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Krishna was surrounded, by eight consorts and is stated to have been

associated with 16,000 Gopis, cowherdesses. It is very disturbing and

embarrassing to hear of Lord Krishna's many wives. Kindly enlighten

us on this matter.

 

This is what you have learnt from movies, isn't it? Krishna of the

Bhagavata was totally different from what you know about Him. It is

because of such perverted and distorted versions that the number of

atheists has been on the rise day by day and devotion is declining.

The eternal, nondual and divine truth is viewed from the ephemeral,

worldly norm and perspective. This is the unfortunate situation of

the modern times. The scriptures want you to consider the world as a

divine manifestation, but to take God too in a worldly way. God is

free Himself, and it is only He who liberates you from bondage to the

world.

 

Tell me, who were the eight consorts of Krishna? Every human heart is

a lotus flower with eight petals. These eight petals are the eight

consorts. In the human body are the six mystic chakras. The one at

the bottom of the backbone is muladhara and the sixth on the top of

the head is called sahasrara. Kundalini ascends from muladhara to

sahasrara, in the state of samadhi. Now, the sahasrara chakra is

compared to a thousand-petalled lotus. Each of the petals has 16

shades or faces. Thus, they add up to 16000 representing the Gopis

whom Krishna is said to have been associated with.

 

Actually, Krishna was a young boy while he was in Brindavan. All

those Gopis were elderly married women. They played with Krishna , as

they would with their own children of the same age group. To those

Gopis everything looked filled with Krishna. The kumkum they put on

their forehead was blue. They wore blue bangles and blue saris. Every

article they used was blue. Why? The reason is, Krishna was blue in

complexion. In their devotion to Krishna, they excelled Narada and

all the other celestial singers. The Gopis had more intense love for

Krishna than for their husbands. They remained in ,a state of joy and

ecstasy singing His glory all the time. They grew immensely restless

when they had even a momentary separation from Krishna. When Krishna

left for Mathura, the bodies of the Gopis appeared as though they

were burning and writhing in unendurable pain, due to separation from

their beloved Krishna. They blamed and accused Akrura of taking him

away from them. Theirs was the bliss of atma or sprit. Your feelings

are worldly, physical, and narrow. Therefore, you view the sublime

from the standpoint of your own sense perception. Truly speaking,

none can estimate the standard, the depth, and the level of devotion

of the Gopis. Their devotion to Krishna ever remains immeasurable and

unfathomable to the ordinary mortal.