{"id":1263,"date":"2008-12-22T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2008-12-22T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:45:58","slug":"kk-532-what-makes-madan-mohan-so-enticing-and-why-is-his-smile-so-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/kk-532-what-makes-madan-mohan-so-enticing-and-why-is-his-smile-so-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"KK 53.2 – What makes Madan-mohan so enticing ? And why is His smile so sweet ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srila Bhatta Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d says, Sri Lil\u00e2shuk has mentioned the words \u2018deve liye<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 as in the previous two verses. It means, “My heart is absorbed in That Leel\u00e2may<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Sri Krishna. How is That Dev (God)? He is \u2018kusuma-shara-shara-samara-kupita-mada-gopi-kucha-kalasa-ghusrina-ras-lasad-urasi<\/em><\/strong>\u2019.\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Kusuma-shara\u2019<\/strong><\/em> means \u2018the Love-god\u2019 (here, it indicates Sri Krishna). The second \u2018shara<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 refers to his arrows\u00a0(kisses, touching the breasts, love-bites and nail-marks). The Gopis<\/em> had a battle of love with Sri Krishna and they gave up the fight on their own, since they were intoxicated with passion. They held Him in tight embrace. This transferred the kumkum<\/em> from their bosom onto Him. This made Him seem all the more beautiful. He looked as if His anur\u00e2g<\/em> for the Gopis<\/em> had manifested on His chest in the form of kumkum<\/em>. (We must note that both anur\u00e2g<\/em> and kumkum<\/em> are red in colour). <\/span><\/p>\n

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We said that the Gopis<\/em> were \u2018intoxicated with passion\u2019. However, we must always remember that in the case of the Gopis<\/em>, passion is synonymous with \u2018prem\u2019<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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“The \u2018prem<\/em>\u2019 (pure love) of the Gopa<\/em>-women is famous as \u2018k\u00e2m <\/em>(passion).\u201d \u2013 (B.R.S.1.2.283-284)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The following verse from Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam is a burning example to this effect \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Govinda listens surreptiously the lamentation of the Gopis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here the most important point is that, a sweetheart drowns in pleasure when she clasps her lover to her bosom, yet the Vrajab\u00e2l\u00e2s<\/em> do not care a bit for their own happiness when they press Madan-mohan Sri Krishna\u2019s holy feet to their breasts, although He is dearer than countless lives to them. Instead of feeling joyous, they are fearful of hurting Him. We may ask, \u2018Then is it not better they do not hold His feet at all?\u2019 Well, they know that it makes Sri Krishna happy to place His feet on their bosom, so they press them close to their hearts. On the other hand, they feel His feet are too soft and hence they are afraid of hurting Him. It proves that the Gopis <\/em>are absolutely free from the desire of sense-gratification. Only rasik <\/em>devotees can comprehend this fact.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Again, how is Sri Krishna?<\/span><\/p>\n

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His face is \u2018mada-mudita\u2019 <\/strong><\/em>and \u2018mridu-hasita<\/em>\u2019. <\/em><\/strong>It means, \u2018His face shines brilliantly with joy. His smile is so beautiful that it seems to have stolen the radiance of the moon (mushita-shashi-shobh\u00e2)<\/strong><\/em>.\u2019 His beauty and sweetness – muhuh-adhika \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>enhances every moment. My heart is absorbed in such sweet beauty of His lotus face (mukha-kamala-madhurimani).<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Srila Chaitanyad\u00e2s Gosw\u00e2mi says the poet got a sphurti<\/em> of Sri Krishna\u2019s sweetness after He had made love and has recited this verse. Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam says \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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“When Sri Krishna reappeared on the R\u00e2s<\/em>-floor, an important Gopi<\/em>, overcome with love-anger, bit her lips, knit her brow and chastised Him.\u201d We learn from the Sh\u00e2stras and \u00c2ch\u00e2ryas that She was none other than Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni. This verse from Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam too centres on our Ishwari. The kumkum<\/em> from Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni\u2019s breasts has coloured Sri Krishna\u2019s chest, as a result, He is looking so handsome. What is the effect of Her touch on Him? He is exultant and His smile is so broad and beautiful that it has put the full moon to shame. Such is the sweet radiance of His lotus face.53.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span>One Who performs divine pastimes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The kumkum from Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni\u2019s breasts has coloured Sri Krishna\u2019s chest, as a result, He is looking so handsome. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,159],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam","category-verse-53","tag-excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}