And the child that was God as Krishna was known.
And men drew love from the Name, for the Name the potency of Love
contained, even as the seed the tree doth hold, or the bud the fruit of
the tree enfolds.
And all who spoke the Name of Krishna felt the heart beat quick and
high, and all who looked upon His face felt at once that Love was nigh.
And it came about that all the people who lived in the kingdom where the
Child Krishna was reared as the son of the King of Braja, thronged daily
to get but a glimpse of the Child, who, though helpless like other babes
did seem, yet held the power to draw all men unto Him, even by the light
of love that made Him All Beauty.
As He sat on the arms of the queen, His foster-mother, bedecked with the
ornaments and finery which the king delighted to bedeck Him withal, lo,
the light that radiated from His flesh did put the glowing jewels to
shame, for love is the essence of Beauty and Light, and the Child was
the embodiment of Love itself!
So the light that flashed from the jewels was but as the light of
glow-worms that disappeareth when the radiance of the moon is about
them.
In despair the king sent messages to all the then known world to procure
such jewels as might enhance the loveliness of his Child, but ever when
on His body they rested, dull they seemed on the glow of His flesh.
But oft the Child would reach His baby hands for the flowers that the
populace brought in great profusion to lay at the feet of the Child that
was Love, and as He held them close to His baby mouth, behold, their
petals quivered and throbbed with love-life, and deeper the color dyed
their softness and brighter the gold of their hearts did flame, at the
touch of the hand and the breath of the Child that knew naught but Love.
And in the days when Love as a Child did dwell on earth, a great force
of spirituality through all the land went forth, and the heart of all
the world went up in praise for the mercies linked with ecstasy that
enriched the cup of all Life.
Gleams of kindness, and deeds of generosity, and miracles of patience,
and justice, and love, unheard of before, now naturally burst from the
heart of man, as water bursts forth from a spring 'neath the rock.
And the fields, that before were dried and burned by the sun's rays even
as stubble, gave forth rich harvests.
And the rivers and seas that were lost to man's eyes, again in beauty
before them rested.
And the Child that was the stalk and stem of Love in beauty did grow,
shedding His gracious smile on all the world.
And Kangsa, the King, now heard of the marvellous Child whose smile
brought a smile on all the world.