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The Agony of Being Krishna
To be able to even begin to write about the character of Krishna is not just a difficult task, but also most perilous. The distance between our understanding To be able to even begin to write about the character of Krishna is not ju`vst a difficult task, but also most perilous. |
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Krishna...The mystic lover
Janmashtami does not celebrate the birth of a commanding, compelling, imperious, pervasive and masterful God who expects the worshippers to follow exacting and enigmatic sacraments to please him and who would unleash his acrimony if one ritual goes wrong. |
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Na tv evāhaḿ jātu nāsaḿ na tvaḿ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param
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Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
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Vāsāḿsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro `parāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saḿyāti navāni dehī
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As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.
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