{"id":240,"date":"2008-08-18T12:54:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T07:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2008-08-27T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T10:50:14","slug":"verse2-part-5-sri-krishna-%e2%80%93-the-supreme-magician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/verse2-part-5-sri-krishna-%e2%80%93-the-supreme-magician\/","title":{"rendered":"Verse2 &#8211; Part 4 &#8211; Sri Krishna \u2013 the Supreme Magician"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_241\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/krishna2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241\" title=\"krishna2\" src=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/krishna2-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"The Supreme Magician\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/krishna2-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/krishna2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Supreme Magician<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Vastu is thoroughly skilled in the art of hypnotism. The words \u2018<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">srasta-srasta-niruddha-nivi<\/em>&#8211;<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vil\u00e2sad-gopi- sahasr\u00e2vritam\u2019<\/em><\/strong> mean that this \u2018Vastu\u2019 is so skilled in the art of hypnotism that just as the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Gopis<\/em> are engaged in serving their husbands or elders or doing their household chores, the flute starts playing. As soon as they hear the enchanting melody of the flute, they are mesmerised and their skirt-strings slacken. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Chaitanya-Charit\u00e2mrita we read \u2013<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&#8220;Sri Krishna\u2019s sweet lips radiate sweet smiles that are fragrant like camphor. Such nectarine lips pour forth Amritam into the flute, thus intoxicating the three worlds. The sweetness of the lips travels through the pores of the flute and resonate in the sky in the form of sweet notes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">That sound travels in all directions. It pierces the Universe and reaches Vaikuntha. It forcibly enters everyone\u2019s ears.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It intoxicates all and forces them to come near it, especially the young maidens. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The song is very audacious. It shatters the chastity of a chaste woman and snatches her from her husband\u2019s lap. It attracts even the Laxmis of Vaikuntha, what to speak of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Gopis<\/em>. It slackens their skirt-strings in front of their husbands, makes them forsake all household chores and forcibly drags them to Krishna.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A woman loses all sense of shame, decency and social norms. In this manner, the flute makes all women dance to its tune.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u2013 (C.C. Madhya.21.118-121)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(to be continued)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song is very audacious. 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