by Fattu, From the Bhagwat Puran Series
Kangra School, Mid-18th century
As with mere mortals, troubles follow Krishna. Wanting to teach a lesson to the people of Vrindavan, Kansa asks the great serpent Kalia to poison the Yamuna River. The innocent Gopas and the cows drink the river water. They die. Krishna finds his friends and his herd dead near the river bank. He looks at the with compassion. They revive. While one sits up, the other Gopa stands up to adjust his skull cap. One of the cows tries to get up. From the dead, the Gopas and the cows rise as though nothing had happened.
Fattu has shown the polluted Yamuna as being frothy. The willow tree in the background is without flowers. Thus, lifeless. God's entry into our lives revives it.
We are dead till we reach the level of higher consciousness. Our lives are polluted till compassion is learned and practiced. Despite our pollution, our misdeeds, God is full of compassion. He raises us to a higher level of conscience. We all live and drink from the polluted river of life, till God shows us mercy and compassion.
Fattu has shown the polluted Yamuna as being frothy. The willow tree in the background is without flowers. Thus, lifeless. God's entry into our lives revives it.
We are dead till we reach the level of higher consciousness. Our lives are polluted till compassion is learned and practiced. Despite our pollution, our misdeeds, God is full of compassion. He raises us to a higher level of conscience. We all live and drink from the polluted river of life, till God shows us mercy and compassion.
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