Aadisidalu Yashodhe...
Yashodhe: the Mother of the Lord Jagadodhaarana aadisidalu Yashodhe, enna thavam seithanai Yashodha, entha punyave, thaaye Yashodhe, maadu meikum kanne, engum illadoru pillai, muddugaare Yashodha ... The list is endless when it comes to compositions that detail Yashodhe maathe and her relationship with Krishna. It wouldn't be surprising if Yashodhe were to be labelled the epitome of a mother. We've all heard so many tales of Yashodha catching navaneeta chora, the many ways she watches him and marvels at all the power this tiny boy holds when he shows her the universe in the same tiny mouth that became the receptacle of sand. Yashodhe is quite popular as a character, perhaps even more so than Radhe. Yet we rarely wonder what it must have been to be her when Krishna left behind the quaint charms Brundavana held and moved to Mathura, leaving them all behind. He moved on to his birth mother Devaki and many might argue that to be enough but what about Yashodhe? What about th...