{"id":1466,"date":"2009-01-15T13:38:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T08:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2009-01-15T19:25:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:55:57","slug":"bb-62-all-the-residents-of-dwaraka-start-sobbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/brihad-bhagvatamritam\/bb-62-all-the-residents-of-dwaraka-start-sobbing\/","title":{"rendered":"BB 6.2 – All the residents of Dwaraka start sobbing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"uddhava-gopies\"<\/a>

Uddhav gets Swaminijiu's darshan<\/p><\/div>\n

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You may ask \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018O Uddhav! If you are born as a blade of grass, then you will remain on the side-walk, while the beautiful and fortunate Vraja-gopis<\/em> will stroll away on the main road \u2013 then how will get their foot-dust?\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

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To this I reply \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018When the flute will drive the Gopik\u00e2s<\/em> mad and they will run helter-skelter towards their Pr\u00e2n-vallabh<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, then as if they will realize which the road is and which the side-walk is! I am looking forward to that situation \u2013 and so I am begging to become a grass and moss.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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O sage! I wanted the foot-dust of the Gopis to perform my abhishek<\/em>[2]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span>and this intense greed made me pray repeatedly to the dust of the lotus feet of the Brijw\u00e2sini Gopik\u00e2s<\/em>. How sweetly they sang Sri Krishna-kirtan<\/em> with voices that are absorbed in prem<\/em>! How it purified the three worlds! After going to Brijdh\u00e2m I have repeated sung those songs that would immerse me in the ocean of bliss. It is well\u2013known how I had behaved and what desire I had while I was in Brijdh\u00e2m. O exalted sage! I am afraid that if I glorify them I will start expressing the symptoms of Sri Bhagav\u00e2n\u2019s love-ecstasy and that is extremely painful and disastrous. As a result I cannot say anything more. I beg humbly of you that please do not insist on hearing further about this topic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parikshit said \u2013 “Mother! Sri Rohini devi had resided for a long time in Gokul, and was very dear to those residents. When she heard Sri Uddhav speaking thus, she understood what he meant. She gazed at him with eyes full of tears and said, “Dear Uddhav! Please calm down. I have stopped thinking about them, and so I feel little bit happy now. Please don\u2019t bring to memory those Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> \u2013 they are greatly unfortunate, struck by vast ill-fate, immersed in the ocean of grief, scorched in the forest-fire like viraha<\/em>, and writhing in pain caused by the venom like separation. Ever since Sri Vasudev had brought me from Gokul, the painful picture of the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> suffering in the pangs of viraha<\/em> is still today sketched in my memory. At that time, the miserable cries of Mother Yashod\u00e2 had made hard rocks too weep with her; her piteous cry of suffering ahd disintegrated the Thunderbolt[3]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, and who can describe the condition of Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 and the other Gopis? Who knows whether they are dead or alive? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear Uddhav! When your guru<\/em> Sri Krishna had returned from the \u00e2shram of His guru<\/em> S\u00e2ndipani, then I had briefed Him about the situation in Brijdh\u00e2m. Although I knew that it was futile, still I told Him to lessen the burden of my heart. My words had certainly not softened your Master, for in stead of going there Himself, He sent you, who are an expert in oratory and ambassadorship. <\/span><\/p>\n

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O Uddhav! You have just now glorified the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> as the \u2018topmost recipient of Sri Krishna-krip\u00e2<\/em>\u2019. Yet, we see that the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> are struck with ill-fortune. Is this the characteristic of blessedness? When your Lord and Master was in Brijdh\u00e2m<\/em>, He never brought them any joy – I assure you. I have lived long enough there, to come to this conclusion. Ever since Sri Krishna had gone there, demons have been troublig that land. Starting from Putan\u00e2, right upto Keshi \u2013 there is no limit to the attacks by the asurs<\/em>. Devat\u00e2s<\/em> such as Varun and pythons too had caused so much trouble! The Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> never inquired in to the cause of their suffering; neither had they tried to mitigate it. They were only mesmerized by the Sri Krishna\u2019s sweetness, and prayed for His welfare. They were never interested in their own welfare. The Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> had natural love for Him and they whatever they had \u2013 they surrendered to Him, for His pleasure. They knew Him as \u2018Nanda-nandan\u2019[4]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>; they never considered Him as the \u2018Supreme Being\u2019 or the \u2018Lion of the great Yadu dynasty\u2019. Consequently they were in love with Him and it was possible for them to behave in such a manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your Master lived in Brijdh\u00e2m purely out of selfish motive, and as long as He did that, He never ever did any favor on the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>. And now that He has achieved His selfish ends, especially since He is living most happily with His relatives \u2013 what He is doing for them \u2013 we can very well imagine. <\/span><\/p>\n

