Raasa Kreedaa Now, Chapter Thirteen.

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॥ अथ द्र्वादशो अध्यायः ॥

Indra worships Krishna Now,

Chapter Twelve.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 1:

Sri Paraasharar – When the Govardhana was lifted and held by Krishna, and all the Gokula was completely protected, from the rains, at that time, Indra wanted to see Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 2:

He sat on his huge Airaavata elephant, and came to Govardhana giri, and the lord of gods, Indra, saw Krishna there.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 3:

Krishna was looking after the cows, He was the most valiant of all, having taken the form of a gopa. One who protects all the worlds, is being surrounded by all the gopa boys, He was taking care of the cows. Indra sees this wonderful sight.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 4:

Indra, because he was a deva, could see Garuda above Krishna, which was high above in the sky. Garuda was protecting Krishna with his wings, and was giving shade to Krishna. Indra could see Garuda.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 5:

He got down from the Airaavata, and in ekaanta, when no one could see, Indra saw Krishna in secrecy, and told him thus, with great love and devotion.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 6:

Indra – Krishna, please listen to me, why I have come. Don't think that I have done with a wrong intention, please don't think like that, please don't mistake me. Do listen to me, why I have come here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 7:

O Krishna, You are the Supreme Lord. In order to reduce the weight of the evil on this earth, You have incarnated here as a gopa. You are the support of the whole world, the entire world.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 8:

I had only ordered the clouds, in order to protect against the stoppage of that yaaga. In order to destroy the Gokula, I had ordered the clouds here. This is what the clouds did as per my order.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 9:

All the cows were well protect by You, who lifted the Govardhana mountain itself.

I am extremely pleased with this most wonderful act of Yours, O Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 10:

I feel that the purpose of the devaas was also served, that You lifted the Govardhana mountain itself. You lifted this huge mountain with one hand itself.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 11:

The cows which are all in Goloka, have requested me, and because of that, I have come here, O Krishna. They have asked me to come and do satkaara to You, to offer worship to You. Because all the cows are protected by You.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Though the cows in Goloka were not protected, these cows belong to the same class, and therefore it is told as traatabhih.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 12:

Being impelled by the cows of the Goloka, I am going to do abhisheka as Upendra to You. You are going to become the Lord of the cows. You will be called Govinda from now on.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The lokaas which are above the Satya loka, are called Goloka, and I am going to make You the Lord of those Golokaas. Indra says that the lokaas above his world, the Golokaas, that he will make Krishna the Lord of those. All the gods will sing in praise of You, as You are Upendra.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 13:

Sri Paraasharar – Indra got down from Airaavata, and took a ghantaa from the Airaavata, and then filling it with pure sanctified waters, he did abhisheka to Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 14:

When he was doing the abhisheka, all the cows, profusely gave milk, the whole earth was filled with milk, which came profusely from the cows. They did that out of happiness.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 15:

Having done the abhisheka, as per the request of all the cows of the Goloka, with great love, Indra says thus –

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 16:

I have done what the cows have told me to do, O Krishna. Now, I have another request to You. Kindly listen to that. You have incarnated here in order to reduce the evil on this earth.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 17:

On this earth, my amsha, Arjuna is born. I request You to protect him. O Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 18:

He is going to assist You in the destruction of the evil on this earth. I request You to kindly protect him, as You protect Yourself.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 19:

Sri Bhagavaan says – O Indra, I am aware that in Bhaarata vamsha, Arjuna/Paartha is born as Your amsha. I am going to protect him, and look after him, as long as I am going to be here on this earth.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 20:

As long as I am going to stay on this earth, O Indra, nobody can win over Arjuna in a war. Don't worry about him, I will protect him as long as I am going to be here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 21:

There is a great demon by name Kamsa. Arishta is also another demon. Keshi, Kuvalayaapeeda, Naraka – all these demons are born here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 22:

Once all these people are killed – Kamsa, Arishta, Keshi, Kuvalayaapeeda, etc., there will be a huge war, O Indra. You can know that during that war only, all the evil will be destroyed. The weight on the earth due to the evil forces will be reduced.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 11, Shloka 23:

You don't have to worry at all. Go without any worry with respect to your son. You don't have to have any worries. There will be no enemy of Arjuna who will survive as long as I am here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 24:

Because of Arjuna only, all the other sons of Kunti, Yudhisthira and others, the moment the Bhaarata yuddha gets over, I am going to return all of them to Kunti unharmed, untouched, very safely.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 25:

Sri Paraasharar – Having told this, Krishna embraces Indra. Indra, being seated on his Airaavata, gets back to his world, the svarga loka.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 12, Shloka 26:

Krishna, along with all the cows, the gopaas, comes back. Having been also sanctified by the glances of the gopis.

