He has all!

Krishna is covering all the aspects and all the forms of life. He has disguised himself in all the human forms possible. He has all in him and although he is so empty. Emptiness does not hinder his completeness. His life has all the examples that prove his different roles, different faces. He has shown up everything possible in his life. If you start reviewing Krishna’s life, starting from his childhood, you will find everything possible. He has enjoyed all the facets, lived in all the emotions, involved in all kinds of acts, disguised in all the roles. He is a God, a human, a teacher, a dancer, a musician, a thief, a crook, a player, a student, a warrior, a charioteer, a flee, a mischief, a great son, a great lover, a villager, a prince, an idol god for numerous saints (bhaktas) and all and all.

He is stealing butter from mud pots of gokul huts amusing all the villagers. His mother Yashoda is trying to catch and punish him every time he does that. The biggest and the most powerful God; the father of the universe is crying and running away when his mother is running to catch him; what an irony!! He is killing all the devils and demons, relieving all the humans from their ill acts. He is spell bounding the cows, Gopis (cow-herd girls) and all the humans and getting a name of “Gopi Krishna”. He is playing ‘Maharaas’, the famous night of love and dance, and makes his love immortal in the world; Gita Govinda is also a process towards immortalizing krishna’s love activities. He is fighting with weighty body-builders Chanura, Mushtika in the kingdom of cruel king Kansa at the age of 17. He portrays an ideal son’s duties freeing his parents from Kansa’s prison. He is the charioteer of Prince Arjuna’s chariot and leading the Mahabharat, the biggest battle in the history of Bharata (India). He is also narrating the most intellectual portfolio; the father of all the religious epics, the Geeta purana. The Geeta itself is a big epic to be explained in several upcoming articles. He is explaining the doctrines for life to Vidura. He is the king of Dwarka and hence called “Dwarkadheesha”, adding to the list of his more than a thousand names. He lifts the huge Govardhana parvat (mountain) and saves the residents of gokul village from the rage of the lord Indra.

He defines and acts on all the perspectives of life. He is a master. He has all in him. One more point to be understood in this context is that he is worshipped in pieces. Does it seem surprising? It might be to many of them. Let me elaborate more. Since he has everything, his talks are unequivocal, indefinite. He supports some argument some time, may defend some other point under some other circumstances. Like Buddha or Mahaveera or even Lord Rama, his words are not direct and directional. Mahaveera is favoring tyaga (relinquishment and abandonment), Buddha is favoring dhyana (Meditation), Lord Rama is favoring principles. Krishna doesn’t favour anything. He is neither an atheist nor a theist. He is beyond the two; hence he is a trickster and creates any appearance required. All this creates confusion for Krishna lovers. Hence they see their own likes in him. He is loved and worshipped in different ways. Some have chosen Mahabharata, some have chosen Bhagvata, and some prefer Geeta. Surdas loves his childhood, his flute, his childhood musings, on the other hand Jaidev loves his enchanting love and sensual expressions and composes an great immortal epic on that; Geeta Govinda. Somebody offers him flowers, some body offers him makkhan-mishri (mixture of butter and sugar), some offer him blood; following his warrior principles. People all over the world have seen and absorbed him in their own ways. This is although an injustice to Krishna. Krishna should be absorbed fully and in the way he is; humans are still unworthy to accept him as he is. That’s why he is for the future. You need his soul to understand him!!

Love the Krishna’s way

Krishna’s way of loving is different. Krishna’s love is eternal, its unlimited, it’s unbounded and it is unexplainable. Love to him and love for him is governed by your clear heart. The clearer your heart is, the near he is to you. If your mind if full of dirt and garbage, how can you feel his love. A clean heart is the criterion.

If you remember the famous incident of the Mahabharata, where Draupadi was insulted in front of the whole kingdom of Kauravas during Mahabharata (Incident of Cheerharana during Hindu epic Mahabharata). You will definitely recall that her pride was saved by Krishna. There is a very cute hidden fact deeply buried in this incident which indicates towards Krishna’s way of loving. That fact is so beautiful and lovely that if you could only understand and implement that one fact in your life, you would lead to him without any obstacles. Krishna says that is how you should love, that is how you should pray. The incident is like this:

Draupadi’s (The pandava queen) pride was getting insulted by Dushasana since Yudhishtara (The Pandava king) had lost her in the game of Chausara against Kauravas. Draupadi was crying and shouting for help but nobody in the whole kingdom could help her. Everybody had their own reasons for it. That kingdom contained few of the most powerful men in the history of India however nobody could show their virility to help her. Finally she realized that only one power could help her from that trouble and that is Krishna – the God, the only MAN. She started to pray to him to come and help her. But before Krishna arrived to help and save her, a long time had passed. The time went by.

After few days, she went to Krishna and asked him “Why did you take so much time to come to save me? Don’t you care for me and my respect Krishna?”. I was being indignified in front of so many people.

Krishna replied, “Hey Draupadi, Do you remember the name by which you were calling me.” She replied “Dwarkadish”. Krishna said, “This is the answer to your question. You had called me from Dwarka, which is quite far. Had you called me by ‘Ghatghatkewasi’, I could have been there in no time. It is not that I am far from you. It depends on how you think I am. If you think, I am far then I am far. If you think, I am everywhere, then I am everywhere for you.”

The story might be symbolic but is a good indication of how you should love Krishna; in the purest form and with absolute trust.