The sons became
very happy thinking that their father might have left property for them. But
when they opened the cupboard they found only soil in a bag. The sons started
thinking about it. They understood the meaning of their father according to
their own attitude. The eldest son was too laborious. So he told, ”Our father
has left soil for us. He means to say that labor brings riches. If we labor
hard, we should not depend on others for wealth.” Then he started working hard
in his field. The younger son was very lazy and he used to believe in fate. So
he understood it like this,” Our father has left soil for us. It means he is
telling us that he has kept gold and money beneath our field. ” Then he started
to search in his field. Now, there comes the turn of the youngest son. He was
careless. He told, ”Our father means to tell us that everything has mixed up
with soil. Now there is no meaning of expecting anything.” Then he left thinking
about it.
Here comes the same situation with Lord Krishna. People talk
ill of him relating with the so called 16000 Gopinis. First of all it
should be clear that those 16000 were not Gopinis. They were those girls who
were kidnapped by a demon called Narakasur and later set free by Krishna. In the other hand there is a question that who
counted the number of Gopinis? Besides, there is a point one must notice that
Krishna’s friends in Vrindavan comprise both male and
female. In fact one can not understand Krishna
reading just for 10 or 15 minutes about him. One should spend whole life to
understand his life and philosophy.
We offer flowers to God. But have we ever thought why we
offer flower to God? It is because love is God. And flower is the symbol of
love. Moreover, it is known to all that Lord Krishna is the symbol of love. Love of
Krishna with Radha refers to the love between
two lovers. But the love of Krishna with that
of Gopinis refers to love between human being and divine spirit, a man to
another, a son to mother, a brother to sister, a friend to another and so on.
Relation of Krishna with Gopinis tells us, ”If
you love someone, you should not go to temple to worship God. If you are loved
by someone you should not go anywhere to find out God.” Only uneducated or too
much educated man can point out against the character of Shree Krishna. A
truthful devotee of Krishna never blames like
that. Because he knows that goodness is Krishna and Krishna is goodness. He is an ideal personality and the real
God. God never can be immoral.
There is a story about little Krishna. One day some Gopinis were taking a bath in a river.
They were clotheless. Shree Krishna hid their clothes and stayed on a tree. Gopinis
asked him for their clothes. But Krishna did
not give it back. At last Gopinis promised not to take a bath undressed. Then
Krishna returned their clothes.
This story has clear interpretation about Shree Krishna.
Krishna was on a tree in a distance from Gopinis. It means that Krishna was
inside the boundary. He gave a lesson not to be obscene. He means to say that
immoral act is never acceptable. Rather it is punishable. A devotee should be
good in character. Krishna who gave teaching to
be moral never can be immoral. Definitely, he loved Gopinis and Gopinis loved
him. But there was no passion at all. At the time, he was only 7 years old. We
know what kind of relation there can be between a 7 years old child and grownups
Gopinis. Talking their relation as a passion is really ridiculous.
