Krishna’s Mayur Pankh

Krishna's mayur pankh

Once in Govardhan hills, when Lord Krishna was playing his flute, the sweet melody that poured out made the peacock dance in joy and excitement. At the end of the long dance, the peacocks spread their feathers and the King peacock offered with great humility its feathers as an offering. The Lord accepted it and adorned himself with it. ·         Krishna’s Mayur Pankh is a symbol of beauty and knowledge ·         It is very rare in nature. The eyes in the feathers are seen on both the sides, which commonly do not occur. The Pankh has extraordinary powers, which gives hypnotizing powers to the wearer. ·         When one worships Krishna with the feather on his crown, one is blessed with auspiciousness, wealth, health and transcendent knowledge ·         It represents divine love that enters human heart and fills one’s entire being in ecstasy. It also reminds us of the romantic love shared between Krishna and Radha. The feathers are always in the direction of Radharani. It is said that Lord Krishna cleanses the holy feet of Radha with peacock feathers, during their playtimes in Vrindavan ·         The feather protects one from evil eye and destroys negativity like anger, greed, jealousy and removes poisons ·         The feathers stand for beauty, richness in life, felicity and joy. The dark colour in it stands for sorrow, sadness and the bright colours for happiness, symbolising that life comes with both happiness and sorrow. The brightness of the feather is due to the presence of barbules that help reflect light and Krishna’s Pankh have barbules on both sides making it highly divine in nature. ·         The feathers have thousand ears which symbolise as a vault of Heaven and eyes of stars and its iridescent colouring is a gift from Lord Indra as an act of compassion to bird ·         It also has the power of keeping the bad influence of the plant away. Race of both Radha and Krishna descends on worshipping this form of Krishna                   --- Manav M Vausjalia, 11 yrs, Kuteer Bliss Apartments Balbharati