This is a often cited adage by my father, which literally mean "the cow-shade is because of Kanha". The milieu is from the epic Mahabharata. Mother Yasoda wants the baby Krishna to be fed well and hence she is trying to maintain a good cow-shade with well-looked-after cows. But in her earnestness to maintain the cows properly she sometimes forgets to look after the baby Krishna! So this line tries to remind the Mother that all this cows and cow-shade is to serve Krishna!
In life many a times, we get too involved in some trivia, get tensed and worked out. And in this process we tend to forget the reason for which we might be doing the particular work. Thinking of the cause mostly calms us down and gives us new insights!
For example, the man working hard day and night to make enough money for his family many times forgets the cause for which he is working. And he then tends to give the minimum time to his family!
Or, lets say the lover who is trying to fight the society to get his love. Sometimes he gets so involved in the process of fighting for a tomorrow that he forgets to think about his beloved in the present...
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