Sunday, August 28, 2011

Rasa with Krishna

Fraternal 'rasa' - "When there is full knowledge of Krsna's superiority and yet in dealings with Him on friendly terms respectfulness in completely absent,
that stage is called affection.

When the Pandavas were banished by Duryodhana and forced to live incognito in the forest, no-one could trace out where they were staying. At that time, the great sage Narada Muni met Lord Krsna and said, "My dear Mukunda, although You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all powerful person, by making friendship with You the Pandavas have become bereft of their legitimate right to the kingdom of the world - and moreover, they are now living in the forest incognito. Sometimes they must work as ordinary laborers in someone else's house. These symptoms appear to be very inauspicious materially, but the beauty is that, the Pandavas have not lost their faith and love for You, in spite of all these tribulations. In fact,they are always thinking of You and chanting Your name in ecstatic friendship.

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