Krishna and Gopikas- Response on queries - Part 2

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas

 

Continuing from the earlier post:

 

Question 2: What are the avathArams for? DharmasamsThApanArThAya- to

establish and protect dharma. Sri Rama being the Eka pathni vrathan,

followed strict codes of saasthrAs and set an example for us. KaNNan

hugged these Gopikas; played with them; and Vedas and saasthrAs may

roar saying He is Parathvam and is unaffected; But is that

approapriate for KaNNan to do that? hugging other women? Can that be

termed as establishing Dharma? How can we say that He followed

saasthrAs and established, protected Dharma in His KrishnA avathAram

as avathaarams?

 

Answer: Same question was raised by Parvathi to Rudra: Rudra replied

promptly" swaSareeraparishvangAth rathi naasthi varaananE.. â€" We,

jeevathmAs are in each body. We are always united with our bodies.

There is absolutely no dhosham for that. There is no enjoyment also

with that unity; There is no ApAsam also in that. Only when we hug

the body which does not belong to us - it is different and hence a

paapam- dhOsham etc.. Then only does the problem arise. Iswaran â€"

vibhu;

 

He manifests everywhere; anatharbahischathas sarva vyApya

nArAyaNasthitha: - Narayanan manifests and pervades everywhere inside

and outside of everything and everyone; We are all His sareeram; He

houses Himself in us and He houses us all as well; He hugs His own

body- can it have dhosham? was Rudra's quip.. This aspect is

mentioned

by swamy desikan in the above sloka- as vibhO: He manifests and

pervades everywhere. Even for that matter, vaayu, air spreads

everywhere and hugs all. Is it his paapam? Is it dhosham? When Vaayu

himself doe not do anything worng, what can we mention about the

SarvEshwaran? We are all his sareeram and when He hugs us- there is

no

dhosham thus. Even Chathu mukha Brahma and others longed for being

born in Gopa kulam to be hugged by KaNNan; Vishnu purANa also

mentions

this: vyApi vaaayuriva sthiTha:

 

Generally- among humans- there are kaamukhars (those who are mad

after

sensual pleasures and carnal desires); There also few virakhthars

(those who detach themselves from getting such thoughts and are

vairAgis) They even spurn thinking of women and hate them as mere one

collection of flesh, bones, blood. OOnidai chuvar vaitthu enbu thooN

naatti- says Thirumangai AzhwAr- This body is with the lowly hair,

the

wall of skins, flesh; bone as pillars and reinforcing members to

support. Thus these two kinds of people exist in the world; Sri

Krishna did not have mOham (desire) for these Gopikas and their

bodies; Not dwEsham (dislike or hatred); They are His body after all.

Not due to his karma, but by His own very nature as Their Lord. How

can there be desire or hatred? Swamy Desikan says this in

Yadavabhyudhayam:

 

na khalvamushya pramadhAmadhAnDhyam na kuthsanam

tatthadhabhIshtadhAthu: |

na DharmasamsThApana vADhaganDha SuddhAnuChinthayA hi Subhasya leelA

||

 

Thus, KaNNan, hugging His own bodies namely Gopikas, there is nothing

against dharma; In fact, the hunsbands of these Gopikas should have

got angry at these acts; Never did they get angry. Because KaNNan was

in their hearts and they too belong to Him; Bhagwaan entered into

their hearts as well, lured them with His divine charning form and

united with their jeevans… thaan otti vandhu, thani nenjai

vanjitthu,

oonotti vandhu uyirinil kalandhu… [says NammAzhwAr in

Thirumaynozhi].

These people had the same experience and enjoyment. Thus for the,

there was nothing wrong seen in KaNNan's acts and they could not talk

ill about KaNNan. It is one of KaNNan's leelAs. Sage Sukha mentioned

in Srimad Bhagawatham:

 

gOpInAm tathpathInAm Cha sarvEShAmEva dhEhinAm |

yO(S)nthasvarathi sO(S)Dhyaksha: kreedanEnEha dhEhabhAk||

 

Sri Vishnu purANa refers to this. Swamy desikan thus touches upon of

all of them as vibhO: to assert these truths.

 

Question 3: Ok. Everyone and everything is His sareeram; When such is

the case, why did KaNNan choose only those Gopasthrees specially; and

in particular? Why did He bless them with such enjoyment? If He does

not have humanly desires, anger and hatred as He is the Lord, why did

He have to hug the Gopa sthrees? Gopikas also- why did they fall in

love with Him? Even if KaNNan- being the Lord- does not have any

dhOsham, and is not affected by paapam, punyam and he is not affected

by Karma- still the poor Gopikas get these dhoshams as they desired

for another Purushan [other than their own husbands].. How can KaNNan

be a party to such paapams committed by Gopikas?

 

Answer: Once, the Apsarasthrees [dancing damsels] in deva loka, by

hearing about the most beautiful â€" dhivya sowndharyam of the Lord

Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan and prayed to Him continuously like

penance for blessing them with his dhivya sowndharya roopam for them

to enjoy. Bhagawaan appeared before them and said, "Do not worry. I

am

pleased by your prayers. I will fulfill your desires. I will appear

as

KaNNan in Gokulam during Krishna avathAram and you all appear as Gopa

sthrees. Your prayers will be fulfilled. " Thus He blessed them with

His divine body and its charm. They were born as these Gopa sthrees.

This purANA explains. Thus due to their puNya phalam, their past

prayers, they are blessed with this Anandham and it is Bhagawaan's

organizing things to fulfill His devotees' prayers. None gets any

dhOsham due to these acts. Punya paapams also vary for humans and

Devas. Devasthrees thus do not get any dhosham due to these acts and

their past prayers only get answered. Also it is told that rishis in

Rama avathAram wanted to enjoy His dhivya sowndharya ThirumEni when

they enjoyed seeing His ThirumEni; Rama let them be born as Gopa

sthrees probably for their prayers to be fulfilled as well. All his

avathArams had to meet very many conditions and fulfill all these

inter related incidents.

 

This is mentioned by swami Desikan as aChapilasparSanamAthraleelA..

In

the next sloka he says.. thatthadhabhIShtadhAthu:

 

--

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsAnu dAsan