Untold stories of lord krishna.

Gopis and the wasted food

One day all the gopis decided to prepare lavish feast for lord Krishna. They had fulfilled their household chores and worked for hours to prepare the perfect feast for their beloved Krishna.

After hours of effort, they had packed all the dishes and kept that food in an ornate vessels and went to house of maharaj nanda (Krishna's father).

When they entered the house, they saw that the guests were sitting all around the table. Shri krishna was getting his hands washed by mother yashoda. When the guests saw gopis and the food they had brought, they started feeling guilty as they had just finished dinner. Everyone thought at the moment that gopis would be heartbroken at seeing all their efforts wasted.

But, the gopis had eyes only for shri krishna and they kept looking at him. After a few seconds, they put down the vessels that they were holding and joyously, started dancing and wringing their hands. Maharaj Nanda, mother yashoda, and the rest of the guests were astounded as to why they would be overjoyed after seeing their efforts getting wasted? A guest took courage and asked the gopis the reason for their joy. 

The gopis paused from their joy and laughingly said that all the hours they spent making the extravagant meal, they kept imagining the look of content on Krishna's face when he would finish eating it.

They further told "when we entered the house, our eyes immediately saw Krishna's face and found the same look of contentment. It didn't matter whose food he ate because all they lived for was that face of contentment and seeing it was the biggest joy of their life".

It is in stories like these that we realize that glorious is the lord who evokes such devotion in people, and glorious were the Gopis who were capable of such devotion towards their lord.