[Advaita-l] Rasakrida

[B.M KIRAN]

Dear Sir,

 I fully agree with your doubts regarding the stories of Sri Krishna
But the tattva behind it seems to be a matter of vichara ( analysis)
which as per  my knowledge only  very few have done :
As per my knowledge it goes like this:

The gopi in sanskrith doesnt  mean gopika stree it  means
the Samooha (group) of senses which when controlled and put to the lotus
feet of the lord krishna ,he removes( concealing of clothes) all the bad
thoughts and behaviours of the senses and make them to be around him with
pure divinity .

So most of the Puranas and the stories related has hidden tattva which very
few of us atleast try to understand and lets pray the lord to give us this
power of tattvanusandhana ( analysis) to know the real gist .

Thank u
KIRAN


On 12/12/05, sriram <srirudra at vsnl.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all
> The Srimad Bhagavatha Mahapuranam is fully devoted to Lord Krishna`s
> divine plays as an avathar of Lord MahaVishnu.It is told to Parikshith who
> fully knows he will have to leave the earthly life within seven days.SukhaBrahmam narrates the divine dispensations of Sri Krishna so that Parikshith
> though not in death bed but knows that he is certain to die at the end of
> seven days will get peaceful transition.I will say when one believes that
> as a small boy He-Lord krishna-lifted the Govardhana Giri and therefore
> called lovingly as Giridhari by great devotee Meera-and held it aloft till
> the rains lashed by Indra stopped and protected all living beings of
> Brindavan-then why one cannot  accept the Rasa krida of Lord Krishna with
> gopies.He is also credited with the play of concealing the Dresses of the
> gopies -the episode is titled gopi vasthrapaharanam and the gopies were
> forced to come naked to receive their clothes.Whether this does not seem
> to discredit His conduct?I will advise that we should read the Sriman
> Narayaneeyam of Narayana Pattadri and He did raise doubts about Sri
> KRISHNA`S DOING SUCH AND SUCH THINGS AND it is said that Sri Guruvayur
> Krishnan said yes by lowering His head to show assent for all such
> questions.
> Therefore one should have either full faith in our scriptures or leave
> them as such.Before us so many more intelligent people have lived and they
> have given answers for all these usually unbelievable/unacceptable episodes
> about Avatars.If one reads Soundarya Lahari of Adi Sankara one will be
> astounded with the descriptions of Mother Divine`s body frame.Mind you He
> was a nishtiga brahmachari.
> So if some one is not able to digest our Puranas leave them as such as I
> think their interest is not in understanding the WHOLE purpose but to
> ridicule by slipshod reading and forming poor opinions.Lastly our brains
> are not equipped to fathom the Divine leelas as we have our own limitations
> and
> prejudices.Krishnamoorthy._______________________________________________
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