Krishna demands wages after working – Story!
This interesting, but a blissful incident is about a custom of a thousand vessel offering which is Guruvayur Krishna’s merciful Lila!
God is the one who performs unimaginable events and through them,
he makes people realize the knowledge of the soul.
Four elderly Krishna devotees went to cook for a festival held at a place called Perumpalachori in Guruvayur.
The event manager, seeing them, asked:
“Are you old cooks? Tomorrow, a thousand kgs of rice, gravy, stew, and fried rice… Can you do such a big job?”
He said mockingly and arrogantly.
Those old devotees, who were sad in their hearts, stood in the shrine of Guruvayurappa during the Pallivetta festival and prayed:
“Guruvayur Kanha… We have no other help except your grace. Save us from this arrogance…”
The next morning at 3 am, when everyone went to the pond for a swim, a boy named Nagori was brushing his teeth there.
“When did you come?” he asked.
“I heard you were here to cook last night.
I came to help you, old people…” he said.
The cooking began…
Even though there were four old people, Nagori himself completed all the work at lightning speed!
By 9 am…
Thiruvamuthu (holy food)
Milk Payasam
Coconut Payasam
Curries
All the thousand vessels offering bhoga are completely ready!
Everyone was amazed!
Even the person in charge of the event who had been humiliated bowed down and praised the old people and also gave them a reward.
Then Nagori said —
“I have to go to Guruvayur in a hurry…”
Saying, he disappeared before the meal.
That night…
Guruvayur Krishna appeared in the dreams of the four old men…
“Guys… Did you come without paying me, who came as Nagori and helped you in cooking? Can you not pay me for my labor?”
The gurus burst into tears and praised.
“What can I say about your kindness in coming to save us, Guruvayur Kanha”
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From that day on, On the day when the thousand vessel bhoga is performed,
the cooks have a sacred custom of offering a portion of their wages to Guruvayur Krishna.
“God is not anywhere… He is in the labor of the gurus.”
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