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The Nectar of Devotion
If by chance the spiritual master forgets to call a disciple to partake of the  prasādam , it is enjoined in the scriptures that the student should fast on that day rather than accept food on his own initiative. There are many such strictures. Sometimes, also, Kṛṣṇa went to the forest to collect dry wood for fuel.
25. Բօրջանոց
A person who can tolerate all kinds of offenses from the opposite party is known to be forgiving.
Lord Krṣṇa’s forgiving quality is described in the  Mahābhārata  in connection with His forbidding the killing of Śiśupāla. King Śiśupāla was the monarch of the Cedi Kingdom, and although he happened to be a cousin of Krṣṇa’s, he was always envious of Him. Whenever they would meet, Śiśupāla would try to insult Krṣṇa and call Him ill names as much as possible. In the arena of the  rāja-sūya  sacrifice of Mahārāj Yushiṣṭhira, when Śiśupāla began to call Lord Krṣṇa ill names, Krṣṇa did not care and remained silent. Some of the people at the arena were prepared to kill Śiśupāla, but Krṣṇa restricted them. He was so forgiving. It is said that when there is a thundering sound in the clouds, the mighty lion immediately replies with his thundering roar. But the lion doesn’t care when all the foolish jackals begin to make their less important sounds.
Śrī Yāmunācārya praises Kṛṣṇa’s power of forgiveness with the following statement: “My dear Lord Rāmacandra, You are so merciful to have excused the crow’s clawing on the nipples of Jānakī simply because of his bowing down before You.” Once Indra, the King of heaven, assumed the form of a crow and attacked Śītā (Jānakī), Lord Rāmacandra’s wife, by striking her on the breast. This was certainly an insult to the universal mother, Śītā, and Lord Rāmacandra was immediately prepared to kill the crow. But because later on the crow bowed down before the Lord, He excused his offense. Śrī Yāmunācārya further says in his prayer that the forgiving power of Lord Kṛṣṇa is even greater than that of Lord Rāmacandra, because Śiśupāla was always in the habit of insulting Kṛṣṇa—not only in one lifetime, but continually throughout three lives. Still, Kṛṣṇa was so