A year has passed since the coming of Krishna, a year of peace and
plenty to all.
And the earth was relieved of pressure, and the minds of men were
illumined by the light that shone in their midst.
And the hearts that were cramped and narrow with pain grew big into
bursting with the love that flowed from the Child that was God.
And Nanda prepared a great feast for the naming of Him and the Brother,
Devaki's seventh child who, at birth premature, had been despatched to
the land where Krishna now was. And the feast was attended by many
guests, who rejoiced on beholding the wondrous Child who on that day a
year had brought joy by His coming.
And the priest was called and the seer, and he who read the stars and
read the Vedas alike. And when the stars he contemplated, he saw the
wonder of His birth, and, prostrating at the feet of Him, spoke to them
who gathered to hear: "The oppressed He shall succor, the enslaved He
shall free, and those that in danger are He will protect, and bring all
blessings to the land where now He doth live. What and Who He is you
know not, but, crowned with living stars of Love and adorned with the
rainbow of promise on His breast, this Child shall bring glory and Bliss
wherever He breathes. Oh, blessed was the day I looked in His eyes and
touched my hand lo His Holy Feet, for in Him the virtues and powers and
might of Love do dwell that never before men with eyes have seen."
But the little Child smiled, then stretched forth Its arms and puckered
Its lips for the mother's sweet milk.
The mother in pride placed It at the side of the cart that held brass
vessels and articles of food, and turned to receive the congratulations
of her guests, when lo! the Child with Its baby foot upturned the cart,
and the cart and the vessels in pieces lay on the ground!
And more and more they marvelled at the Child, whose baby strength
upturned the cart.
Nor was this the only miracle of His babyhood. For one day the mother
sat with the Child in her lap, when lo and behold, so heavy He became
that she felt as if the world were resting on her knees!
The strength of her knees gave way and the Child sank to the ground,
when a whirlwind came, in the shape of a dust-storm, and raised the
Child to heights unseemable, but soon again lightly on His feet He
descended at the side of His mother.
Wildly she clasped Him in her arms and kissed Him again, but He opened
His baby mouth to her eyes, and lo, the universe she saw within!
And in that moment unto her it was revealed that He, whom she called her
son, was God—the Seed and Soul of the Universe; the One who all things
knew, yet who was unknowable to all.
She also knew that the shadow He cast by His great, universal Will was
Māyā, and the offsprings or attributes of that Māyā as demons were
known.
And she knew that a demon it was, urged on by Kangsa, that came in the
shape of a whirlwind to carry her Child away. And that He who was all
Love was mightier by far than the offspring of shadow could be.
And thus the power of darkness again by Love was overthrown! All this
she saw in the space of a moment, and salutations she made to her Lord.
But the Child only smiled and the mother again saw but her Child. For
how could the woman, who suckled the babe, dwell long on her Child and
know Him as her Lord?