Among all the wondrous adventures that astounded people during Krishna's childhood, revealing the divinity that had come among them, the Kâliya episode is the most meaningful. The serpent Kâliya was poisoning the waters of the Yamunâ and the atmosphere over it with its breath; all who approached that area, men or cattle, fell dead. But Krishna - the Divine Boy - jumped into the depths, forced the foul snake to rise above the level of the river, and leaping on its hoods, danced upon them with His tender lotus feet. The pressure of those soft silken soles was enough to force the deadly poison out from the fangs of the monstrous cobra and render it harmless forever.
This is a great lesson for man. This lîlâ is quite unlike earlier incidents which evidenced the child's super-human strength and wisdom. He was lifted away by the storm-demon [Trinâvarta], he was hit by the calf-demon [Vatsâsura], he was felled by the cart-demon [S'akathâsura], he was pecked at by the stork-demon [Bakâsura], and he was poisoned by the nurse-demon [Putâna]. The sceptics can easily ascribe these miracles to accident or coincidence or exaggeration. But the Kâliya episode is a parable, it is a valuable lesson in spiritual sâdhana.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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