Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 > > Can anyone elaborate on why, bcause of Krsna's advent, this overlapping > > took place? > > My meager understanding is that this overlapping took place as the > aftermath of the curse of Gautama rsi on his not-so-good wife, AhalyA, who > was guilty of an extramarital affair in Satya yuga. He, realising her > impropreity by his mystic power, cursed that lady to become stone until > Lord Ram would come and, by touching her with His lotus foot, free her > from that cold and stony fate. She, in great anxiety, pleaded with her > husband to shorten her length of suffering since Lord Rama's apperance in > Treta yuga was over a million years away. Therefore Gautama rsi switched > the yugas around thus shortening the punitive sentence to mollify his > desperate patni. However, there may be other reasons as well. > > ys pcd There are often multi reasons for occurences in the Lord's lila, which makes it all the more fascinating. This story of Ahalya does not, however, explain why, *because of Krsna's advent,* this overlapping took place. To echo Kusha mataji: > I would > love to hear if someone has read anything written by the previous Acaryas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.