The water was poisoned and the villagers neither entered the river nor did they bring their cattle. Of course, what to say of the birds, they had long abandoned this stretch of the river Yamuna.
The above lines seem to aptly describe the Yamuna of today as well as the Yamuna of 5000 years ago!
More than 5000 years ago, Sri Krishna, little more than a young boy then, encountered a similar situation when the dreaded five-hooded serpent Kaliya had poisoned the waters of the River Yamuna making it dangerous and unfit for the innocent villagers. The story goes that the young Lord, on hearing of the predicament, ventured into the water, daring Kaliya to stop him. Sure enough, there was a fight, the news of which brought all the villagers rushing to the banks, fearful for the life of their darling Krishna. But what they saw was the young lad, dancing on Kaliya's hood !!! Kaliya accepted defeat and left vowing to never disturb the peace and purity of the place!!
If it was Kaliya's poison then, now it is 3.6 bn tonnes of untreated sewerage that flows into the river daily!!! Then a young Sri Krishna (almost) playfully evicted Kaliya, Now Sri Sri Ravishankar , who refuses to grow up:), is the catalyst and rallying point for millions of citizens of India's capital to raise the banner for cleaning the holy river.
Today (March 16), the Krishna of our times - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is formally launching the Meri Dilli Meri Yamuna - an initiative to clean and revive the holy river. An initiative which was started by enthusiastic Art of Living volunteers, with the blessings of Sri Sri, soon caught the interest of the citizens of India's capital. Now there are a whole host of partners who have pitched in - as though proving the dictum for this age: Sanghe Shakti Kaliyuge i.e. In the age of Kali, the Sangha (the group) is the source of Shakti (power).
Visit Meri Dilli Meri Yamuna for more info...
and truly when Sattva is at the core of the Sangha, the power that it gives rise to is unstoppable...
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The parallel drawn is so appropriate. It reiterates for me that the stories of Krishna which we have grown up with are not just stories and can have real life practical implications. Perhaps when I read these legends again, there will be a new perspective to it with parallels drawn in the current time.
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