Maya

“Lord! How can you be so cruel!” Narada cries out in despair. He struggles to hold on to his child as the rising flood sweeps away both his children and his beloved wife of 12 years. 

Half an hour before, Krishna had asked Narada to fetch water as they were walking through the desert. Narada knocks on a door in a nearby village and falls in love with the girl at the door, forgetting his task. Narada raises two children happily before the tragedy strikes. 

“You were gone for half an hour to fetch me some water”,  patiently replies the Lord. 

“Half an hour! It felt like 12 years, and the pleasure and pain were immense. What happened? ” wondered Narada. 

Vibrations ran through Narada’s heart, “Maya.”