As the sacred day of Krishnastami approaches, let us remember Swami's Divine words on the Krishnavatar in a Wonderful Discourse on Krishnastami day in 1971, Swami said " " Sage Vyasa happened to pass by when Krishna was washing the horses of Arjuna's chariot in the water of the Yamuna; he shed a tear, thinking about the duty that the Lord has imposed on Himself in order to guide man aright. Krishna played the role of servant to Arjuna, so that man may know how to serve and thereby rise to sovereignty! Krishna was the servant of even cows and calves! When just a boy, His mother proposed to have shoes for His tiny feet, lest the hard thorny ground of the pasture might injure His lotus feet. Krishna would have none of it; He replied, "I go daily behind the cows and calves to the distant pasture, in order to tend them; I am their servant. How can the servant go shod before his masters, when they are not shod, himself wearing shoes?" Sai Ram __._,_.___
