krishna admits defeat

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Yesterday I was surfing the T.V for the serial "Srikrishna" produced by Sri

Ramanand sagar. Though it is re-telecast, I was viewing the same seriously

as though watching for first time. Yesterday's episode I presume is a

prelude to Raasa leela. The high light of it is- the lord Sri krishna

admits to raadhaa "yes dear I am defeated".

 

How the episode ran is like this.

 

Radha dresses like krishna and srikrishna comes in the dress of raadhaa.

Then each look at the other to check whether it suits.

 

Now the dialogue starts. [please understand raadha means krishna and vice

versa]

Raadha: hey dear how I look?

Krishna: dear you look great with all that feminize of raadha ---

Raadha: but your incomplete sentence tells me something more

Krishna: yes, you are like raadha but that glow of love of raadha to her

lord is missing in your eyes. Your eyes are more bland.

Radha is foxed by this and unable to answer this.

 

Meanwhile the scene changes to Sri vaikuntam where naaraayanan asks lakshmi

have you heard what krishna [raadha in krishna's garb] said.

 

This dialogue between raadhaa and krishna plus naarayanan and lakshmi are

keenly watched by sivan, naaradhan, and rishi ganaas from their places.

 

Lakshmi to her lord- Yes my swamy- you are not able to express the love of

raadhaa,

Lord: hey, love! What is love? - it is all play of my maaya which you call

as love and wants an expression for that. How one can do it?

 

Then goes a long dialogue between lakshmi and naarayanan saying like the

swapnam is sathyam and the experience of swapnam etc love of raadha is also

true etc giving full justification, arguments and counter arguments. But

that is all gone in the mind of MGV for he was completely foxed by the

following sentence-

 

Lord to his consort lakshmi - which also means krishna to raadha [not the

exchanged ones but real krishna and raadhaa]

dear, yes I am defeated, I am unable to express the love which you

show in your eyes,

I am unable to even imitate that love which you show in your eyes.

 

Krishna's easy surrender to raadhaa accepting his defeat- for the lord who

has done such marvelous feats like sakatasura vadham, govardhana giri,

kaliya mardhanam etc is in a simple affair - unable to show that love.

 

oh krishna - what is this gunam of you to name it if it can be named so.

Before that pure love of your bhakthaas you are not able to just imitate,

not to show that love, not necessary even to respond by giving that love -

you admit your defeat.

 

Dear bhakthaas - live that moment of krishna and raadhaa arguing in front of

you and krishna accepting the defeat.

 

Then raadha asks a reward from the defeated- dear please play your flute.

 

Krishna says it will invite trouble.

 

After persuasion by raadhaa he starts playing the flute. Now a group of

gopees reach krishna and raadha again with the same or more love in their

eyes.

 

Raadhaa gets annoyed. Krishna asks her to have a good look at them- raadhaa

sees raadhaa in all gopees- she sees herself in all gopees.

 

Oh what a scene - bhakthaas in their deep bhakti becomes one - no second

except the lord- there is no distinction between bhakthas one is more close

and another is not so much. a simple fact expressed so beautifully.

 

Dear bhakthaas- now my question is - whether this has a bearing in srimadh

bhagavatham or any of the puraanams etc or poorva aachaaryals vyaakhyaanams

or is it according to srivaishnava sidhdhaantham.

 

Or is it that the producer has overdone scene this to create the dramatic

effect.

 

Even to admit the second half of my question, then also my krishnaa's

admission of his defeat in front of his bhakthaas has simply carried me

somewhere beyond description. Please live that moment again and again and

then describe your feelings.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.