633. Call of the Duty is Greater than Even the Words of the Lord!!!!!!

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Duty is considered more important than adoring God. One who does his duty and in the process does not have time or even forgets God his act is justified. There are many who have found God by just performing their duties sincerely. Going to a temple or on a pilgrimage should never be a reason for not performing the duty. God will be more than satisfied if the duty is undertaken at the correct and appropriate time. God does wait but duty will never, simply because duty is not just confined to me alone, as it is interconnected in a chain for others also to perform their duty after mine. Here is a story which relates to how duty is important that the words of even the Lord.

At Vrinadavan there was a group of naughty boys lead by Balarama and Krishna. They were very naughty yet none would feel disgusted with their mischief as everyone enjoyed it secretly. The group was famous for stealing butter. The head of the group Krishna was very fond of it and would go to any extent to steal butter. The Gopikas had a tough time hiding the fresh churned butter in pots under the cot, on the ledge, in the store. Wherever they were kept this group would find and feast on them. This butter stealing saga was getting a little too much for the Gopikas and they decided to complain about it to Yashoda, Krishna’s mother. Yashoda was baffled and would not believe that her son was indulging in stealing butter in other people’s house as there was enough for him to be satisfied with in her own household.

At first she refused to believe them, but as the number of complaints against her lovely son grew she decided to think that she had to check into the matter. She called Krishna and asked him about the complaints the neighbours were making against him. Krishna pretended innocent and accused Gopikas of being jealous of the love she poured over him. Yashoda could do nothing, yet she decided to catch Krishna in the butter stealing act herself.

She made a plan and filled a pot with fresh butter and hung it high up to the ceiling and tied the pooja bell she used over it. “When the gang puts their hand inside the pot the bell will ring and I can catch them.” she thought. As it always happened the naughty boys in an instant formed a human pyramid with Krishna on top of it. As Krishna was about to put his hand in to the pot he noticed the pooja bell. He could very well understand the set up and told the bell not to make any noise till they had finished feasting on the butter.

Krishna let the group to relish and stood guard. One by one each boy started putting his hand and taking a lump of butter to eat. When everyone had finished it was the turn of Krishna and he lowered his hand into the pot and took a handful of butter and tossed it into his mouth. The bell which remained silent until then started to echo the heavenly jingle sound!

Krishna stopped and turned to look at the bell in dismay. Bell said to the Lord, “Duty, ‘O’ my Lord everyday when Maa Yashoda offers the Prasad to the deity in the pooja room it is my duty to make the jingle sound. When I see you savoring this freshly churned butter is it not my duty to make the sound?”

Krishna did not have a counter he had to accept the logic of the bell and do nothing. If you are doing your duty then Lord is more than satisfied…………What say??????