Brahma's test and realizations

Hare Krsna!!
Dear Parents,
Last week, we started the class with prayers to Lord Krsna and His devotees.
Prayers : We learnt the invocation prayers of Srimad Bhagavatam(SB 1.2.17)
srnvataam sva-kathah krsnah
punya-sravana kiirtanah
hrdy antah stho hy abhadraani
vidhunoti suhrt sataam
Translation: Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramaatma[Supersoul] in everyone's heart and  the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire fro material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.
Audio link :  srnvatam sva kathah

Story : We heard the story of Brahma testing Lord Krsna.
Lord Brahma, the granfather of the gods, was reluctant to believe that His Supreme father, Lord Vishnu would come as a child and live in Vrndavan.  Lord Brahma thinking if Lord Krsna is his master then Lord Krsna must be more powerful than him. So, he wanted to test Lord Krsna.
Lord Brahma flew on his swan carrier to the place where Krsna and His cowherd friends were having lunch near the banks of river Yamuna. Lord Krsna was sitting in the middle of the boys sharing their lunches and eating.  The cows were grazing near by and moved further away from the boys. Lord Brahma used this oppurtunity to put the cows in magical sleep and put them in a cave. One of the cowherd boys noticed and said that the calves were not there.  All the boys were frightened about the calves being lost and how would they explain this to their parents.
To relieve His friends fear, Lord Krsna stood up with a handful of rice and yogurt, told them to continue with their lunch and went in search of the calves.  As soon as Lord Brahma decided to test Krsna, the supreme Lord Krsna was aware of this and the reason behind it. But to play along with Brahma's test and to have some fun, Lord Krsna acted as if He didn't know about it.  Krsna searched for the calves but appeared unable to find the calves, came back to the picnic area looking worried.
When Brahma saw that Krsna couldn't find the calves and looked worried, Brahma believed that Lord Krsna was not Lord Vishnu after all. To be certain, Brahma wanted to conduct one more test. So, he placed all the cowherd boys in magical sleep and put them in the same cave along with the calves.
When Krsna returned and couldn't find His friends, He looked worried and didn't want the parents of His friends to be sad. Brahma noticed that Krsna had failed to find both the calves and His friends and decided to give more time to Krsna and returned to his own planet - Brahmaloka - for one second, which is equal to one year on earth.
As Brahma left the Earth, Krsna created a duplicate set of his friends and their calves  to keep His friend's parents happy and at the same time play along with Brahma's test. They all  went home and all the parents experienced an overwhelming feeling of love in their hearts for their sons. Not only the human parents experienced this love, but the cows also felt the same for their calves.
After one year, Brahma returned riding on his swan carrier. He went to the cave and saw them still lying in their magical sleep, Brahma proudly thought that if Krsna could not find them then he couldn't be his master. He wanted to see how Krsna was doing and flew to the riverbank. There, he couldn't believe that Krsna was playing with his friends and their calves. He was completely confused and went back again and again to check on the boys and the calves in the cave.  He thought the best solution is to go to Krsna and talk to him. As Brahma landed on the bank, he watched something amazing - each boy and calf changed itno Lord Vishnu's form and merged into Krsna. Now there was not the slightest doubt in Brahma's mind that Krsna was the source of everything.
With palms together, he fell at the feet of Lord Sri Krsna and begged forgiveness. He said sorry for trying to test Krsna and prayed for His mercy. When Krsna smiled and nodded affectionately, Brahma respectfully circled Krsna three times, bowed to him once more and flew to Brahmaloka on his swan.

Finally, we concluded the class with the coloring picture of Lord Krsna with Brahma.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in the next class.
Haribol!!!
Gopala Class Teachers
Radhika Mataji
Amutha