Though Krishna promised Yashoda that he will never steal anything, still Yashoda was tensed about his behavior. Finally she decided to pray Lord Ganesh. The day was Chaturthi, (fourth day after new moon day). It is said to be Sankashta Chaturthi. On this day, Lord Ganesh is worshiped and prayed for well being.
Yashoda made sweet momos, as it is favorite food of Lord Ganesh. While praying him, she took Krishna with her and asked to sit in front of him, join hands and pray. Even she did the same. Krishna after sometime, saw his mother praying god by closing eyes. Looking at that chance, he took one momo and started eating it. In this way he emptied the whole plate of momos and ran away. When Yashoda opened her eyes, she saw the plate was empty. Now she was angry thinking Krishna again started stealing even after promising she ran to search Krishna. Krishna was sitting in the corner. She asked him, did you eat the momos?? He said no, I didn't. while you were praying, a small boy, with big stomach and trunk, looking like elephant boy, came there and he ate everything. I was afraid so I didn't say anything and ran away from there. Yashoda says, I know you are lying. You just open your mouth and show me. Still Krishna says, No, I am not lying. But Yashoda was adamant. You just open your mouth. Finally Krishna opened his mouth.
Yashoda was shocked and surprised on whatever she saw in his mouth. She saw, Lord Ganesh sitting in his mouth eating momos. She was completely speechless. Looking at Yashoda Lord Ganesh said, Yashoda, Krishna is our god. You give him whatever he asks. Everything goes to him automatically reaches to me and other gods. And he disappeared. Yashoda fainted. After sometime when Yashoda got back her consciousness she saw Krishna crying. She got up, took her lovely child on her lap and asked what happened. He said, Mother! I am hungry . Please give me something to eat. Yashoda gave her all the remaining momos to eat.
After all such incidences, Nanda-Yashoda used to forget that their son is God, as illusion spread by Krishna used to work on them, as today it is working on all of us. We can never understand Him. The only thing we can do is, we can Love Him.
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