This completes Chapter Twelve.

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॥ अथ त्रयोदशो अध्यायः ॥

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 1:

Sri Paraasharar – When Indra returned back, all the gopaas see Krishna and tell Him with great love, having seen the great act of lifting the entire Govardhana giri itself in one hand. They tell Krishna thus –

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 2:

O great Krishna, we were all protected, and You got us rid of the great fear that we had, You also protected all the cows by lifting the Govardhana mountain itself and holding it. This is a wonderful act.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 3:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

You have shown many wonderful acts as a child, such as killing Pootanaa. Lifting and holding the Govardhana mountain in one hand, being born as a gopaala, which is a very lowly caste. You have shown these most wonderful acts as a boy. What are these wonderful acts of Yours, please do tell us about them.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 4:

The serpent Kaaliya was tamed by You, and he went away to the ocean. Dhenuka, the huge demon, was killed by You. The Govardhana was held like an umbrella, without any effort. All these are creating some kind of doubt in our mind.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 5:

We are telling the truth, again and again. O Krishna of great valour. Looking at all Your most valiant acts, we do not see that You are an ordinary human.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 6:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

All the gopaas, gopis, all the children, everyone in Vraja love You so dearly. The whole Vraja is loving You so dearly, without any exception. That also shows that You are not an ordinary human. All the gods put together also cannot do these kinds of wonderful acts like lifting Govardhana and holding in one hand, what You did just now. If all gods collect together, it is impossible to do the wonderful acts You did. So, we are doubting whether You are an ordinary human, who are You?

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 7:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

The childhood which is of such valiance, that we can't even see in great warriors, that kind of veerya, You displayed as a child itself. But You are born as an ordinary person in a lowly caste like us, like a gopaalaka. When we think over all these things, O Krishna, we are definitely getting a doubt that You are not an ordinary human.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 8:

We don't know whether You are a god, or a daanava, or a yaksha, or a gandharva. Whoever You are, what is it to do with us? You are our dear relative, and we pay our obeisance to You.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

One of the gods only come here, You are present here as our relative. You are not just an ordinary gopaala. There is no doubt at all.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 9:

Sri Paraasharar – Krishna did not say anything immediately, when they said that "You are only a god, who have come here, and are born as one among us, as our relative". He becomes very quiet for a minute. Showing some kind of anger out of love, He tells all the gopaas thus –

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 10:

Sri Bhagavaan – O gopaas, if you are not ashamed of being associated with Me, of if I am praiseworthy, I don't care for that. What is the use of thinking in all those directions? I hope you are not ashamed of being with Me. Or maybe praiseworthy also. I don't care for that.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 11:

If you really love Me, if all of you have pure love towards Me, and I am being worthy of your praises, then please do think of Me as your relative only. Just think of Me as one of your close relatives only.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 12:

I am neither a deva nor a daanava, nor yaksha nor gandharva. I am none of them. I am only your close relative. Please do not think in any other way. I am just one among you, just a relative. I am only a gopa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 13:

Sri Paraasharar – Having heard these words of Krishna, who was showing a little bit of anger, out of love, they all became very quiet. They came back to Vraja, and Krishna was still showing the anger.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 14:

At that time, Krishna sees the sky, which was so clear. It was full moon day in the Sharat kaala. The lilies were all bloomed. All the directions were filled with the fragrance of those flowers. It was a wonderful night on a full moon day.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 15:

He saw all the greens all around, and the bees were all humming. The most wonderful environment was created there. Krishna saw all those things. He wanted to sport with the gopis.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 16:

He was without Balaraama at that time. That which is avyakta, unmanifest, but it was so sweet and unmanifest thing, the song, he sang that song, which is very dear to ladies. This song had Taaraa, Mandra, and all the kramaas combined. It was most wonderful.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Taara, Mandra are loud sounds, without opening the lips – it was a mix of both. There is also another paatha – naanaamaatrakrutakramam, and also naanaatantrikutakramam. These mean the sound of the mixture of all the wonderful instruments, whose beats are very slow, or medium paced. The words of that song were not loud enough to be heard by everyone, but they were avyakta, unmanifest. It was so sweet and loving to all the women. Krishna started to sing that kind of a song.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 17:

It was so wonderful and pleasant, the sound of that song. When all the gopis heard that, they immediately left their houses, and came rushing to where Madhusoodana was there. Leaving all their houses in whatever conditions they were, having just heard that wonderful song, they hurried to go and unite with Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 18:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Based on the beats of the song that He was singing, one gopi started slowing moving following the beats of that song itself. Another gopi, meditating intensely on Krishna, single-mindedly started to meditate on Krishna at that time.

