It is Krishnashtami today. Raju sent a lovely bhajan. Remembered Sanju's flute that Aai was proud of, and felt happy about. Her niece sent a flute rendition.
Well, as for me, I like this day for two reasons. First and foremost, it is also the birth anniversary of Sant Dnyaneshwara, my favourite most saint. He had the heart of a mother. No wonder, at the tender age of twenty one, he was known as the jagat mauli, the Aai of the whole universe.
He was the bestest of the best, was treated worse than the worst, and yet radically changed a very mindset. Such a motherly heart he had that he could connect sensitively and tenderly to the soul of a he buffalo, and could make it recite the ved richas. Some power of the motherly feel the miracle is!
As for Lord Shri Krishna, his story reflects a lovely paradigm of motherhood, too. He is born as Devaki's Son, but is most lovingly and selflessly brought up by Yashoda. On the One hand, this myth proves that motherhood is a feel, not a biological fact. On the other hand, he has a kind, gentle feel for the whole universe. He can orphic-ally connect to the flora and fauna. Mountains can hear his gentle call, and move so as to rest on his tender finger. As a much loved child by both sets of parents and the entire Gokul, he has so much kindness, tenderness, gentleness overflowing that he can, like a mother, understand the problems of his best friends, be it Sudama or Arjuna. For Draupadi, he has a tender friendliness that is most motherly, too. Even for Radha, it is hardly a sexual feel, whatever Bollywood may make of it. Like a mother, he can be fond, and yet strict; gentle and yet guiding.
In brief, in my opinion, it is the Indian Mother's Day today, on Krishnashtami! So I dedicate this blog to Aai, and Papa who had a very motherly heart.
Pratima@Aai's patient listen-in's to many of my such reinterpretations of the traditional tales
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