes that the river is in full spate again. The Sage is about to go to sleep. No one knew when He would awake after that colossal meal. And they had to get back home. So, very timidly, the gopis ask the Sage, how to get back to the other shore. He sleepily tells them, go back the same way you came…
Next part on Thursday … How do the Gopis get back home? and what’s the secret here?
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
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AAh! a very interesting story. Never heard of this one before. So i m still wondering how did the gopis go back home! hmmm…. Will wait until thursday (or may be try searching for this story in some book or google it up n comment here again:)
Jai gurudev,
Bau, Today within a few mins are results of my most important exam. As i m writing this my hands are shaking a bit. Please bless me.
Waiting to know the secret!
thursday awaited!
ahaaa eagerly waiting for this thursday to come !!
Jai Gurudeva!
I really enjoyed reading this story, waiting for the other part..
bau, this was an awesome story. I had never heard this story. I will be waiting for thursday. And please finish the full part of the story on thursday itself
Detachment?
Not fair bau. He he he… this is like the mega-serials… the arrow has left rama’s bow but has it reached all the way to slain ravana? in the next episode of Ramayana…
nice one.jgd
hahahaha!
It’s sure a funny story till now
Krishna is the best.
Jai Gurudeva.
very nice n mysterious story …i ve heard many times from my grand ma..in my childhood…thank u Bau to unleash this knowledge to us…
Thats not fair bawa!! We are also hungry when we visit this blog and you gave just half of the stuff you have!!
Awww… Mukta eat something next time before visiting this blog
JGD Bau! this gives us yet another opportunity to think about Krishna tell next Thursday
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Increases my looooooooonging to HIM.
Not fair…!You will always make us wait a long…!!
but then, Sabar ka fal meetha hota hai..
wow! very interesting…(also wondering why thursdays are given so much importance for your next post bau!):)
Thursday is Guruvar … and its 2 days from Monday so gives me sometime to write stuff
i agree width mukta..its like a teaser!!!!!!!
waitng furiously
cant wait till thursday
Impatient like the sage , hope the night part into dawn soon n wish our mind get sum meal soon. I guess if that the Gopis ask for the river to give the pathway and it does not coz if it would give it easily it would not be a story of Krsna
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Waitin ..waitin…waitin…
Jai Gurudev…
Jai guru dev bawa..! and mukta is xactly rite…thursday is soooooo far..!
luv u
nice story , i a curious to know how the gopis crossed the river…
ohhh i luuuuuuv this story
:)
Hehe…. now the ending is going to bug me whole day tomorrow. Will have to wait for the next part I guess.
lol
=D
oh lovely story bau…
pls put in lot more of indian mythological stories…they all are so beautiful.!
the secret here is Trust…
i think the gopis implore the river again, and the river lets them go through… come back safe and sound. but then again, that would not be fulfilling enough a story to write on your blog… I think they got through because krishna never really broke anyone’s heart… i don’t think he’s capable of it. i don’t know how to explain the lie though… the mischief part may be that he was so full of love, that what he did was not really mischief, it was love in an unusual form.
is it that gods cant tell lies, and are incapable of it? i don’t know… too many questions to think about.
The river does not part this time.
Earlier, because of their worry of reaching on time, they did not doubt Krna’s word. As a result, the river parts.
On the way back, the worries are over and there is space in their mind to doubt what Krsna said..
Without faith, the river does not part, even though Krsna’ word is true..
JGD Bawa
I think, I have heard/read this story sometime, somewhere. The secret key is, sage Durvasha suggested all Gopi to pray that, “If sage Durvasha has observed fast then oh mother Jamuna (Yamuna) river please give us the way…” And one more miracle. There is a path to go back…
The meaning is, do not go behind apparent physical behavior. Remain detach from inside. After eating this much also sage was detach from the test of food, so he had observed the fast.
Please correct me, if I am wrong.
Regards and Keep Smiling
Manish
http://layers7.blogspot.com
Yeah.. he had temper problem… I read today infact in Yog vashisht.. he cursed an enlightened queen!! Lucky Gopis
bau it’s thursday now
waiting….
very cute ! i don’t remember ever hearing this before .. !
can’t even begin to guess .. !