Friendship Day is celebrated all over India on the first Sunday of August
Today is the first Sunday of August which is celebrated as Friendship Day all over India. By the way, this custom culture of celebrating Friendship Day has come from western countries, whose main purpose is to show our love towards our friends. However, if we look at the ancient culture of India, then there are already many examples of love and respect for friends are seen here.
Makhanchor Shri Krishna is considered to be the friend of everyone, so let’s see some examples of his friendship and know how friendship is played without selfishness. Lord Krishna has crossed all his limits for all the people with whom he has played friendship. Throughout his life he respected all these friends.
krishna-sudama
We all know about the friendship of Lord Krishna and Sudama. Shri Krishna, who lived in palaces, never neglected his poor friend. When Sudama was going to seek financial help from his friend Krishna. Then he doubted whether he would even help them. But on hearing Sudama’s name, Shri Krishna became emotional and came running barefoot to him. When Krishna’s queens saw poor Sudama, their eyes were also wide open. Shri Krishna’s love for poor Sudama was to such an extent that he gave everything to Sudama without asking for anything.
Krishna-Arjuna
Although Arjuna and Krishna seemed to be brothers in the relationship, but he considered Krishna more a friend than his brother. In the battle of Kurukshetra, Krishna became Arjan’s charioteer and encouraged Arjuna to fight by telling him the path of truth. It was only after Krishna’s guidance that Arjuna was able to fight the biggest battle against injustice in front of his relatives. In which the Pandavas won and religion was established on the earth.
Krishna-Draupadi
Like Arjuna, Draupadi also considered Lord Krishna as her brother and friend. When Draupadi asked for help from Shri Krishna at the time of Chirharan, he saved Draupadi from being dismembered by helping her. Krishna was ready to fight every calamity for his friends.