Among all the wondrous adventures that astounded people during Krishna’s childhood, revealing the Divinity that had come among them, the Kalinga episode is most meaningful. The serpent Kalinga was poisoning the waters of the Yamuna and the atmosphere over it, with its breath; all who approached that area, men or cattle, fell dead. But, Krishna – the Divine Boy - jumped into the depths forced the foul snake to rise above the level of the river, and leaping on its hoods He danced upon them with His tender lotus feet. The pressure of those soft silken soles was enough to force the deadly poison out from the fangs of the monstrous cobra and render it harmless forever. This is a great lesson for man. This leela is a quite unlike earlier incidents, which evidenced the Child’s super-human strength and wisdom. He was lifted away by the storm-demon, he was hit by the calf –demon, he was felled by the cart-demon; but skeptics can easily ascribe these miracles to accident or co- incidence or exaggeration. But, the Kalinga episode is a parable; it is a valuable lesson in spiritual sadhana. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 54)