vinay Posted November 26, 2001 Report Share Posted November 26, 2001 it is said that krishna had 16000+ wives. is it true? is there any mention of this in the scriptures? and what are we supposed tio imbibe from this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audarya lila Posted November 27, 2001 Report Share Posted November 27, 2001 Yes, it is mentioned in the scriptures. We are to learn that we are different from God for one thing. Krsna not only had so many wifes, he also lived with each one personally. This is not humanly possible. We are also to learn that Krsna can protect everyone and be present everywhere simultaneously. Krsna is not limited like we are. We can all be part of his family - imtimately related to him. These are just a few of the lessons that one might learn from this pastime of Lord Krsna. Your servant, Audarya lila dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 21, 2001 Report Share Posted December 21, 2001 Vinayji & Audaryaji: Hearing Alice Walker describe her childhood home reminded me of KRSNa's 16,108 palaces for his 16,108 Dvarka Queens. Scroll down about 15 inches. See below. = = = = = = = = VedAnta-sUtra III 3rd adhyAya, 1st pada - Invocation: na vinA sAdhanair devA, jnAna vairAnya bhaktibhiH | dadAti svapadaM zrImAn, atas tAni budhaH zrayet || God does not manifest His Highest State unless there be proper sAdhana/practices, Consisting of wisdom, dispassion & love. Ergo, let the wise have those sAdhanas. = = = = = = = = Interjection: Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, spoke from her home in Mendecino, CA. She described her new book Warrior Marks. Its subject is so gross, though true, I cannot even type it in. I’ll just type its initials: FGM You may not agree with her views but she said some interesting things. = = = = = = = “My employer is/are the ancestors. Now I study gardening & dharma. My parents were Mississippi sharecroppers. We lived in a shack. We were very poor but we didn’t know it. My mother would can/jar/preserve fruit, so our home, though modest, appeared like a jeweled palace. How's that? Because sunshine would daily pass through all her colorful fruit-filled jam jars stacked against our walls. My mother had that ability to transform any place into a special place.” This description by Alice reminded me of ZrI KRSNa’s Dvarka-lila Palaces. Actually, fruit jars are worth much more than jewels. De Beers is busy stockpiling diamonds. So many in fact, you’d be shocked. Actually diamonds are almost worthless. Like peanuts. Their price is artificially inflated. KRSNa clearly points this out in Bhagavad-gItA. Extremely foolish women like Marilyn Monroe glorify diamonds with song & dance. And men who are even more foolish become trapped like rats in a maze, chasing diamonds to impress such distaff. Kaliyuga depends on such illusion. Stick with it. Don’t become intelligent. Remain a fool lifelong. It’s a dog’s life, at least for some. Never abandon your Kaliyuga idea & practice. Eyes Wide Shut. Keep'em that way. Dvarka-lila is so high, so pure, who can understand it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 22, 2001 Report Share Posted December 22, 2001 As PrabhupAd mentioned, "During wartime, soldiers exchange gold for clean drinking water." So what is Dvarka compared to Vraj? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhaktavasya Posted December 27, 2001 Report Share Posted December 27, 2001 Originally posted by Tarun: Vinayji & Audaryaji: Hearing Alice Walker describe her childhood home reminded me of KRSNa's 16,108 palaces for his 16,108 Dvarka Queens. Scroll down about 15 inches. See below. = = = = = = = = VedAnta-sUtra III 3rd adhyAya, 1st pada - Invocation: na vinA sAdhanair devA, jnAna vairAnya bhaktibhiH | dadAti svapadaM zrImAn, atas tAni budhaH zrayet || God does not manifest His Highest State unless there be proper sAdhana/practices, Consisting of wisdom, dispassion & love. Ergo, let the wise have those sAdhanas. = = = = = = = = Interjection: Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, spoke from her home in Mendecino, CA. She described her new book Warrior Marks. Its subject is so gross, though true, I cannot even type it in. I’ll just type its initials: FGM You may not agree with her views but she said some interesting things. = = = = = = = “My employer is/are the ancestors. Now I study gardening & dharma. My parents were Mississippi sharecroppers. We lived in a shack. We were very poor but we didn’t know it. My mother would can/jar/preserve fruit, so our home, though modest, appeared like a jeweled palace. How's that? Because sunshine would daily pass through all her colorful fruit-filled jam jars stacked against our walls. My mother had that ability to transform any place into a special place.” This description by Alice reminded me of ZrI KRSNa’s Dvarka-lila Palaces. Actually, fruit jars are worth much more than jewels. De Beers is busy stockpiling diamonds. So many in fact, you’d be shocked. Actually diamonds are almost worthless. Like peanuts. Their price is artificially inflated. KRSNa clearly points this out in Bhagavad-gItA. Extremely foolish women like Marilyn Monroe glorify diamonds with song & dance. And men who are even more foolish become trapped like rats in a maze, chasing diamonds to impress such distaff. Kaliyuga depends on such illusion. Stick with it. Don’t become intelligent. Remain a fool lifelong. It’s a dog’s life, at least for some. Never abandon your Kaliyuga idea & practice. Eyes Wide Shut. Keep'em that way. Dvarka-lila is so high, so pure, who can understand it? If anyone who puts value on diamonds could witness the slave-like, dangerous conditions that men who mine for the diamonds (for which the companies make most of the money and the workers are paid a pittance)they would appreciate the real value of home-made jams and perserves, expecially the beauty of the sun steaming through nature's true jewels, and renounce diamonds; humanity's most fickle friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 Streaming through, yes. By the way, are you married? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najanai Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Originally posted by vinay: it is said that krishna had 16000+ wives. is it true? is there any mention of this in the scriptures? and what are we supposed tio imbibe from this? I don't wonder at all that more than 16,000 women wanted to marry Lord Krishna, the Most Attractive And He kindly married them all, He is the most merciful. Natalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radharani Posted June 19, 2002 Report Share Posted June 19, 2002 Would he look different to each wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasvati Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 I don't think so. He expanded Himself to be with each of them simultaneously. He acted slightly differently with each of them, as They were all individuals, but he had the same, dashingly handsome looks. What to speak of 16,000, He could marry even 16 googles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radharani Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 whatsa google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasvati Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 The biggest recognized number. (of course, numbers go on and on unlimitedly, but google is the largest "they" have named) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radharani Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 seems like krsna would get awfully tired of being the only one at the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radharani Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 but then i guess there's the real radharani there with him; it's just a joke between me and krnsa, i call myself radharani because he pays me so much attention (not all good or pleasant, mostly not) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radharani Posted June 27, 2002 Report Share Posted June 27, 2002 ok, more like 50-50, but the bad feels so much worse than the good, that it seems like more; hopefully it's just my karma being worked out and someday it'll be all good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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