“MY STRANGE VRINDAVAN TRIP !!”

 “MY STRANGE VRINDAVAN TRIP !!” 

We all know that Shri Krishna is the greatest Leeladhar. It is an impossible task to understand his Leelas and when this incident happened to me, I could not understand whether it was his Leela or some illusion. Now without wasting much of your time let me begin my story.
. I had finally got the chance to go Vrindavan , after a lot of requests done by me to my parents , but I did not know that something amazing was going to happen there...
Something was about to happen there that was an illusion or something I don't know....

So the story begins when I went to Vrindavan Dham for the first time...

Radhe Radhe sound was started falling in my ears as soon as we made steps on the holy land of Vrindavan. With the Shri Radhe-Radhe chanting sound there we could feel a divine power coming from all around the surrounding .

My whole family had come with me to Radha Krishna's dham Vrindavan, we were standing outside the Banke Bihari temple at some distance, the elders were went to the shops for the material of pooja/ worship, and we children were left alone , some distance away from the temple .

With me , my sister and two brothers were there in the list of children. As soon as the elders left, my brothers went out for a walk nearby and after the brothers departure my sister's phonecall also came so she went at a short distance to answer her important call, now as I was only left there so I stood alone looking at the temple of Banke Bihari ji, started thinking about him .

As I was thinking suddenly a boy came in front of me, at first I thought he was looking at someone else but he was looking at me. I rolled my eyes from his side but he came close to me and said -
"listen!!"

I ignored him first because I felt that he was not talking to someone else. But he said again - "Listen!!"

I lightly said yes in a low tone ; Because this time I was sure that he was talking to me,

And Then he asked me this wierd question - "Where will I find BankeBihari ji!!"

I felt very strange hearing this .... because he was coming from the site of the temple and still he was asking ...where is BankeBihari !!? So I didn't say anything as I was wondering about what to answer .

He again asked this question to me - " tell na !! Where will I find Bankebihari ji ??!!"

After hearing the question again and again finally I answered him that "you are coming from the temple only where he lives , so why are you asking about him ..."

Hearing this, he laughed and started saying -

"There idol lives!, I had heard that Banke Bihari ji lives in vrindavan in reality but there I found only his idol !! Where is he after all? ....
I have come here only to see him!! "

Saying this he fell silent.

A Krishna lover who is praying to come in Vrindavan from a long time , when he/she will hears such a question, what the answer of him/her will be ... tell me!!!.?

Well !!, I gave him the same answer that you might have given in my place.

"Krishna is seen through the eyes of the heart, not the body." I said confindently.

After hearing this he smiled again and looking at my face said - "Have you ever seen them with your heart's eyes?"

Hearing this question, I did not understand what to sau , so, I said in a hurry - "I can feel him!!"

He also immediately asked, "I am talking about seeing him in reality, Madam!"

I don't know what happened to me at that time, I had never done this before , I hold that boy's hand and started going forward, but as soon as I hold his hand !! I felt something strange... I quickly jerk his hand and turned towards him, gazing into his eyes.

Looking in his eyes, it felt as if I have seen these eyes somewhere else before... It felt as if I have some relation with those eyes.
I was lost in his eyes …

Then I came back into my senses after hearing his voice.
He started saying -

"Hey where are you lost!! You are taking me somewhere ??!! , ...at least take me by saying; you just grabbed my hand without saying anything !!"

Hearing this, I blushed and started moving alone forward without saying anything.

Then he said from behind - " Do I have to come too with you Madam!!?"
I don't know why after listening this , there was a smile on my face and I stopped moving , then he also started walking along with me.

I don't know why again and again my eyes were looking at him, I don't know what was happening to me at that time ! He too was smiling lightly.

Soon We reached near the temple but there was a lot of crowd, seeing the crowd, he said -

"I have just came from here, why are you taking me back here!! It is getting very crowdes at this place."

I started looking at the crowd then he said to me -

"I know a way which is not crowded!!"

He went through a side way after saying, but I was still looking at the same crowd standing still, wondering ...should I go with an unknown boy!!

This thought was still running through my mind ... Suddenly he grabbed my hand and started moving holding my hand .

I stared at him, he turned back and laughed and said -

"Madam, I am not kidnapping you, I am just taking you to your Kanha only!!"

and he smiled.

Holding my hand, he started walking forward.

I don't like to talk to boys …
I don't believe in modern love and people…
I don't know why still I was walking with him quietly ....
I don't know why I was attracting towards him, his touch was making a feeling of affinity …

I was walking not looking around but looking at him.

While walking I was lost in my thoughts but suddenly I came out of , I saw that he had brought me behind the (garbhgrah) of the Banke Bihari temple,

There was only me and him.

Then he said to me - "You wanted to bring me here! Here we have come... The idol is on the front, now tell me where is your Banke Bihari ji?!!"

Hearing his words, as if I had woken up from a sleep, I started looking at the environment around me, then looked at him and after thinking something I said -

"Listen to me , you close your eyes and put your hand on your heart and get lost in the atmosphere of the temple, feel kanha around you , you will definitely see him!!"

The boy closes his eyes and puts his hand on the heart, then after a short peace he started saying that he cannot hear or feel anything.

" But at least You must have felt your heartbeat!" I asked him

"Oohooo... I say no na! I didn't hear or feel anything, if you don't believe, then listen my heartbeat with your own," he said.

I looked in his eyes in surprise, it seemed as if he was telling the truth and then I started listening to his heartbeat by placing my head on his chest.

I was shocked seeing what happened next after that..!!!
I was hearing Radhe-Radhe sound instead of Dhak-Dhak in his heart. I returned back in fear.

I started saying in loud tone.

"I am hearing Radhe-Radhe....Radhe-Radhe... In your heart"

He laughed and said "You have gone mad"

I requested him that I want listen it again .

As I was going closer and was just about to hear but he intrupped and said -

"Don't come close to me, I know I look good!! But it does not mean you will come closer ... And keep in mind that I am a very descent boy so don't take any chance with me."

Saying this he started laughing.

I did not understand what to say next , then I made an angry face.

Seeing my face, he started laughing again and said -

"Don't feel bad I'm just joking!! Well now let's go outside or someone else will come here and will punish us ."

I said yes without thinking anything, but the echo of Radhe-Radhe of his heart was still playing in my ears.

I was thinking about the sound while following him. We reached outside the temple by another way where no one was there,
Suddenly by stopping me he said
, "Will you still follow me madam?"

I smiled and started going to the other side.

He again said with loud voice from behind "But You haven't introduced me yet to your Banki Bihari ji!!"

Hearing this, as soon as I turned back, I saw that there was no one there….. literally Nobody….not even a man….But I came to know that.....

"Not him, but I must have found my Bankebihari ji.."

~ Radhika KrishnaSakhi

Ramana Sakhi

 

The End

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This story is english translation of 

"उसे तो नहीं पर शायद मुझे जरूर मिल गए थे बांके बिहारी !! " 

Hindi translation