One gopi started to move, just following the beats of this song. One rare gopi started to walk towards that slowly, following the beats of this song. And focussing fully on thinking about Krishna, meditating in the mind on Krishna only.

Raasa Kreedaa is going to be told in detail now, which we see next.

We are studying Chapter 13 of Amsha 5. We concluded the Govardhana Uddharana prakarana, and had just started Raasa Leelaa prakarana of Sri Krishna.

Krishna sees the most wonderful moonlight, of the Sharat kaala in the clear skies. All the lily flowers have bloomed, and all the directions are bright with the moonlight. He saw all the plants and greenery around, and the bees humming. Seeing all these, He decided to sport with the gopis. Balaraama was not there with Krishna. At that time, He decided to sing the song which produces the most beautiful sounds, which are not manifest to everyone. This sound is most loved by the gopis. He started to play that song, with high and low notes, and with different kaalaas – dhruta, madhya, vilambita in the three maatraas. And also which can produce the sounds of various instruments like Veenaa. There are different explanations for this in the different paathaantaraas.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 19:

Kaachit means a very rare one, who had that kind of a sukruta, all the gopis, that each one was a very rare one. The sukruta of these gopis cannot be explained. One rare gopi was blushing and shy, just pronouncing the name Krishna Krishna.

Another gopi who was blind with love with Krishna, just went and stood next to Him, touching Him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 20:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

She stood towards the front of the house, outside the house, and saw that outside, there were elders standing there. Thinking about Krishna, she merged totally into Krishna in her mind, and closed her eyes with that kind of supreme experience.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 21:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Her mind being filled completely with the thoughts of Krishna, she had such bliss, such pure bliss, that all the punyaas and paapaas which had accumulated were all destroyed at that time. He was without any grief. She had pure bliss unmixed with grief. All her sins got destroyed at that time.

All the accumulated punya and paapa, all the praarabdha karmaas completely got destroyed.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 22:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

This is a very famous shloka. Krishna who was none other than the Supreme Brahman, Parabrahman. With that kind of a thought of Krishna, she will experience such a bliss that her mind was totally blended, immersed in that. Even her praana, and everything got merged into that. Because of that, she was not able to breathe out at all. This is explained in the Kaamashaastra, in the tenth state, as priya. How Shishupaala attained moksha by hating Krishna, like that, all the gopis, by loving Him, attained moksha. Just by thinking of the Parabrahman, Sri Krishna, she attained moksha.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 23:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Holding each other's hands, and forming a circle, and dancing around, is called Raasa. Being surrounded by gopis, in that beautiful night of the Sharat kaala, He wanted to sport in the Raasamandala, with the gopis.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 24:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Leelaa is a lakshana told by Bharata, that, with very beautiful movement of the hands, with wonderful actions, expressing their love through that. Totally, thinking about the various wonderful acts of Krishna, and when Krishna disappeared suddenly, they started to move around and search for Him in the Brundaavana.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 25:

They were so much engrossed in the thought of Krishna, that they started to tell each other like this, and started to imitate all the wonderful acts of Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 26:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

One gopi said – I am only Krishna, see this wonderful walk of mine. I am walking, just see my walk, which is so beautiful, just like Krishna's. Another one said – Listen to my song, I am only Krishna, I am singing.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 27:

Another one was imitating the Kaalinga Mardana of Krishna, and started to shout – "Stand, wait for me, I will kill you", and she moved her hands just like Krishna, trying to hold the snake just like Krishna did. She imitated the same action.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 28:

Another gopi said – "O gopis, don't be scared, don't run away, don't be scared by this terrible rain. I am holding the Govardhana, these rains are not going to harm you. Come and stand below", and she raised her finger.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 29:

Another gopi said – This is Dhenuka, and I have killed him, thrown him out. Let the cows move around without any fear. She said like this, imitating the Krishna leelaa of Dhenukaasura vadhaa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 30:

In the same way, the gopis, by imitating the various wonderful acts of Krishna, in various ways, they were highly excited, and roamed around the Vrundaavana, desperately searching for Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 31:

One gopi looked at the ground, and immediately, with horripilation all around her body, and her eyes fully open, with horripilation, she told the other gopis, looking at the ground.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 32:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Look at the foot marks here, we can see all the wonderful divine marks on the feet of Krishna, who moved so wonderfully. We see the dhvaja, vajra, ankusha, abja and all these wonderful divine marks and lines, O friends. We can see the divine weapons and ornaments of Krishna, we can see the marks on His feet. He was walking so beautifully.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 33:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Someone has gone along with Krishna, one rare, very fortunate gopi has gone along with Him. She was wearing flowers. She was inebriate with passion. We can see her footmarks also here. The foot marks are so very close to each other, because she was inebriate with love towards Krishna. Because she was a woman, a gopi, her footmarks are smaller, and not very heavy. We can see that she is going along with Krishna here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 34:

Another gopi said – Look at this place. He has tried to pluck flowers from a tall tree, the flowers which were high. We see that He is standing on His toes, we can see that his foot is raised, that the flowers are a little high. We can see the toe marks alone.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 35:

Having sat here, Krishna has decorated one gopi with flowers, and she must have certainly worshipped in some other janma this Krishna, who is none other than Vishnu, the Supreme Self. She was so fortunate that Krishna has Himself decorated her with flowers, seating her here.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Having seen the flowers which had fallen down, she is inferring.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 36:

At that time, that gopi got a little bit arrogant or proud that Krishna Himself is decorating me with flowers, and when He decorated her like that, Nandagopa's son Krishna immediately left her, and has gone in some other way, leaving her there itself, see here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 37:

When Krishna is going, she is following Him very quickly, her footmarks are very close by, trying to follow Him very quickly. Another gopi has followed Him, and she had a heavy back, it looks like. She is trying to go fast, but the front of her foot is pressed hard.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 38:

This is another gopi, and Krishna is holding her hand, we can see. She is being carried by Him, holding her hands here. We can see that her footmarks are very light here. This means that Krishna is holding her hand and carrying her along with Him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 39:

This gopi, whom Krishna held her hand, and took her along with Him, giving her only that much pleasure of touching her hands alone, this cheat, Krishna who has cheated her, and has left her neglected. And then, she was so disappointed that she has started to move slowly, disappointed that Krishna went away.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

He did not do anything else, only He touched her hands. She was highly disappointed.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 40:

I am going and coming back very quickly to you – He has told. And Krishna has run in a hurry. He told her that He will find a nice place for them to unite, and He has run away. This is what Krishna has told one gopi, it looks like.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 41:

At that point, the group of gopis who are searching for Krishna, they come to a place where the forest is very deep, and Krishna has definitely entered into this deep forest. There is not even moonlight here, and we cannot see anything; they cannot even see His footmarks anymore, so dark out there. They said "Let us go back" and were disappointed.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 42:

Being highly disappointed, all the gopis returned back to the bank of the Yamunaa river, and started chanting Krishna's name alone, and sing and praise all His wonderful acts.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Singing Krishna's wonderful acts, will lead to Saakshaatkaara of Krishna only, for everyone. This leads to direct perception of Krishna, for everyone.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 43:

At that time, Krishna decides to appear back. He comes back. They all see Krishna coming there, with wonderful lotus like face, which was like a bloomed lotus. They saw Krishna, who is the protector of all the three worlds, that Krishna, who has done wonderful acts, they saw.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 44:

One gopi saw Krishna, Govinda coming there, and was so much overjoyed, that she just started chanting Krishna, Krishna, Krishna. She could not say anything else.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 45:

One gopi shrunk her eyebrows, and saw the beautiful forehead of Krishna, and with her eyes, which were like bees, she drank the nectar from the lotus of His face.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 46:

Another gopi, saw Govinda. Immediately, she closed her eyes, and she just meditated upon His form. She was as though reaching the samaadhi, in the yoga dashaa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 47:

He told loving words towards one, and then He bent His eyebrows in a beautiful way, and gave glances towards another gopi. He consoled another gopi by holding her hands.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 48:

Hari, who is with the most benevolent acts, started to sport with all the gopis, who were all having a most pleasant mind. Everywhere, the pleasantness, love and joy were there.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 49:

Nobody wanted to leave the position next to Krishna. Raasamandala never happened, as they never stayed in their places. Everybody wanted to be next to Krishna. So, they could never form the Raasamandala by standing in one place.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

With a firm mind, standing in one place, they could not stand. They did not leave the place next to Krishna. They could not really do the circular formation. There is another paatha – raasamandalabaddho api – where Krishna started moving around, and gopis and all were forming a circular fashion in Raasamandala.