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(Commentary \u2013 Rohini devi wants to say that \u2013 \u2018Sri Krishna has abandoned the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>, and is burning them in the tortuous fire of His viraha<\/em>; one cannot describe how much He is deliberately tormenting them! Here there is none who can feel this pain, so I don\u2019t want to go into the details.\u2019)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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When the old, senseless, impudent[5]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Padmavati (the mother of Kamsa) heard Rohini devi, she shook her head and exclaimed, “Aho! It is so sad! The Gopas were so cruel to dear Achyut! They sent Him to the dark and deep forest since childhood and engaged Him in cattle-grazing. They did not even give Him shoes although they made Him wander in the thorny woodlands. If driven by hunger, He ever drank little buttermilk or milk, the monstrous Gopis such as Yashod\u00e2 bound Him with ropes meant to tie the cattle! After Yashod\u00e2 had meted out such barbarous treatment to Him, if He, out of hunger, ever drank little milk from the neighbor\u2019s house, they would holler and let loose all hell \u2013 “O Yashode! Look at this son of yours! He lets loose the calves; He mocks at us if we scold Him, sometimes He steals milk and curds and distributes them to the monkeys\u201d etc. etc. such statements are very famous in Srimad-Bh\u00e2gavatam, is it not? What could the poor boy do? He was, after all, a mere child. Therefore, He was forced to tolerate all the suffering in silence. He bore tremendous pain and served their cattle; thus He has done them more than enough favor \u2013now what more can He possibly do?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parikshit Mah\u00e2r\u00e2j said \u2013 “Dear mother! Rohini devi, who was very serious, neglected Padm\u00e2vati\u2019s speech entirely (as if she had not spoken at all), and addressed Uddhav. She said, “Dear Uddhav! Now your Master has vanquished all His enemies and has become the King of Kings. He is relaxing in the capital of the Y\u00e2davs in peace. Currently even the devat\u00e2s<\/em> are offering obeisance at His feet. Alas! Now He no longer remembers those poor Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rukmini devi, who loves Sri Krishna more than her life, was so far listening silently to Rohini devi\u2019s lamentations. Now she spoke – “Dear mother! The Lord is soft like butter from within. Without knowing what is going on in His heart, why do you speak so? The Lord has told me so much about the greatness of Sri Vrind\u00e2ban and He has expressed such remarkable bh\u00e2vs<\/em> \u2013 please hear about them. Do you know, the Lord speaks about Brijdh\u00e2m<\/em> even in His sleep? Soemtimes He lovingly calls out sweetly to His cows \u2013 Gang\u00e2, Yamun\u00e2, Shy\u00e2mali, Dhavali? At other times, He stands in a beautiful tribhanga<\/em>-form. Sometimes He says \u2013 \u2018Mother! Please give me butter!\u2019 Ocasionally He mistakenly addresses me as \u2013 \u2018Dear R\u00e2dhe!\u2019 or \u2018Dear L\u00e2lite!\u2019 Now and then He tugs at the hem of my sari and exclaims, \u2018Dear Chandr\u00e2vali! How can you deceive me so?\u2019 Sometimes, He wets the ground with tears, and other times, He gets up from the bed, crying miserably. We drown in sorrow, when we hear His piteous cries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Commentary \u2013 We should remember that we can control Sri Bhagav\u00e2n only by love, however to what extent we can control Him depends on the type and amount of love. The love of the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> is supreme \u2013 amongst them, the prem<\/em> of Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni is the topmost. Consequently, it is natural that they control Sri Bhagav\u00e2n entirely. <\/span>Yet we see that most of the times they are suffering in the pangs of viraha<\/em>. This is because of two sweet prem-rasas<\/em> \u2013 viraha<\/em> (separation) and milan<\/em> (conjugation). Both of them arise from prem<\/em>, and so both are intensely blissful. Our preceptors have accepted viraha<\/em> as a separate \u2018ras<\/em>\u2019 in its own right, since viraha<\/em> nourishes milan<\/em>. Sri Ujjwal-Neelmani says \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018bin\u00e2 vipralambhena sambhogah pushtimashnute\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Srila Vishwan\u00e2th Chakravartip\u00e2d has explained this statement in his \u00c2nanda-chandrika purport as follows \u2013<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You may ask, “If the only function of viraha is to nourish the conjugal ras<\/em>, then why call it a separate ras<\/em>? Why not consider it simply a part of sambhog-ras<\/em>?\u201d We reply that\u2014viraha<\/em> does not have only one function<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/span><\/strong>that is, to nourish sambhog-ras<\/em>; when a lover and His beloved have the permanent mood of passion and love, then viraha<\/em> arouses intense sphurti<\/em> of each other in them. Their world becomes full of one another. Viraha<\/em> gives them a relish that is much more exceptionally wonderful that even sambhog-ras<\/em>. As a result, we feel justified in conferring on viraha<\/em> the status of a separate \u2018ras<\/em>\u2019.