skin color

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Krishna's skin is black:

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.. . . Krishna’s mother Yashoda too got wind of the

conversation [about who Krishna's father really was]. Consequently,

there started blowing in her mind

winds of doubt, and not without reason too. She called Krishna

and asked Him:

 

Darling Krishna, people doubt who you belong to?

 

Krishna: To you of course mother.

 

Yashoda: But people are saying all sorts of things. They are

pointing out that though your father and I both are extremely

fair in complexion, you are dark in contrast. Why is it so?

 

Krishna: Mother it is because of you. When I was born I too was

fair like you. However, it was pitch dark at that time. You were

sleeping away merrily. I was sleeplessly turning sides the whole

night. As a consequence, the darkness of the night stuck to me

and I became black.

 

Krishna’s simple mother could never disbelieve her son. She

stretched out her hand and squeezed Him to her chest. The same

question was put to Him insultingly by Duryodhyana, the villain

of the epic Mahabharata. The following dialogue takes place there:

 

Duryodhyana: Nobody can say for sure who your parents are. If

Nanda Baba and Yashoda are your parents then why are so black?

 

Krishna: I am black (kaalaa) because I have come as your end (kaal).

 

However, when Krishna’s beloved Radha asked Him the same

question, His reply was markedly different:

 

Radha: My Dear, Even though you are so beautiful, why are you

black?

 

Krishna: Dear Radhe, Actually I was extremely fair. However, I

have become dark only to enhance your fair beauty, which is all

the more magnified by contrast with my dark complexion.

 

Some bhaktas speculate that since Krishna always lives in the

eyes of the gopis of Vrindavana, it is the black kohl (kaajal) of

their eyes that has blackened Him. Or perhaps He is dark because

He absorbs all the negativity in the hearts of His worshippers.

 

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http://www.exoticindia.com/acrobat/govardhana.pdf 28.1.10

[Guest guest]

Very nice read!  I could however not grasp the last part of it:

 

" Or perhaps He is dark because

He absorbs all the negativity in the hearts of His worshippers "

 

Does Ganga become dirty when sinful people bathe in it? 

How can the Almighty become dark by absorbing negativity in the heart of His

worshippers?

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Krishna's skin is black:

[Guest guest]

Have you seen how filthy the Ganga is? The Almighty in Hindu mythology can

be dark - look at the many different avatars of Vishnu, for example.

 

I suppose there's a difference between spiritually dark and physically

dark. But I'm not anywhere near qualified to interpret Hindu writings.

Does someone here know Sanskrit who could help? Perhaps there are different

words for " dark " and " black " with different nuances and implications?

 

Susan

 

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Does Ganga become dirty when sinful people bathe in it?

[Guest guest]

Two years back some one in North India presented me with a big bottle of

gangajal. It was dirty but being a sacred thing I just left it as it is in the

kitchen. Two months later my daughter saw it and asked what it was? I told her

it was Gangajal and to my amazement the filth had all cleared up. It must be

happening that way as we took a lady to Rishkesh with us. She carried an empty

bottle with her to bring back Gangajal I wondered why she was collecting such

dirty water but it might be that the water purifies itself or something. as I

saw with my bottle.

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Have you seen how filthy the Ganga is?.........

[Guest guest]

The solid filth will precipitate out and settle on the bottom. The germs

and microscopic organisms will still be there and infect you if you drink

the water. Spiritual is good, but hygiene is also good.

 

Susan

 

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to my amazement the filth had all cleared up.

[Guest guest]

There is another example in Hindu mythology. Shiva's throat is blue, because he

swallowed the great poison released during the churning of Milky Ocean.

 

All these many Hindu gods represent some spiritual principle and that is purpose

of myth. In Hinduism there is only the Brahman(consciousness) the ultimate

reality.

 

Suren

[Guest guest]

And how about Kali, black and dripping blood from her tongue, all over her

necklace of skulls. That's the kind of goddess I want on my side!

 

Susan

 

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Shiva's throat is blue,

because he swallowed the great poison released during the churning of Milky

Ocean.

[Guest guest]

Yesterday a friend had come home and she told me that applying potato juice

improves the skin colour. She said that she herself has seen the effect on two

duski women whose skin colour had lightened by using this.