{"id":238,"date":"2008-08-18T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T07:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2008-08-27T16:20:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T10:50:25","slug":"verse-2-part-3-lilashuk-makes-the-gopis-attain-nirvan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/verse-2-part-3-lilashuk-makes-the-gopis-attain-nirvan\/","title":{"rendered":"Verse 2- Part 3 – Lilashuk makes the Gopis attain ‘nirvan’ !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does the poet mean by \u2018nirv\u00e2n\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>1<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In Lil\u00e2shuk\u2019s verse, the word \u2018nirv\u00e2n\u2019<\/em><\/strong> describes the Gopis<\/em>. <\/span>\u2018Nirv\u00e2n<\/em>\u2019 means \u2018one from whose heart the \u2018v\u00e2n<\/em>\u2019 or arrow has been removed\u2019<\/strong>. The Gopis<\/em> are so chaste that no one can pierce their heart. Such remarkable Vraja Gopis<\/em> (who are absolutely free from every anartha)<\/em> too become extremely agitated upon hearing the song of the flute. In the evening, the demi-goddesses pluck celestial flowers from the gardens of heaven. When they hear the sweet notes of the flute, they are startled. When they behold Sri Krishna, their hands tremble. The flowers slip through their hands and bathe His beautiful form. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Such is this extra ordinary Vastu and the poet has expressed it in the words \u2018svas-taruni-kar\u00e2gra-vigalat-kalpa-prasuna-\u00e2plutam.\u2019<\/em><\/strong> Overpowered with love, Lil\u00e2shuk has used the word \u2018Kalpa\u2019<\/em> instead of \u2018Kalpa-taru\u2019<\/em>. Sometimes we use a part of a word to denote the whole word, for e.g. \u2018Bhim\u2019 refers to \u2018Bhimsen\u2019 only. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Srila Bhatta Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d says that, in this verse, the poet has described Sri Krishna\u2019s extreme beauty. He says the word \u2018svah\u2019<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>may refer to all the worlds above the third swarga<\/em><\/span><\/span>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Hence, \u2018svah\u2019 <\/em>also includes the Vaikunthas. Hence, it also means that the flowers slipping off the hands of the Laxmis bathe Sri Krishna. The Laxmis of Vaikuntha are not so lucky as to touch Sri Krishna directly, since we cannot obtain Him in the mood of opulence. <\/span>Yet the Laxmis are unable to control the desire to touch Sri Krishna. Therefore, if not directly, they wish to associate with Him indirectly by showering flowers on Him to worship Him. Nevertheless, the moment they behold His infinitely beautiful face, they are full of s<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ttvik-bh\u00e2v<\/span><\/em> (raptures) and they forget to shower the flowers. Then the flowers just slip from their hands and fall on Sri Krishna. We are not supposed to use fallen flowers for worshipping. However, Sri Krishna is renowned as the \u2018One Who fulfils all the desires of His devotees\u2019. Hence, He accepts even the fallen flowers. <\/span>Really, an explanation like this is as much ras<\/em>-ful \u2013 as it is breathtaking! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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(to be continued)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span>The dictionary meaning of \u2018nirv\u00e2n<\/span><\/em><\/span>\u2019 is \u2018liberation\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> the material world is made up of 14 \u2018worlds\u2019 or levels. Above the earth, which is positioned in the middle, are the heavenly regions or \u2018swarga<\/span><\/em><\/span>\u2019. Above this, is the spiritual world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the evening, the demi-goddesses pluck celestial flowers from the gardens of heaven. When they hear the sweet notes of the flute, they are startled. When they behold Sri Krishna, their hands tremble. The flowers slip through their hands and bathe His beautiful form. 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":[26,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam","category-verse-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","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=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}