Krishna started moving around. He moved so fast, that it looked as though He was standing next to everyone.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 50:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Another explanation of how they formed the Raasamandala is given here. He took one gopi, touched her hands, and so much was the bliss she experienced that she closed her eyes, immediately, He kept the next gopi's hand in her hand, and she was still thinking that Krishna is holding her. And He held the hand of the next gopi. She was also overcome with bliss and she also closed her eyes. Like that, He kept moving, making them hold each other's hands, without them realizing that they are holding the hand of the next gopi, but they always thought that they are holding Krishna's hand. This is how they formed the Raasamandala. Because of the bliss that they experienced, when He touched their hands, everyone thought that I am only holding Krishna's hands. One Krishna started moving around in Raasamandala. This is the sampradaaya of those who know about the Raasa Kreedaa, that is how it actually happened. Some others explain this as Krishna made Himself into many forms and He stood in between every two gopis.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 51:

They started singing the music of the Sharat kaala which is done by a poet, which explains the wonderful season of Sharat kaala, autumn, and that they started to sing. With all the music of the clashing of the bracelets.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 52:

What Krishna did was that He sang songs related to the beautiful moonlight of the Sharat kaala. But gopi jana were telling again and again the name of Krishna alone.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 53:

Sri Krishna, engrossed in that sport, and revolving around in the Raasamandala. One gopi got very tired, because of the movement, and she put her hands around the neck of Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 54:

Another gopi, who was very intelligent, she, on the pretext of singing, song in praise of Krishna, she embraced His arms and kissed Him.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 55:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Krishna's arms, having enjoyed the embraced the cheeks of the gopis, His perspirations on the arms were just like a cloud, was completely filled with water, to the plants which were sprouting, which was nothing but the horripilation of the gopis. When the gopis embraced His arms, His arms became like clouds with rain, and they were all experiencing horripilation.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 56:

He sang the songs of the Raasamandala, in a very high tone. They, praising Him, "Saadhu Krishna, Saadhu Krishna", and were singing.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 57:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

When Krishna moves, they move along with Him. When He goes to the front, they go back. When He goes back, they come front. They just followed Him for all His steps, and movements. If He stood, they also stood, and if He moved, they also moved. They started to sport around in the Raasamandala like this.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 58:

He enjoyed the sporting in this Raasamandala with all the gopis, such that one crore years just passed by in a moment. If He is not there for a moment, it was as though they experience that He is not there for one crore years. They could not tolerate even one moment of separation from Krishna when they started to sport in the Raasamandala. Every moment of separation became like one crore years for them.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 59:

Though they were being prevented by their husbands, parents, brothers, even then, in the nights, they started to come and enjoy sporting with Krishna.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 60:

He was also in the middle of His youth. Respecting His youth, Krishna also, He enjoyed with them only in the nights, when it was dark.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Now, a question comes. Krishna's avataara is for establishing dharma and dushta vinaasha. How can He do this kind of thing, is it not a dosha to touch other married women? These questions are raised in Srimad Bhaagavata also. The next two shlokaas give explanation for this.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 61:

In the gopi's husbands, and also in gopis, and in all the beings, the Eeshvara, Supreme Lord is present. He is all pervading just like wind.

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Krishna is sarvaantaryaami, sarvavyaapi, and everything is shareera to Him, the chetana and achetana. Being antaryaami, what does exist which He does not touch? He is touching everything, the chara and achara all the time, being antaryaami pf everything. So, where is the dosha here?

He is having the jeevaatman also as His aatma, shareera.

The first shloka (shloka 61) says that He is having all the chetanaas as His shareera. This is very clearly told in the Upanishads – yasya aatmaa shareeram. The second shloka (shloka 62) says that He is having all the achetanaas also as His shareera – yasya pruthivee shareeram, yasya tejas shareeram, yasya vaayuH shareeram, like this, many are told. The chetanaas and achetanaas all are His shareera is clearly told in the Shrutis. This is told here. In this way, He is apahata paapmaa, because He is pervading everything, and He is the Supreme Ruler, He is away from anything that is defiling, untouched by anything that is defiling. Though He was united with the gopis, it was not like a human behaviour. That is why, there is no dosha, because He is sarvaantaryaami, sarvavyaapi. Everything is His shareera.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 13, Shloka 62:

In all the bhootaas, the elements, aakaasha, agni, pruthivi, jala, vaayu, are there. In the same way, He is pervading everything inside and outside. He is present everywhere.

This completes Chapter Thirteen.

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