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The gopis' love for Krsna was spontaneous. They did not know anything beyond Krsna

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"their love for Kṛṣṇa was spontaneous. They did not know anything beyond Kṛṣṇa"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: Kṛṣṇa is everything, Vāsudeva. Kṛṣṇa's another name is Vāsudeva. Sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ: that type of great soul is very rare. So in other words, those who have taken Kṛṣṇa as everything, they are the greatest soul, the topmost soul within the world. They cannot be misled by imitation Ramakrishna. They are interested with the real Rāma-Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva.

So Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Vṛṣṇi family, and our business is to understand Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, we cannot understand Kṛṣṇa fully. He is unlimited. But still, by following the footsteps of great mahājana, great devotees, personalities, we can understand to some extent Kṛṣṇa, what is Kṛṣṇa. So we may not understand fully. If we simply take it for granted, even without understanding Kṛṣṇa, that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme and our business is to love Him . . . real our aim is how to love Kṛṣṇa.

Just like the gopīs. They did not know that Kṛṣṇa is God. Or the cowherds boy, they did not know. Even Mother Yaśodā did not know that Kṛṣṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But their love for Kṛṣṇa was spontaneous. They did not know anything beyond Kṛṣṇa. If you come to that stage, that is perfection. Not that we want to know what is God. What you will know? What knowledge we have got we can understand what is God?

But we can see by God's activities. When Kṛṣṇa appeared, His all activities were uncommon activities. So far as a human being . . . He was not human being, but He was playing as human being. The human being marries. So His marrying is also wonderful. He married 16,108 wives. This is uncommon. This is uncommon. Nobody can marry like that. Not only marrying. Mussulman nawabs, they used to marry also many wives. Not many wives. One nawab was there, he married 160 wives. They have got in Lucknow . . . when you go to India, you will see. That is now fallen. That all the wives of the nawab was living . . . that's a . . . now it has been turned into a big park. There are small houses.

So he could not reach all the wives every day or every night. That was not possible. Humanly it is impossible. Hundred and sixty, that means if he goes, visits every, it will take at least six months. So after six months one queen, or nawab, might have seen her husband. But Kṛṣṇa was not like that. Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself also in sixteen thousand forms, and each and every one of his wife was accompanied by Kṛṣṇa personally.

So this incarnation all described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These symptoms, the father's, mother's name, the place, the activities, everything is being described. So we cannot be cheated by a false incarnation of God. That is not possible. So the cheated, those who want to be cheated, they are cheated. But we don't want to be cheated. We want real God. Therefore nobody can cheat us.

Page Title:The gopis' love for Krsna was spontaneous. They did not know anything beyond Krsna
Compiler:BhavesvariRadhika
Created:2022-10-13, 15:58:06
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