Today people who call themselves leaders are not doing good service and as a consequence, the world around us is becoming very confusing. In this context, a story relating to the Krishna avatâra has to be mentioned.
One day Krishna approached Yas'odâ and told her that all his cowherd friends had invited him to go with them and tend the cows and that he was planning to go. The mother explained to him that to go to the forest would mean that he would have to walk on thorns, that he might have to meet snakes and that he might get close to bushes. She said that his tender feet might not be able to put up with the troubles and she said that it would be better if he put on foot-wear before going to the forest. She said that shoes for him would be ready only the next day and he could go to the forest only the next day.
Immediately Krishna asked the mother to tell him how she addressed him. She said that his name was Gopal and that she addressed him by this name. The word Gopal stands for one who tends the cows. He said that he had acquired that name because he could tend the cows and be the leader of the cows.
Since the cows would follow him as their leader, he said that he would have to do something which the cows would also do. The cows do not have shoes to protect their feet and therefore he said that he also should not have shoes to protect his feet. He said that he would do only that which persons who follow him could also possibly do. He said that if he wore shoes, the cows would also want to wear shoes, because their leader was wearing shoes. He was not going to wear shoes and allow those whom he had to protect to go without shoes.
This is how he argued with his mother. This simply means that when God takes a human form, men will try to imbibe His qualities and will behave like Him.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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