Childhood Events (3)

Killing Pralambaasur

Now Krishn has grown enough to handle complex matters. These activities of Krishn teach us that children do not only play or tease others but help also their community and village. He was now 11 years old. The people of Nand village used to go to Mathuraa to give butter to Kans. One day Krishn stopped them and told not to take butter to Mathuraa saying that "we graze the cows, we milk the cows, we extract the butter, and those people eat that butter? This is not justified, this will not happen from now." Cow-herds tried to convince Him that "This is tax, we will have to give tax to our Raajaa." Krishn said - "That Raajaa, who cannot protect his public, has no right to take tax. First right is ours, children, on this butter, only the remaining butter will go to Mathuraa." Cow-herds complained this to Nand, but Nand could not do anything against the wishes of his son Kaanhaa.

When the butter did not reach to Kans for a couple of days, he ordered his Chief Minister to send a group of his soldiers to Gokul to drive its cows to Mathuraa. So Kans' soldiers came to Gokul and drove away cows to Mathuraa. Seeing this cow-herds went again to Nand Raay and told their plight. Nand glanced at Krishn. Krishn immediately picked His flute and started playing it. Hearing the sound of Kaanhaa's flute, all cows came back to Gokul and Kans' soldiers had to go back empty-handed. Everybody got surprised seeing this.

The soldiers told Kans, that they got successful in bringing the cows to Mathuraa, but a boy took them back to Gokul just by playing His flute. Hearing this Kans got worried. Then he thought of his other Asur friend - Pralmbaasur. He sent him to burn the whole village. he came and burned the village. Balraam killed Pralmbaasur, and Krishn put out the fire with His Chakra (Divine disc). Thus Kans' attempt to trouble Nand village was also failed by Krishn.

Govardhan Dhaaran

The whole Nand village is preparing for Indra's worship. Krishn asked - "What is happening?" Nand Jee said - "Every year we worship Indra so that He gives us rains, so that we get good grass. If we will not worship Him He will be angry." Krishn said - "Why to worship Indra?" Nand said - "Don't say like this. Indra's anger is very severe." Krishn said - "Then why should we worship such a Devtaa who gets angry on not being worshipped, because to be angry is not good. To worship may be the duty of a human being but to get worshipped cannot be the Karm of Bhagvaan. So no worship for Indra. We are cow-herds, therefore we will worship only cows, Govardhan Parvat, Yamuna River etc."

So that year the villagers did not worship Indra, rather they worshipped Govardhan. Indra got angry at this and He ordered clouds to rain very heavily. The whole Gokul was filled with water. Krishn lifted Govardhan Parvat on His left little finger and protected Nand village. It rained heavily for seven days and seven nights continuously and Krishn lifted that Parvat for all that time. Since that time He was called "Giridhar", or "Govardhan Giridhaaree", or "Govardhandhaaree". Then Indra came and asked for His forgiveness. He requested Kaamdhenu to provide her milk for His Abhishek. She also requested Him that since He protected cows He should live in their Lok. So since then He started living in Go Lok. Indra asked Him to grant a Vardaan also that He should take care of His son Arjun who was growing on Earth.