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in the form of Shri Krishna or any other form

In the Gopala Tapani it is further staled at the end:

Therefore Krishna alone is the highest God; one should meditate on Him, recite His name, adorn Him and worship Him.

Doubt: Here arises the doubt: Is it necessary that the worship of the Lord Hari must be done in the form of the worship of Shri Krishna or may He be worshipped in any other form?

Purvapaksha: As the above verse ends the whole Upanishad, it is more harmonious to interpret it as laying down a restrictive rule that the worship of Shri Hari must be always in the form of Shri Krishna.

Siddhanta: This view is set aside in the next Sutra, where it will be shown that there is no such restrictive rule.

SUTRA III. 3. 43.

तन्निर्धारणार्थनियमस्तद्दृष्टेर्पृथग्ध्यप्रतिबन्धः फलम्॥३.३.४३॥

tannirdhāraṇārthaniyamastaddṛṣṭerpṛthagdhyapratibandhaḥ phalam ..3.3.43..

.. Tad, of Him. …Nirddharana, of decision, determining. … Aniyamah, there is no rule, or restriction, .. Tad, that…. Drishtaih, through the statements seen. Prithag, separate, Hi, because. Apratibandhah, non-obstruction, … Phalam, fruit.

43. There is no restrictive rule, determining the worship of the form of Shri Krishna alone. Because this is seen; for there is a separate fruit, namely, non-obstruction. — 401.

COMMENTARY

There is no such restriction that the Lord God should be worshipped with the attributes of Shri Krishna only, and with no other attributes like those of Shri Kama and the rest. The form of Shri Krishna is generally understood to be that of the infant suckling at the breast of Yashoda. That is no doubt a form of the Lord, who is all-pervading, omniscient and all-bliss. But there are other forms also. Why do we say so? Because we see so in the Scripture (Gopala Uttara Tapani):

The Lord Krishna resides there surrounded by the three, namely, by Balarama, Aniruddha, and Pradyumna. And He has His Energy also, Rukmini. The one syllable Om manifests in these above-mentioned four forms. (Vasudeva = half matra, ‘..’ = Aniruddha, ‘..’ = Pradyumna, ‘..’ = Sankarshana).

This text shows that Shri Krishna has those forms also, and therefore, Baladeva and the rest are to be worshipped equally as Shri Krishna, for they are not different from Rim. But then the word Eva or «alone» occurring in the above text (Krishna alone is the highest God) would become useless! The word ‘Eva’ is not a redundancy, and the Sutra answers this objection by saying «the result is separate». What is that separate result? The removal of the obstruction which is caused by worshipping any other deity as the Highest. The worship of Krishna is the unobstructed means of salvation. The worship of other deities is the indirect mean. The word Eva, therefore, serves a useful purpose, by removing this obstruction or mediateness, which is the natural consequence of worshipping other deities, without the idea of their being Shri Krishna. Therefore, this being so, a person who has a love for the worship of Baladeva and others, may do so, provided he combines in his meditation nil the attributes of Shri Krishna, if he is capable of doing so. Such worship is the direct cause of Mukti, but if he is not so capable, then he must worship Shri Krishna alone, and not any other manifestation of Him, like Balarama, etc.

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