The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -9.
23/09/2018 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam -9. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmasthami in 1972) He went to the hut of Vidura, a poor man who was in consternation to see Krishna coming to his cottage for no reason whatsoever, uninvited, at an unearthly hour. In his ecstasy, as the story goes, he offered him whatever he had – a few plantains – and his ecstasy rose to such a height that he forgot what he was doing. He offered the peels and threw away the plantains. Very politely, smilingly, Sri Krishna enjoyed the peels. He did not say anything, and ate the peels. These are the peculiarities of a great man. I cannot describe them in a few minutes. You have to read between the lines in the Mahabharata, not merely the lines. The greatness of a perfect person, the greatness which is identical with humility and goodness and unselfishness – that can be read not only in the lines of the Mahabharata, but also between the lines of the Mahabharata. The pe