Wishing you and your family a joyous Krishna Janmashtami!
Warm greetings to all devotees of Lord Krishna on this Janmashtami. Lord Krishna did not go to people’s houses to steal butter. I asked my Spiritual Master, “ People accept Lord Krishna as Bhagavan. When he was a child, Lord Krishna opened his mouth and showed his mother that the whole world was revolving in his mouth. In a person’s mouth, where the whole world is revolving, such a person is beyond the sense of taste. In fact, such a person is beyond the five senses. Since Lord Krishna was beyond the sense of taste, why did he go to people’s houses to steal white butter?” I asked my Spiritual Master, Saint Scholar Giani Naranjan Singh Ji, Shiromani Kathakar, the above question. The Master replied, “Lord Krishna did not go to people’s houses to steal white butter. Lord Krishna went to people’s houses to eat their white butter and purify their karmas.” In Indian culture, when a Spiritual Master or a holy person comes to the house, it is customary to offer this special guest milk, butter, malai ( cream from milk), ghee ( clarified butter), and yoghurt. By offering these dairy products to holy persons, the host has some of their karmas purified and also receives blessings from them.