When one day Krishna woke first from a rest in the forest with his
cowherd friends, he decided to wake everyone and call the cows grazing
at a distance by playing his flute. When Krishna blew the nectar of
his lips into the flute, a melodious raga with a slow rhythm and a
deep base emerged from its end. This wonderful vibration enchanted the
peacocks in and around the Govardhan hills. Their hearts began to sing
in happiness and fill the skies with their own song. The resonant
vibrations from the flute encouraged the peacocks to dance. Krishna,
who is the source of all dramatic arts, was pleased with their dance
and encouraged them by his kind glances and sweet smiling. They cried
with joy and it sounded all over the hills. In time, their sounds
became indistinguishable from the echoes. They became excited and
jumped up and down, flapping their wings. As the peacocks danced, the
kings of peacocks made his way to the lotus feet of SriKrishna,
touches His holy feet and makes a sound which SriKrishna understands
as a thanking note and requesting Him to dance with them. SriKrishna
accepts to dance and moves amidst them, dancing like the peacocks
increasing the tempo and playing to the rhythm of His steps. The bliss
of the peacocks increased multifold when SriKrishna danced with them.
It was so overwhelming, that some peacocks fainted. All the animals
and cowherds of the Govardhan hills stood transfixed, unable to move
their eyes away from the dance of SriKrishna. The flute in
SriKrishna's hand seeing the uncommon performance of its master began
to sing on its own. The spectacle was extremely splendid when seen
from the top of the Govardhan hills, the heaven and even the
netherland. They danced for a long time and slowly the tired peacocks
stopped dancing. Then Krishna danced to the rhythm of His own steps.
After many days, when he stopped dancing, there was an enchanting
silence. The king of the peacocks approached SriKrishna with great
humility, bowed down his head and said, "You have created a festival
of bliss for which we remain eternally indebted to You. It is our duty
to offer you 'Gurudakshina'. I request You to accept our only
opulence, our plumage. Wear them on your crown as a decoration." With
large tears of ecstasy, the king of peacocks dropped many divine
feathers. SriKrishna lovingly accepted the offering of the peacocks
and picked up the feathers and to everybody's joy, placed a few of
them on his turban. Thus he came to wear the peacock feathers.

By: Rohi Doll Mataji from Sydney Australia!!
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Yours
Dinesh
Blog:http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com/