Lord Krishna and The Charioteer
Mukesh Kasat
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Heartfulness Story-51
Once, it so happened that Lord Krishna was standing in front of the mirror and getting ready. He was trying on different crowns on his head and putting on some fine jewelry, while his charioteer waited outside with the chariot ready.
His charioteer waited and waited, and thought to himself – usually Krishna comes out immediately, today he has still not come. So, out of curiosity he went inside to find out if the program was still on, because Krishna was very unpredictable - anything could change at any time.
So, the charioteer goes inside and he sees Lord Krishna standing in front of the mirror admiring himself.
He politely asked, “My dear Lord, tell me, why are you dressing up so much today. Where are we going?”
Lord Krishna said, “I am going to meet Duryodhana.”
The charioteer asked, “You are dressing up so much to meet Duryodhana?!”
Lord Krishna said, “He cannot see what is inside me, he can only appreciate my outside appearance. So he will only be impressed by how I am dressed, that is why I am dressing up so much to meet him.”
Then the charioteer said, “But why are you going to Duryodhana? You should not go, he should come to you. This I cannot accept.”
Many times, the drivers and assistants give you more advice than needed.
He continued to say, “This is not fair. Look at your status and look at him! You are the Lord of the world. You should not go, let him come.”
Krishna turned to look at him, smiled and said, “Darkness does not come to light, light has to go to darkness.”
Upon hearing these words, the charioteer was completely speechless.
To cultivate moderation we have to pay special attention to both the internal and external ways of life - Babuji
*Babuji (Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur) was the second guide of the Heartfulness meditation system.