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Chapter 3 - Janmashtami

[ 8 years later. ]

[ The eve of Janmashtami. ]

[ Goloka. ]

Goloka the supreme adobe of the eight incarnation of Narayana, Shri Krishna and his consort Radha Rani.

In this loka cows, streams of divine water, lotus flowers and many devotees are residing with Shri Krishna and Radha Rani.

Radha Rani and the devotees of Shri Krishna and Radha Rani are in a hurry because of an auspicious day which is Janmashtami when Shri Krishna was born.

Many devas, devis, gandarvas, apsaras have been invited to celebrate the Janmashtami.

The gandarvas and the apsaras are performing music and dance that are accompanied by their skills that are known in the fourteen lokas as unparalleled and unmatched.

Their music and dance is enticing and enchanting which the guests are enjoying very well.

Rishis and Munis are echoing mantras that is making the environment of the Goloka very pious and holy.

Under a fruitious mango tree a swing is being decorated with flowers by the Gopis who are residing in this Goloka.

And among these Gopis there is one particular Gopi who is decorating and overseeing everything that is being arranged with pure love, care and enthusiasm.

The glow, beauty and charm of this one particular Gopi is off the charts from the other Gopis who are present around her.

Accompanying her ethereal and eternal beauty there a smile on her lips that is fully complimenting and radiating her glow more.

With sheer tenderness and care she is decorating the swing with all of her heart and love that she is pouring out.

This Gopi is Radha Rani the eternal lover and first wife of Shree Krishna.

The love for Shree Krishna that she has in her heart can't be described in any words because to understand her love we all just need to feel it as they stand as the third eternal love story of Indian history and scriptures.

While the preparations were going on suddenly a very mesmerizing, divine and enchanting melody started to echo in the entire Goloka.

This melody was the music of a flute that is being played and the sound of it immediately captured everyone in its melody.

The more everyone listened to the music the more they became captived by the music that is reaching in their ears which transported all of them in a divine trance.

Radha Rani found a wide smile on her face as she listened to the music and she and everyone who listened to this music clearly knew who is playing the flute.

Completing her work Radha Rani vanished from that place and then she appeared near a lake in Goloka where on a rock a shyam varna divinity radiating man on whose head a peacock feather attached to the crown and on his body golden yellow color ancient traditional Indian attire is present.

This man is the one who is playing the flute and also the supreme ruler of this Goloka Shri Krishna.

"Kanha" with the smile on her lips Radha Rani called the name of her love which made Shri Krishna to open his eyes and stop playing the flute.

With smile on his face showing her divine radiating glow Shri Krishna looked at his beloved Radha Rani and said, "Radhey."

Both of them just looked into the eyes of each other and spoke to each other through their eyes only.

After sometimes of staring deep in each other's eyes Shri Krishna came closer to Radha Rani and when they both stood right in front of each other Radha Rani said, "Janmashtami ki subhescha Kanha."

"Dhanyavad Radhey." Shri Krishna with love and care thanked Radha Rani for her wish.

Radha Rani then held the hand of Shri Krishna and told him to come for the celebration since everyone has arrived and are waiting for him.

Giving a smile which us beautiful Shri Krishna said, "Not everyone has arrived Radhey. I have to go now and receive the guests who are coming now."

Radha Rani was confused since she couldn't found who is coming now.

Shri Krishna understood her confusion and said, "Radhey, Mere Aaradhya aur Meri Behen aa rahehain."

These words were enough for Radha Rani to understood whom Shri Krishna is referring to now as the guests.

And soon the entire Goloka started to feel the presence of these guests to receive whom Shri Krishna arrived himself.

In the entire Goloka the sound of Damru started to resound with ashes flying in the air as smoke. 

And soon from the smoke of ashes emerged two figures which brought smile on the faces of Shri Krishna and Radha Rani while the other guests bowed down their heads with folded hands in utter respect.

Because the guests who have arrived are none other than Mahadev Shiv Shankar and Mata Parvati themselves.

The crescent moon on the jatas with Vasuki naag as the garland on his neck with the Rudraksha ornaments on his body and tiger skin as clothes and trishul in his hand Mahadev appeared with the Halahal vish resting in his throat.

Radiating with divine beauty and divine energy with love and care on her face and a smile that takes away every pain Mata Parvati in her swaroop has arrived as well.

Shri Krishna folded his hands and bowed down his head before Mahadev and Mata Parvati as he welcomed them for the Janmashtami celebration.

Giving the respect to Shri Krishna Mahadev and Mata Parvati joined the celebration and after them their children Lord Karthikeya, Shri Ganesha, Devi Ashoksundari, Devi Manasa and the wives and children of both Lord Karthikeya and Shri Ganesha arrived as well.

Everyone has arrived at the celebration except for lord Indra but since the auspicious time of Janmashtami arrived everyone asked Shri Krishna to take his Bal swaroop which they all wanted to witness.

Shri Krishna closed his eyes and turned himself into an orb of light which flew to the swing and turned into the Bal swaroop of Shri Krishna.

The Bal swaroop of Shri Krishna captived everyone and celebrating the occasion divine music, dance started that make the celebration more joyous.

Mahadev took out his Damru from his trishul and started to play it as well in pute bliss.

"Baba... Maa..."

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