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Viraha<\/span><\/em><\/strong> is more prominent in the Vraja-beauties. It is this viraha<\/em> that has made their love unsurpassed in all creation. When a large elephant walks freely on the road, we cannot ascertain the degree of its strength; however if the elephant is tied up with fetters, and it displays its complete strength to break free from the shackles, all are astonished to see the vast amount of strength it possesses. Similarly, during milan<\/em>, the lovers can relish each others howsoever they wish \u2013 thus we cannot estimate the prowess of their anur\u00e2g<\/em>. But when they are shackled by the fetters of viraha<\/em>, and they cannot relish their beloved according to their desire, then alone the agitation of anur\u00e2g<\/em> bursts from within. Then the rasik<\/em> devotees can realize the strength of their anur\u00e2g<\/em>. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is as if the Gopis\u2019 viraha<\/em> is like an ocean, and Sri Bhagav\u00e2n has churned this ocean using viraha<\/em> like Mount Mand\u00e2r<\/span><\/span>[6]<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. When the devat\u00e2s <\/em>and the asurs had churned the Ocean of Milk, it had thrown up plenty of gemstones. Similarly, Sri Krishna has churned the viraha<\/em>-ocean of the Gopis so that they throw up all the precious dazzling bh\u00e2vs<\/em> that were hitherto concealed in their bosom, and now He has placed this garland of prized bh\u00e2vs<\/em> around the His loving devotees. The truth is that, Sri Bhagav\u00e2n had not forsaken them. Love naturally makes the lovers experience one another. During viraha<\/em>, externally the lovers burn in separation, however inside they enjoy the intense pleasure of experience of their loved one. Therefore, the Mah\u00e2jan has said \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“The tormentuous viraha<\/em> of the Vraja-gopis<\/em> is continually dancing in glory over all the pleasures of the realm of love.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This means that \u2013 if we take the sum total of allthe joys of love \u2013 even then the pain of viraha<\/em> is so much more pleasurable than all these joys taken together, that it celebrates victory over conjugation. This is the exceptional state called \u2018mingling of poison and amritam<\/em>\u2019 in prem<\/em>. It is a peculiar condition. Thus, although Sri Bhagav\u00e2n is residing in Dw\u00e2rak\u00e2, we should remember that He is subordinate to love and that He is relishing the remarkable prem-ras<\/em> of the Vraja-gopis<\/em> in this manner.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rukmini Devi said, “Mother! Even last night the Lord saw some dream and has become miserable. He was crying and is now depressed. He has covered His beautiful face with His upper cloth and is lying down as if He is asleep. Alas! He has not performed any of His daily duties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hearing this, Queen Satyabh\u00e2m\u00e2 said in envy, “O Bh\u00e2mini! Are you mad? As if the Lord behaves like this only in sleep! He acts in such a manner even when He is awake! Realy, I think we are His wives only in name; in fact, even the maid servants of the Vraja-gopis<\/em> are more dear to Him than we are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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King Parikshit said<\/span>\u2013\u2013<\/span>“Mother! When Sri Baladev, Sri Krishna\u2019s elder brother heard the queens speak in this manner, He seemed to become angry. He said, “O daughters-in-law! We are engrossed in discussing the poor Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>; that is how brother Krishna is pretending to be asleep and is putting on the act of seeing dreams. He is trying to deceive us. I have been to Brijdh\u00e2m to console the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>. I understood very well, that no one other than Sri Krishna can restore their health and happiness. So, on returning, I pleaded with Him in all earnest, “Dear brother Krishna! Please go to Braja once and save the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>.\u201d He assured me “I will\u201d, yet in His heart He does not desire the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As soon as Sri Krishna heard this, He quickly got up from the bed and because He is completely under the control of His dear ones, He started crying loudly. As He left the bed, tears streamed continueally from His eyes that are as beautiful as the petals of a fully bloomed lotus. He said in a choked voice, “True! My heart is made up of great thunderbolt, since it is still not breaking into pieces. Those Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> brought me up and took care of me since childhood, yet I am so callous that I have now forgotten their extraordinary love. <\/span>Forget helping them in any small way, I am only tormenting the gentle Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>. Dear brother Uddhav! You know everything and are dear to me<\/span>\u2013\u2013<\/span>please, immediately tell me what should I do? Please save me from this ocean of sorrow!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parikshit Mah\u00e2r\u00e2j said<\/span>\u2014<\/span>“Mother! Devaki m\u00e2t\u00e2<\/em>, the ever-loving mother, was afraid that Sri Uddhav would advise her son to go to Gokul, so she replied before Uddhav could open his mouth. She said, “Dear child! The brijw\u00e2sis<\/em> are indeed your best well-wishers. Just give them all that they want.\u201d Hearing this, Padm\u00e2vati, the Queen of the Yadu dynasty (since she was King Ugrasen\u2019s wife), became instantly afraid that Sri Krishna would give the kingdom to the Brijw\u00e2sis<\/em>. Therefore, although Rohini had disr<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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